An Animal ABC
Title
An Animal ABC
Description
English book illustrator Harry B Neilson’s characters in the turn of the century Animal ABC book appear naturally undressed in the black and white pages but are wearing human clothes in all of the color illustrations.
Edward F. Ellis worked at the Buffalo Public Library at one time and, as collector, he amassed a vast collection of ABC books over the years. When he died in 1983, approximately 434 ABC books were books donated to the public library. Since 1984, the Ellis ABC Collection has grown to more than 700 American and International books from 1793 to the present.
Edward F. Ellis worked at the Buffalo Public Library at one time and, as collector, he amassed a vast collection of ABC books over the years. When he died in 1983, approximately 434 ABC books were books donated to the public library. Since 1984, the Ellis ABC Collection has grown to more than 700 American and International books from 1793 to the present.
Contributor
Date
[1900?]
Subject
Source
Children's Books
Publisher
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
Rights
Digital image copyright 2020 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
Relation
Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
Type
Text
Format
image/jpeg
Language
Coverage
Collection
Citation
Neilson, Harry B. (Harry Bingham), 1861- , illustrator., “An Animal ABC,” B&ECPL Digital Collections, accessed December 21, 2024, https://digital.buffalolib.org/document/2087.