The Merry and Wise ABC. Novel Children's Spelling Bee.
by [ Children's books]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
[ London: Ernest Nister, 1896] First edition. Original color-printed pictorial paper boards with green cloth spine. . Quarto. With over a hundred attractive color-printed vignettes illustrating words beginning with each letter of the alphabet. Some dustsoiling and dampstaining to boards. Very bright inside despite some light toning to margins. A very good copy of a scarce and attractive book of educational games. The present item is both a picture book and a teaching tool that facilitates word games and memory exercises. The first four pages outline activities for children: turning the letter strips separately to form four-letter words, basic reading and counting exercises, and a game in which children unscramble letters to form simple words. The charming and vivid illustrations incorporate the process of recognizing animals, household items, and toys and pairing them with their names.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17158
- Title
- The Merry and Wise ABC. Novel Children's Spelling Bee.
- Author
- [ Children's books]
- Format/Binding
- Original color-printed pictorial paper boards with green cloth spine.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ernest Nister,
- Place of Publication
- [ London:
- Date Published
- 1896]
- Pages
- [4] pp., plus [26] ff., each sectioned into four strips that can be turned separately (four strips for each letter of the alphab
- Size
- Quarto
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
About Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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