For your amusement and instruction : the Elisabeth Ball collection of historical children's materials

For your amusement and instruction : the Elisabeth Ball collection of historical children's materials

An exhibition catalogue featuring items from the Elisabeth Ball collection of historical children’s materials. In addition to a wide range of books and manuscripts covering topics such as science, technology, history, geography, travel, and religion, the exhibition includes storybooks, poetry, fairy tales, cries, chapbooks, nursery rhymes, games, and toys. Long recognized as one of the finest collections of its kind, the exhibition showcases items that reflect its major strengths: a generous proportion is included of those works that are either unique or extremely rare.

Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)

Johnson, Elizabeth L.

Bloomington, Ind. : Lilly Library, Indiana University.

1987

Ball, Elisabeth, 1897-1982, collector

94, 2 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Lilly Library Z1038.L72 F6

PURL: http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/general/VAB9921