FUNNY STORIES ABOUT FUNNY PEOPLE: In Rhymes Pictures and Jingles
Early 20th-century clever and humorous children's book with illustrations on every page.
Early 20th-century clever and humorous children's book with illustrations on every page.
Signed first edition of this illustrated collection of moral tales and poems, including "The Honest Woodman," "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," and "The Little Red Hen."
First Michael Hague-illustrated edition of this collection of short rhymes for young readers.
First edition, first printing, the story behind the "This Little Piggy Went to Market" nursery rhyme, a great copy.
First edition of Maud Humphrey's interpretation of several MOTHER GOOSE tales, beautifully illustrated and with calligraphic text.
First printing of this particularly chaotic version of the compounding rhyme, with hilarious illustrations by Steven Kellogg.
First printing of Kelly's own version of classic Mother Goose rhymes plus his version of Who Stole the Tarts from ALICE IN WONDERLAND.
First printing of this colorful retelling of the classic nursery rhyme, with a decidedly happier ending.
McLoughlin edition of this vibrantly illustrated nursery rhyme set to music, featuring humanized frogs, rats, and cats, part of their Aunt Louisa's Big Picture Series.
Delightful large-format edition of this collection of classic nursery rhymes, with vibrant color wrapper.
Adorable vintage production of Mother Goose nursery rhymes.
Mid-century American Christmas and nursery rhyme-themed pop-up book, following Santa as he visits Mother Goose and her friends.
Charming 1940s Mother Goose, literally long (in format), similar to Rojankovsky's tall editions of classic children's stories.
Unused activity book with a nursery rhyme theme.
Mother Goose-themed ABC, with alphabetical play on nursery rhyme characters: "H: Handy, Spandy, Jack-a-dandy, / Loves plum cake and sugar candy."
Portfolio of classic nursery rhyme figures printed in outline, with directions for painting in the forms using "Prang's non-poisonous water colors for children."
First edition, featuring stories in verse of Mother Goose characters adapted with Lemony Snicket-like viciousness, such as "The Commendable Castigation of Old Mother Hubbard" and "The Gastronomic Guile of Simple Simon."
Signed second printing of this collaboration between the eminent folklorist and the beloved children's artist, signed by Wells and with a signed bookplate from Opie laid in.
Scarce first edition of this clever US book playing on the mythology of nursery rhymes, featuring the adventures of Baby Goose when he slips away from Mother Goose and Father Goose.
Signed limited first edition, one of 500 numbered copies signed by Pogany.
First printing of this collection of nursery rhymes, new and traditional, within the Peter Rabbit universe.
First edition of the last book by Potter to be issued in the iconic "Peter Rabbit" format, including revised rhymes first composed as early as 1893.
Ephemeral color printed production of classic nursery rhymes, an uncredited piracy of excerpts from Robinson's illustrated BIG BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES (1903).
First printing of the Sendak edition of this book of traditional nursery rhymes, first published by the Opies in 1947.
Signed limited first Sendak edition, limited to only 350 numbered copies, of this book of traditional nursery rhymes, signed by both Sendak and Iona Opie.