ABC. ABC BOOK. Akron: Saalfield 1929. Large folio, (10 x 14"), stiff pictorial wraps, some finger soil and faint edge stain else VG. Illus. with great color covers by Jan Cragin and in full color on every page for the various letters of the alphabet. More

WEGMAN'S DOGS

ABC. ABC by William Wegman. NY: Hyperion (1994). 4to, boards, fine in dw. Stated 1st ed. Wegman has posed his dogs Fay Ray and two of her offspring and photographed them forming the various letters of the alphabet. More

ABC. ABC PICTURE BOOK. Chicago: Merrill 1949. Folio (9 1/2 x 13"), pictorial wraps, light rubbing on corners, VG. This is a charming ABC of objects illustrated with bright colors on every page in typical 1940' style. Printed on textured paper. More

ADVERTISING HEALTH ABC

ABC. (ADVERTISING) ABC. NY: Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. ca 1920. 8vo, (5 1/4 x 7 3/4") pictorial wraps, light soil, VG. Every letter has a rhyme dealing with the healthy thing to do or eat. Illustrated in typical 1920's style in b&w by M.C. Phares. "C is for Cough And..... More

RARE ADVERTISING ABC

ABC. (ADVERTISING) OLIVER ALPHABET. South Bend, IN: Oliver Chilled Plow Works 1889. 4" wide x 6.5", pictorial wraps, small corner off front cover else VG+. Printed in alternating red and black inks, every page touts the greatness of Oliver's Chilled Plow. Full page illustrations accompany the verse: D is Durability..... More

ANGEL ALPHABET

ABC. AN ALPHABET OF ANGELS by Nancy Willard. NY: Blue Sky Press (1994). Obl. 4to, boards, as new in dw. 1st ed. An alphabet of guardian angels illus. with photos. SIGNED BY WILLARD on bookplate. More

2 ABC'S PLUS PICTURE BOOK OF GAMES

ABC, ALPHABET. This is a curious book with no publication information anywhere. The book measures 4 1/2 x 7", cloth, inconspicuous joint repairs and few pages with old mends neatly done else VG+. Circa 1850-60, printed on one side of the paper only and illustrated with woodcuts on every page..... More

GIANT ABC BOOK WITH GREAT COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS

ABC. (ANIMALS) A.B.C. BOOK OF ANIMALS AT PLAY. Cleveland: World, circa 1920. Folio (9 3/4 x 14 3/4"), pictorial card covers, bottom of spine worn else VG+. Each letter stands for a different animal (V is for Vampire Bat), and the entire book is illustrated with bright full color illustrations..... More

ABC. (ANIMALS) ABC OF ANIMALS. Akron: Saalfield 1913. 4to (6 1/2 8 1/2"), Flexible card covers, some edge rubbing else VG+. Printed on cloth, each letter is represented by a different animal. Illustrated in brown line and featuring 4 nice full page color illustrations... More

ABC. (ANIMALS) LITTLE TOT'S ABC. Chicago: Madison Book Co., no date, circa 1903. 4to (7 1/4 x 9 1/2"), cloth, pictorial paste-on, some finger soil, VG+. This is an ABC of animals with really nice black and white engravings to accompany text in rhyme. Each letter is printed in a...... More

WITH SEVERAL ABC'S AND COUNTING BOOK

ABC. A B C AND 1 2 3 by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Lond.: Oxford Univ. Press (1942). 4to, pictorial cloth, Fine. Containing 8 different alphabets and 7 counting rhymes plus a few short stories. Illustrated in pen and ink in the style of Anne Anderson. A nice ABC / Counting..... More

ABC. (BEARS) JOLLY BEARS ABC. NY: Charles Graham, no date, circa 1907. Square 4to (10 x 10 3/4"), flexible card wraps, slight creasing of corners, VG+. Each letter of the alphabet features a Teddy Bear with a different name and dressed in character. "A" is Auto Bear Andy, "R" is..... More

ABC. (BIRDS) DICKY BIRDS ABC. NY: Sam Gabriel & SOns, no date, circa 1910. 12mo (5 x 7"), printed linen wraps, corners nipped else Fine. The text in verse is printed in blue. Illustrated with 4 full page color illustrations of different birds (including covers not repeated in text. "U..... More

DEAN FOLIO BOARD BOOK

ABC. (BOARD BOOK) ANIMAL A.B.C. London: Dean and Son, no date, circa 1915. Folio (9 1/4 x 13 1//4"), cloth backed pictorial boards, some cover and light soil, else VG. Each page is mounted on thick boards and has attractive color lithographs of various animals. "V" is for Viper. A...... More

5 ABC'S IN BOX

ABC. (BOXED LIBRARY) BOX OF ABC BOOKS. Kenosha: Samuel Lowe 1944. Five books in pictorial box, box flaps repaired else fine. Contains: The Object Alphabet Book (which is really an ABC of names), The Alphabet of Things That Grow, The ABC Mother Goose Book (which is actually an ABC of..... More

CAT ALPHABET SHAPE BOOK

ABC. (CATS) PUSSY'S ABC. Lond: Tuck nd ca 1890. Folio, (7.5 x 14.5"), stiff pictorial wraps, unusually clean and a near Fine copy. Die-cut in the shape of a cat and illustrated with great color cover, 4 full page chromolithographed pages and in brown line on text pages to accompany..... More

ABC. (CHRISTMAS) CHRISTMAS STORIES ABC. Chicago: Donohue, no date, circa 1925. 8vo (6 1/2 x 8 1/2"), pictorial wraps, printed on linen-like paper, some cover soil else VG+. This is a charming Christmas ABC with most letters represented by Christmas objects. Illustrated with color covers, 4 full page color illustrations..... More

ABC. (CHRISTMAS) SANTA CLAUS ABC. NY: Charles Graham and Co., no date circa 1915. Folio (10 x 12"), pictorial wraps, faint stain on bottom of a few pages, a few small closed tears, VG. This is an ABC with Christmas theme. There is a great full color cover of Santa..... More

CHRISTMAS ALPHABET BOOK

ABC. (CHRISTMAS) TOYLAND ABC. Chicago: Donohue, no date, circa 1910. Folio (9 3/4 x 12"), pictorial wraps, VG+. Illustrated by Constance White with 6 great full page color illus. - 5 of which feature Santa Claus - and with black & whites on text pages which feature toys for every..... More

RARE LARGE FORMAT CLOTH ABC

ABC. (CLOTH) BIG A-B-C BOOK. Akron: Saalfield 1913. Large 4to (8 7/8 x 11 1/2"), cloth, some fraying and soil, VG. Illustrated in typical turn of the 19th century style with 4 full page full color illustrations and in blue line on other pages, all printed on linen. ""B" is..... More

CLOTH ABC / MOTHER GOOSE

ABC. (CLOTH) MOTHER GOOSE ABC. Akron: Saalfield 1914. 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 1/4"), printed on cloth, corners creased and some overall soil, G-VG. Each letter of the alphabet represents a different Mother Goose rhyme, illustrated in full color. More

ABC. (CLOTH) MY ABC BOOK. NY: Saml Gabriel, no date, circa 1915. 4to (7 1/2 x 9 1/4"), small rub area on cover and faint crease else near Fine. Printed on cloth, there are 4 pages illustrated in full color and other pages in black and white to accompany objects..... More

GREAT CLOTH ALPHABET

ABC. (CLOTH) PLAYMATES ABC. NY: Graham & Matlack, no date, circa 1895. Large 8vo (7 x 9 1/2"), printed on cloth, Fine condition. The ABC is sub-titled Hide & Seek With Big Letters. The text in verse asks the child to find the letter within the words listed. Illustrated in..... More

TYPICAL 1960'S GRAPHICS

ABC. (COCKNEY) COCKNEY ALPHABET by Rufus Segar. London: Max Parrish 1965 (1965). 5 1/8" square, pictorial boards, fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st edition. The alphabet is really a play- on- words word game with directions found at the back of the book, Illustrated in color by Segar with..... More

ABC. DAINTY DARLINGS ABC. NY: Sam'l Gabriel 1911. 8vo (6 1/2 x 8 5/8"), pictorial wraps, tiny corner nip else VG+. Illustrated with 4 full page color illustrations and in brown line to accompany an alphabet in verse. It features the daily life and special times, games and toys belonging..... More

RARE CLARA TICE ALPHABET BOOK

ABC. (DOGS) ABC DOGS. (NY: Wilfred Funk 1940). Folio (10 x 13"), cloth backed pictorial boards, tips worn and some marks and rubbing on rear cover else VG, tight and internally fine. 1st edition. Dogs for every letter except "X" are illustrated in color on every page. The text is..... More

ABC. (DOLLS) DOLLY AT PLAY ABC. NY: Sam Gabriel, 1912. Large narrow folio (7 1/2 x 9 1/2"), flexible pictorial card covers, some cover wear and hinges neatly reinforced, else VG. A charming ABC book this features a little girl named Dolly engaging in various activities with her friends. Illustrated..... More

RARE 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN ABC

ABC. (EARLY AMERICAN) RUMMICAL RHYMES WITH PICTURES TO MATCH SET FORTH IN FAYRE PROSPECT ALPHABETICALLY AND GEOGRAPHICALLY. [NY]: (Hurd & Houghton), no date, circa 1860. 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 1/4"), pictorial wraps, professional spine strengthening and some cover soil, [24]p. + cover, VG. For each letter of the alphabet..... More

ABC. (EARLY LATIN) CLAVIS DIPLOMATICA Tradens Specimina Veterum Scripturarum, Nimirum Alphabeta Varia, Compendia Scribendi Medii Aevi, Notariorum Veterum Signa Nonnulla Curiosa, Una Cum Alphabeto Instrumenti Et Abbreviaturis, Singula Tabulis Aeneis Exhibita: Qvibus Praemittuntur Introductiones Necessariae, Subiiciuntur Scriptores Rei Diplomaticae Aliaqve Ad Lectionem Et Intelligentiam Veterum Codicum, Chartarum Et Diplomatum Facientia..... More

McLOUGHLIN FAIRY TALE ALPHABET BOOK

ABC. (FAIRY TALES) FAIRY ABC. NY: McLoughlin Bros. no date, circa 1870. 8vo (6 7/8 x 7 1/4"), pictorial wraps, inconspicuous small cover and spine mend else VG+. Each letter is beautifully presented with a large color pictorial letter matching a different fairy tale or nursery rhyme (A=Aladdin, N=Nutcracker, U=Ugly..... More

LARGE FORMAT FARM ALPHABET

ABC. (FARM) FARM FRIENDS ABC. [Chicago]: M.A. Donohue 1916. Folio (10 1/4 x 1`3 1/2"), pictorial wraps, a few tiny margin mends else near Fine. Illustrations in 3-colors fill every page with each letter representing a different farm animal. Text is in verse. "V" is for Vole and "U" is..... More

FLOWER ALPHABET

ABC. (FLOWERS) THE STORY OF THE WILD FLOWERS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH FLOWER ALPHABET by Gertrude Keeley. NY: Hurst (1901, 1914). 4to (6 3/8 x 10 1/4"), cloth, pictorial paste-on, some slight cover soil else VG. Each of the 26 flowers from A-Z has 2 pages of text plus a...... More

FRENCH ABC

ABC. (FRENCH) ALPHABET ALBUM A COLORIER. Paris: Librarie Grund ca 1925. Folio, pict. wraps, VG. Illus. in full color with pages illus. only in line to be colored in by the user. Unused. More

LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK IN DUSTWRAPPER

ABC. (GOLDEN BOOK) ALPHABET FROM A TO Z by Leah Gale. NY: Simon & Schuster 1942 (1942). Blue cloth spine, 5 small rubbed areas on endpaper and owner name on endpaper else a tight clean copy in dust wrapper (dw slightly soiled, light creasing otherwise VG+). First printing of one..... More

RARE AND CHARMING HAWAIIAN ABC

ABC. (HAWAII) MENEHUNE ALPHABET BOOK by Betty Allen. (Honolulu: Paradise of the Pacific 1949). 14 stiff card pages ring-bound on top edge, one leaf reinforced at rings else VG. "There is a legend in the Hawaiian Islands that the first people who lived there were the Menehunes, or pixies." The..... More

GREAT 40'S ABC

ABC. (HAYS,ETHEL) ABC. Akron: Saalfield 1943. Folio, (9 3/4" x 12 3/4"), spiral backed pictorial boards, Fine copy in dust wrapper (dw with a few chips). Brightly illustrated in vivid color on every page with adorable little boys and girls in typical 40's style by ETHEL HAYS. The last few..... More

CHARMING HEBREW ALPHABET

ABC. (HEBREW) ALEPH BET ARTZAH REHD [ALPHABET OF THE RED LAND]. [Jerusalem: Marcus], (1959). 8vo (7 1/4 x 8"), red boards, color pictorial paste-on, VG+. Written by Shlomo Skolsky and illustrated with charming color lithographs on every page by Mira Luba. Each letter has a large central illustration surrounded with..... More

ABC. (HEBREW) [ALEPH-BET] (in Hebrew on title page). Opposite title page in German: Alphabet: Zeichnungen von Z. Raban, verse von L. Kipniss. Jerusalem: Bezalel printed in Germany 1923. 4to (7 X 10"), cloth backed pictorial boards, covers soiled, corners rubbed, clean, tight and VG. Printed on heavy coated paper, each..... More

CLEVER ABC WHERE PICTURES FORM LETTERS

ABC. (HEBREW) SAVA ALEPH-BET [GRANDPA'S ALPHABET] by Shlomo Yedidia. Tel Aviv: Difus Dvar [1945]. Oblong 8 1/4 x 7 1/4", cloth backed pictorial boards, near Fine. Next to a large picture of each letter is an animal or an object formed in the shape of the letter next to it..... More

FOLIO ABC OF HUNTING PRINTED BY EDMUND EVANS

ABC. (HUNTING) SLIPPER'S ABC OF FOX HUNTING by E. Somerville. London, N.Y. & Bombay: Longmans Green, 1903. Folio, pictorial cloth, 85p., new rear free endpaper and usual cloth rubbing else clean, tight and VG+. 1st ed. of this charming alphabet printed on one side of the page on high quality..... More

ABC BY CANADIAN INDIAN CHILDREN

ABC. (INDIAN) ALPHABET BOOK. Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press 1969. Oblong 8vo (8 1/4 x 5 3/4"), printed wraps, Fine. Every page illustrated by students at the Kettle Point School, operated by the Dept. of Indian Affairs. Illustrated in black and white with naive charm. This edition was issued in..... More

ABC. (LEADENHALL PRESS) PHIL MAY'S ABC. Lond: Leadenhall Press (1897). 4to, (9 x 11 1/4"), green cloth stamped in gold, light wear, occasional spot, near Fine. LIMITED TO 1050 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON FINE PAPER AS PROOFS. 52 original designs - the first presenting Phil May's Guttersnipes and the second..... More

ABC. LITTLE FOLKS' ALPHABET by Carolyn Wells. NY: Perks, 1944. 4to (8 1/4 x 11"), pictorial card covers, slight wear to covers, else VG+. A typical 40's ABC illustrated by Mary and Wallace Stover in 2-color. More

McGUFFEY PRIMER

ABC. (McGUFFEY) McGUFFEY'S NEWLY REVISED ECLECTIC PRIMER - Newly Illustrated. NY: American Book Co. (1867). 16mo, (3 7/8 x 6 1/8"), pictorial wraps, 34p., Fine. Intended as a first book for children this features a charming pictorial alphabet with a cut for every letter, plus simple words, progressions and spelling..... More

GREAT 40'S ABC

ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) ABC: AN ALPHABET BOOK IN RHYME. Springfield: McLoughlin Bros. 1941. 4to (8 1/4 x 11 1/4"), stiff pictorial wraps, Fine. This is an ABC and counting book illustrated in color on every page in typical 40's style. A great exapmle of a typical 40's picture book... More

ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) ABC OF OBJECTS. Springfield: McLoughlin Bros. no date. Folio, stiff pictorial wraps, Fine. Pages mounted on linen. With no text except for a large block letter and one word captions, each letter is represented with dozens of objects that begin with that particular letter. All pages except "A"..... More

LARGE FORMAT McLOUGHLIN

ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) BIG LETTER ABC BOOK. Springfield: McLoughlin Bros. 1937. Oblong 17" wide x 11" high, pictorial card covers, some edge and spine wear, VG+. This is a fabulous, large ABC of objects. Illustrated in bright colors in 30's style that cover every page by Amy Hogebooth. Due to its..... More

RARE McLOUGHLIN LARGE FORMAT ABC

ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) GEM ABC AND PICTURE BOOK. NY:McLoughlin Bros. no date. Folio, pict. wraps. VG+. A charming ABC with 2 full page color illustrations and illustrated in red and black on other pages to accompany rhymes about the letters of the alphabet. More

ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS ABC. NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1884. 8vo (6 x 9 1/4"), pictorial wraps, [12]pp. including covers, old neat strengthening inside cover else VG+. A charming alphabet book, this has 8 pages of vibrant chromolithographs (each page divided into thirds) and 2 pages of rhymes... More

ABC. (MCLOUGHLIN) LITTLE PET'S ABC BOOK. NY: McLoughlin Bros., no date, circa 1870. 5 3/4 x 8 1/4", linen pictorial wraps, some soil, VG. Illustrated with 4 pages of full color pictures for letters of the alphabet and with other pages having word lessons. Charming color covers as well. "E"..... More