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The A, B, C, Book, with Pictures of Birds (cover title: Pictured Alphabet)
The A, B, C, Book, with Pictures of Birds (cover title: Pictured Alphabet)
The A, B, C, Book, with Pictures of Birds (cover title: Pictured Alphabet)
The A, B, C, Book, with Pictures of Birds (cover title: Pictured Alphabet)
The A, B, C, Book, with Pictures of Birds (cover title: Pictured Alphabet)
The A, B, C, Book, with Pictures of Birds (cover title: Pictured Alphabet)
The A, B, C, Book, with Pictures of Birds (cover title: Pictured Alphabet)
Butler, J. H. [juvenile, alphabet, chapbook, ABC]

The A, B, C, Book, with Pictures of Birds (cover title: Pictured Alphabet)


Northampton: John Metcalf, 1836.

Wraps, 18pp. 108x66mm. Very Good with light soil and nudging at the corners. Neatly stitched along the spine and extra-illustrated on the rear wrap with a rather good drawing of a bird. Beautiful painted wallpaper-lined wraps. 18 total woodcuts. 'American Primers' records an 1842 printing (021) and notes its absence from Gilman's Northampton Imprints bibliography. Earliest recorded edition, OCLC lists 2 copies (AAS, Morgan). Rare and wonderful ABC chapbook with a perfect touch of wallpaper.