Thursday, August 16, 2007

The Justin G. Schiller Prize

The Bibliographical Society of America is pleased to announce
The winner of the first Justin G. Schiller Prize for Bibliographical Work in Pre-20th Century Children’s Books is Lawrence Darton’s The Dartons: An Annotated Check-list of Children’s Books Issued by Two Publishing Houses, 1787-1876 (London/New Castle, Delaware: British Library/ Oak Knoll Press, 2004). It was selected from a very competitive group of candidates, which included monographs, articles, dissertations, exhibition catalogues, and web sites. More information here.