first edition hardcover
1879
by MOTHER GOOSE
Carleton & Co, 1879. hardcover. very good. 96 (unnumbered) pages of humorous color lithographs. Each illustration has an alternate picture when an illustrated extra flap (about 1 / 3 of a page wide preceeding the page) opens, completing the picture. In the bottom margin is the beginning of a rhyme. When the flap is lifted, the completed picture is revealed along with the rest of the rhyme. The verso of each leaf contains a complete poem. Small 8vo, original pictorial blue cloth, stamped in gold and black. Covers worn, one small chip on an inner plate margin. Occasional small marginal stains, and some signatures partially loose. Otherwise, the illustrations, (truncated)