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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Creator
King, Ronald, 1932–
4
Armour, G. D. (George Denholm), 1864–1949
1
Blake, Peter, Sir, born 1932
1
Bush, Tracey
1
Crane, Walter, 1845–1915
1
Dunn, James (Children's author)
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Farjeon, Eleanor, 1881–1965
1
Gould, F. Carruthers (Francis Carruthers), 1844–1925
1
Harris, John, 1931–2022
1
Hill, L. J.
1
Hockney, David, born 1937
1
Hodgman, Carolyn S. (Carolyn Stecher)
1
Jones, L. E. M
1
Kirkpatrick, George, 1938–
1
Milns, William, 1761–1801
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Nicholson, William Sir, 1872–1949
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Powell, Hilary
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Price, Richard, 1966–
1
Robinson, Elly
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1787
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2016
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
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Under Certain Circumstances
23
Free to Use
5
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23
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5
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19th century
11
21st century
11
20th century
5
18th century
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Work Type
alphabet book
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accordion fold format (binding)
3
artist's book
3
artists' book
3
cut-paper work
3
embossed print
3
lithograph
3
bestiarie
2
juvenile work
2
poem
2
prospectuse
2
woodcut
2
acrostic
1
alphabet rhyme
1
chromolithograph
1
chromoxylograph
1
collagraph prints (printing)
1
color lithograph
1
dust jacket
1
engraving
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Alphabets.
7
Alphabet.
6
Alphabet -- Juvenile literature.
3
Animal welfare -- Poetry.
3
Animals -- Pictorial works.
3
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
3
English language -- Alphabet.
3
Alphabet books.
2
Alphabet rhymes.
2
Alphabets in art.
2
Children's poetry.
2
Chron. -- 2007.
2
Circle Press -- Publisher.
2
Extinct animals.
2
Extinction (Biology)
2
Alliteration.
1
Alphabet -- Juvenile fiction.
1
Alphabet books -- Great Britain.
1
Alphabet books -- Specimens.
1
Alphabet rhymes -- Juvenile literature.
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21st century
2
20th century
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Associated Places
England
4
Great Britain
2
London
2
West Sussex
2
Alverstoke
1
London (England)
1
Stratford
1
Associated People
Hockney, David, born 1937
1
King, Ronald, 1932–
1
Nightingale, Florence, 1820–1910
1
Exhibition History
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
1
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ronald King
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Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
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Language
English
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Nicholson, William Sir, 1872–1949
An alphabet
1898
2
Hill, L. J.
An alphabet allegorical, alliterative & amusing : appreciable at all ages
MDCCCLXXI [1871]
3
The panoramic alphabet of peace
[1856]
4
ABC of animals
[approximately 1896?]
5
The darlings delight, or, Easy ABC
[between 1814 and 1817]
6
The child's alphabet
[ca. 1820?]
7
Jones, L. E. M
The landscape alphabet
[1831]
8
Farjeon, Eleanor, 1881–1965
The country child's alphabet
1924
9
King, Ronald, 1932–
Alphabeta concertina
2007
10
King, Ronald, 1932–
Armadillo
2012
11
Powell, Hilary
Legend
[2014]
12
Hodgman, Carolyn S. (Carolyn Stecher)
A.B.C book of birds
1916
13
The pretty ABC
[between 1829 and 1839]
14
Armour, G. D. (George Denholm), 1864–1949
A hunting alphabet
1929
15
Crane, Walter, 1845–1915
Walter Crane's New toy book, containing sixty-four pages of pictures
[1874?]
16
Sunday alphabet
[1861]
17
Milns, William, 1761–1801
The penman's repository
[1787]
18
Harris, John, 1931–2022
A garden alphabet
1979
19
Price, Richard, 1966–
Little but often
2007
20
King, Ronald, 1932–
Going, going ... gone!
[2013]
21
King, Ronald, 1932–
Going, going ... gone!
2013
22
Blake, Peter, Sir, born 1932
Peter Blake's ABC
2010
23
Robinson, Elly
A-Z of printmaking
2014
24
Kirkpatrick, George, 1938–
Alphabets of stone
[2007]
25
Bush, Tracey
An A-Z of British moths
[2016]
26
Gould, F. Carruthers (Francis Carruthers), 1844–1925
ABC for the SE
[approximately 1870]
27
Dunn, James (Children's author)
ABC London
2015
28
Hockney, David, born 1937
Hockney's alphabet
c1991