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Boston, Massachusetts: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co, 1905. Small Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Front free endpaper missing, minor general wear. 1905 Small Hard Cover. xii, 100 pp. A collection of Mother Goose rhymes. Many persons imagine that Mother Goose is a myth,--that no such person ever existed. This is a mistake. MOTHER GOOSE was not only a veritable personage, but was born and resided many years in Boston, where many of her descendants may now be found. The last that bore this ancient paternal cognomen died about the year 1807, and was buried in the Old Granary Burying Ground, where probably lie the remains of the whole blood, if we may judge from the numerous grave-stones which mark their resting place. The family originated in England, but at what time they came to this country is unknown,--but probably about the year 1656.

Boston:: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard,, [1905].. First edition.. publisher's illustrated cloth-backed boards in dust jacket. . A near fine, unworn copy with slight sunning around the edges of the boards, in a lightly dust-soiled jacket with a few tiny chips. . 12mo,. Illustrated.. An Exact Reproduction of the Text and Illustrations of the Original Edition Published and Copyrighted in Boston in the Year 1833 by Munroe & Francis. With Introduction by Rev. Edward Everett Hale.

This is an 1833 first edition facsimile copy of "The Only True Mother Goose Melodies" with an Introduction by Edward Everett Hale. 1905; Lothrop, Lee & Shepard; Boston. This copy is SIGNED by Harriet Blackstone C. Butler, also known as "America's Mother Goose." Butler is named in Hale's introduction - her authentic, handwritten signature appears below Hale's facsimile signature on the last Introduction page. (There are photos available online from the 1920's showing Blackstone dressed as Mother Goose and reading a copy of this book.) Blackstone has also handwritten the "motto of Julia Ward Howe" (author of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic") on the front end paper, as follows: "Love to Learn & Learn to Love." Also included is a small printed sheet referencing "Mother Goose's" grave in the Granary Burial Ground in Boston with a brief biographical sketch. The book contains illustrations on almost every page. "An Exact Reproduction of the Text and Illustrations of the Original Edition Published and… Read More

Boston:: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard,, [1905].. First edition.. publisher's illustrated cloth-backed boards in dust jacket. . A beautiful fine copy in a dust jacket with some shallow chipping and a complete split at the front flap fold.. 12mo,. Illustrated.. An Exact Reproduction of the Text and Illustrations of the Original Edition Published and Copyrighted in Boston in the Year 1833 by Munroe & Francis. With Introduction by Rev. Edward Everett Hale. Inscribed and signed on the front free endpaper by Harriet Blackstone Butler (real Mother Goose), with a quotation from Julia Ward Howe.

Port Washington Long Island New York: Kennikat Press , 1969. Illustrated throughout in black and white; limited edition # 37 of 500, of the Kennikat Press re-issue of the 1833 Munroe & Francis edition. Approx. 5" x 6 1/4" size; bound in bright yellow & green patterned-paper covered boards, green cloth spine, gilt spine titles; with the original matching slipcase with goose-illustrated pictorial paste-down. Light wear to the case; title page a little darkened from old laid-in article regarding Mother Goose books; in very good condition. . Limited Edition. Hard Cover with Slipcase. Very Good.

Boston: J. S. Locke & Company, 1871. Copyright 1832, this copy ca. 1871 based on a name and date on the preliminary blank. Worn copy with no front cover, rear cover present but detached. Series of traditional Mother Goose poems illustrated with woodcuts. Softcover, about 5.5 inches tall, 95 pages. Edges worn with some chipping to the first blank which now serves as a front cover, text block sound, pages slightly age-toned but very clean and unmarked. Neatly written poem dated 1886 on the final blank with a small sketch of a gun, discussing a little man with a little gun who shot a little duck right through the head, head, head.. Soft Cover. Fair. 24mo - 5" - 5¾" Tall.

Boston: G. W. Cottrell, Published by Cottrell circa 1860. (1833) This example has a gift inscription dated 1861 'Ella M. Raymond - from Santa Clause - 1861' on the first fep. 12mo. Printed paper covers with wear and the spine has been taped. Many black & white illustrations, 96 pages and a 10 page introduction - History of the Goose Family (from the Boston transcript.) Cotton Mather and Mother Goose. I will also include for a reading copy the like edition edited by E. E. Hale- published by Lothorp, Lee and Shepard in 1905. A nice hardcover reprint with facsimile dust wrapper of the original Munroe & Francis edition of 1833. NOTE: This copy of the 1905 reprint is signed and inscribed by Harriet Blackstone C. Butler, the historian to whom E. E. Hale credited on the last page of his introduction. Her signature is the complete name: Harriet Blackstone C. Butler, and starts app. 3/16" from the page edge. Additionally there is an inscription on the first fep which reads "Long to… Read More