A B C Book Of Animals At Play

$225 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix · No longer available

Cleveland and New York: The World Syndicate Publishing Co, 1929 . First printing of this giant, colorful ABC and counting book, featuring a number of unexpected animals. Very good. Item #31541 B is for bear, M is for monkey, and X is, of course, for xeri. This oversized alphabet book with Harrison Cady-esque illustrations makes some fascinating choices when it comes to the animal models for each letter — O is for owl,

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