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Total number of records: 97

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Books and printed items96
Archives1

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Brotherton Collection34
English Literature19
Leeds Russian Archive13
Herbert Read Collection6
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections3
Leeds Poetry1
Quaker Collection1
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
children's poetry52
children's poetry, english25
children's poetry, russian12
english poetry7
children's poetry, icelandic5
children4
children's stories, russian4
conduct of life4
children's poetry, german3
children's stories3

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England1
Terezin (Concentration Camp)1

Top 10: People and organisations

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Evans, Edmund (1826-1905)5
Greenaway, Kate (1846-1901)5
Marshak, S (1887-1964)5
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)5
Evans, Edmund4
Lebedev, Vladimir VasilʹEvich (1891-1967)4
Read, Herbert4
Bright, Elizabeth3
Drinkwater, John (1882-1937)3
Ford, H J (1860-1941)3

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From 17003
From 180038
From 190052
From 20004

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Up to 189926
Up to 199963
Up to latest5

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The rose : containing original poems for young people

Elliott, Mary; Darton, William (1755-1819)

[1824]

Plates dated 1824. First edition. "Accompanied with engravings". "Price 1s. with plain plates, or 1s.6d. with the plates coloured."

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McDougall's divisional poetry books (Book 1)

McDougall's Educational Company Limited

[between 1900 and 1999?]

Book 1. For infants -- book 2. (For junior classes) -- book 3. For senior pupils.

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McDougall's divisional poetry books (Book 2)

McDougall's Educational Company Limited

[between 1900 and 1999?]

Book 1. For infants -- book 2. (For junior classes) -- book 3. For senior pupils.

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Poems For Children

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1970

This file contains a 3 page typescript of Thomas Blackburn's review of Charles Causley's anthology of children's poetry, 'Figgie Hobbin,', and discussion of what makes good children's poetry.

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This way delight : a book of poetry for the young

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1970

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This way delight : a book of poetry for the young

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1957

Bound in deep salmon cloth over boards; stamped in yellow on spine; white and navy blue dust jacket printed and illustrated in black and green.

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This way delight : book of poetry for the young

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

c1956

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Little Ann and other poems

Taylor, Jane (1783-1824); Evans, Edmund (1826-1905); Taylor, Ann (1782-1866); Greenaway, Kate (1846-1901)

[1883]

Printed in 1882 but published in 1883. Cf. Spielmann, cited below. "[The illustrations are copyright.]".

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Afternoon tea : rhymes for children

Sowerby, J G; Emmerson, H H

[ca. 1880?]

Publication date supplied by British Museum.

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Lilliput levee

Rands, William Brighty (1823-1882); Millais, Sir John Everett (1829-1896); Pinwell, George John (1842-1875); Dalziel Brothers

[1864]

By William Brighty Rands. Gleeson White, p. 134. Reid, p. 161. Wood engraved title vignette by Dalziel.

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