- Bookseller's ticket on verso frontwr.; letter "E" filled in w. pen and ink and tiny portion cut out next to the letter. Otherwise fine.
= The Children's World of Learning 74, listing an edition published in 1842: "The A B C book became popular as the "Spa-a-Boek", with which it started. Although the A B C was published in huge numbers all through the 19th century, copies of all editions are most rare, as they were school-property and the children were not supposed to take them home"; cf. Landwehr, Prentgeschenk 15c, listing the 10th ed. (1862); cf. A is een Aapje p.22, listing the 10th edition (1862); cf. Huiskamp P165, listing the 1st ed. (1821).
Nieuw A.B.C. Boekje, voor leerzame kinderen. Amst., G. van der Linden, n.d. (±1860), 16p., woodcut on title, woodcut of a cock on verso title, 26 woodcut ills. to the alphabet in the text, late 19th/ early 20th cent. marbled boards, sm. 8vo.
= Waller 16; The Childrens's World of Learning 26; not in Landwehr, Prentgeschenk.