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AN ILLUSTRATED COMIC ALPHABET.
by ALPHABET. By Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon.:
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Oxford University Press, 1967.. FIRST EDITION 1967, small 4to, 250 x 195 mm, 10 x 7¾ inches, green cloth gilt, (31) pages. 4 charming (but not 'comic') full page illustrations printed red and black all featuring small children. These illustrations have been reproduced in facsimile from a manuscript in the Osborne Collection of Toronto. No inscriptions, contents clean and bright. A Fine clean copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped. The earliest known Canadian children's book, written in Ontario in 1859. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45608
- Title
- AN ILLUSTRATED COMIC ALPHABET.
- Author
- ALPHABET. By Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Oxford University Press, 1967.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ALPHABET CANADA ABC CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK
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