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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.
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The alphabet of old friends: Puss in Boots
1981, Holp Shuppan, [Distributed by The Bodley Head]
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An alphabet of old friends ; and, The absurd ABC
1981, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Thames and Hudson
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0870992724 9780870992728
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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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