Comic Alphabets Their Origin, Development, Nature [INSCRIBED, 1ST EDITION]

** INSCRIBED, 1ST EDITION ** Inscribed on the flyleaf, 1st Edition, Near Fine, Partridge (Eric) Comic Alphabets. Their Origin, Development, Nature. With Drawings by Michael Foreman. Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1961, FIRST EDITION, a few small authorial corrections, pp. 134, [1], crown 8vo, original red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, dustjacket with faded backstrip panel and a couple of nicks, small fox spots on the top edge of the text block. Inscribed on the flyleaf, 'To 'Gip' Wells, gratefully - from E.P.; the recipient was H.G. Wells's eldest son, George Philip - the basis of the gratitude is obscure, as G.P. Wells is not among the extensive list of acknowledgements. The author's corrections are to the second initial of S.H. Monk in both the text and the Index, as well as to the editions in the list of his books at rear. This book is protected in a removable protective Brodart mylar covering. Enjoy.