Little Pets Linen ABC (A. B. C.)

ABC (anon).

Published by New York, McLoughlin Bros., no date, (c. mid 's?), no number or series, 3 folded sheets making ten interior pages, front cover with young child and baby pulling on a book, another book already destroyed on the floor, and, on the back cover, a rather bizarre scene with a blonde man in Japanese costume holding a little girl in a trailing dress, the four interior alphabet pages are full colour very bright chromos perhaps inspired by earlier woodcuts, the other pages are the primer's text; on fine linen cut on straight of goods; 5.75"x8.25"., 1880

About this Item

CONDITION: Good minus; faded, flecked front cover, small pencil initials on back and number on front corner, top corners are bent but not creased, light fraying, interior coloured pictures very bright. Toploader fabric McLoughlin A first primer, with three examples of each initial letter sound in the small pictures "Quaker, Quail, Quiver" and CVC words and sentences to practice on, ending with a simple story. The front cover gives an interesting message about the value of learning to read! ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. /anon, illustrator. Seller Inventory # 17531

Bibliographic Details

Title: Little Pets Linen ABC (A. B. C.)

Publisher: New York, McLoughlin Bros., no date, (c. mid 's?), no number or series, 3 folded sheets making ten interior pages, front cover with young child and baby pulling on a book, another book already destroyed on the floor, and, on the back cover, a rather bizarre scene with a blonde man in Japanese costume holding a little girl in a trailing dress, the four interior alphabet pages are full colour very bright chromos perhaps inspired by earlier woodcuts, the other pages are the primer's text; on fine linen cut on straight of goods; 5.75"x8.25".

Publication Date: 1880

Illustrator: /anon, illustrator.