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A Fowl Alphabet by Moore, Suzanne - 1986

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A Fowl Alphabet by Moore, Suzanne - 1986

A Fowl Alphabet

by Moore, Suzanne

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(Easthampton, MA): Cheloniidae Press, 1986. Robinson, Alan James. Octavo. (54)pp., frenchfold. One of 231 copies, signed by Alan James Robinson. The alphabet and the Latin and common names of the birds are printed in two colors after lettering by Suzanne Moore. The opening text is from "Animate Creation," a popular edition of "Our Living World," a Natural History by Rev. J.G. Wood (1885). Bound by Claudia Cohen in full patterened papers over boards. Fine. Prospectus laid in.
  • Bookseller Bromer Booksellers US (US)
  • Illustrator Robinson, Alan James
  • Book Condition Used
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Publisher Cheloniidae Press
  • Place of Publication (Easthampton, MA)
  • Date Published 1986

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A Fowl Alphabet

by Suzanne Moore

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  • Hardcover
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Used: Acceptable
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Hardcover
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9780877015246
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0877015244
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Chronicle Books, 1988. Hardcover. Used: Acceptable. Hardback with D/J in good condition, D/J some scuffing to edges. Owners inscription on first page. Illustrations by Alan James Robinson. Chronicle Books 1988. ISBN 0-87701-524-4 0877015244.
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A Fowl Alphabet
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A Fowl Alphabet

by Moore, Suzanne; Robinson, Alan James

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Used - Very Good
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Very Good
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First Edition
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780877015246
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0877015244
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Maplewood, Missouri, United States
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Chronicle Books, 1988. Very good hard cover with very good dust jacket. Full color illustrations throughout with letter drawings by Suzanne Moore. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
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A FOWL ALPHABET - DELUXE ISSUE, 1/50
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A FOWL ALPHABET - DELUXE ISSUE, 1/50

by Robinson, James Alan (illustrations); Moore, Suzanne (lettering)

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Limited Edition
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[Easthampton, MA]: Cheloniidae Press, 1986. Limited Edition. A lovely copy of the twelfth publication by the Cheloniidae Press, printed by master printer Harold Patrick McGrath, a visual feast for bird lovers and abecedary enthusiasts alike. Deluxe Issue, one of 50 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the artist, this being copy no.13. Octavo (22cm); marbled paper-covered boards and vellum backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine (bound by Gray Parrot), with text printed letterpress in two colors on Rives lightweight; illustrated with 26 wood engravings of birds from Auk to Zigzag Heron, arranged alphabetically, with a hand-lettered alphabet in different colors above each engraving. Together with an additional suite containing the 26 wood engravings by Alan James Robinson, each numbered and signed and housed in a beige canvas cloth chemise; the whole housed in the original matching cloth clamshell case, with title label printed on marbled paper mounted at upper spine. A Fine copy.
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[SPECIAL PRESS] [MANUSCRIPT VERSION] A FOWL ALPHABET
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[SPECIAL PRESS] [MANUSCRIPT VERSION] A FOWL ALPHABET

by [Alan James Robinson; Suzanne Moore; Daniel E. Kelm

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Manuscript Version
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Richmond, Virginia, United States
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[Cheloniidae Press], 1987. Manuscript Version. Near Fine binding. Signed. Quarto; full morocco binding with letterpress text and with original watercolor drawings and calligraphy for each of the 26 birds represented; printed on Bartram Green mould-made paper (note this is the last year that the Green family's Hayle Mill produced their fine papers); binding by Dan Kelm stamped in gilt and in blind to the upper board with raised bands; in a linen-covered clamshell box with paper label to the spine; the box has scattered foxing at the spine; there is some darkening to the lining paper from the binder's glue; in the book itself, the pastedowns at the turn-in have some similar discoloration.~~From the colophon; the Manuscript Version of A Fowl Alphabet follows the 1986 Cheloniidae Press edition of the same title. This is a "one-off" by Alan Robinson; there were five made the previous year; this one is a larger size and was made for a particular collector of Cheloniidae Press books (it is a small quarto,… Read More
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