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RARE BAUM TITLEBAUM,L.FRANK. ARMY ALPHABET. Chicago: George Hill 1900. Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, some of the usual edge and corner rubbing, else a remarkably clean, tight and VG+ copy. 1st (and only) edition of this rare book by Baum. Printed on one side of the paper only, each page features a marvelous full color illustration by HARRY KENNEDY (similar in style to Parrish's Mother Goose In Prose). The verse by Baum for the alphabet is integrated into the picture and there is a wide yellow border around each page. The text is hand-lettered by Charles Costello. Each letter is represented with a picture and rhyme having to do with the army. A nice copy of this most sought after and finely produced book for children.[Item #30204]
Price: $2,500.00
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