Number Two Joy Street: A Medley of Prose & Verse for Boys and Girls

[1924]
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  • Title: Number Two Joy Street: A Medley of Prose & Verse for Boys and Girls
  • Author: Marian Allen (British (born Australia), Sydney 1892–1953)
  • Author: Hilaire Belloc (British (born France), La Celle-Saint-Cloud 1870–1953 Guildford, Surrey)
  • Author: Walter De la Mare (British, Charlton, Kent 1873–1956 Twickenham, Middlesex)
  • Author: Gilbert Keith Chesterton (British, London 1874–1936 Beaconsfield)
  • Author: Valery Carrick (Norwegian (born Russia), St. Petersburg 1869–1943)
  • Author: Hugh Chesterman (British, 1884–1941)
  • Author: Rose Fyleman (British, 1877–1957)
  • Author: Laurence Housman (British, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire 1865–1959 Glastonbury, Somerset)
  • Author: Mabel Marlowe (British, 1884–1954)
  • Author: A. A. Milne (British, 1882–1956)
  • Author: Madeleine Nightingale (British, 1879–1972)
  • Author: B. K. Pyke (British, active early 1920s)
  • Author: Thomas Quayle (British, active early 1920s)
  • Author: Edith Sitwell (British, 1887–1964)
  • Author: Sir Hugh Walpole (British, 1884–1941)
  • Author: Blanche Winder (British, 1866–1930)
  • Artist: Cover and endpapers after Andrea di Cione (Orcagna) (Italian, Florence 1315/20–1368 Florence)
  • Designer: Book jacket designed by Alec Buckels (British, Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire 1892–1972 Surrey)
  • Illustrator: Marian Allen (British (born Australia), Sydney 1892–1953)
  • Illustrator: Alec Buckels (British, Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire 1892–1972 Surrey)
  • Illustrator: Valery Carrick (Norwegian (born Russia), St. Petersburg 1869–1943)
  • Illustrator: Frederick Carter (British, Bradford 1885–1967)
  • Illustrator: Hugh Chesterman (British, 1884–1941)
  • Illustrator: K. M. Gibbs (British, active 1920s)
  • Illustrator: Kenneth Harrow (British, active first half 20th century)
  • Illustrator: Roy Meldrum (British, active early 20th century)
  • Illustrator: Hilda T. Miller (American, 1876–1939)
  • Illustrator: John Robert Monsell (Irish, Cahirciveen, County Kerry 1877–1952 Battle, Sussex)
  • Illustrator: Charles Thrupp Nightingale (British, 1878–after 1931)
  • Illustrator: Gabriel Pippet (British, Solihull 1880–1962)
  • Illustrator: Harry Rountree (British (born New Zealand), Auckland 1878–1950 Saint Ives, England)
  • Illustrator: Tinker Taylor (British, active early 20th century)
  • Publisher: Basil Blackwell (Oxford, England)
  • Printer: Billing and Sons, Ltd. (Guildford and Esher, Surrey)
  • Date: [1924]
  • Medium: Illustrations: three-color process and line photoengravings
  • Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 7 3/8 x 1 1/2 in. (25.1 x 18.7 x 3.8 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Fairchild Bowler, 1965
  • Object Number: 65.518.28
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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