Profits from the nursery: booksellers discover children's books in the hand-press period

Contents

Preface / by Brian Alderson -- I. "Pasted on boards, for hanging up in nurseries" : the engraver, the printer, and the juvenile novelty market, 1660-1830 / Jill Shefrin -- II. John Newbery and the packaging of "Excellent little books," 1744-1767 / Andrea Immel -- III. Saint or sinner? Thomas Saint of Newcastle upon Tyne : printer, publisher, pirate / Nigel Tattersfield -- IV. The pitfalls of seeking respectability ; the rise, fall, and rise again of John Marshall, "the Children's Printer" / David Stoker -- V. "No effort, no invention... shall be left untried" : the Godwins, their juvenile library, and Beauty and the Beast / M.O. Grenby & Brian Alderson.