An edition of The alphabet of old friends: Puss in Boots (1874)

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The alphabet of old friends.
Walter Crane
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An edition of The alphabet of old friends: Puss in Boots (1874)

The alphabet of old friends.

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In the first of these two volumes, the letters of the alphabet are presented through illustrated traditional nursery rhymes and in the second, they are introduced with humorous illustrations and verses.

Publish Date
Publisher
George Routledge and Sons
Language
English

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Subjects
Alphabet rhymes, Alphabet, Nursery rhymes, Children's poetry, Illustrated children's books, Specimens

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Cover of: The alphabet of old friends
The alphabet of old friends: Puss in Boots
1981, Holp Shuppan, [Distributed by The Bodley Head]
in English
Cover of: An alphabet of old friends ; and, The absurd ABC
An alphabet of old friends ; and, The absurd ABC
1981, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Thames and Hudson
in English
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Cover of: The alphabet of old friends.
The alphabet of old friends.
1874, George Routledge and Sons
in English
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Edition Notes

Date taken from Masaki, Tomoko. A history of Victorian popular picture books, 2006.

Issued as number 73 in the series "Routledge's Shilling Toy Books". Printed by Edmund Evans. Cf. Masaki, Tomoko. History of Victorian popular picture books.

Title and publication statement taken from cover.

First and last leaves pasted to cover.

Colour wood-engraved plates include Walter Crane's monogrammatic crane-like signature.

"Walter Crane's Toy Books Shilling Series"--Cover.

Masaki, Tomoko. History of Victorian popular picture books, p. 677-678.

MASS copy: In original glazed white printed paper wrappers. Upper wrapper printed in light blue, dark blue, red-brown and yellow with titling and wood-engraved illustration similar to those within the text. Lower wrapper printed in red-brown with publisher's advertisement for "Routledge's Shilling Toy Books". Lower wrapper with imprint: "Edmund Evans, Engraver and Printer, Raquet Court, Fleet Street.". Upper wrapper with inscription: "R. Warrington".

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London, New York
Series
Routledge's shilling toy books -- no. 73
Genre
Specimens.

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Pagination
6 leaves, [6] leaves of plates :

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OL19859422M

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