- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Rare Illustrated Books, Centennial Park, NSW, AustraliaRare Illustrated Books
AbeBooks seller since March 11, 2022
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US$ 575.41
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A delightful woodcut alphabet. Here are many favourites - the Fox, the Goose, and the Lamb - but where necessary, the publisher's evidently felt capable of stretching their young audience. Significantly, it includes a 'K' for Kangaroo, revealing how wide-spread and how quickly the appetite for exotic natural history from Australia and the South Pacific had grown. There are also more unusual inclusions such as 'I' for Ibex, and even 'M' for Mermaid. Sadly, inspiration only went so far; here, X is for the Letter X. The work also includes a child's ditty: "When school is done, g[o] home loiter not on the wa[y] / Come to school clean and play not by the way.". Duodecimo, 12 pp. in total, woodcut illustrations throughout; original green printed wrappers, folded (not sewn) as issued, just lightly chipped at head of front.
Seller Inventory # 1647
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Picture Alphabet
- Author
- BISHOP & CO
- Publisher
- Bishop & Co, Houndsditch
- Publication year
- 1830
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- All, Childrens & Juvenile Literature, Education, Natural History Illustration, Woodcuts
Rare Illustrated Books
Centennial Park, NSW, Australia
Shipping rates from Australia to U.S.A.
| Item | 15 to 30 business days | 8 to 14 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 20.00 | US$ 35.00 |
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Store description
Intriguing and rare collector’s books of international interest from 1850 - 1950. We buy and sell - fine condition paramount. We specialise in art books, architecture and design books, gift books, photobooks and childrens books. Our stock is selected from around the world and includes limited editions, original photographs, drawings, watercolours, paintings, and ephemera. At Rare Illustrated Books, we see books as beautiful, tactile objects, as wondrous amalgamations of art & design. Our philosophy is focused on promoting the book as a work of art.…
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Rare Illustrated Books
NSW, Australia
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