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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

The New England primer A B C.

Accession number
PML 252433
Published
New York : Triptych, 1930.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Prefatory note signed: Wilbur M. Stone.
The pictured and rhymed alphabet is reprinted from "The father's gift, or The way to be wise and happy", a juvenile, issued in 1793 by J. & M. Robertson in Glasgow.
"There have been printed by the Georgian Press, Westport, Ct., nine copies on large paper, hand colored, & ninety-nine copies on small paper ... The small paper copies are numbered 1 to 99"--Colophon.
Library's copy is no. 6.
Library's copy housed in 1/4 teal morocco over cloth slipcase with matching cloth chemise.
Description
[38] pages : illustrations ; 64 mm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman, with her bookplate.
Binding
Blue boards with printed label mounted to front. In autograph dust wrapper with imprint information.
Classification
Department