304 pages, 4 plates, cloth, dust jacket, ex-library with usual library markings otherwise very good. Biography of eminent children's librarian Anne Moore (1871-1961), New York Public Library (1895 to 1941). 'Anne Carroll Moore, librarian, editor, author and critic, was a pioneer in the field of children's literature. She was also the first Superintendent of Children's Work at the New York Public Library. With her associates, she created the institution of children's librarianship as it exists today. Moore also had an influence on the publishing of children's literature through her role as a critic of children's books.' (Ann Rox, University of Tennessee, Knoxville).

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