MOTHER GOOSE, The Old Nursery Rhymes Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
by Rackham, Arthur (illustr.)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
The Century Co., 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Very good or better -- binding tight, title clear, spotting to the pages with the color plates as usual, very neat (and small) period Christmas inscription, otherwise clean. The paper pastedown illustration on the top board is complete. 262 pp., 13 tipped-in colored illustrations and 67 black and white lithographed illustrations throughout text. Black cloth binding with color illustration affixed to front and title stamped in gold on the spine. The American edition also includes a title page of a sampler in color that is not in the English editions.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Sky Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5533
- Title
- MOTHER GOOSE, The Old Nursery Rhymes Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
- Author
- Rackham, Arthur (illustr.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Century Co.
- Date Published
- 1913
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