The Illustrated Treasury of Children’s Literature edited by Margaret Martignoni
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content: 1955
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content: Grosset and Dunlap
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content: <i>The Illustrated Treasury of Children’s Literature</i> is designed “for family use and for reading aloud with children, every selection has already earned the approval of real live boys and girls.” Many of this anthology’s entries are of complete stories, while others are excerpts. In addition to traditional nursery rhymes and fairytales, it includes great authors in the English language such as: Beatrix Potter, Lewis Carroll, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Louisa May Alcott. Most of the stories are illustrated, many in color. The front and back covers, as well as the inside cover pages, depict beloved characters, such as Alice in Wonderland and Humpty-Dumpty.
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content: Editor Margaret Martignoni (1908-1974) graduated from Western Maryland College and Columbia University’s School of Library Science. She was an Assistant Professor of Library Science at the Catholic University in Washington, D.C. She later became the Superintendent of Works for Children in the Brooklyn Public Library. Martignoni was also the Executive Secretary of the New York Library Association. In addition to editing <i>The Illustrated Treasury of Children’s Literature</i> (1955), she edited the 10-volume set of Collier’s Junior Classics (1962) and similar Collier’s series.
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content: In addition to being the compiler of illustrations for the <i>Illustrated Treasury of Children’s Literature,</i> P. Edward Ernest edited The Family Album of Favorite Poems (1956). Both of these popular titles were reprinted in new editions over the succeeding decades.
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content: Grosset and Dunlap was founded in 1898 by Alexander Grosset and George T. Dunlap. Their partnership changed the focus of the publishing industry from expensive books for the few to cheaper books for the masses. It was primarily a hardcover reprint house. After Dunlap retired in 1944, Grosset & Dunlap was sold to a consortium that included Random House; Little, Brown; and Harper and Brothers. Grosset & Dunlap is historically known for its juvenile series books such as the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and The Bobbsey Twins. In 1982, Grosset & Dunlap was acquired by G. P. Putnam's Sons. Putnam subsequently merged with Penguin Group in 1996. In 2013, Penguin merged with Bertelsmann's Random House, forming Penguin Random House.
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content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Home and Community Life: Education
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content: Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
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content: National Museum of American History
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content: 2017.3049.41
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content: 2017.3049
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content: 2017.3049.41
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content: book
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content: instructional materials
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content: overall: 10 1/4 in x 7 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 26.035 cm x 19.05 cm x 3.81 cm