The Jessie Willcox sale Smith MOTHER GOOSE, vintage edition from the 1930s, color and B&W illustration, Dodd Mead and Company, New York, rare

An early vintage edition of
The Jessie Willcox Smith MOTHER GOOSE


Landscape 4to, early edition, in publisher's black boards with white lettering to the spine, laid-on paper pastedown illustration to front board depicting Mother Goose and two children showing some rubbing, nicks and loss to upper left corner, cloth boards showing expected wear fraying, and bumping, hinges loose, inscription to front free-end paper dating to 1931, light foxing to title page and rear of frontispiece, blank possibly missing, further light creasing to title page, "List of Pictures" page loose but present, book has been loved and pages show some foxing and softening around the edges, but all illustrations are present albeit some unattached. The color illustrations (printed on smooth paper) are generally good condition, although the edges may show some creasing. Foxing, creasing and rubbing throughout the books as to be expected of a well loved children's volume. Dood Mead and Company, New York, circa 1930. No box.

Illustrations all present:
12 color sale
5 B&W

Condition: Well loved, a bit beaten up, but still solid. Good Vintage. The color illustrations are particularly lovely in this book, and, as they were printed on a better quality, smooth paper, they have withstood the test of time better.

Found by The Wandering Poetess in Darien, Connecticut.