Description
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)
