AMERICAN PICTUREBOOKS: FROM NOAH'S ARK TO THE BEAST WITHIN by Barbara Bader New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., (1976). First edition, first printing. Contains the publisher's first printing number code sequence 10 through 1. Enhanced with approximately seven-hundred illustrations, one-hundred-thirty in color. One of the most important reference books on children's books is now considered a standard bibliographic study on children's illustrated books. Detailed information on themes, authors, and illustrators with focused chapters on such subjects as Dr. Seuss, Maurice Sendak, Margaret Wise Brown, Ruth Krauss, Golden Books, wordless books, imported books, and so much more. Creasing to the spine, minor scratch to the rear cover, else near fine in brown linen with gilt embossed illustration to the front cover and with gilt embossed titles to the spine; in a fine dust jacket. Front jacket flap price of $45.00 still intact. Quite nice and presentable. Quarto; 613 pages; Notes; Bibliography; and Index. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!