Mother Goose Melodies Thomas Nast Color pictorial glazed paper covered

Color pictorial glazed paper covered boards with wear to the head and tail of spine and to the corners

this early Peanuts compendium is notoriously difficult to secure in superior condition due to the inherent structural fragility of its softcover format

with minor soiling and spotting

seated with cane

Each letter of the alphabet is printed in one of a selection of stunning colors in a very large font

Mother Goose Melodies Thomas Nast Color pictorial glazed paper covered(Mother Goose) MOTHER GOOSE MELODIES. New York: McLoughlin Bro's, (1894). Folio 12 1 8" x 9 7 8". Color pictorial glazed card wrappers with rubbing and wear to the corners, edges and spine, creasing to the front cover and soiling to the back cover; the tail of spine with a 3 3 4" split and three pinprick holes starting on the front wrapper and continuing through the book where evidently a no longer existent sewn repair of the split was located for