For the 1974 Revised edition, so called, Townsend greatly expanded the 1965 survey of "English Children's Literature" to cover "English-Language Children's Literature".
2nd revised, 3rd revised, and 4th revised or 25th anniversary, editions were published in 1983, 1987, and 1990; the last, "A survey of imaginative writing, including poetry and picture books, accompanied by a bibliography of works on children's literature and illustrations from many of the classics of children's literature through 1989." {{OCLC|25630220}}
1st ed., 1st printing, of the expanded work with "English-Language" rather than "English" scope and title
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"Revised edition"
Illustrations, 1 facsimile
Bibliography, p342-49
Index
(The illustrations are selected from works within the scope of the Outline.)
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British Library: GB75-00795 (old format)
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Publ date and cover image from Amazon UK 2018-07-30 (no list price)
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Price from The Guardian 1974-11-13 p11 "Coming of Age: {{a|Elaine Moss}} on [JRT]'s new survey of books for children" (positive review and biography).
