Mother Goose. by RACKHAM, Arthur - 1913: The Old Nursery Rhymes.

London: William Heinemann,, 1913. Signed by the illustrator and attractively bound Signed limited edition, number 187 of 1,130 copies signed by the artist. One contemporary reviewer noted that if Rackham's "present series of drawings illustrating Mother Goose had come before the public unheralded by the many successes he has already achieved, he would again have aroused the wonder and delight that we experienced when we first made his acquaintance" (Westminster Gazette, 28 Oct. 1913). Quarto. Finely bound in 20th-century red half morocco, with gilt title and decoration to spine, raised bands, red cloth boards, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With 13 mounted colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, and line drawings throughout the text. Beautifully bound, internally clean and in fine condition. Latimore & Haskell, pp. 40-1; Riall, pp. 115-16.