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MAGIC LANTERN ALPHABET OF ANIMALS.
RAPHAEL TUCK


A fabulous vintage Raphael Tuck book! Nice presentation of the alphabet for children. On each of the pages is an illustration of a magic lantern displaying some letters and the corresponding animals. Beautiful graphics. 12" x 10" (30,5 x 25,5 cm).





Special: ALPHABET OF ANIMALS - RAPHAEL TUCK.
 
Hard bound rag paper book entitled: 'THE BIJOU ALPHABET", by Miss Colman, published by S. Colman, Boston, 1846.120 pages, printed on one side only; pressed yellow board covers, 4 1/8 x 5 1/4" (10,5 x 13,5 cm). Hand watercolour embellished engraved graphics.



An absolutely wonderful edition of LITTLE PAUL'S CHRISTMAS, (story of an orphan) from the NEW SERIES TOY BOOKS, published by The Religious Tract Society, Piccadilly, London. 10 x 9 inches (25,5 x 23 cm), 21 pages. 6 full colour pages. Illustrations are just wonderful examples of early colourful lithographs.
C. 1875.





   

Wonderful ALICE IN WONDERLAND book. One of the most engaging of the many adaptations of Alice was the magic lantern slides series that formed part of the "Junior Lecturers' Lantern Slides" sets, produced by W. Butcher & Sons of London. The complete set consists of 24 glass slides of brightly coloured pictures, based on Tenniel's original black-and-white drawings. The sets were accompanied by a reading of the relevant parts of the story. The pictures of these slides and the text of the original lecture are reproduced for the first time in this volume.  Published by Harry N. Abrams in 1988.

Book measures 11 x 9 inches and has 66 pages. Large hardcover with dust jacket. 60 illustrations, including 24 in full colour.
 

A Magic Lantern Fairy Tale 
GULEESH AND THE KING OF FRANCE'S DAUGHTER.

Retold by Neil Philip. Illustrated by Henry Underhill. Published by Philomel Books, 1986. Hardcover book with dust jacket. 26 pages.

Exquisite full-colour illustrations, faithfully reproduced from the original magic lantern slides, hand painted in 1891 by Henry Underhill.



 

 
ERNEST NISTERS MAGIC LANTERN BOOK. London, Ernest Nister, USA CP Dutton, c. 1890. Cloth stitched spine, card cover, 13 pages of illustrated children's poems.
 
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