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.
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HOME PRIMER
1897
McLoughlin Primer, including illustrated alphabets and simple word lessons with large illustrations.
THE PICTURE ALPHABET, OR ABC IN RHYME
[circa 1840]
Probable first edition of this miniature alphabet chapbook with moral undertones and delightful woodcuts.
PLAY AND LEARN ABC BOOK
1899
Exceptional ABC using names to teach letters, with large print and colorful images.
PLAYMATES ABC
[circa 1895]
Exceptional linen alphabet book that uses a fun searching game to teach early readers letters and numbers.
THE TINY PICTURE BOOK
[circa 1854]
First edition of a sweet little alphabet reader with hand-colored illustrations.
THE YOUNG CHILD'S A, B, C; OR, FIRST BOOK
[circa 1820]
Early edition of this charming alphabet chapbook, with attractive woodcut illustrations for each letter.
YOUNG ONES PRIMER
[circa 1890s]
Great ABC book, with a charming rhyme for each of the colorful letters of the alphabet with accompanying depiction.
THE UNCLE'S PRESENT: A NEW BATTLEDOOR
[circa 1810]
First edition of this alphabet-toy, used in literacy instruction yet sturdy enough to act as a bat for a shuttlecock which, in fact, was one of its intended uses.
KATE GREENAWAY'S ALPHABET
[1885]
First edition of this miniature alphabet book illustrated by Golden Age great Kate Greenaway.
NURSERY ABC AND SIMPLE SPELLER
[circa 1870]
Vibrant ABC booklet and speller, with wood-engraved cover image after Howard.
THE TOY BOOK PRESENT
1872
First US edition of this children's gift book, featuring vibrant chromolithograph plates by London firm Kronheim and Co.
KLEINE ERZAHLUNGEN UBER EIN BUCH MIT KUPFERN
1809
First German translation of LITTLE PRATTLE OVER A BOOK OF PRINTS, featuring moralistic tales and the alphabet.
ARMY AND NAVY DROLLERIES
[1876]
First edition of an alphabet of rhyming "military nonsense," published in the midst of the British Empire's military expansion.
Alphabet and Verses
[circa 1830s]
Sammelband reader featuring two different alphabets, followed by short verse vignettes, with wood engraved illustrations to every page.
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![HALCYON - Winter 1948 [and] Spring 1948 [Two Bound Issues. Albert COOK, Aaron Rosen.](http://www.typepunchmatrix.com/pictures/thumb/43170_1.jpg?v=1625592196)
