Details

Subject(s)

• Golf—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• English language—Alphabet—Pictorial works [Browse]
• Picture books—Juvenile literature [Browse]

Illustrator

• Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928 [Browse]

Publisher

• Harper & Brothers [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Poetry [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Alphabet books [Browse]

Notes

• "Copyright, 1898, by Harper & Brothers"--T.p. verso.
• Title in red on t.p and half-title; large alphabet capitals in red, text framed with red border.
• Text, rhymed golf-themed couplets for alphabet letters, alternating with illustrative cartoons with satiric depictions of a golfer, both printed on recto only.
• Cotson copy: Bookplate of Henry Leonard Dobson, featuring a child turning the pages of a large book turned to the page: "H stands for Henry," on inside pastedown.

Binding note

Pub. pictorial bds. with satiric golfing scenes in orange, green, rust, and black on both covers, with navy blue cloth spine.

OCLC

177742579

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