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• Felix de Marez Oyens (Author)

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Subjects

• Children's literature studies: general
• Library Science and Publishing
• Literary Criticism
• LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's Literature
• Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
• Modern period, c 1500 onwards
• United Kingdom, Great Britain

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• Be Merry and Wise: Origins of Children's Book Publishing in England, 1650-1850
  Oak Knoll Press, Hardcover, 2006
• Be Merry and Wise: Children's Books in Britain Before 1850
  British Library, Hardcover, 2006

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