The real Mother Goose (Superb copy!)

Mother Goose

Published by Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago, 1916

About this Item

A super copy bound in dark green textured cloth with a bright crisp iconic color plate of The Real Mother Goose delightfully riding her splendid white goose and holding an ebullient baby in a basket on her left arm. It is signed "MW" at the bottom right-hand corner in the plate. This is a vintage copy of the scarce original publication of The Real Mother Goose, published by Rand McNally in 1916. The book is in fine condition and printed on thick glossy stock which shows the colored illustrations resplendently. Remarkably clean and glorious throughout. In the original dust jacket featuring the Real Mother Goose plate already described on the front boards. With black and white checkered boarders along the front and rear boards. Minor chipping all along the top and bottom edges with some pieces in the folds of the mylar at the top; the bottom edge has been serially taped along the verso. Ads on the front flap are for Heart s Delight Stories published by Rand McNally; the rear inside flap has an ad for Child Life, The Children s Own Magazine with cute illustrations from the magazines, also published by Rand McNally,A remarkably scarce and pristine copy of this iconic children s classic. Mother Goose is a character that originated in children's fiction, as the imaginary author of a collection of French fairy tales and later of English nursery rhymes.[1] She also appeared in a song, the first stanza of which often functions now as a nursery rhyme.[2] The character also appears in a pantomime tracing its roots to 1806.[3]The term's appearance in English dates back to the early 18th century, when Charles Perrault's fairy tale collection, Contes de ma Mère l'Oye, was first translated into English as Tales of My Mother Goose. Later a compilation of English nursery rhymes, titled Mother Goose's Melody, or, Sonnets for the Cradle, helped perpetuate the name both in Britain and the United States. Mother Goose's name was identified with English collections of stories and nursery rhymes popularized in the 17th century. English readers would already have been familiar with Mother Hubbard, a stock figure when Edmund Spenser published the satire Mother Hubberd's Tale in 1590, as well as with similar fairy tales told by "Mother Bunch" (the pseudonym of Madame d'Aulnoy) in the 1690s.[4] An early mention appears in an aside in a versified French chronicle of weekly events, Jean Loret's La Muse Historique, collected in 1650.[5] His remark, comme un conte de la Mère Oye ("like a Mother Goose story") shows that the term was readily understood. Additional 17th-century Mother Goose/Mere l'Oye references appear in French literature in the 1620s and 1630s. (Wikipedia) First Edition with 1916 copyright date and the elaborate Rand McNally colophon at the bottom of the page. No subsequent printings listed. Seller Inventory # 1366

Bibliographic Details

Title: The real Mother Goose (Superb copy!)

Publisher: Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago

Publication Date: 1916

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition