IDA WAUGH'S ALPHABET BOOK

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1888. Very good plus.. First edition of this scarce illustrated alphabet book, a verse narrative by lifelong artistic collaborators and co-habitating companions Waugh and Blanchard, a beautiful copy. 10.5'' x 9''. Original decorative red and gilt-stamped boards in Art Nouveau style, carefully rebacked with green cloth spine. Illustrated by Waugh throughout. Unpaginated. Hinges reinforced. Light edgewear, faint soil and some faint spots of dampstaining to boards. Minor wear to fore-edge of text block.