The Railway A.B.C.
Series: Aunt Louisa's London toy books; Warne's nursery literature; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Aunt Louisa's London toy books; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: Frederick Warne & Company; Scribner, Welford, & Company
Published: 1878
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Subjects: English language; Pictorial works; Alphabet; Juvenile literature; Railroad trains; Alphabet books; Specimens
Other titles: Railway ABC; Aunt Louisa's railway A.B.C.
Notes: Date from American publisher's imprint at back (Scribner & Welford imprint began in 1878 according to Princeton chronology).

Title from extensive publisher's advertisements at back, under the banner of "Warne's nursery literature." Title appears under listing for "Aunt Louisa's London toy books" (9 titles listed)--and as a part of "Aunt Louisa's London picture book."

"Price one shilling; or mounted with linen, two shillings"--At head of front wrapper.

Text begins: "A is the Arch; underneath are the rails, / To carry the passengers, baggage, and mails."

Illustrations: 4 separate wood-engraved, color-printed illustrations per page depicting the scene described in facing alphabet rhyme with Victorian railroad scenes and people, each with a black background and large red upper- and lower-case letters, signed at bottom of page by Kronheim.

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.