The Annotated Mother Goose; Nursery Rhymes Old and New, Arranged and Explained By William S. Baring-Gould & Ceil Baring-Gould

Bramhall House, New York, 1988. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Caldecott, Crane, Greenaway, Rackham, Parrish. Acknowledgements, All about "Mother Goose", bibliography and index of first lines. Illustrated end pages. the text is illustrated with reproductions of historical, anonymous, woodcuts along with illustrations by Ralph Caldecott, Maxfield Parrish, Walter Crane, Kate Greenaway and Arthur Rackham. 1/4 olive coloured back strip with black coloured titles. 3/4 gold coloured boards with dark gray coloured embossed titles to the front panel. Dark pink coloured tint to the top text edge. Illustrated dustwrapper with white and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. '' ... This ample gathering, containing more than one thousand separate rhymes from the earliest surviving publications to the present day, is the most complete collection ever assembled. The rhymes are usually given in their earliest form, which was often later suppressed (what was common in the 18th century was later thought too bawdy) and the authors have included most of the known variations of the original. – Dustjacket blurb. Rubbing of the book corners and back strip edges. Very light age toning of the text block edges with a few foxing spots. Age toning of the pages. A little chipping to the top dustwrapper corners with creasing of the top dustwrapper edge. The top edge has also a couple of small closed tears. Fading of the back strip. Browning of the fold over panels with browning and foxing to the verso. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. [5], 6 - 350, [2] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Caldecott, Crane, Greenaway, Rackham, Parrish. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Children; Sociology; Social Sciences; Poetry. ISBN: 0517029596. ISBN/EAN: 9780517029596. Inventory No: 0286162. . 9780517029596