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| Title | The jolly A B C (U-V) |
| Author | Blampied, Edmund, 1886-1966 |
| Publisher | Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd.
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| Publisher Location | Great Britain |
| Publication Date | 1920 |
| Printer | Unknown
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| Illustrator | Unknown
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| Image Production Process | Planographic prints--lithographs
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| Notes | Illustrated with color printed lithographs.
Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a trade or occupation.
"U was an Usher, who loved little boys." The illustration depicts two young boys riding on a man's back as he crawls along the floor.
"V was a Veteran, who sold pretty toys." The illustration depicts a one-legged old man showing a variety of toys to a woman and a young girl. |
| Contextual Notes | Edmund Blampied was a lithographer, caricaturist, cartoonist, book illustrator, and artist working in oils, watercolours, silhouettes and bronze. He is primarily known for his etchings and drypoints.
Thomas Nelson is a publishing firm that began in Scotland in 1798. It originally sold only religious texts, but increasingly also began selling popular literature and educational material in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | English language -- Alphabet -- Juvenile literature; Alphabet rhymes |
| Category | Alphabet books
Trades and Occupations
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL1120 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection. PE1155.B535 1920 |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | [16] p.: illustrated; 29 x 22 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Photographed from original book in TIFF format using a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi/EOS 400D, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2009. |
| Exhibit Checklist | Exhibit checklist B.33 |
