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The Pretty Picture ABC.
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Six couplets on each page: "P begins Parachute, Palings, and Perch; P is always in chapel , but never in church." etc. with large intricate engraving illustrating some of the items. Queen Victoria looks about 20 here. Please note: THIS BOOK HAS BEEN SOLD
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$25.00
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The Pretty Picture ABC with rhymes to please my friends and me.
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London: T. Nelson and Sons, [mid 19th c]. W. G. Mason's engraver, elaborately decorated green cloth backed paper boards with gilt over pink and a vignette of mother and three children, perhaps handpainted, with book; dark green glazed endpapers, a page for each letter, one sided, with engraving on coloured field, 7x9.15, tp plus 30 pp.
Picture Book Hardback.
CONDITION: Poor; 19thc names, loose, with large piece of front bottom corner broken off, numeration suggests missing front matter, pages foxed and moderately soiled, with a few tears. An interesting and uncommon piece in terrible condition.
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Control Number:
14262
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