The Army Alphabet Shmoos (Fictitious characters) " A penciled notation in

" A penciled notation in the upper margin indicates this drawing was used as the calendars' March illustration

each letter/chromolithograph pair is additionally paired with a four-line verse containing the key word and that describes what is going on in the illustration

The book contains an almanac and calendar for 1874

HAND-COLORED COPPER ENGRAVING TECHNIQUES

Kemble’s detailed line work provides an essential historical record of the era's popular illustration styles

The Army Alphabet Shmoos (Fictitious characters) " A penciled notation inBaum, L. Frank. THE ARMY ALPHABET; verse by L. Frank Baum; pictures by Harry Kennedy. Chicago; New York: Geo. M. Hill Company, Publishers, 1900, (1900). FIRST EDITION. Folio 12 9 16" x 10 7 16". Blue cloth backed color pictorial paper covered boards with very minor wear to the extremities and minor abrasions to front and back covers for what is an amazingly nice copy of the book. Plain endpapers with a small area of discoloration on both free