Mother Goose de Goose, Mother - 1913: The Old Nursery Rhymes

This is the first U. S. edition, published simultaneously with the British edition, which means it doesn't have tipped-in plates, but does come in a larger format with a larger printed area on the full-page color plates. Color front cover pastedown and gilt. For whatever reason, Rackham's Mother Goose is often in really not-good condition -- maybe because younger kids get at it. The big thing with this copy is that it has only twelve of the 13 issued color plates ('Jack and Jill' is absent) while a couple of the other plates are detached but laid in, and/or have old tape repair on the margins, since redone with archival tape on the other side. The images themselves are in fine shape; only some of the margins are affected. Front cover pastedown illustration is complete and entire, but faded as these usually are. Spine cloth is detached and verso edge. Book is otherwise holding together admirably with repaired front and back hinges. Spine gilt is bright, surprisingly enough. Priced very accordingly