HOLIDAY ~ CHILDREN'S BOOKS/MOTHER GOOSE

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, LARGER PLATES THAN BRITISH EDITION

RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator. MOTHER GOOSE: THE OLD NURSERY RHYMES. New York: The Century Co., (October) 1913. First American edition, published the same year as the British edition. xxiii + 262 pp. 4to., black cloth stamped in gilt with color illustrated pastedown to front board. Fine externally; interior has bookplate and pencil ownership to front endpapers. Clean and tight within. Larger plates than the British edition. An exceptionally nice copy. $850.00 #83839