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Mother Goose: The Old Nursery Rhymes
by Rackham, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG-
- ISBN 10
- 0932106021
- ISBN 13
- 9780932106025
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Weathervane Books, 1978. First Thus . Hardcover. VG+/VG-. Rackham, Arthur. Lovely edition of classic Mother Goose rhymes decorated with the original lithographs & pen-and-ink drawings of illustrator Arthur Rackham, who first chose these 270 rhymes in 1913 as the ones he had loved best from his own childhood. This is the FIRST Weathervane Edition for Crown Publishers, First Printing, from 1978 (First, thus). In 238 pages with 13 full-page, full-color plates & 70+ black-and-white illustrations by Rackham. Hardcover 8vo has burgundy cloth-covered boards lettered in bright gilt to spine. Condition is VG+: very slight spotting to top edges of both boards, tanning & light foxing to outside page edges. Interior is completely clean & bright, pages creamy white & unmarked save for old gift inscription in pen covering the entire ffep. All plates colorful & crisp with bright white margins. The unclipped DJ is VG-: colorful & bright with a few small chips & short, unclosed tears; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023330
- Title
- Mother Goose: The Old Nursery Rhymes
- Author
- Rackham, Arthur
- Illustrator
- Rackham, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0932106021
- ISBN 13
- 9780932106025
- Publisher
- Weathervane Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- MOTHER GOOSE ARTHUR RACKHAM NURSERY RHYMES ILLUSTRATED ILLUSTRATOR VICTORIAN NINETEENTH 19TH CENTURY CHILDREN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Illustrated & Picture Books; Illustrated Books/Illustrators; Children: Readers/ABCs/Mother Goose & Nursery Rhymes;
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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