Pelicans ISBN 0 14 02.2831 4 - ABC: The Alphabetization Of The Popular Mind

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First published in Great Britain by Marion Boyars Publishers 1988 Published in Pelican Books 1989 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2

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