Sold by Sandra L. Hoekstra Bookseller, Thomaston, ME, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since December 9, 2008
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
[CHAPBOOK] [JUVENILE] [ILLUSTRATED] [MERIT PRESENTATION]. 32mo (4 ¼" x 2 5/8"); 16pp; yellow wrapper, front printed in black with decorative printer's ornament borders, vignette of Adam and Eve with animals on front, rear wrapper features "Babcock's Moral, Instructive, and Entertaining Toy Books" advertisement; publisher's string binding; verso front wrapper presentation inscription; vignette of an elephant on the title page; 7 full-page wood engravings of animals; all pages decoratively bordered; light wear to wrapper and light page foxing; very good plus. Children are introduced to seven different animals through wonderful, full-page wood engravings that accompany the descriptions of each animal: the tiger, the elephant, the camel, the giraffe, the leopard, and the bear. A presentation inscription on the recto of the front wrapper reads: "Julia Ann Gates. Sherburne, Vt. Presented by her teacher, M.A. Hadley." This was a favorite publication of Babcock's, and it was printed several times, with and without a date. None of the lovely wood engravings are signed, but five are in the style of Alexander Anderson. (Pomeroy 1917).
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