A SENSE OF STORY: Essays on Contemporary Writers For Children By John Rowe Townsend Philadelphia/New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, (1971). First edition, first printing. A collection of essays with a bibliographic list describing the writing styles, influences, and particular uniqueness of each of the superior nineteen English language authors selected. The authors include Madeleine L'Engle, Andre Norton, John Christopher, Alan Garner, Rosemary Sutcliff, Eleanor Estes, Joan Aiken and more. Former owner's lovely vintage bookplate to the inside front cover that hides discreetly behind the jacket flap, a very mild vertical crease to the first portion of pages, else near fine in blue linen with gilt embossed titles to the spine; in a nearly fine dust jacket with a touch of age-toning to the spine panel; original printed $6.50 price still intact to the front inner flap. Octavo; 216 pages. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT LITERARY BOOKS THANKS! On Dec-11-03 at 18:03:08 PST, seller added the following information: