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Books in the Reference genre:

English Illustration: The Nineties (1935)

A study of English book illustration in the 1890’s.

Author(s): James Thorpe
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham
Et al

The Story Book of Aircraft (1935)

A book about airplanes and flying.

The Story Book of Coal (1935)

A book about coal and its many uses.

Read online at archive.org.

The Story Book of Earth’s Treasures (1935)

An omnibus containing The Story Books of Gold, Coal, Oil, and Iron and Steel.... View More
Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1935

The Story Book of Gold (1935)

A short exposition of gold and its place in society.

The Story Book of Iron and Steel (1935)

A book about the history of the refining of iron and production of steel. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

The Story Book of Oil (1935)

The story of man’s use of oil: animal, vegetable and mineral.

The Story Book of Ships (1935)

The history of ships, from the log and raft to the aircraft carrier and the submarine. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

The Story Book of Ships and Trains (1935)

An omnibus containing The Story Book of Ships and The Story Book of Trains.... View More

The Story Book of Wheels (1935)

Wheels, wheels, wheels, wheels everywhere.

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The Story Book of Wheels, Ships, Trains, Aircraft (1935)

An anthology containing The Story Books of Wheels, Ships, Trains and Aircraft.... View More
Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1936

Arthur Rackham: A Bibliography (1936)

A bibliography of the illustrator.

First Adventures in Reading (1936)

An expert helps parents introduce their children to the joys of reading.

Author(s): May Lamberton Becker
Illustrator(s): Marie A. Lawson

The Story Book of Foods from the Field (1936)

An omnibus including Story Books of Wheat, Corn, Rice and Sugar.... View More
Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1937

The Story Book of Sugar (1936)

The story of sugar and other sweet things.

The Story Book of Wheat (1936)

The staff of life - where it comes from, how we use it.

Read online at archive.org. 

The Story Book of Cotton (1939)

A look at how cotton is grown and used.

The Story Book of Rayon (1939)

The story of the development of artificial silk made from cellulose or wood pulp.

The Story Book of Things We Wear: Wool, Cotton, Silk, Rayon (1939)

An omnibus containing The Story Books of Wool, Cotton, Silk, and Rayon.... View More
Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1940

The Story Book of Wool (1939)

Where it comes from, how we process it, why we wear it.

Read online at archive.org. 

Jacovleff and Other Artists (1946)

A collection of articles on various artists with examples of their work.

Author(s): Martin Birnbaum
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham
Et al

Illustrators of Children’s Books: 1744-1945 (1947)

Essays on children’s book illustrators along with extensive bibliographies.

Read online at archive.org

The Story Book of Coal and Oil (1948)

An anthology containing The Story Book of Coal and The Story Book of Oil.

The Children’s Hour Volume 16 (1953)

A collection of short science fiction. and the various indexes to the set.

Read online at archive.org

Reading Without Boundaries (1956)

A collection of essays presented to Anne Carroll Moore on the fiftieth anniversary of the New York Public Library’s Children’s section.... View More

Author(s): James Daugherty
Et al
Illustrator(s): Valenti Angelo

Lois Lenski: Friend of Children (1958)

A brief review of the work of Lois Lenski put out by her publishers.

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

The Work of Rex Whistler (1960)

A catalog of the work of the British artist including 700 entries produced over only twenty years.

Author(s): Ronald Fuller
Laurence Whistler
Illustrator(s): Rex Whistler

Lois Lenski: An Appreciation (1963)

A collection of essays by and about Lois Lenski published on the occasion of the awarding of a degree of Doctor of Humane Letters by the Women’s College of the University of North Carolina.... View More

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Et al
Illustrator(s): None

The Lois Lenski Collection in the Florida State University Library (1966)

A user’s guide to the Lois Lenski papers in the de Grummond collection. There is a discrepancy as WorldCat says 42 pages, but this copy has only 24 pages.... View More

Author(s): Nancy Bird
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

James Henry Daugherty (1975)

A short biography and a very complete bibliography of the artist-author.

Randolph Caldecott ‘Lord of the Nursery’ (1976)

A brief biography accompanied by a vary large sample of the artist’s work and a comprehensive bibliography.

Author(s): Rodney K. Engen
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

The Flowering of New England 1815-1865 (1979)

A literary history of New England in the nineteenth century.

Author(s): Van Wyck Brooks
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

Richard Doyle (1983)

A biography of the artist, with a review of the critical reception in his own time.

Author(s): Rodney K. Engen
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

Richard Doyle and His Family (1983)

This is a catalog of an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum from 30th November 1983 to 26 February 1984. A large number of pictures by Richard Doyle and other members of his family were displayed.... View More

Author(s): Rodney K. Engen
Michael Heseltine
Lionel Lambourne
Illustrator(s): None

Scribner Illustrated Classics (1983)

The author takes a rather restricted view of what constitutes a ‘Scribner Illustrated Classic.’ It is bound in black cloth, has a paste on label on the front cover, title, author, illustrator and publisher are in gilt on the spine, it mea... View More

Author(s): Jim Best
Illustrator(s): Photographs

Printed Kate Greenaway (1986)

Probably as complete a catalog of Kate Greenaway as can be assembled.

Randolph Caldecott 1846-1886 (1986)

A checklist of the original illustrations held by the Harvard College Library

Author(s): Nancy Finlay
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

Kate Greenaway’s Mother Goose, or, Old Nursery Rhymes (1988)

This is a facsimile reproduction of the sketchbooks in which Kate Greenaway first drew her illustrations for Mother Goose.... View More

Author(s): Kate Greenaway
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

Nonsensus: Cross-Referencing Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense (1988)

The first three editions of A Book of Nonsense are compared to the various original manuscripts. Includes a census of the then-known copies of the two-volume first edition.

Author(s): Justin G. Schiller
Illustrator(s): Edward Lear

Children and Books (1991)

A survey of children’s literature.

The Susan Jeffers Connection (1992)

A critical guide to the work of Susan Jeffers.

Author(s): Will C. Howell
Illustrator(s): Susan Jeffers

The Zena Sutherland Lectures 1983-1992 (1993)

A collection of essays by children’s book authors and illustrators on their art.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): David Macaulay

A Catalogue of the Cotsen Children’s Library: The Twentieth Century (2000)

This two-volume work catalogs the books in the children's collection accumulated under the Cotsen designation at Princeton University. The collection is very wide ranging but not comprehensive. Nearly 7,000 (out of a total of 23,000) entries are incl... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Various

Celebrating Antonia Forest (2008)

A collection of essays about Antonia Forest and her work. Includes material that was cut from Run Away Home.... View More

Author(s): Antonia Forest
Various
Illustrator(s): None

Appalachian Children’s Literature (2010)

An annotated bibliography of children’s books set in Appalachia.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): None

Lois Lenski Storycatcher (2016)

A biography of the noted children’s book author and artist.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Bobbie Malone
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

John Stanley: Giving Life to Little Lulu (2017)

This biography covers the career of John Stanley who wrote and often drew the Little Lulu comic books.

Author(s): Bill Schelly
Illustrator(s): John Stanley

A Catalogue of the Cotsen Children’s Library: The Nineteenth Century (2019)

This two-volume work catalogs the books in the children's collection accumulated under the Cotsen designation at Princeton University. The collection is very wide-ranging but not comprehensive. More than 6,370 entries are included.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Various

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