The Little Mother Goose By Jessie Willcox Smith HUSH-a-bye, baby, on the tree top, When the wind blows, the cradle will rock; When the bough bends, the cradle will fall. Down will come baby, cradle, and all. CURRAHOO, curr dhoo, Love me, and I'll love you! [Imitate a Pigeon] WHEN the days begin to lengthen The cold begins to strengthen. CANTALOUPES! Cantaloupes! What is the price? Eight for a dollar, and all very nice. PAT-A-CAKE, pat-a-cake, baker's man! Make me a cake as fast as you can: Pat it, and prick it, and mark it ...
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The Little Mother Goose By Jessie Willcox Smith HUSH-a-bye, baby, on the tree top, When the wind blows, the cradle will rock; When the bough bends, the cradle will fall. Down will come baby, cradle, and all. CURRAHOO, curr dhoo, Love me, and I'll love you! [Imitate a Pigeon] WHEN the days begin to lengthen The cold begins to strengthen. CANTALOUPES! Cantaloupes! What is the price? Eight for a dollar, and all very nice. PAT-A-CAKE, pat-a-cake, baker's man! Make me a cake as fast as you can: Pat it, and prick it, and mark it with T, And there will be enough for Baby and me. AS I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kits: Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives? [One] BYE, baby, bunting, Daddy's gone a-hunting, To get a little rabbit skin To wrap his baby bunting in. AS Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks Were walking out one Sunday, Says Tommy Snooks to Bessy Brooks, "To-morrow will be Monday." BOW-WOW-WOW, Whose dog art thou? Little Tom Tucker's dog, Bow-wow-wow. PEASE-porridge hot, Pease-porridge cold, Pease-porridge in the pot Nine days old. Spell me that in four letters. I will. T-H-A-T. RING the bell! Knock at the door! Lift up the latch! And walk in! We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
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Add this copy of The Little Mother Goose to cart. $8.01, fair condition, Sold by Redux Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wyoming, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1918 by Dodd, Mead & Company.
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Fair. Hardcover. No DJ. Text unmarked. Rear group of pages with small corner tear (does not come near text). Covers show edge wear with rubbing/scuffing and bumped corners. Heavy scuff on front cover and on rear top edge. Spine taped over. Front Hinge cracked and loose but binding still intact. Heavily worn but pages still quite legible/readable.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Add this copy of The Little Mother Goose to cart. $35.00, very good condition, Sold by Boomers Books & Empire Models rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Weare, NH, UNITED STATES, published 1918 by Dodd, Mead & Co.
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Very Good-with No dust jacket as issued. A niec landscape copy in soiled black cloth with frontal pastedown. Hinges shaken with one loose contents page and tears to title page which appear repaired many years ago. All colorplates present. wear to pastedon and corners, nevertheless a nice copy.
Add this copy of The Little Mother Goose to cart. $36.00, good condition, Sold by Sage Rare & Collectible Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Livonia, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1918 by Dodd, Mead & Company.
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Good+ We consider each and every book we sell to be a treasure. That's why we provide accurate individualized condition descriptions; ship in sturdy protective packaging; and offer excellent customer service.; Navy cloth cover is worn at corners and spine caps and color pictorial is chipped with modest soiling but bright and in good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are toned with very sparse soiling from handling but overall clean and very good. Illustrated with color plates.
Add this copy of The Little Mother Goose to cart. $50.00, fair condition, Sold by Novel Ideas Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Decatur, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1918 by Dodd, Mead & Co.
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Fair with no dust jacket. Some of the small black and white illustrations have been crayoned in varying degrees of neatness. Inner hinges have been repaired. Cover illustration is a bit rubbed but looks good while the spine and back covers show considerable soiling and discoloration.; 176 pages.
Add this copy of The Little Mother Goose to cart. $58.41, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Palala Press.
Add this copy of The Little Mother Goose to cart. $65.00, very good condition, Sold by Turn-The-Page Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Skyway, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1918 by Dodd, Mead & Company.
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Very Good in Good jacket. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1918. Later printing. Unmarked hardcover in full plain black cloth binding, rubbed. 176pp. Illustrated in b&w and with 12 color plates. Good only jacket is rubbed and worn, with 2-inch scuff near spine. New mylar cover. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 24mo-over 5"-5¾" tall.
Add this copy of The Little Mother Goose to cart. $75.00, very good condition, Sold by Old Book Shop of Bordentown rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bordentown, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1918 by Dodd, Mead.
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Very Good. Oblong octavo in olive gree cloth lettered and decoared in black and with tipped on color illustration of "Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater". xv+ 176 pp. 12 full page color plates by Smith as well as line drawings in the text throughout. A lovely book of mother Goose nursery rhymes graced by Jessie Willcox Smith's most charming illustrations. Very good or a bit better, narrow bit of light face bottom edge of the front board, occasional offsetting in the text from now absent clippings. The front cover illustration differs from other we have seen that have a large Mother Goose flanked by two little white clad children.
Add this copy of The Little Mother Goose to cart. $125.00, good condition, Sold by The Book House - Saint Louis rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from St. Louis, MO, UNITED STATES, published 1918 by Dodd, Mead and Company.
Add this copy of The Little Mother Goose to cart. $125.00, Sold by Jeffrey Marks Rare Books, ABAA rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rochester, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1918 by Dodd, Mead & Company.
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1918, Dodd, Mead & Company
Hardcover
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Publisher:
Dodd, Mead & Company
Published:
1918
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13538145780
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The plate at p. 10 has been re-inserted and has some shallow damage along edges; contents otherwise fine. There are three small (1/8") holes at the rear panel joint and some light use to cloth; tight and sound. xv, 176 pp. With numerous illustrations in full color and black and white by Jessie Willcox Smith. Oblong 8vo,
