The LADYBIRD STORY Children ' S Books For Everyone By Johnson & Alderson 1st HB DJ
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:17105938 | Non-Fiction Subject: The Arts |
| Language: English | Year Printed: 2014 |
| Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated | Binding: Hardback |
The Ladybird Story: Children's Books for Everyone by Lorraine Johnson & Brian Alderson. This 203 page hardback book with jacket measures approx 10" x 7.5". It is the 2014 First Edition published by The British Library, London 2014 marked the centenary of the publication of books in "The Ladybird Series" by the British commercial printers Wills & Hepworth. From the start of the First World War to the start of the Second they published about 100 cheap and cheerful colour-illustrated ...children's books for the popular market, but only in 1940 did they fashion Bunnykins Picnic Party which was to be the first of the Ladybird Books that would come to be recognised and bought by most of the British population. Lorraine Johnson and Brian Alderson trace the history of the Ladybird venture from its wobbly beginning through Wills & Hepworth's triumphant management of the series up to its sale in 1972, with further chapters on the last decades at the printworks in Loughborough down to 1999. A comprehensive bibliography of books edited under the Wills & Hepworth imprint gives ample evidence of their catering for children at all stages of development, a central element in the millions of books that they sold. The many illustrations, mostly in colour, give convincing support to the reasons for their popularity.Book and jacket both in excellent condition. No inscription All our books are in stock in the UK & ready for immediate dispatch - if we haven't got it we don't list it!UK - buyers to pay £3.75 p&p
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