679 - 837 CHILDREN'S BOOKS, CATCHPENNY PRINTS, COMICS, DRAWINGS, GAMES AND TOYS
- Leporello split between letters T and U; final plate (Z) laid down on frontcover; yellowed/ fingersoiled. Binding worn; plate on frontcover browned.
= Rare A.B.-book with a military theme.
AND 1 other: ALPHABET RÉCRÉATIF (Montpellier, n.d. (±1910), col. lithogr. ills., orig. wr.).
- Exercise lvs. neatly filled out in pencil. Wrapper trifle foxed and w. sm. annot. in pencil on frontcover. Fine copy.
= A is een aapje p.96 (and ill. on frontwr.); De Bodt/ Kapelle p.237; Landwehr, Prentgeschenk 13e; Coll. Caljé-Van Gulik 274; De hele Bibelebontse Berg p.619; cf. The Children's World of Learning 3644 and Lust en Leering p.150.
- Bookblock loose; sl. soiled; a few sm. marginal tears. Wr. soiled and creased; spine splitting.
Doorenbos, C. A is de adelaar. Amst., Mulder & Zoon, n.d. (±1950), (8)p. (incl. wr.), num. col. ills. by K. PIJLMAN, entirely printed on stiff board lvs., orig. pict. boards, 4to.
- Frontcover and spine sl. rubbed. Despite minor defects a fine copy.
Wijga, J. Nieuw A.B.C. boek. Van Arie tot Zus. Spellen en tellen met rijmpjes en prentjes. Amst., J.A. Luii & Co, n.d. (1953), (28)p., col. ills. and orig. clothbacked boards by J. WIJGA, obl. folio.
- Sl. browned. Rubbed spots along extremities; scratch on backcover; corners showing.
= Nice A.B-book of names (G stands for "Gerrit de zoon van tuinman Perk/ Vindt graven en gieten zijn liefste werk").
- Spine splitting; corners sl. worn. = Rare.
ABC des Vacances. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1900), (14)p., 6 full-p. chromolithogr. ills., entirely printed on linen, orig. chromolithogr. wr., 4to.
- Sl. soiled; sm. waterstain. Spine worn; rubbed along edges; wr. soiled and sl. creased.
Alphabet de la Mer. Crosses Lettres. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1890), (14)p., 6 full-p. chromolithogr. ills., entirely strengthened w. linen as published, orig. chromolithogr. wr., 4to.
- Hinges weak but holding on cords; sl. (finger)soiled; a few scribblings in pencil. Wr. sl. soiled and yellowed; spine worn.
= Méthode de Lecture Graduée. Premier Album. Volume indéchirable sur toile. Rare.
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper. Backstrip sl. sunned; spine-ends rubbed. Otherwise fine.
= A is een aapje p.123. Rhyming advice for children on how to prevent dental decay.
- Bookblock loosening; sl. browned. Spine rebacked w. cloth.
= Not in Gumuchian or Le Men. Rare A.B.-book.
- Owner's entry on upper pastedown; brown stain in outer margin throughout. Joints splitting; spine rubbed; boards sl. soiled and sunned.
= Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIII.
Abecedaire moral ou leçons tirées de l'ecriture sainte (...). Ibid., idem, 1805, rev. ed., 96p., engr. frontisp. and 15 plates w. 2 ills. each, later (19th cent.) hcl.
- Soiled; occas. foxed; two tears repaired w. paper. Lower boardedge w. dent.
= The Children's World of Learning 32.
- Frontisp. loosening; foxed; (formerly) dogeared in outer corners.
= First edition published in 1820. Cf. Gumuchian 62. Le Men mentiones several editions with this title, however not the one by this publisher.
Abecedaire geographique, ou Petits tableaux des mœurs des principaux peuples du monde. Ibid., Pierre Blanchard, 1819, 2nd ed., 72p., engr. frontisp., title and 4 plates, later boards.
- Title-p. and frontisp. browned; foxed; last leaf w. marginal tear. Backstrip loosening.
= Le Men 65 (3rd edition of 1825). Rare, no copy traced.
- (Sl.) foxed. Boards sl. fingersoiled; rubbed, mostly along extremities; corners showing. = Gumuchian 51.
Alphabet illustré des jeux de l'enfance: contenant des exercices de lecture, l'explication des jeux de l'enfance les plus intéressants (...). Paris, Delarue, n.d. (±1860), (2),104p., woodengr. frontisp. and 28 ills. by H. EMY, later boards w. portion of orig. wr. mounted on frontcover.
- Boards partly yellowed; frontcover soiled. = Gumuchian 52; Le Men 322. Rare.
- Contents loose, lacks the binding staple. Wr. sl. fingersoiled. = A is Artilleur. Rare. Le Men 349 (?).
Alphabet Maritime. Épinal, Pellerin & Cie., n.d. (±1910), (16)p., 8 stencil col. lithogr. plates and handcol. lithogr. wr.
- Wr. sl. browned, otherwise a fine copy.
= Every letter is presented by an image, except the letter W. This work introduces the alphabet with the use of maritime words, such as Bouée de Sauvetage (lifebuoy). Rare.
Alphabet de la Phosphatine Falières. Arbe. Ai-gle. Paris, Devambez, n.d. (±1900), (20)p., 12 col. ills. and orig. pict. wr. by T. LOBRICHON.
- Sl. soiled; hinges strengthened w. tape. Boards soiled; spine worn and repaired w. new cord.
= Cf. Le Men 133; not in Gumuchian. Published by the French Phosphatine Falières company, producers of a porridge for children containing phosphate. Unlike alphabets, where each letter is accompanied by only one word, here each letter is introduced by the use of three, four of five words starting with that letter, such as Arbre, Aigle, Ane, Audace, Arme.
- Trifle foxed; w. offsetting from opposite pages (prob. as usual). Rubbed along extremities; spine worn.
= No series is mentioned.
Haslewood, C. Our Pets, & Their Pets. London, Perry & Co., n.d. (±1910), (14)p., num. (double full-p.) chromolithogr. ills. by C. HASLEWOOD, orig. pict. wr., 4to.
- Sl. soiled; hinges repaired w. sellotape. Wr. soiled/ rubbed; spine dam. and repaired w. sellotape; dam. spots on backcover.
= Constance Haslewood is known as the illustrator of several works, such as Tales from Nursery Land, ca. 1880, cf. Osborne I p. 447. The alphabet is introduced with the use of children and animals, sometimes they interact in the wild (a swan), in the zoo (a cockatoo) or at home (a dog). ''D Stands for Daisy and Door and for Doves, And for the old Doggie that Dorothy loves''. Rare, no copy traced.
- Occas. foxed; upper hinge weak. Boards browned; rubbed along extremities.
= Cf. Gumuchian 85 (listing another title: "Alphabet des insectes" by the same). Not in The Children's World of Learning or Coll. Caljé-van Gulik. Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIII.
- Hinges weak; sl. soiled; one leaf waterstained; a few lvs w. crease in outer lower corner. Boards worn and w. repairs near spine; spine strengthened with cloth.
= Nice and rare A.B.-book. 100 Jaar Tine van Berken p.23. Not in Landwehr, Prentgeschenk (...).
Het van ouds gerenommeerde A is een Aapje. Ibid., J. Vlieger, n.d. (±1890), (12)textp., 24 col. lithogr. ills. on 6 leaves, orig. boards w. mounted col. lithogr. plate, obl. 8vo.
- Soiled and occas. foxed. Boards soiled; sl. worn along extremities; corners showing; spine strengthened w. cloth.
= Lust en Leering p.150; Caljé-Van Gulik 282; cf. Ki.la.ki.le. 56 and Landwehr, Prentgeschenk 13d; J. ter Linden a.o. (ed.), A is een Aapje, p.96: "[Vlieger] liet respectievelijk omstreeks 1875 en 1880 nog twee nieuwe edities het licht zien, beide met als toevoeging 'Het van ouds gerenommeerde'. De eerste van deze twee edities is uitgevoerd in oblong-formaat (24x17 cm), en bevat twee chromolitho's per pagina [...]. Opmerkelijk aan deze litho's zijn de zwarte achtergronden van de prenten."
A is een aapje. Ibid., idem, n.d. (1907), (24)p., num. (full-p.) col. lithogr. ills. (incl. lvs. w. exercises) and later clothbacked boards w. orig. col. lithogr. wr. by P.J. VAN GELDORP mounted on covers, folio.
- New endpapers. Boards sl. soiled; sm. crack in frontcover. Despite minor defects, a fine copy.
= A is een aapje p.96 (and ill. on frontwr.); De Bodt/ Kapelle p.237; Landwehr, Prentgeschenk 13e; Coll. Caljé-Van Gulik 274; De hele Bibelebontse Berg p.619; cf. The Children's World of Learning 3644 and Lust en Leering p.150.
- Foxed; two plates w. closed tear in lower outer corner; lacks acc. to Beraldi the title "Avis aux amateurs".
= The work does not contain the letter W. Beraldi IV, p.131; cf. Le Men 363, same title, name and publisher but different size, namely 27x34,5 cm.
- Soiled; bookblock and several lvs. reattached. Boards rubbed.
= The Children's World of Learning 3934.
Le bureau typographique: livre élémentaire, à l'usage des enfans: orné de 24 jolis tableaux d'arts & métiers, propres à intéresser la curiosité des enfans, et à leur faire aimer la lecture. London, Didier & Tebbett, 1808, 2nd ed., 108p., 24 engr. plates, contemp. calf w. mor. letterpiece, 12mo.
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper and title-p.; foxed; sl. offsetting on pastedowns from turn-ins. Binding rubbed along extremities; frontcover detached.
= The quire signature starts with the letter B, but seems to be complete. The book contains an alphabet of occupations, with each a plate accompanied by a short description. Rare.
- Fine.
= Dutch translation of an English A.B.-book, requiring some creativity from the translator, for example "C is Caïro waar men kameelen ziet. D een dik eendje of je 't gelooft of niet".
- Bookblock loose; a few lvs. speckled. Wr. sl. soiled; rubbed along extremities; spine splitting.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIII.
Dear Dickies ABC. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1880), (14)p., num. (chromo)lithogr. ills., orig. chromolithogr. wr., 4to.
- Bookblock loose; sl. speckled. Wr. rubbed; spine splitting; chafed at upper outer corner frontcover.
= Part of Father Tuck's Nursery Series.
- First and last few lvs. incl. the wr. w. waterstain. Wr. soiled.
= Mrs. Lovechild was a pseudonym of Lady Eleanor Fenn. Gumuchian 165; Osborne II, p. 721.
The New reading made easy: being one of the best books extant for teaching the first rudiments of reading & spelling. Lincoln, W. Brooke, 1803, 72p., woodcut frontisp. and ills., contemp. hleather, 12mo.
- Bookblock splitting. Covers detached; lacks backstrip.
= Contains an alphabet with woodcut illustrations. Rare.
- Bookblock loose(ning); sl. soiled; occas. foxed; one leaf w. tear. Wr. soiled/ creased; backstrip dam. and covers loose(ning).
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XV.
Wood, J.F. The ABC Book Of Children's Names. London, E. Nister, n.d. (±1888), (15)p., num. col. lithogr. ills. by L. LAWSON, orig. pict. wr., 4to.
- Sl. soiled. Rebacked; owner's entry on frontwr.; wr. soiled and sl. rubbed along extremities. = Hunt p. 237.
ABC for My Little Dear, Plenty of Pictures and Never a Tear. London/ New York, E. Nister/ E.P. Dutton & Co., n.d. (±1892), (14)p., num. chromolithogr. ills., orig. chromolithogr. shaped wr., obl. 8vo.
- (Finger)soiled; a few sm. marginal tears. Wr. worn and soiled; wr. newly sewn together. = Rare. Hunt p.41.
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper. Boards rubbed along extremities; dam. spot on lower joint.
= Nice A.B.-book published for the wounded of World War I.
Fallon, S.W.M. Animal-Alphabet Book. London, George Allen, 1899, title leaf and 26 plates by S.W.M. FALLON w. caption on verso, orig. clothbacked pict. boards, obl. 8vo.
- Hinges weak; one leaf loose; (finger)soiled. Covers soiled; rubbed along extremities; lacks portion of paper of backcover at inner lower corner.