Floyd Grace Verse (1 results)

[RHYMING VERSE] [ABECEDARIAN] [WOMAN AUTHOR] [WOMEN ILLUSTRATORS]. Designed at the Studios in England. Edith TAYLOR and Mabel T. TAYLOR, illustrators. No. 2032, Designed at the Studios in England. 4to (11" x 5 9/16"); 12pp; glazed color pictorial front wrapper; alphabet letters with black line and chromolithograph illustrations; light corner wear, lightly age-toned paper, some offsetting of color printing; very good plus. Illustrating the letters of the alphabet are eight chromolithographed illustrations of children at play and seven black line illustrations, some signed by two women artists, Edith and Mabel T. Taylor, who were sisters. The chromolithographed illustrations are not signed, but appear to be also by the duo. Mabel was a well-known cartoonist in the UK, and author of the Little Sparrowkins and Jungle Jinks comic series. Lambiek Comiclopedia online. The author of the verse, Grace C. Floyd, was on the Raphael Tuck editing staff and authored several children's books printed by Tuck. (TuckDBEphemera dot net). The verse for the letter "E" is illustrated by a young girl on a swing and reads, "E is for Edith who swings in the sun / When schooltime is over and lessons done.".