Mother Goose. The Old Nursery Rhymes. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham [EASTON PRESS' SCARCE LIMITED REPRODUCTION OF THE 1913 LONDON EDITION]
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2019. Rackham, Arthur. First edition thus. Hardcover. 1/600 numbered copies. Quarto (12" x 9-1/4"). Full brown leather, decorated & lettered in gilt. Housed in publisher's light brown matching cloth slipcase with gilt incised vignette and lettering on front cover. With all the original Arthur Rackham drawings from the London: 1913 edition. A fine, as new copy, (now out-of-print) still in publisher's shrinkwrap and shipping carton.
Mother Goose is a character that originated in children's fiction, as the imaginary author of a collection of French fairy tales and later of English nursery rhymes. (Wikipedia). Fine. Item #54173
Price: $500.00