PROFITS FROM THE NURSERY: BOOKSELLERS DISCOVER CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN THE HAND-PRESS PERIOD

Five essays about innovative publishers for children, 1670-1830. With 142 color illustrations and a comprehensive index. The essay topics include: - "Pasted on Boards, for Hanging Up in Nurseries": The Engraver, the Printer, and the Juvenile Novelty Market, 1660-1830 by Jill Shefrin - John Newberry and the Packaging of "Excellent Little Books," 1744-1767 by Andrea Immel - Saint or Sinner? Thomas Saint of Newcastle upon Tyne: Printer, Publisher, Pirate by Nigel Tattersfield - The Pitfalls of Seeking Respectability: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of John Marshall, "the Children's Printer" by David Stoker - "No Effort, No Invention . . . Shall Be Left Untried": The Godwins, Their Juvenile Library, and Beauty and the Beast by M. O'Grenby and Brian Alderson.