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Author: N. Moore BANTA & Alpha BANTA BENSON (Palmer Cox).
Title : THE BROWNIE PRIMER.
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. The L. W. Walter Company, no date (circa 1905). First thus.
Language: Text in English
Size: 8 " X 6.5 "
Pages: 98 pages
Binding: Very good and attractive illustrated hardcover binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover. A rare find in this binding! 
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare foxing or staining, gift note of a previous (1912) owner on first endpaper )
Illustrations: Profusely illustrated.

The book: Scarce edition of Palmer Cox' s BROWNIE PRIMER. Copyright, 1905 by A. Flanagan Company.  A wonderful 98 page little book with whimsical brownie cover and endpapers illustrated with a little brownie song. 10 brownies introduce themselves one by one in rhyme form. They work and play, have a foot-race, skip rope, dance, swim and swing.  They celebrate Halloween and Christmas and help Santa!

The illustrator: Palmer Cox (April 28, 1840 – July 24, 1924) was a Canadian illustrator and author, best known for The Brownies, his series of humorous verse books and comic strips about the mischievous but kindhearted fairy-like sprites. The cartoons were published in several books, such as The Brownies, Their Book (1887). Due to the popularity of Cox's Brownies, one of the first popular handheld cameras was named after them, the Eastman Kodak Brownie camera.