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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
Grant, Charles Jameson, active 1830–1852
1
Harris, John, 1931–2022
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
1
Powell, Hilary
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Price, Richard, 1966–
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Robinson, Elly
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Royle, Amy Mabel Fanshawe, 1863–1951
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2016
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
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Books
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Archives & Manuscripts
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Prints
1
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unknown
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Period
21st century
11
19th century
10
20th century
5
18th century
1
Work Type
alphabet book
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accordion fold format (binding)
4
artist's book
3
artists' book
3
cut-paper work
3
embossed print
3
ink drawing
3
lithograph
3
bestiarie
2
chromoxylograph
2
juvenile work
2
poem
2
prospectuse
2
woodcut
2
acrostic
1
caricature
1
chromolithograph
1
collagraph prints (printing)
1
correspondence
1
dance card
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Alphabets.
6
Alphabet.
5
Alphabet rhymes.
4
Alphabet -- Juvenile literature.
3
Animal welfare -- Poetry.
3
Animals -- Pictorial works.
3
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
3
Alphabets in art.
2
Children's poetry.
2
Chron. -- 2007.
2
Circle Press -- Publisher.
2
Extinct animals.
2
Extinction (Biology)
2
Satire, English.
2
Alphabet -- Juvenile fiction.
1
Alphabet books -- England -- 19th century.
1
Alphabet books -- Great Britain.
1
Alphabet books -- Specimens.
1
Alphabet books.
1
Alphabet rhymes -- Juvenile literature.
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19th century
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21st century
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20th century
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England
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Great Britain
4
London
2
West Sussex
2
Alverstoke
1
Harrogate (England)
1
London (England)
1
Stratford
1
Associated People
Cavan, James, 1856–1911
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Cavan, Mabel, 1890–1928
1
Cavan, Phillip Charles, 1889–
1
Cavan, Sylvia, 1888–1962
1
Hockney, David, born 1937
1
King, Ronald, 1932–
1
Royle, Amy Mabel Fanshawe, 1863–1951
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 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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English
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Jones, L. E. M
The landscape alphabet
[1831]
2
Farjeon, Eleanor, 1881–1965
The country child's alphabet
1924
3
The pretty ABC
[between 1829 and 1839]
4
Powell, Hilary
Legend
[2014]
5
Royle, Amy Mabel Fanshawe, 1863–1951
Eaton Mascott alphabet
circa 1894?-1918
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King, Ronald, 1932–
Alphabeta concertina
2007
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The Harrogate alphabet for 1870
1870?
8
King, Ronald, 1932–
Armadillo
2012
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The child's alphabet
[ca. 1820?]
10
Alphabet book for Winnifred
1896
11
Hodgman, Carolyn S. (Carolyn Stecher)
A.B.C book of birds
1916
12
Crane, Walter, 1845–1915
Walter Crane's New toy book, containing sixty-four pages of pictures
[1874?]
13
Armour, G. D. (George Denholm), 1864–1949
A hunting alphabet
1929
14
Milns, William, 1761–1801
The penman's repository
[1787]
15
Sunday alphabet
[1861]
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Grant, Charles Jameson, active 1830–1852
A political alphabet
Jany 1837
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Price, Richard, 1966–
Little but often
2007
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Blake, Peter, Sir, born 1932
Peter Blake's ABC
2010
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King, Ronald, 1932–
Going, going ... gone!
[2013]
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King, Ronald, 1932–
Going, going ... gone!
2013
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Harris, John, 1931–2022
A garden alphabet
1979
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Gould, F. Carruthers (Francis Carruthers), 1844–1925
ABC for the SE
[approximately 1870]
23
Dunn, James (Children's author)
ABC London
2015
24
Robinson, Elly
A-Z of printmaking
2014
25
Kirkpatrick, George, 1938–
Alphabets of stone
[2007]
26
Bush, Tracey
An A-Z of British moths
[2016]
27
Hockney, David, born 1937
Hockney's alphabet
c1991