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1961010649<p>New York: Harcourt Brace & World 1961 Beige cloth pictorially stamped in violet; color illustrated dust jacket with edge tears price clipped. A charming alphabet book of alliterative verse with two-color artwork throughout. While living in Puerto Rico Mrs. Barry discovered some antique printing blocks in a small printing shop which would be the inspiration for this book. This was her first book. Named an AIGA best illustrated books. Stated First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Fine/Good. Illus. by Katharina Barry. Oblong 12mo.</p> Harcourt, Brace & World hardcover
007460New York London & Paris: Raphael Tuck & Sons Circa 1895. Chromolithograph card covers 2" split to base of spine small tear at top of book. An alphabet in verse where each letter stands for a name behavior or profession. Four pages printed in color the balance in brown ink. Scarce. Very Good. Illus. by Mabel & Edith Taylor. Narrow 4to. Raphael Tuck & Sons unknown
1928011280<p>Paris: Albin Michel 1928 Pictorial card covers held together with archival tissue text block reattached with archival tissue. A color alphabet of animals alternating between a pictorial abc and a comic opposite incorporating some or all of the animals represented. Amusing and uncommon. Marius Roussillon is best known for creating the Michelin Man. . Pictorial Card Covers. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by O'Galop Pseud. Marius Rossillon. Small 4to.</p> Albin Michel paperback
1950010508New York: Harper & Brothers 1950 1950 184 pgs. Yellow pictorial cloth with light wear to spine tips and corners in a color illustrated dust jacket which is worn with a few small chips price-clipped. A very clever and different approach to an alphabet book one where the prose is alliterative and there actually is a plot! In addition to the wonderful text Parrish added detailed and beautiful Victorian style drawings on which she spent a year making! Note lovely color pictorial endpapers. Probable First Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Anne Parrish. 4to. Harper & Brothers hardcover
002146New York: Harper & Brothers 1950 184 pgs. Yellow pictorial cloth wear to spine tips and corners in a color illustrated dust jacket which is worn with a few small chips tape repair on verso of DJ price intact. A very clever and different approach to an alphabet book one where the prose is alliterative and there actually is a plot! In addition to the wonderful text Parrish added detailed and beautiful Victorian style drawings on which she spent a year making! Note lovely color pictorial endpapers. First Edition. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Anne Parrish. 4to. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1929007661New York: Harcourt Brace 1929 Beige cover with muslin overlay titled in blue spotting to cover wear to extremities offsetting from newspaper on title page partial dust jacket. A positively lovely abc book printed in turquoise and brown with illustrated endpapers detailed borders and intricate beautiful illustrations by Walker. Walker's obituary is laid into the book. Rare. First Edition. Very Good/Poor. 4to. Harcourt Brace unknown
1967024782Decorah IA: Cosmic Communication Co. 1967. Soft cover. Fair. Signed with inscription by the author in both English and aUI. The third enriched edition with encyclopedia. Clean unmarked pages. Book has been bent in the middle and spine has a diagonal tear at the pressure point. Tear has been repaired with tape. Binding is fragile with cracking and loosened pages. Covers with scuffs. Not pretty but still serviceable for its unique content and notable for the rare author signature. <br/> <br/> Cosmic Communication Co. paperback
192277540Langenscheidt Berlin 1922. Kein Schutzumschlag Hardcover Gut Abrieb / Langenscheidt Berlin, hardcover
117480Lyon Les Éditions J. Barbe. 113 rue Cuvier. 1943. 6 feuillets. 31 x 24 Cm. Couvertures cartonnées souples illustrées sur fond bleu en couleurs. Dos un peu frotté. L'alphabet occupe le revers des couvertures par Guy-Gérard Noël affichiste de talent donne vie à ce bel alphabet pauvrement imprimé sur un papier de guerre. Bel exemplaire. Lyon, Les Éditions J. Barbe. 113, rue Cuvier. (1943). unknown
Y04N-00394Random House Books for Young Readers. Used - Like New. Like New condition. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects. Random House Books for Young Readers unknown
1831219318Verlag ovn Johann Ambrosius Barth Leipzig. A spese di Giovanni Ambrogio Barth Lipsia 1831. Hardcover mit Lederrücken und -ecken 1831-1836. Zustand: mit Kennungen einer Privatbibliothek. Keine Beschädigungen keine Eintragungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten gut. Das Buch hat Innen immer wieder Stockflecken. Verlag ovn Johann Ambrosius Barth, Leipzig. A spese di Giovanni Ambrogio Barth, Lipsia, hardcover
1860030668Boston: Crosby Nichols Lee & Company 1860. Undated 1860. Worn but sound ABC book with a short verse four-line verse and animal woodcut for each letter in the alphabet. Includes some animals not typically found in such books: "N is a Nyl Ghau Half ox and half deer; On the far plains of Hindostan He roams without fear"; "J is a Jaguar A Brazilian beast; On the flesh of wild deer He loves well to feast"; "P is a Prongbuck On the western plain He flies o'er the ground Like a ship on the main"; and our favorite "V is a Vampire A bloodsucking bat. He's as large as a pigeon And bites like a rat". Red blindstamped cloth with gilt lettered and decorated spine with Young People's Library at the top includes woodcut frontis and title page in addition to the animal woodcuts plus four additional title pages with three frontis woodcuts for different titles at the rear all dated 1860 presumably publisher's ads. Covers worn with light fraying to corners and spine ends finger soil good hinges sound text block occasional finger soil and a couple of very minor margins stains to the pages gift notation in pencil dated 1864 on front free endpaper. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Crosby, Nichols, Lee & Company Hardcover
1940009432Barcelona: Imprenta Elzeviriana y Libreria Cami 1940 Circa 1940s. Pictorial paper covers a few faint spots of foxing some pages opened roughly. Alternating pages of Spanish text and an illustrated alphabet. Unlike most ABC books the letters are not arranged from A to Z. Printed entirely in color. Uncommon. Pictorial Wraps. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Marti Fernandez Collado. 4to. Imprenta Elzeviriana y Libreria Cami unknown
1907009768Munchen: Hans Von Weber 1907 Date per DnB. Color printed cloth book worn soiled and fraying one page with a large stain. A rare alphabet book only four institutional copies located. Each page contains two vignettes each with descriptive text highlighting a letter from the alphabet. Printed entirely in color. Contains stereotypical images and language. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Walter Caspari. Square 8vo. Hans Von Weber hardcover
1886009789New York: McLoughlin Bros 1886 Color printed paper mounted on linen spine chipped a few stains but clean overall. Inside printed directly on linen. The book begins with a pictorial abc in red & black followed by simple prose and word lists accompanied by six full-color plates the rear cover advertises "Our Hero! General U S Grant in Words of One Syllable." Circa 1886. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Chromolithographs. 4to. McLoughlin Bros hardcover
1956010648<p>Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1956 Pictorial boards with cloth spine previous owner's name and note on endpaper; matching dust jacket with a few small edge tears repaired on verso with clear tape original price intact $2.50. Simple text about various modes of transportation with charming color artwork throughout by Ninon MacKnight. . First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Ninon MacKnight. Oblong 4to.</p> Doubleday & Company
1910009228Chicago: Rand McNally & Company 1910 Correct info on copyright page for a 1st Edition. Tan cloth with color pastedown. cloth soiled with fraying to extremities binding reglued roughness to edge of first few pages otherwise fresh and clean inside. Each letter of the alphabet is accompanied by a full page color illustration and quatrain relating to Hiawatha and / or Native American life. Scarce. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by H D Pohl. 4to. Rand McNally & Company hardcover
45458NY: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Co. 1917. Small 4to.; cloth backed illustrated boards hardcover; color illustrated plates; No. 855; envelope on back endpaper containing a complete set of letters; text block is loose but still attached and boards are edgeworn else very good. <br/><br/> NY: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Co., 1917 hardcover
1834252936Bureau Central Paris 1834. Hardcover Leder ohne Schutzumschlag 2 Bde. Zustand: keine Beschädigungen mit Namenseintragungen. Ecken Kanten bestoßen berieben mit Abschabungen und oberen kleinen Einrissen am Rücken. Block altersgemäß braunfleckig. Der Preis ist für beide Bde. zusammen. Bureau Central, Paris, hardcover
117473Librairie Garnier 6 rue des Saints-Pères. Paris. 1923. 7 feuillets comprenant les couvertures. 31x24 Cm. Broché couvertures de papier fort illustrées en couleur: dans la nuit éclairée par les lampions que forment les lettres ABC Pierrot se promène en compagnie d'une jolie femme chaussée de talons hauts; tandis que dans des rectangles ou cercle à fond rouge les lettres X Y et Z avec leur figures respectives ferment l'alphabet. Dos un peu abimé. Quelques traces de plis. Petits accrocs. Salissures. Cet ouvrage publié à Paris en 1923 par la Librairie Garnier reflète une période de l'entre-deux-guerres où l'art et la littérature cherchaient à capter et à exprimer les transformations d'une société en pleine mutation. Henri Aurrens peintre de Provence ayant établi sa réputation à Paris comme caricaturiste de presse utilise son art pour créer un alphabet vibrant et original. Quelques taches et salissures. Librairie Garnier, 6, rue des Saints-Pères. Paris. 1923. unknown
1923145777London: The Dangerfield Printing Co. Ltd for the Underground Electric Railways Company of London 1923. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. London The Dangerfield Printing Co. Ltd for the Underground Electric Railways Company of London 1923. Duodecimo 28 pages with numerous illustrations printed in four colours. Colour-pictorial card covers slightly rubbed; small amount of red pencil scribble on the outside rear cover and some slight and inoffensive red colouring-in to the figures on the front cover; a very good copy internally fine. A charming pictorial alphabet book advertising country pleasure outings by public transport in the vicinity of London. The illustrations show two children and their aunt on such an outing with all figures stylised as wooden toys. The alphabet begins 'A is for Auntie who's so fond of Us; That she takes us for rides on the top of the Bus' and continues with rhyming couplets in a similar vein. The letterpress text gives details of return fares to Eastcote Horsenden Hill Ickenham Ruislip Southend South Harrow and Uxbridge together with details of tea rooms and resorts at those destinations. <p>The catalogue record for an example held by the London Transport Museum 1997/13265 attributes the illustrations to Violet Holdsworth. We have traced very few institutional holdings. 'Reg. No. 108-10M-5.4.23' is printed on the recto of the rear cover; we read this as indicating a print-run of 10000 copies. The Dangerfield Printing Co. Ltd [for the Underground Electric Railways Company of London paperback
1924010128London Edinburgh & New York: Thomas Nelson 1924 Pictorial card covers with wear to edges and spine gift inscription dated 1924 else clean. An abc of all things on wheels including chariot automobile land-yacht etc. Illustrated in color on every page in period style. Scarce. Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by Uncredited. 4to. Thomas Nelson paperback
1907011130<p>Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing 1907 Pictorial covers with some wear and dust soil previous owner's name on lower cover. An alphabet all about the effects and benefits of Lewis Lye which is made from Kryolith of course. Illustrated in color on every page in turn-of-the-century style by Art Williamson. Scarce. Pictorial Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Art Williamson. 8vo.</p> Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing
1904009761Akron OH: Saalfield Publishing Company 1904 Color printed cloth book some edge fraying covers rubbed occasional spot but colors are bright and vivid. Each letter of the alphabet is accompanied by a picture and a rhyming couplet describing the scene. S is for Santa Claus. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Square 8vo. Saalfield Publishing Company hardcover
1932010055London 1932 Circa 1932 based on gift inscription. Pictorial boards with some rubbing to covers and edges gift inscription else clean inside with all pop-ups unblemished. Seven pop-up pages of the letters of the alphabet with the rhyme begining "A is an Archer." . Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Uncredited. 8vo. unknown