The Children's Picture Alphabet

pcb684
pcb684
TITLE
The Children's Picture Alphabet.
PUBLISHED
London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1868].
PRINTED
London : W. Dickes.
PRICE
1s.
AUTHOR
Dickes, William (engraver and printer)
Ward, Lock, & Tyler (publisher)
DESCRIPTION
Covers
Same upper wrapper as pcb678; specific to this picturebook, at centre, inserted in an arch, plain but for top and bottom: "[black, shaded in yellow] The Children's | [red, decorated in black, shaded in yellow] Picture | [grey, decorated in black, shaded in red] Alphabet"
Same lower wrapper as pcb678
Illustrations
Same illustrations as The Child's Own Alphabet, Illustrated with 24 Pictures. - London : Low & Son, [1855], here printed in colour and gathered four by four without the frames
ADVERTISEMENTS
Publishers' Circular (December 10, 1868), 789: see pcb667
COPIES
BL: X.995/37 (1st folder, 2nd publication; accession stamp dated 7OC68; older shelfmark: 12806.k.(10))
CUL: 146.1.29(1) (publisher's advertisement on lower wrapper; not analysed)
KB: KW BJ 26912 (W. Dickes; not analysed)
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "The Children's Picture Alphabet". In PiCoBoo, accessed June 14, 2025, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb684