[Mother Goose toy books.].
| Format | Book |
| Publication | [New York] : Good Housekeeping Magazine : Colgate Co. : Dodd, Mead & Company, 1914. |
| Description | 12 booklets : illustrations ; 9 x 14 cm |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935 illustrator. |
| Other author/creator | Hudson, Margaret F., former owner. |
| Other author/creator | Good Housekeeping (New York, N.Y.), publisher. |
| Other author/creator | Colgate Company, publisher. |
| Other author/creator | Dodd, Mead & Company, publisher. |
| Contents | Rain, rain go away and other Mother Goose melodies -- Mary, Mary quite contrary and other Mother Goose melodies -- Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet and other Mother Goose melodies -- Jack and Jill went up the hill and other Mother Goose melodies -- Little Bo-peep and other Mother Goose melodies -- Hush-a-bye-baby on the tree top and other Mother Goose melodies -- See saw, Margery Daw and other Mother Goose melodies -- Ring around a Rosie and other Mother Goose melodies -- There was an old woman who lived in a shoe and other Mother Goose melodies -- Peter Peter pumpkin eater and other Mother Goose melodies -- Curly locks, curly locks, wilt thou be mine? and other Mother Goose melodies -- One foot up the other foot down and other Mother Goose melodies [caption title inside booklet reads: See-saw and other Mother Goose melodies]. |
| Abstract | Complete set of twelve eight-page booklets featuring Jessie Willcox Smith's illustrations for classic Mother Goose rhymes, issued by Good Housekeeping in partnership with toothpaste company Colgate as part of a promo for Smith's upcoming book of Mother Goose rhymes, published by Dodd Mead in 1914. Each cover features a different Mother Goose character, using a reduced version of one of the color plates from the book. |
| General note | Collection title devised by cataloger. |
| General note | Colgate ads on back covers dated 1913; versos of first pages include: "Copyright, 1914, By Dodd, Mead & Company." |
| General note | "©Good Housekeeping Magazine" on covers. |
| General note | Each booklet with identical Colgate ads inside both covers and on back cover. |
| References | Nudelman, E.D. Jessie Willcox Smith, A40 |
| Acquisitions source | Joyner Rare booklets gift of Margaret F. "Ricki" Hudson, 2020 |
| Binding note | Original side-stapled color illustrated glossy wrappers. |
| Genre/form | toy books. |
| Genre/form | Specimens. |
| Contains title | Mother Goose. Selections. |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | Rare Collection | PN6071.F15 M67 1914 | ✔ Available | Request Material |