curated by Chris Loker ; edited by Jill Shefrin ; with contributions by Brian Alderson, Nick Clark, Rachel Eley, Andrea Immel, Justin G. Schiller, Jill Shefrin, and John Windle
"Based on an exhibition held at The Grolier Club, December 10, 2014-February 7, 2015"--Title page verso.
"Design and typography by Jerry Kelly"--Colophon.
Exhibition also presents 50 historic artifacts which demonstrate the relationship between the 100 books and the culture of their time.
This catalog is the fifth in the series of "Grolier 100" exhibition catalogs.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Essays. Introduction -- Bibliophiles in the nursery : the gradual legitimacy of collecting rare children's books / Justin G. Schiller -- "Pity that any children should be ... brought up ... without the skill of reading" / Jill Shefrin -- Cutting loose : productivity and inventiveness among the nineteenth-century publishers / Brian W. Alderson -- Imagination, invention, and appropriation in twentieth-century picture-book art / Nick Clark -- The catalogue. Principles of description ; Abbreviations and glossary ; References ; One hundred books