Accession number
PML 198477
Creator
Loker, Chris, author.
Published
San Francisco : The Book Club of California 2019.
Credit line
Purchased on the Henry S. Morgan Fund, 2020.
Notes
"Book Club of California Publication Number 239"--Title page verso.
Deluxe edition of 50 copies, with additional text about the painted papers of Eric Carle, and a tipped-in collage tissue signed by Carle.
This copy numbered 19, signed by the author, Chris Loker, and the designer, Jerry Kelly.
Deluxe edition of 50 copies, with additional text about the painted papers of Eric Carle, and a tipped-in collage tissue signed by Carle.
This copy numbered 19, signed by the author, Chris Loker, and the designer, Jerry Kelly.
Description
337 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Summary
"In this volume, Chris Loker, the proprietor of the Children's Book Gallery, an antiquarian children's bookshop in San Francisco, profiles and reflects on the legacies of iconic American children's books, spanning from 1900 to the present day (with the last title being published in 2015). Being co-published with the Book Club of California as well as Godine, this book was inspired by an exhibition with the Grolier Club in 2015 that profiled "One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature""-- Provided by publisher.
Binding
Red leather spine and decorative boards, in red slipcase.
Classification
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