Author: Richard Meran Barsam [afterword]
Title: A Peaceable Kingdom the Shaker Abecedarius
Description: New York, The Viking Press, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of abecedarius, illustrated throughout in colour with charming designs by Alice and Martin Provensen The first edition of this work. A charming abecedarius for children profusely illustrated in colour by Alice and Martin Provensen, with an afterword by Richard Meran Barsam.Alice and Martin Provensen illustrated together over forty books for children, of which nineteen they also wrote and edited. This abecedarius is a twenty six line rhymed verse that uses the a successive letter of the alphabet at the beginning of each line. Remaining true to the Shakers' sense of joy in design, the authors have recreated the Peaceable Kingdom with love and humour. In the original publisher's illustrated cloth binding. Externally lovely with only minor shelfwear. Dustwrapper is unclipped and excellent with only minor shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Illustrated throughout in colour by Alice and Martin Provensen. Fine . Ill.: Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen. Fine/Fine.

Keywords: children fiction first editions colour fiction Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen


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