26 Letters, The
by Ogg, Oscar
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fair
- Seller
-
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Item Price
A$18.87A$15.09
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About This Item
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1948. First Edition, First Printing. . Cloth. Near Fine/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, 1st Printing. HC 8vo in red cloth. Near FRiome book in Fair clipped DJ, nows in clear protective cover./Fair. Soft spine tips, remains of tape where DJ had been taped to pastedowns (note, NOT ex-lib!), owner stamp front endpaper; DJ scraped and heavily chipped at spine (top 1/3 of the spine and heel), tape remains both flaps. Book tight, relatively square, interior unmarked. History of the English alphabet in 254pp. of gorgeous calligraphy in dramatic red and black. LAID-IN is interesting 1964 newspaper article on the Initial Teaching Alphabet of 44 letters, invented by M.P. Sir Isaac Pitman and then proposed for introduction into kindergarten classes. Relatively uncommon in First Printing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Basement Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3466
- Title
- 26 Letters, The
- Author
- Ogg, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- ENGLISH ALPHABET CALLIGRAPHY ENGLISH LEARNING
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non-fiction; Art;
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About the Seller
Basement Books
Biblio member since 2003
Albuquerque, New Mexico
About Basement Books
BASEMENT BOOKS, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, specializes in hard-to-find non-fiction, Western Americana, History, and First Edition mysteries and literature.
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- Fair
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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