MEAN MURGATROYD And The TEN CATS.
New York: Dutton, (1984). 1st Edition, a Dedication copy, INSCRIBED by the Artist to the book's dedicatee, Frances Clarke Sayers. Unpaginated, though 24 pp. Color illustrtions throughout. 8vo. Pictorial glazed boards. Dust jacket which replicates the binding graphics. A Fine copy in a similar jacket. Item #51188
Sayers, librarian, educator, and author, devoted her life to juvenile literature. Her efforts earned her several honors, including the 1965 Lippincott Award for distinguishec service in the profession of librianship and the 1973 Regina Medal from the Catholic Library". [Wiki]
Upon her death, Sayers, former Lecturer at the Library and Information Science at UCLA, was honored by that instituion by its establishment of the annual Frances Clarke Sayers Lecture series devoted to juvenile literature. In 1999, American Libraries named her one of the "100 Most Important Leaders We Had in the 20th Century."
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