Mother Goose for Grown-Ups

Wetmore Carryl, Guy (Text); Peter Newell and Gustave Verbeek (Illustrators). Mother Goose for Grown-Ups. New York; London: Harper & Brothers, 1900. First edition. Quarto. [14], 115, [1]pp. Uncut. Original pictorial forest-green cloth, stamped in gold, light-green and white. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece. Printer’s device on title-page. Title-page in red and black lettering. First book edition of this exquisite work which was originally published in Harper’s Magazine, the Saturday Evening Post, and the London Sketch. It is profusely illustrated with numerous b/w illustrations by Peter Newell and Gustave Verbeek. Some age-wear on binding with slight rubbing along covers and head and tail of spine. Sporadic foxing on very first and very last pages. Binding and interior in overall good to good+ condition. g. Hardcover. (27009) $65