Item #400229 The penny histories: a study of chapbooks for young readers over two centuries / Victor E. Neuburg; illustrated with facsimiles of seven chapbooks. Victor E. Neuburg.

The penny histories: a study of chapbooks for young readers over two centuries / Victor E. Neuburg; illustrated with facsimiles of seven chapbooks

1968, 1st edition. London : Oxford U.P. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #400229

Physical description; 227, [1] pages, illustrations, 18 cm. Contents; 'The old classics of the nursery' -- Bow churchyard and the running stationers -- Printing in the provinces -- Chapbooks in America -- James Catnach and the chapbook revival. Subjects; Children's literature, English History and criticism. Books and reading. Chapbooks.

Price: €18.00

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