The Golden Primer J.M.D. Meiklejohn And Walter Crane 19Th Century,20Th Century,Children's Literature,Education,Illustrators

[London]: Meiklejohn & Holden, n.d., ca. 1910. First Combined Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's white gilt-embossed cloth, color pictorial paste-on to upper cover, pictorial endpapers; 60pp.; color illus. throughout. Very light soil to boards, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. First appearance in this format of a two-volume primer first issued ca. 1884 and 1885. Retains the authors' preface addressed to the teacher: "The only advice to be given to the young Teacher is: Teach only words; and teach them as wholes! Never mention the name of a letter, unless the child demands it!"