Baby's A.B.C. (Code No. 80) James McNeill Whistler Original sewn tan paper wrappers

Original sewn tan paper wrappers with decorative border

Staple bound pictorial cheap wood pulp paper self wrappers printed in black with a masthead featuring seven different portraits of "Nick Carter in Various Disguises" and a large drawing of a woman at a window looking out "boldly

This copy represents the scarce second issue of the first edition

a silhouette drawing of a praying child

Baby's A.B.C. (Code No. 80) James McNeill Whistler Original sewn tan paper wrappers(Alphabet) Baby's A. B. C. (Code No. 80); illustrated by David Brett (pseudonym of Eugenie Richards). London: Dean's Rag Book Co., Ltd., between 1908 1913. FIRST EDITION. 4to 11 1 2" x 7 3 4". [18] butterfly folded double cloth pages including wrappers. Bound in pink cloth backed color pictorial cloth wrappers, sewn as issued. The textile edges exhibit the publisher's standard serrated pinking to the head and foot. The condition of the book is VERY