ABC BOOK
1942
Object-based WWII-era American alphabet book, printed on textured paper with colored backgrounds, each letter featuring a large color illustration.
ABC Books
ABC BOOK
1946
Mid-century alphabet book printed in Chicago on texture paper, an object-based ABC in lovely 1940s style.
ABC IS FOR CAT
1931
Lovely basic alphabet book printed on stiff linentex paper, well printed and with no text at all apart from the large block letters of the alphabet.
ABC OF ANIMALS
1913
Pre-war American alphabet book printed on cloth, each letter represented by a different animal.
ABC: An Alphabet Book In Rhyme
1941
Great alphabet and counting book illustrated in color on every page in typical 1940s style.
Alphabet Cards
[circa 1880]
Complete set of Gilded Age alphabet trade cards advertising Blake's Great Piano Palace in Boston in a style reminiscent of Alfred Crowquill.
Alphabet Panorama
[circa 1870]
First edition of this delightful and detailed French panorama alphabet — each panel is its own game, with a number of hidden objects beginning with the featured letter.
CHILDREN'S ABC
1900
Turn of the century American alphabet book printed on cloth.
FARM FRIENDS ABC
1916
Large format bucolic alphabet book, with illustrations in 3 colors filling every page, each letter representing a different farm animal.
MY ABC BOOK
1921
Simple 1920s American alphabet book, with 2-3 large letters on each page, illustrated with simple objects, people, and animals.
MY ABC OF ANIMALS
1931
Basic 1930s American alphabet book with superior illustrations, printed in stiff linentex paper.
THE OBJECT ALPHABET BOOK
1944
Clever alphabet book pairing each object with a child interacting with it: "U is for Ursula and her Umbrella"; "Y is for Yasha with his Yacht."
OBJECT LESSONS ABC
1916
WWI-era American alphabet book, including "S" for Uncle Sam.
THE PICTURE ALPHABET, OR ABC IN RHYME
[circa 1840]
Probable first edition of this miniature alphabet chapbook with moral undertones and delightful woodcuts.
SANTA CLAUS ABC
[circa 1915]
Christmas-themed ABC books, in which most lettered are represented by toys a child might want for Christmas, with text in rhyme
NEW CHILDREN'S ABC BOOK
1945
Simple but striking mid-century ABC, with each page containing a large colored block letter, an illustration for the letter, and four lines in verse in large, red type.
ABC BOOK
1929
Large format 1920s American alphabet book, illustrated in a distinctive Jazz Age style by Cragin.
THE COUNTRY CHILD'S ALPHABET
1924
First edition of this delicate and lovely rural-themed Farjeon alphabet book.
BIBLE A B C BOOK FOR LITTLE ONES
(1931)
American alphabet themed on the Christian Bible, telling short versions of major stories in both Testaments, with relevant Bible verses.
ADVENTURE FOR BEGINNERS
(1944)
Attractive 1940s alphabet book, in which the captions for each letter tell a simple story about Alec the dog and the cow who was missing at milking time.
THE ABC BUNNY
1933
Scarce first edition of this magnificent ABC and Newbery Honor book, an unusually beautiful copy.
DOWN IN THE GARDEN ALPHABET BOOK
1997
First printing with color photo-illustrated images of babies dressed up as flowers.
NEW ALPHABET BOOK
1950
Object ABC board book, each page mounted on thick boards, with each letter represented by an illustrated object in typical 1950s style.
THE FATAL LOZENGE
(1960)
First issue of Gorey's bracing alphabet book, with a lengthy inscription by the publisher to comedian Phyllis Diller asserting he "designed this format for all this books to get him into a larger market. It worked!"
KATE GREENAWAY'S ALPHABET
[1885]
First edition of this miniature alphabet book illustrated by Golden Age great Kate Greenaway.
