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Mother Goose's Melodies for Children, or Songs for the Nursery with Notes, Music, and an Account of the Goose or Vergoose Family

Mother Goose's Melodies for Children, or Songs for the Nursery with Notes, Music, and an Account of the Goose or Vergoose Family

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Mother Goose's Melodies for Children, or Songs for the Nursery with Notes, Music, and an Account of the Goose or Vergoose Family

by (Mother Goose)

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About This Item

New York: Hurd and Stoughton, 1869. Cloth. Good. Brown cloth with illustrations in gilt on the front cover. Xix, 186 pp. Black and white illustrations by Henry L. Stephens and Gaston Fay throughout. An extensive collection of nursery rhymes attributed to Mother Goose, preceded by a history and lineage of the Goose/Vergoose family. The last part of the book contains music that would accompany many of the rhymes, followed by historical notes on many of the pieces. GOOD condition. General fading, minor soiling and scuffing to the covers. Cloth frayed and worn at the corners with heavy pulling, fraying and splitting at the head and tail of the spine. Minor scattered soiling in the interior, with minor toning.

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Bookseller
Mare Booksellers US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
014292
Title
Mother Goose's Melodies for Children, or Songs for the Nursery with Notes, Music, and an Account of the Goose or Vergoose Family
Author
(Mother Goose)
Format/Binding
Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Good
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Hurd and Stoughton
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1869
Keywords
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Bookseller catalogs
Folklore;

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Mare Booksellers specializes in punk fanzines, with interests in underground newspapers and art. Who are we kidding? We really like anything with printed or handwritten letters, whether paper, books, etc. (Okay, letters and words aren't really that important either).

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Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Tail
The heel of the spine.
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...

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