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SALWAY, Lance, ed
A PECULIAR GIFT. Ninetenth Century Writings on Books for Children.
(Hammondsworth, Middlesex): Kestrel Books, (1976). 1st edition. Octavo (8.75 x 5.5 inches). Illus. Fine copy in very good dust wrapper. ( Bibliography, notes, index, &c. Discussions of Hans Christian Andersen, Ann & Jane Taylor, Kate Greenaway, Jules Verne, Henty, Lewis Carroll, Juliana Horatia Ewing, Fairy Tales, Illustrators of Children's Books, &c. Contributions from the writings of Dickens, Ruskin, Andrew Lang, E.V. Lucas, Stevenson, Conan Doyle, et al.)
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