ALPHABETS - An Alphabetical Arrangement of Animals for Little Naturalists by Sally Sketch. London: by Harris and Son, 1st January 1821 [not before 1824, watermark dates]. 16° (128 x 104mm). Etched throughout, printed on one side of the sheet. 27 (of 28) leaves including frontispiece, title with pictorial vignette and an illustration for each letter of the alphabet with 2-line rhyme, all hand-coloured. (Lacking letter K, a few leaves cut into.) Modern boards. Moon H-804; A & M 29. -- The Alphabet of Goody Two Shoes; by learning which she soon got rich. London: S. and R. Bentley for J. Harris and Son, 1824. 18° (172 x 103mm). Pictorial title-vignette and 13 other wood-engraved illustrations coloured by hand. (Some fraying, affecting text.) Modern wrappers. Moon H-17(4). -- And 2 similar illustrated books (The Word Book 1825 and The History of an Apple Pie written by Z ca. 1830, Moon H-1(1) and H-1005(6) respectively). (4)

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ALPHABETS - An Alphabetical Arrangement of Animals for Little Naturalists by Sally Sketch. London: by Harris and Son, 1st January 1821 [not before 1824, watermark dates]. 16° (128 x 104mm). Etched throughout, printed on one side of the sheet. 27 (of 28) leaves including frontispiece, title with pictorial vignette and an illustration for each letter of the alphabet with 2-line rhyme, all hand-coloured. (Lacking letter K, a few leaves cut into.) Modern boards. Moon H-804; A & M 29. -- The Alphabet of Goody Two Shoes; by learning which she soon got rich. London: S. and R. Bentley for J. Harris and Son, 1824. 18° (172 x 103mm). Pictorial title-vignette and 13 other wood-engraved illustrations coloured by hand. (Some fraying, affecting text.) Modern wrappers. Moon H-17(4). -- And 2 similar illustrated books (The Word Book 1825 and The History of an Apple Pie written by Z ca. 1830, Moon H-1(1) and H-1005(6) respectively). (4)

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