Baby's A.B.C. (Code No. 80) James McNeill Whistler

Baby's A.B.C. (Code No. 80) James McNeill Whistler(Alphabet) Baby's A. B. C. (Code No. 80); illustrated by David Brett (pseudonym of Eugenie Richards). London: Dean's Rag Book Co., Ltd., between 1908 1913. FIRST EDITION. 4to 11 1 2" x 7 3 4". [18] butterfly folded double cloth pages including wrappers. Bound in pink cloth backed color pictorial cloth wrappers, sewn as issued. The textile edges exhibit the publisher's standard serrated pinking to the head and foot. The condition of the book is VERY

At the time of this publication in 1873

presenting a comprehensive cross-section of early nineteenth-century juvenile verse

Staple bound pictorial cheap wood pulp paper self wrappers printed in black with a masthead featuring seven different portraits of "Nick Carter in Various Disguises" and a large drawing of a woman at a window looking out "boldly

a silhouette drawing of a praying child

double-page layout utilized for the book's front and back endpapers

This copy represents the scarce second issue of the first edition

This exceptional listing bridges McGlashan's landmark publication with the tangible

color pictorial "Fluffidown" cloth wrappers with titles printed in black and pinking to the head and foot of the book (to minimize the effects of fraying to the cloth)

Benjamin) Saunders

Front of egg reads "France needs food

the fragile folding map is exceptionally well-preserved

Original sewn tan paper wrappers with decorative border