First U.S. edition. More than 150 illustrations--both color plates and black and white drawings--and over fifty biographies of leading artists in England and America, predominantly from the 1860's to the late l930's. Includes well-known names such as Kate Greenaway, Jessie Willcox Smith and the Robinson brothers, and less well known, but equally talented artists, such as Harry Clarke, Anne Anderson, and Margaret Tarrant. An essential work to students of children's books and the illustrators' art. 144 pages. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. small 4to..