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Mother Goose, or, The old nursery rhymes

Title
Mother Goose, or, The old nursery rhymes / illustrated by Kate Greenaway ; engraved and printed by Edmund Evans.
Publication
London ; New York : George Routledge and Sons, [1881]

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TextRestricted use *KH 1881 Mother 15-318Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
TextRestricted use Arents BIP (Greenaway, K. Mother 1881) 02-12Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328
TextRestricted use Arents BIP (Greenaway, K. Mother 1881) 02-13Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328
TextRestricted use Arents BIP (Greenaway, K. Mother 1881) 02-21Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
  • Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901
  • Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905
  • George Routledge and Sons, publisher
  • Children's Room Collection.
Description
48 p. : col. ill.; 18 cm.
Alternative Title
Old nursery rhymes
Subjects
Genre/Form
Juvenile literature – England – London – 1881.
Note
  • "First edition, second issue"--Schuster & Engen. Text on free endpapers; errata corrected on p. 38 and 47.
  • Date of publication from Schuster & Engen.
  • The ill. are wood engravings, printed in color.
  • Binding: Publisher's quarter pink cloth and light tan cloth, printed in green and brown, with green lattice pattern.
Indexed In (note)
  • Osborne Coll.
  • Schuster & Engen. Greenaway
  • Spielmann & Layard. Greenaway
Provenance (note)
  • Arents copy in 02-12: Ex Libris Joan Whitney (bookplate).
  • Arents copy in 02-21: Inscription on free front endpaper: "For Ferguson from his loving Mother. New Year's Day, 1882. 92, Eaton Square."
  • Copy in *KH 1881 Mother 15-318: bookplate, on upper pastedown, "Nous Persevons Thomas Charles Venables."
Call Number
Arents BIP (Greenaway, K. Mother 1881) 02-12
LCCN
16021643
OCLC
  • 8557000
  • NYPG02-B27
Title
Mother Goose, or, The old nursery rhymes / illustrated by Kate Greenaway ; engraved and printed by Edmund Evans.
Imprint
London ; New York : George Routledge and Sons, [1881] (Engraved & printed at Racquet Court, by Edmund Evans)
Indexed In:
Osborne Coll., I, p. 101
Schuster & Engen. Greenaway, 140.1b
Spielmann & Layard. Greenaway, p. 286
Provenance
Arents copy in 02-12: Ex Libris Joan Whitney (bookplate). NN
Local Note
Arents copy in 02-13: In original illustrated salmon-colored book jacket. Housed in brown slipcase (18 cm.).
Provenance
Arents copy in 02-21: Inscription on free front endpaper: "For Ferguson from his loving Mother. New Year's Day, 1882. 92, Eaton Square." NN
Local Note
Arents copy in 02-21: Housed in brown clamshell case (20 cm.) with: Original drawings for Mother Goose / Kate Greenaway. [1881]. NN
Provenance
Copy in *KH 1881 Mother 15-318: bookplate, on upper pastedown, "Nous Persevons Thomas Charles Venables." NN
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Added Author
Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901, illustrator.
Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905, engraver
Whitney, Joan, 1914- former owner
George Routledge and Sons, publisher
Research Call Number
Arents BIP (Greenaway, K. Mother 1881) 02-12
Arents BIP (Greenaway, K. Mother 1881) 02-13
Arents BIP (Greenaway, K. Mother 1881) 02-21
*KH 1881 Mother 15-318
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