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Mother Goose; The Old Nursery Rhymes. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
by [Rackham, Arthur]
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- Condition
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1913. First Trade Edition. Full leather. Fine. First trade edition of Mother Goose with illustrations by Arthur Rackham, published in 1913.. Octavo, xi, [1], 160pp. Full black leather, gilt trim to covers. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. Speckled edges and marbled endpapers. Original cloth cover and spine bound in at rear. Solid text block, light scuff marks to covers, a fine example. Complete with thirteen full page colored plates with captioned tissue guards, with multiple black-and-white in-text illustrations. (Latimore and Haskell 40).
Synopsis
Pat-a-Cake," "Simple Simon," "Rock-a-bye, Baby:" these and the many other rhymes that make up Mother Goose have become almost as much a staple of child-rearing as the rattle and the bottle. Little ones love its mix of lullabies and limericks, humor and sing-song verse, and they learn from it too. Gyo Fujikawa brought her inimitable style to this version, which features a mix of enchanting line drawings and warm color pictures. Adorable mice, led by a duck in uniform, man the boat in "I Saw a Ship a-Sailing." A multicultural group of children circle round "The Mulberry Bush." And "The Three Kittens" have never been cuter. Fujikawa has succeeded in creating a truly magical world for kids to enter.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14172
- Title
- Mother Goose; The Old Nursery Rhymes. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
- Author
- [Rackham, Arthur]
- Illustrator
- First trade edition of Mother Goose with illustrations by Arthur Rackham, published in 1913.
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Trade Edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
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- Gilt
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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