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117459Sans lieu ni date vers 1940. 185 x 275cm. de 12 pages non numérotées. Broché avec agrafes rouillées les couvertures sont illustrées en couleur. Bel broché destiné à apparendre l'alphabet aux enfants. Très bien conservé. Sans lieu ni date (vers 1940). unknown
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
1981VBF10<p>ABC.</p><p><strong><em>An Alphabet of Owls et cetera</em></strong> by Donald Friend with a Text suitable for all Children Grown-ups Non-Readers Ornamental Hermits et alia. </p><p>South Melbourne: Gryphon Books 1981.</p><p>Illustrated with large black and white block printed capitals decorated with various animals and people within the letter design. Produced on a Furnival stop cylinder machine printed on heavy Bemboka hand-made paper with text in sepia by Jim Walker at The Croft Press Cobargo NSW.</p><p>Limited to 150 copies #101 Signed by Donald Friend.</p> Gryphon Books hardcover
117457B. Sirven Éditeur Paris non daté c. 1920. B. Sirven, Éditeur, Paris, non daté [c. 1920]. unknown
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>
D16823Amsterdam: Willem Coertse. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. c. 1790 8vo original printed boards untrimmed rebacked rubbing; early ownership inscription on front pastedown. pp. 78. 12 engraved plates each with two illustrations comprising an alphabet series of captioned designs. Printed on nice paper contents are quite fresh. <br/><br/> Willem Coertse hardcover
1850h44654Philadelphia: Bei Schäfer und Koradi 1850. Hardcover. Good. Small 8vo 7.25 x 4.5 inches cloth backed boards good minus with light rubbing and wear to covers stains and soil contents foxed previous owner's namestamp Addison W. Stauffer -- school teacher in Dauphin County PA 1850-1937 light restoration to front inner hinge. 32 pp. plus pastedown pages and rear cover Worldcat paginates this at 35 pp with woodcut alphabet on front pastedown and four woodcut vignettes in text. In German. Bei Schäfer und Koradi hardcover
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.,
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.,
117475Éditions Bias Paris. Imprimerie M. Déchaux Paris 1945. 8 feuillets imprimés recto-verso comprenant les couvertures. 30x22 Cm. Manque angulaire. Broché. cCouvertures en couleurs illustrées. Bel alphabet animalier dessiné par Jourcin un beau papillon décore le titre. Les pages du centre sont imprimées en noir et bistre sans doute pour un coloriage à l'initiative des jeunes artistes. Seules les deux premiers feuillets ont été soigneusement coloriées au crayon Bon exemplaire de ce fragile album. Éditions Bias, Paris.[ Imprimerie M. Déchaux, Paris, 1945]. unknown
117454Paris Éditions L. Dejoie À la fin : Imp. Fortin-Nevers Créations L. Luc-Dège 1948. 12 feuillets. 275 x 21 Cm. Broché en papier agrafes au centre couvertures avec titre illustré pour la première et quadrillage jaune à la seconde. Quelques taches. Un "papa oiseau" fait la leçon à ses poussins l'un d'eux est puni avec un bonnet d'âne. En tête de l'alphabet se trouve une page consacrée aux chiffres; et comme pour les pages suivantes qui concernent les lettres de l'alphabet la moitié de la page est réservée à l'écriture. Les images en couleur qui occupent la moitié des pages sont essentiellement animalières quelques unes sont malicieuses. Les W -X - Y et Z n'ont pas de représentation figurative et l'album se contente de les faire écrire : Wagon Xavier Yvon et Zèbre. Quelques taches. Paris Éditions L. Dejoie (À la fin) : Imp. Fortin-Nevers Créations L. Luc-Dège, 1948. unknown
117445Paris Jean Durand Imprimeur-Éditeur. 1946. 8 feuillets. 275 x 215 Cm. Broché couvertures souples illustrées : un lapin et un écureuil portent le titre "Alphabet" dans une bannière. Petits accrocs. De nombreuses images dans le genre des décalcomanies illustrent les différentes formes des lettrres: majuscules minusculess et cursives. Une liste des gravures est imprimée au verso de la première couverture. Bel exemplaire. Paris, Jean Durand, Imprimeur-Éditeur. (1946). unknown
1941164024New York: Macmillan 1941. First Edition. First Edition. <br /> <br /> A patriotic children's book by prolific illustrators Maud and Miska Petersham who would go on to win the Caldecott Medal for their 1945 book "The Rooster Crows." <br /> <br /> Near Fine in a Very Good moderately toned dust jacket. Macmillan unknown
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
D6040London: Dean and Son n.d. likely late-19th century. Paperback. Poor. Original printed wraps with engraved vignette on front cover ads on rear cover. With 3 colored illustrations the last one soiled along top edge. A tattered copy. Covers and text block a little wrinkled and soiled and rather heavily chipped along the edges -- the whole hastily re-stitched. First page alphabet A-I with early marginalia. <br/><br/> Dean and Son paperback
117449A la fin: Imprimé en France sans autre indication. vers 1937. 16 feuillets. 34 x 27 Cm. Broché avec agrafes couverture du titre illustrée en couleurs animaux de la ferme: cheval vache cochon chèvre poule canard dans les airs et juste la tête d'un âne qui braie. Petits accrocs. Quelques taches. Aternant de très grandes images en noir et en couleurs cet album alphabet devait servir aussi de cahier de coloriage. Le Rallic un dessinateur et scénariste spécialiste des scènes équestres qui "fit galoper des cow-boys et des sioux à travers les prairies de l'ouest" a produit de nombreux albums du même genre mais celui-ci est remarquable par l'impressionnant format des animaux domestiques et sauvages qu'il reproduit. Quelques traces dans les marges et sur la couverture muette du fond. Quelques taches. (A la fin): Imprimé en France, sans autre indication. (vers 1937). unknown
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
190216440<p>New York: B.F. Goodrich Co. 1902 One of a small number of copies of this alphabet primer that doubles as an ad for Goodrich Tires. . Dark brown printed wrappers stitched with brown thread. . Narrow quarto. Each page is illustrated some with multiple images in black white and orange and printed on brown paper. Very minor edgewear else a fine crisp copy of a scarce piece of advertising. In the present work there is an illustration for each letter accompanied by rhyming verse. One such example is: "F is for First / like the boy in the race /Just like Palmer Tires which hold the first place." The alphabet and verses are followed by a list of tires sold by Goodrich examples include "The Regular Roadster" which is "The Universal Tire for Pleasure Business General Riding Road Uses and Road Racing. Light Strong Durable and Resilient" and "Mexican" which is "Extra Heavy Thread Two Ply. Heavier Air Tube. Covered Specially to Withstand Hard Usage and Rough Riding…A Good Tourist's Tire." There are also shorter additional advertisements for other products: the Jiffy Repair Tool The Jiffy Solution meant to fill the tool and a Counter Sink Cutter.</p> B.F. Goodrich Co.,
117479Bernardin et Fils Éditeurs Paris. c. 1890. 8 feuillets comprenant le recto des couvertures. 28x22 Cm. Cartonnage d'origine illustré pour le titre: une fillette à boucles blondes entourée de deux jeunes vaches est en train de lire Le grand album de l'éditeur dont le nom s'affiche sur les couvertures. Reliure de l'époque restaurée le dos consolidé. Le dernier plat muet est griffonné. Ce rare abécédaire "indéchirable sur toile" est illustré à chaque page et comporte un grand tableau de l'alphabet. Les images en bistre dont quatre en couleur sont accompagnées d'un texte animalier en très gros caractères pouir les jeunes lecteurs débutants. Quelques taches et salissures. Bernardin et Fils, Éditeurs, Paris. (c. 1890). unknown
117474F. Nathan Imprimeur Éditeur Paris. sans date. c. 1935. 6 feuillets comprenant les couvertures. 235 x 15 Cm. Livret sur toile à fond vert guilloché en pied et tête et cousu au dos. Pli. Quelques taches. Une chèvre et un chien occupent la première. L'alphabet se présente deux ou trois par page en grandes lettres de couleur rouge avec leurs occurrences : Iris journal kangourou; wagon X Y et Zèbre terminent en dernière de couverture l'alphabet. Quelques taches et marques d'usage bon exemplaire. F. Nathan Imprimeur Éditeur, Paris. sans date. (c. 1935). unknown
117437Paris A. Lecomte s.d.c.1930. 16 feuillets. 33x25 Cm. Demi toile plats papier illustrés : Deux enfants gros nud rouge pour la fille béret et col marin pour le garçonnet et un chien lèvent la tête vers un papillon tandis que des caractères typographiques s'échappent du cartable de la fillette. Coins et coiffes émoussés. Alphabet animalier à colorier: chaque image est répétée en noir pour que l'enfant puisse la colorier. Le texte est imprimé en gros caractères. Quelques gribouillages affectent l'image du kangourou. Paris, A. Lecomte, s.d.(c.1930). unknown
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
195263021Paris: Imprimeurs L.I.E.S.A. 174 Quae de Jemmapes 1952. Oblong 4to. 9.25 x 7.75 in. 2 24 pp. colour-lithograph illustrations throughout 10 leaves unnumbered. consisting of 4 colour lithograph boards to cut out alphabet letters for playing 2 black & white lithograph letter pages for colouring cutting out themselves and playing word games 1 thick instruction leaf 3 printed leaves on blue- salmon- and green-tinted thin paper instruction sheets. Flexible boards colour-lithographed front cover rear board with model figures on verso to be cut out to create paper-engineered toys spiral metal comb binding as issued minor edgewear age toning still a VG and complete copy. First edition of this wonderfully illustrated and charming alphabet game/book featuring anthropomorphic letters in the “Kingdom of the Alphabet†set against the adventures of a Medieval/Renaissance Country of Vowels and the Isle of Consonants uniting over a banquet ball to form an alphabet. Marquet 1892-1984 and Desnoyer 1901-1988 were illustrators and miniaturists noted for their inventive games and illustrations who had originally designed this game/book in 1939. They were married to the well known painters Albert Marquet and Francois Denoyer respectively. Desnoyer a Russian-Ukrainian emigre from Kiev had originally landed in Bohemia by 1906 where she learned the Western alphabet and later settled in France. This particular copy not only features the four colour lithograph boards for children to cut out and play the suggested alphabet game but also the 2 additional boards for an adult word game and back board to create toys which are typically missing as are often the colour-tinted instruction sheets. Worldcat locates 4 copies U of WA & Princeton Incomplete Bibliotheque Nationale FR & Bibliotheque des Chiroux BE -- complete; See: Robert Bolick Books on Books Collection -- Souza Desnoyer and Marcelle Marquet Il etait une fois un alphabet 1951-2009 Dec. 22 2022. Imprimeurs L.I.E.S.A., 174, Quae de Jemmapes, hardcover
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
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
