London: The Bodley Head, 1968.
First Omnibus edition, first printing.
Originally published from 1960-66 in three separate volumes, this first one volume edition has been revised and reset.
A collection of concise critical monographs of three superior children's writers, describing their life, careers, influences and writings, each followed by a bibliography that includes dates, publishers, and illustrators.
Small shadow and tiny abrasion from former price sticker to the inside front cover, else very nearly fine in creamy-plum linen boards with gilt embossed titles to the spine; in a price-clipped very nearly fine dust jacket with a minuscule tear and a hint of rubbing to the lower spine edge; original printed code 370008855 still intact to the front inner flap.
Octavo; 219 pages.
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