The Only True Mother Goose Melodies.
by MOTHER GOOSE. HALE, Rev. Edward Everett
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- A beautiful fine copy in a dust jacket with some shallow chipping and a complete split at the front flap fold.
- Seller
-
Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston:: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard,, [1905].. First edition.. publisher's illustrated cloth-backed boards in dust jacket. . A beautiful fine copy in a dust jacket with some shallow chipping and a complete split at the front flap fold.. 12mo,. Illustrated.. An Exact Reproduction of the Text and Illustrations of the Original Edition Published and Copyrighted in Boston in the Year 1833 by Munroe & Francis. With Introduction by Rev. Edward Everett Hale. Inscribed and signed on the front free endpaper by Harriet Blackstone Butler (real Mother Goose), with a quotation from Julia Ward Howe.
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- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72805
- Title
- The Only True Mother Goose Melodies.
- Author
- MOTHER GOOSE. HALE, Rev. Edward Everett
- Illustrator
- Illustrated.
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's illustrated cloth-backed boards in dust jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - A beautiful fine copy in a dust jacket with some shallow chipping and a complete split at the front flap fold.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lothrop, Lee & Shepard,
- Place of Publication
- Boston:
- Date Published
- [1905].
- Pages
- xii, 100 pp.
- Size
- 12mo,
Terms of Sale
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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