VER BECK'S BEARS IN MOTHER GOOSE LAND by RION, HANNA

VER BECK, FRANK. MOTHER GOOSE. FRANK VER BECK'S BEARS IN MOTHER GOOSE LAND with new lines by Hanna Rion, old lines by Mother Goose herself. NY: George Doran, no date, circa 1910. 4to (8 1/2 x 11 1/2"), cloth backed boards, pictorial paste-on, offsetting at hinges from old repair (not weak), a mark on the paste-on, VG+. Traditional Mother Goose characters and rhymes and original rhymes all involve a bevy of bears. Illustrated by Frank Ver Beck with marvelous color frontis plus 2-color, black & whites or half tones are on each page of Text. (Ver Beck was a noted cartoonist and the illustrator of Baum's New Wonderland and a Joel Chandler Harris Uncle Remus book). Printed on heavy coated paper. Quite scarce.