The Navy Alphabet; Pictures by Harry Kennedy * Lettered by Charles Costello
by Baum, Frank L
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Orig. illustrated boards, maroon cloth spine. Very good
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Chicago & New York: George M. Hill Company, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated boards, maroon cloth spine. Very good. Unpaginated. 31.3 x 25.5 cm. 27 color plates printed recto only. First and only edition of this rare oversized fragile picture book. "A" is for Admiral George Dewey, the hero of the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. Although issued simultaneously with The Army Alphabet and likely in the same printing, The Navy Alphabet has proven to be rarer than its companion. Owner inscription free front endpaper dated 1903. Small book label of Floeser & Co. Brooklyn Book Store. Solid copy, plates bright and sharp, wear to corners and backstrip extremities. Smudges to pastedown rear endpaper. BIENVENUE & SCHMIDT. p.182.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23787
- Title
- The Navy Alphabet; Pictures by Harry Kennedy * Lettered by Charles Costello
- Author
- Baum, Frank L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. illustrated boards, maroon cloth spine. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- George M. Hill Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago & New York
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- Book Arts
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Art;
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Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- First Edition
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- New
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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