Item #240938 The men behind boys' fiction / W.O.G. Lofts and D.J. Adley. William Oliver Guillemont . Adley Lofts, Ltd . William Brendon, Derek John . Howard Baker Press Limited. . Anchor Press, Son, 1927-, compiler, publisher, printer, binder.

The men behind boys' fiction / W.O.G. Lofts and D.J. Adley

1970, First Edition. London : Howard Baker. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Item #240938
ISBN: 0093047703

Series; A Howard Baker book. Physical description; [6], 361 p. ; 23 cm. Notes; "Contains the names of well over two thousand authors and editors, together with biographical details of many of them, including the pen-names they used",-upper inside flap. "Bound by William Brendon & Son Ltd.",-t.p. verso. Blue paper case binding. Yellow illustrated dust jacket. Summary; A collective biography of all British authors who ever wrote for boys. Subjects; Authors, English — Dictionaries. Children's stories, English — Dictionaries. Authors, English — Biography — Dictionaries. Boys — Books and reading — Dictionaries. Authors, English — Biography — Dictionaries — Biography — Dictionaries. Children's literature — Bio-bibliography. Children's literature, English — History and criticism. Children's literature, English — Bio-bibliography — Dictionaries. Children's books. English fiction — History & criticism. Children's books — Authorship. Boys' stories — Biographical dictionaries. Genres; Biographical dictionaries - England - 1970. Biography. Bookplates - England - (1960-1979). Dictionary. Dust jackets - England - 1970. Library (institution) copies (document genres) - England - (1960-1979). Paper (fibre product) case bindings - England - 1970.

Price: €18.00