R Caldecott's First Collection of Pictures & Songs

c1900 collection of 8 traditional nursery rhymes and illustrated by one of my favourite illustrators : Caldecotts pictures are humerous, colourful, light in tone and seem to be drawn with a few lines. Contains: The Diverting History of John Gilpin, The House That Jack Built, An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog, The Baes in the Wood, The Three Jovial Huntsmen, Sing a Song for Sixpence, The Queen of Hearts, The Farmers Boy. Miniature booksellers label inside covers otherwise devoid of writing, marks or tears, seams and hinges robust. Covers and spine clean and unscuffed. A sound copy of this childrens' classic.