THE STORY OF MOTHER GOOSE
[circa 1911]
First edition of this evocatively illustrated MOTHER GOOSE book, a scarce and highly sought version in particularly nice condition.
Near fine.
Price: $600.00
More by Frank Adams
First edition of this evocatively illustrated MOTHER GOOSE book, a scarce and highly sought version in particularly nice condition.
Near fine.
Price: $600.00
"Old MOTHER GOOSE, when / She wanted to wander / Would ride through the air / On a very fine gander."
Noted for his skill as a landscape painter, Frank Adams gives his lovely nursery rhyme illustrations a lush sense of depth, and his cheerful characters are evocative of Cecil Aldin. A lovely edition, with an amusing gift inscription in French.
London, Glasgow, Bombay: Blackie and Son Limited, [circa 1911]. 11'' x 8.25''. Original red cloth-backed boards with color pictorial paste-on. Color pictorial endpapers of the arrival of MOTHER GOOSE. Color pictorial frontispiece with 11 full-page color plates and numerous in-text black and white illustrations. [13] leaves, folded at fore-edges. Early gift inscription in French to first blank that translates to "To the craziest of all English babies / Buttercup." Binding with light edgewear, small spot of soil to spine; boards a touch bowed at outer edges. Leaves sharp and bright.
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