Friday, November 30, 2012

Where Childrens Books Were Sold

by Stephen J. Gertz

Premises of John Harris, formerly of John Newbery, 1770 forward.



Tabart & Co, 1800 forward.



From a book published by A.K. Newman in 1829.



Stall at a fair, c. 1878.
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All images and captions, including headline, from English Children's Books 1600 to 1900 by Percy Muir (1954).
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