HUMPTY DUMPTY AND SOME OTHER FUNNY PEOPLE FROM MOTHER GOOSE

Published by Macmillan and Co. Limited, New York, 1934

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24mo. (6 in. x 6 in.) Paper-covered boards. Rubbing and wear to extremities, with some loss of paper to top and bottom of spine. Sillhouette endpapers of Mother Goose with two geese on leash, and two others, following. Deaccession stamp to front pastedown. 27 pages with illustrations (including one two-page drawing). Scarce. George Mather Richards was a freelance illustrator who, throughout the course of his career, illustrated historical textbooks, children's books, books of poetry, and posters. His most famous poster was a World War I poster. Includes Humpty Dumpty (of course!); Simple Simon; The Man in the Moon Came Tumbling Down; Dr. Foster Went to Gloster; There Was An Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe; Peter, Peter, Pumpkin-Eater; Three Wise Men of Gotham; The Old Market Woman; Old King Cole; There Was An Old Woman Tossed Up in a Basket/. ------- "Charles Perrault was the first to actually publish a Mother Goose collection of rhymes and other folk tales in 1697, essentially initiating the fairy tale genre. With the subtitle Les Contes de ma Mère l'Oie (Tales of my Mother Goose), the collection quickly gained popularity all over France. By 1729, Perrault's collection had been translated into English, in the form of Robert Samber's Histories or Tales of Past Times, Told by Mother Goose. Samber's volume was eventually republished in 1786 and brought to the U.S. English publisher of children's literature John Newbery later focused on the nursery rhymes, publishing Mother Goose's Melody, or, Sonnets for the Cradle, which helped Mother Goose become further associated with children's poetry" (Poetry Foundation).…

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Title
HUMPTY DUMPTY AND SOME OTHER FUNNY PEOPLE FROM MOTHER GOOSE
Author
MOTHER GOOSE and Richards, George Mather (Illustrator)
Publisher
Macmillan and Co. Limited, New York
Publication year
1934
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardcover
Illustrator
Richards, George Mather
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