Mother Goose from E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA

Harrisburg, PA: Miller Advertising Company, 1924 Color pictorial card cover with cloth spine, minor wear, clean. Each page contains a nursery rhyme, accompanied by a small color illustration by Ray Snow, a paragraph about the rhyme (it's history and/or meaning) followed by text which incorporates a local (Harrisburg) business. Scarce. Another edition was published featuring businesses from… Read more about this item

New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1882 Circa 1882. 10.75 x 8.5 in. (27 x 21 cm). Color printed card covers with light soil and surface wear, 2 inch tear to rear cover. Mother Goose rhymes illustrated with four full-page chromolithographs, a dual-page sepia centerfold and in-text artwork in sepia throughout. Illustrated by Walter Satterlee (per American Antiquarian Society). Pictorial Wraps. Very… Read more about this item

New York: Windmill Books, 1967 Green cloth, base of spine slightly bumped, else fine; color pictorial dust jacket with some cover soil and two stray pen marks, original price intact ($4.95). A wonderfully creepy Mother Goose. Addams' first book for children and the first title published by Windmill Books.. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Chas Addams.… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938 Tan cloth pictorially stamped in three colors, previous owner's bookplate, else fine; color illustrated dust jacket unevenly darkened, original price clipped. A selection of popular Mother Goose rhymes with charming color artwork throughout by Francoise. Rare, especially in dust jacket.. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Near Fine/Good Plus. Illus. by Francoise [Seignobosc].… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1979 Bound in red cloth ; in color illustrated dust jacket with light wear, original price clipped. A humorously illustrated collection of Mother Goose nursery rhymes. Signed by Marshall with a sketch of a chicken.. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by James Marshall. 4to.

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1928 Color printed pictorial boards housed in original two-part box which is worn with some indentation to bottom of box, but it has done its job of protecting the book. A charming Mother Goose with a selection of well-known nursery rhymes and illustrated in color on every page. Uncommon in this format. .… Read more about this item

Boston: Brown, Taggard & Chase, 1859 Limp, embossed blue cloth pictorially stamped in gilt, rubbing to spine folds, writing in three places (unintelligible) not affecting text, title page bound in upside down and backward. A selection of Mother Goose rhymes with some of the words replaced with small engravings, rebus style. Originally published in 1849, this copy is… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948 Pictorial boards with cloth spine, a hint of wear to corners, else fine; matching dust jacket with a sunned spine, original price intact ($2.50). A selection of Mother Goose rhymes illustrated with well-composed b&w photographs. Toni Frissell was the official photographer for the Woman's Army Corps during WWII, was the first… Read more about this item

London: Dean & Son, 1865 Card covers printed in red & black, lacking rear cover, half of last page torn away, spine crudely repaired at one time, gift inscription dated 1865, pen writing on "Characters" page. An imperfect copy of a very scarce item. A dramatic version of Dick Whittington and His Cat, illustrated throughout by Alfred Crowquill.… Read more about this item

Newark, NJ: Charles E Graham & Co, 1915 Circa 1915. 12 pages, including covers, printed entirely on linen, alternating color and b&w. Light cover soil, rubbed area to cover and a few abrasions to rear cover, clean overall. Mother goose rhymes for each letter of the alphabet. The covers are Walter Crane illustrations in reverse, inside front… Read more about this item

No Place: Juvenile Publishers, 1899 Unpaginated. Pictorial boards, accented in gilt, cloth spine, corners worn, edges rubbed, clean overall with a few signs of use internally. The publishers really tried to pack a lot into this one little book! We start out with an alphabet with two examples and brief verse for each letter, then we go on… Read more about this item

Boston: Joseph Knight, 1892 Decorative cloth with alternating metallic bands, with a daffodil pattern, backed in cream cloth with a floral pattern and title stamped in silver. Cover soil, corners worn, spine ends fraying, previous owner's name, two glue dots to title page have browned, some offsetting opposite illustrations, mild signs of use otherwise. A few Mother… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1992 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with original price intact ($12.95). A collection of familiar nursery rhymes, each paired with a wonderful, full-page, color illustration.. First American Edition. Pictorial Boards. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Graham Percy. Square 4to.

New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1925 144pgs. Red cloth with color pictorial pastedown; wear and fraying to edges, corners and spine ends, pages thumbed, gift inscription dated 1933 A large collection of Mother Goose nursery rhymes featuring 36 pages illustrated in color as well as gorgeous line art throughout. While undated, the book was chosen by… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1999 Color pictorial card covers, slightly age-toned and mild edge wear. A survey of the evolution of children's books covers from the late 19th Century to the mid 20th Century. Color reproductions of book covers throughout. Foreword by Seymour Chwast.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Various. Thick… Read more about this item

Scarsdale: Bradbury Press, 1973 Pictorial cloth, base of spine and bottom corner bumped, gift inscription to endpaper else clean; color illustrated dust jacket with light wear, small edge tear to front panel, sunned area on rear panel, abrasion to front flap where price would have been. The familiar rhyme adapted and illustrated by Susan Jeffers. Caldecott Honor.. First… Read more about this item

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1937 140 pgs. Pictorial boards with mild external edge wear, inner front hinge strengthened, pages age-toned as usual, last three pages with edge tears and creases not affecting text; dust jacket frayed with small losses. Mother Goose rhymes, some original and some with Disney characters worked into the verses. Fun Disney artwork in color… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999 Wraparound pictorial boards in As New condition in original, unopened shrinkwrap. A movable and pop-up Mother Goose.. Pictorial Boards. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Robert Sabuda. 4to.

Racine, WI: Whitman, 1938 Color illustrated card covers with mild edge wear. Printed entirely in color, each page depicts a character from Mother Goose or other nursery rhymes. Every other page is a character in line that was meant to be completed by the child by cutting out pieces of the drawing and affixing them in the approriate place.… Read more about this item

Finsbury, London: A. Park, 47 Leonard Street, 1840 Circa 1840 (publisher was at this address from 1835-1863). 7 x 4 inches (18 x 12 cm) . Pictorial blue paper wraps with some wear and corner creasing, amazingly clean but with some offsetting. 8 leaves containing an abbreviated version of the familiar, humorous verse about Mother Hubbard and… Read more about this item