The Only True Mother Goose by Edward Hale - 1905: Reproduction of Original 1833 Edition

This is an antique copy of "The Only True MOTHER GOOSE MELODIES" from 1905. This edition is "an exact reproduction of the text and illustrations of the original edition published and copyrighted in Boston in the year 1833 by Munroe & Frances." The book is illustrated throughout and comes with its scarcely found original dust jacket. Also included in the book is a "History of the Goose Family." First Edition, thus (1st edition of Edward Hale's Edition).

From the Editor's Introduction:
"What I want to tell, is of Mother Goose in the nineteenth Century - the Mother Goose on which the old Boston line was brought up - a line now nearly forgotten. But there were days, Gentle Reader, when an excellent body of people in this little Town of Boston grew up all together loving and loved, brought up their children here, loving and loved, and amused those children from babyhood in their own way. The centre of the baby life of this race was Mother Goose's Melodies in the dear little quarto edition, of which a precise copy is in the reader's hands."

Condition:
Light, small half-circle stain at the top edge of the front cover...otherwise the covers and spine are clean and in great condition; light wear to the corner tips. Tight binding. No loose pages. The pages are in excellent condition - clean and white with no writing, stains, tears or foxing found. Crack at front hinge before the title page. The dust jacket has some light soiling, tears along the perimeter with notable tears and pieces missing at the top edge near the spine. Overall in very good condition.