The Popular Alphabet Book
pcb1409
TITLE
The Popular Alphabet Book / from Designs by Phiz, Crane, &c.
PUBLISHED
London : Frederick Warne & Co., 1866 [but 1865].
PRINTED
[London] : Edmund Evans.
PRICE
2s. 6d.
AUTHOR
Browne, Hablot Knight (Phiz) (illustrator) ![]()
Crane, Walter (illustrator)![]()
Evans, Edmund (engraver and printer)![]()
Frederick Warne & Co. (publisher)![]()
HWP (illustrator)![]()
Crane, Walter (illustrator)
Evans, Edmund (engraver and printer)
Frederick Warne & Co. (publisher)
HWP (illustrator)
TYPOLOGY
DESCRIPTION
Size
16x24 cm
Format and pagination
Oblong 8° : 38 ll. : [2] [12] [1] [12] [1] [12] ll. pls and text
Signatures
π2 A–I12 in 12s
Signatures note
3 gatherings, sewn, unpaginated
Covers
Blue cloth cover, gilt; fc, unsigned, with pictorial title; at centre, gilt, in diamond shape: 'A B C [intertwined with details of children's games – Aunt Sally, Blind Man's Buff, Croquet – freely derived from The Alphabet of Games and Sports] | Warnes [sic] | Popular | Alphabets'
Blank white ep
Illustrations
The Country Alphabet has the same 12 ills as pcb1023, col. ptd on one side of the sheet only
The London Alphabet has the same 12 ills as pcb1024, col. ptd on one side of the sheet only
The Alphabet of Games and Sports has the same 12 ills as pcb1413, col. ptd on one side of the sheet only
Source for attribution
Comparison with pcb1023, pcb1024, pcb1413
Source for date
Advts
16x24 cm
Format and pagination
Oblong 8° : 38 ll. : [2] [12] [1] [12] [1] [12] ll. pls and text
Signatures
π2 A–I12 in 12s
Signatures note
3 gatherings, sewn, unpaginated
Covers
Blue cloth cover, gilt; fc, unsigned, with pictorial title; at centre, gilt, in diamond shape: 'A B C [intertwined with details of children's games – Aunt Sally, Blind Man's Buff, Croquet – freely derived from The Alphabet of Games and Sports] | Warnes [sic] | Popular | Alphabets'
Blank white ep
Illustrations
The Country Alphabet has the same 12 ills as pcb1023, col. ptd on one side of the sheet only
The London Alphabet has the same 12 ills as pcb1024, col. ptd on one side of the sheet only
The Alphabet of Games and Sports has the same 12 ills as pcb1413, col. ptd on one side of the sheet only
Source for attribution
Comparison with pcb1023, pcb1024, pcb1413
Source for date
Advts
PRINTING TECHNIQUES
ADVERTISEMENTS
Athenaeum (23 Dec. 1865), 902: 'Warne's Popular Alphabets'
Bookseller (12 Dec. 1865), 1031, Christmas Bookseller: 'Warne's Popular Alphabets [...] With thirty-six pages of plates printed in colours. Cloth, gilt edges. 2s. 6d. Or mounted and bound. 4s.'
Bookseller (30 Dec. 1865), 1143
Publishers' Circular (30 dec. 1865), 924: 'The Popular Alphabet Book, Comprising The Country Alphabet, The London Alphabet, and The Alphabet of Games and Sports, With thirty-six pages of coloured illustrations from designs by Phiz, Crane, &c. Oblong, cloth, 2s. 6d.'
Bookseller (12 Dec. 1865), 1031, Christmas Bookseller: 'Warne's Popular Alphabets [...] With thirty-six pages of plates printed in colours. Cloth, gilt edges. 2s. 6d. Or mounted and bound. 4s.'
Bookseller (30 Dec. 1865), 1143
Publishers' Circular (30 dec. 1865), 924: 'The Popular Alphabet Book, Comprising The Country Alphabet, The London Alphabet, and The Alphabet of Games and Sports, With thirty-six pages of coloured illustrations from designs by Phiz, Crane, &c. Oblong, cloth, 2s. 6d.'
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2025 Tancini, I.250 (T5+x+x)
OTHER VERSIONS
First published as
The Country Alphabet. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]
First published as
The London Alphabet. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]
First published as
The Alphabet of Games and Sports. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]
The Country Alphabet. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]
First published as
The London Alphabet. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]
First published as
The Alphabet of Games and Sports. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]
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PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "The Popular Alphabet Book". In PiCoBoo, accessed October 10, 2026, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb1409