The Little Gardener ABC, Father Tuck's Little Pets Series, No. 5552

London, Paris, Berlin, New York, Montreal: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd., No date [c. 1901-1910]. [JUVENILE] [ILLUSTRATED] [ABECEDARIAN] [RHYMING VERSE]. Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd, Publishers to Their Majesties the King & Queen & T.R.H. The Prince & Princess of Wales, No date [c. 1901-1910].

8vo (8 5/8” x 6 ½”); [8]pp; stiff color pictorial wrapper showing a girl with flowers and a basket on the front, the rear wrapper features a boy and girl in a cabbage patch; 2 staple binding; 6pages of letters and verse in sepia with small illustrations; 4 full-page chromolithograph illustrations with a letter and small rhyming verses; chip to front wrapper corner at spine; light hand-wear; very good plus. OCLC locates 3 copies, all in the U.S. Item #2239

Lovely illustrations and a short rhyming verse accompany each alphabet letter.

The estimated publication date is based on the cities in which the Raphael Tuck & Sons had a presence, and the publisher’s Royal Warrant of Appointment from King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, their son, Prince George (later George V) and his wife Princess Mary.

Price: $125.00