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18501716331850. ALPHABET. ALPHABET OF EXERCISES. Alphabet gymnastique. 72 pp. including 4 b&w plates of engravings in intaglio. 158 x 102 mm. red morocco boards. Paris: Locard-Davi 1850. A delightful alphabet with charming plates showing children participating in various passtimes noy all of them seeming to require physical energy.A few marginal paper repairs but overall a pleasing copy of a very rare book. OCLC lists Southern Mississippi and 3 in Europe hardcover
1900102932<p>No place no date c. 1900. Two hand-drawn alphabet series A to Z with individual letters each initial c. 6 x 6 cm. Drawn in ink on paper. Unsigned. Both series are different some initials are mirrored. Held in a custom-made paper box covered with marbled paper. a few letters slightly damaged but expertly restored. Each letter in the first series shows one putti with a musical instrument 25 cards J not present. Each letter for the second series shows two or more children amusing themselves with games 26 cards.</p><p>Charming alphabet cards with playing children and musical angels.</p>
187017487<p>New York: McLoughlin Bros. n.d. ca. 1870 First edition. The illustrations seem to be the same as those that appear in the McLoughlin children's book Major's Alphabet 1870. Original wooden box with color-printed paper onlay. Two wooden knobs on the side of the box allow readers to turn through the scroll. Box 7 x 7 x 1 " containing paper scroll approx. 5" wide. . Scroll is color-printed with twenty-six vignettes one for each letter of the alphabet with accompanying verse "B is for Benjamin making a bow". Illustrated by William Momberger. Some rubbing to edges and soiling. Old crack to box lid repaired with adhesive. Bottom of box reinforced with tape at two corners. A child's old pencil scribbles to bottom. Scroll itself is clean and bright. A very good copy. Companies like McLoughlin Bros. in New York and Milton Bradley in Massachusetts employed creative formats for alphabet books during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The present item is an unusual book that introduces an element of tactile play to learning the alphabet. While McLoughlin Milton Bradley and other companies were distributing these alphabet books the Educational Toy Manufacturing Company also in Massachusetts experimented with a movable metal multiplication tool "Consul the Educated Monkey" and British company H.G. Clarke released their "Magic Toymaker" booklet which could be assembled into a paper puppet. These books utilized the concept of learning through play a staple of early childhood education since Friedrich Froebel innovated the kindergarten in early nineteenth century.</p> McLoughlin Bros.,
1864009603London: Dean & Son 11 Ludgatehill sic 1864 Yellow paper printed in red & black mounted to card external wear soil and small losses previous owner's name dated 1864 a few corner bends and light finger soil but a clean copy overall. A rare book of limericks arranged alphabetically by place about various people and their humorous quirks. Each verse is accompanied by an amusing illustration. Darton compares the artwork to Tenniel specifically referencing his work from Through the Looking-Glass and dates the book to 1864. Children's Books in England pgs 266-7. . Card Covers. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by J V B and T S. 12mo. Dean & Son, 11, Ludgatehill (sic) hardcover
1827D5995Stockholm: A. Wiborg for H. A. Nordström 1827. Hardcover. Very Good. Remboitage of late-18th or early-19th century tree calf ornately gilt-stamped on boards and spine; pp. 4 vi 2 102 2 including engraved title and dedication; 20 engraved plates by Jakob Gillberg. Spine tips and corners lightly scuffed; endpapers renewed; text leaves browned but plates clean. Later edition of an alphabet book dedicated to the Crown Prince of Sweden originally published in 1780 and patterned on the 1772 Neues A.B.C. Buch of Christian Felix Weisse. <br/><br/> A. Wiborg for H. A. Nordström hardcover
1806009805New York: Samuel Wood 1806 Bound in gilt decorated leather and marbled endpapers losses from spine ends rear board nearly detached original wrappers not bound in internally fine. The first children's book published by Samuel Wood during the year the firm was established. A simple ABC and vocabulary book illustrated with wonderful engravings attributed to Alexander Anderson. Rosenbach 325. . First Edition. Full Leather. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Alexander Anderson. 16mo. Samuel Wood hardcover
1889001695New York: McLoughlin Bros 1889 Chromolithograph printed paper mounted on board with red cloth spine wear to edges corner and spine tips very light internal soil. A large and wonderful alphabet book printed entirely in color and every page mounted on thick board. Each letter of the alphabet is accompanied by a short verse which utilizes the names of boys and girls except the letter X which is represented by "Extra! Extra!" after the boys who sell newspapers. Uncommon in this format. . Good. Illus. by Chromolithographs. 4to. McLoughlin Bros hardcover
187017528<p>New York: McLoughlin Bros. n.d. ca. 1870s First edition Date inferred from wrapper ads. Publisher's color-printed paper wrappers sewn at spine. 6 x 10 in. Six pages printed in black with reading and vocabulary lessons. Otherwise illustrated in color. Some dustsoiling and chipping to wrappers and some foxing throughout. A good copy of a fragile item. Contains eleven lessons that teach children the alphabet and simple vocabulary words. The Civil War appears thematically in the present work which includes depictions of children dressed as soldiers and an illustration of a soldier paired with the following verse: "U stands for our Union O long may it stand / V is for Volunteer with his gun in his hand."</p> McLoughlin Bros.,
186869589Salt Lake City UT: Deseret University 1868. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 72pp. Duodecimo 19 cm 1/4 brown cloth with tan illustrated boards. Illustrated. Boards a bit discolored more so the rear board. Underlying boards peeking through at the bottom fore-edge corners of the boards. Very thin cracks to the paper along the hinges. Internally exceptionally clean and bright. The Deseret Alphabet was introduced in 1854 and was created by Parley P. Pratt Heber C. Kimball and George D. Watt. Made up of thirty-eight characters to correlate with basic sounds in the English language the Deseret Alphabet was intended to be used to help simplify the principles of the English language. The creation of the language is one the more unusual ideas of Brigham Young and never was embraced in the way he thought it would be. The Deseret Alphabet was quickly abandoned shortly after Young's death. Flake 2818. [Deseret University] hardcover
186871631Salt Lake City: Regents of the Deseret University 1868. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 72pp. Brown cloth backed printed boards. Dampsatin to bottom of textblock at the spine old tape repair to the rear endpaper else an about very good example. Alfred L. Bush finds these readers to be "a curious and interesting aspect of Brigham Young's empire-building-which went so far as to include an attempt at an alphabetic reformation" qtd. in Streeter. Flake 2818; Streeter IV: 2309. Regents of the Deseret University hardcover
186871633NY: Russell Bros. for The Regents of The Deseret University 1868. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 38pp. Brick cloth backed printed boards. Slightly darkened and rubbed old tape repair to tears on rear endpaper else a very good example. Alfred L. Bush finds these readers to be "a curious and interesting aspect of Brigham Young's empire-building-which went so far as to include an attempt at an alphabetic reformation" qtd. in Streeter. Flake 606; Streeter IV: 2309. Russell Bros. for The Regents of The Deseret University 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
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
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
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
1890008583New York London Paris: Raphael Tuck & Sons 1890 Circa 1890. 8.5 x 6 inches. Color printed card covers with light wear previous owner's name at bottom of front cover. Brief verse for each letter represented by an animal. Some odd things about this book: E is for Elk but a moose is pictured I is for Ice-Bear Polar Bear K is for King of Beasts Lion R is for Roar also Lion. Four color plates the balance in brown ink. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Raphael Tuck Studios. Oblong 12mo. Raphael Tuck & Sons paperback
1884010082New York: McLoughlin Bros 1884 9.25 x 6 inches. 12 pgs including covers. Color printed wraps owner's name on cover base of spine split light wear and occasional soil. Inside covers contain the verses that begin "A is an Angler" the inside pages contain the pictures in three sections per page one letter per section U & V share a section U is for unicorn!. . Pictorial Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Chromolithographs. 8vo. McLoughlin Bros unknown
1899009612No Place: Juvenile Publishers 1899 Unpaginated. Pictorial boards accented in gilt cloth spine corners worn edges rubbed clean overall with a few signs of use internally. The publishers really tried to pack a lot into this one little book! We start out with an alphabet with two examples and brief verse for each letter then we go on to counting then days of the week then months and finish off with some natural history. Peppered throughout the book are Mother Goose rhymes. The book is illustrated in two-color plus line art printed with blue ink and there is a color frontis depicting Little Red Riding Hood. There are even some Wain-esque cats! Something for everyone really. . Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Various. 8vo. Juvenile Publishers unknown
1816234023Franz Ferstl Grätz 1816. Hardcover kartoniert Ein Auszug aus dem Großen Italiänischen und Deutschen Wörterbuche. Ein Auszug aus dem Großen Italiänischen und Deutschen Wörterbuche. Zustand: keine Beschädigungen keine Eintragungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten berieben beschabt. Innen sehr gut fleckenfrei. Franz Ferstl, Grätz, hardcover
1828265180Rey et Gravier Libraires Mercadores de Livros Paris 1828. Hardcover Marmorschnitt ohne Schutzumschlag Troisième ÉdidionTerceira edicao / 2 Bände Zustand: mit Namenseintragungen und vereinzelten Anstreichungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten bestoßen und berieben. Bei 1. Band sind Rücken und Ecken beschädigt und der Einband hat 2 Abschabungen. Die Gelenke sind locker der Bunde vorne sind offen die Bücher halten aber gut zusammen. Rey et Gravier, Libraires, Mercadores de Livros, Paris, hardcover
1821223628Keysersche Buchhandlung Erfurt 1821. Hardcover mit Lederrücken und -ecken Zustand: keine Beschädigungen Exemplar einer Privatbibliothek mit Kennungen Stempel. Rücken Ecken Kanten bestoßen/berieben leicht verletzt Innen gut. Keysersche Buchhandlung, Erfurt, hardcover
1822254424Hahn`sche Verlags-Buchhandlung Leipzig 1822. Hardcover mit Lederrücken und -ecken ohne Schutzumschlag 5. Auflage / 2 Bände Zustand: eine Namenseintragung. Rücken Ecken Kanten bestoßen berieben und abgeschabt. Ein Rücken ist etwas eingerissen beim 1. Band ist im Block Wurmfraß über 12 Seiten und in der Einbanddecke. Schnitt fleckig staubig Vorsätze und Innendecken braunfleckig. Ansonsten sauber fest und gut erhalten. Hahn`sche Verlags-Buchhandlung, Leipzig, hardcover
1828265181Rey et Gravier Libraires Paris 1828. Hardcover Lederrücken und -ecken Marmorschnitt ohne Schutzumschlag Troisième Édidion Nur 1. Zustand: keine Beschädigungen keine Eintragungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten bestoßen und berieben. Rücken mit Abschabungen. In allem origninal und für das Alter sehr gut erhalten. Rey et Gravier, Libraires, Paris, hardcover
1834275220Bureau Central Paris 1834. Hardcover Pappe ohne Schutzumschlag Nur tome deuxième. Zustand: mit einer Rückenbeschädigung keine Eintragungen. Ecken Kanten bestoßen und berieben. Einband fleckig mit Abschabungen. Schnitt braunfleckig. Block fest sauber und gepflegt. In allem original. Bureau Central, Paris, hardcover
1844D4792New Haven: S. Babcock 1844. Paperback. Good. Original wraps 2.25-by-3.5 inches; pp. 16 with colored engravings throughout. Spine amateurly re-stitched; covers a bit soiled; small tears at fore-edge about 1.4 inches affecting covers and text block. A fragile little volume. <br/><br/> S. Babcock paperback