Author: BAUM, L. Frank; PARRISH, Maxfield, illustrator
Title: Mother Goose in Prose
Description: Chicago: Way and Williams, 1897. L. Frank Baum’s First Juvenile and the First Book Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish BAUM, L. Frank. [PARRISH, Maxfield, illustrator]. Mother Goose in Prose. Chicago: Way and Williams, [1897]. First edition, second issue (with two blank leaves after the printer's imprint at end). Large quarto (11 1/8 x 9 1/8 inches: 282 x 232 mm.). 265, [3] pp. Fourteen half-tone plates (including frontispiece) by Maxfield Parrish. Some occasional and very light mainly marginal spotting. Plate facing p. 68 with tiny (1/8 inch) marginal tear; plate facing p. 102 with a clean crease and three small marginal tears (1/4 inch, 1/4 inch & 1 1/8 inch) not affecting plate margin. Original light gray cloth, covers pictorially stamped in color, spine decoratively lettered in gilt. Corners a little bumped, spine slightly toned, gilt lettering a little dull. Aside from the above minor faults, this is an excellent and all original example - with no restoration to the binding, of L. Frank Baum’s first published juvenile and the first book illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. Mother Goose in Prose is a collection of twenty-two children's stories inspired by classic Mother Goose nursery rhymes. It was the first children's book written by L. Frank Baum and also marked the debut of Maxfield Parrish as an illustrator. Originally published in 1897 by Way and Williams of Chicago, the book was later reissued in 1901 by the George M. Hill Company. Baum introduces the collection with a preface tracing the history of Mother Goose. Each story begins with the original nursery rhyme, followed by an expanded narrative that provides a broader literary context. The stories included are: Sing a Song o' Sixpence The Story of Little Boy Blue The Cat and the Fiddle Black Sheep Old King Cole Mistress Mary The Wond'rous Wise Man What Jack Horner Did The Man in the Moon The Jolly Miller The Little Man and His Little Gun Hickory, Dickory, Dock Little Bo-Peep The Story of Tommy Tucker Pussy-cat Mew How the Beggars Came to Town Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son Humpty Dumpty The Woman Who Lived in a Shoe Little Miss Muffet Three Wise Men of Gotham Little Bun Rabbit The final story features a girl named Dorothy who can communicate with animals—a concept that foreshadows Baum’s later Oz series. When republishing this tale in Juvenile Speaker (1910) and The Snuggle Tales (1916–17), Baum changed her name to Doris to avoid confusion with Dorothy Gale. Despite its elegant production, Mother Goose in Prose was considered expensive for a children's book and achieved only moderate commercial success. Its publisher, Way and Williams, went bankrupt the following year. In response, Baum shifted his approach, writing original verses for Father Goose: His Book in 1899. In 1990, The Jim Henson Company adapted the book into a television series titled Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories. Baughman 44. The Baum Bugle, Spring 1966, p. 14. .
Keywords: PARRISH, Maxfield, illustrator Illustrated Books
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Title: Mother Goose in Prose
Description: Chicago: Way and Williams, 1897. L. Frank Baum’s First Juvenile and the First Book Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish BAUM, L. Frank. [PARRISH, Maxfield, illustrator]. Mother Goose in Prose. Chicago: Way and Williams, [1897]. First edition, second issue (with two blank leaves after the printer's imprint at end). Large quarto (11 1/8 x 9 1/8 inches: 282 x 232 mm.). 265, [3] pp. Fourteen half-tone plates (including frontispiece) by Maxfield Parrish. Some occasional and very light mainly marginal spotting. Plate facing p. 68 with tiny (1/8 inch) marginal tear; plate facing p. 102 with a clean crease and three small marginal tears (1/4 inch, 1/4 inch & 1 1/8 inch) not affecting plate margin. Original light gray cloth, covers pictorially stamped in color, spine decoratively lettered in gilt. Corners a little bumped, spine slightly toned, gilt lettering a little dull. Aside from the above minor faults, this is an excellent and all original example - with no restoration to the binding, of L. Frank Baum’s first published juvenile and the first book illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. Mother Goose in Prose is a collection of twenty-two children's stories inspired by classic Mother Goose nursery rhymes. It was the first children's book written by L. Frank Baum and also marked the debut of Maxfield Parrish as an illustrator. Originally published in 1897 by Way and Williams of Chicago, the book was later reissued in 1901 by the George M. Hill Company. Baum introduces the collection with a preface tracing the history of Mother Goose. Each story begins with the original nursery rhyme, followed by an expanded narrative that provides a broader literary context. The stories included are: Sing a Song o' Sixpence The Story of Little Boy Blue The Cat and the Fiddle Black Sheep Old King Cole Mistress Mary The Wond'rous Wise Man What Jack Horner Did The Man in the Moon The Jolly Miller The Little Man and His Little Gun Hickory, Dickory, Dock Little Bo-Peep The Story of Tommy Tucker Pussy-cat Mew How the Beggars Came to Town Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son Humpty Dumpty The Woman Who Lived in a Shoe Little Miss Muffet Three Wise Men of Gotham Little Bun Rabbit The final story features a girl named Dorothy who can communicate with animals—a concept that foreshadows Baum’s later Oz series. When republishing this tale in Juvenile Speaker (1910) and The Snuggle Tales (1916–17), Baum changed her name to Doris to avoid confusion with Dorothy Gale. Despite its elegant production, Mother Goose in Prose was considered expensive for a children's book and achieved only moderate commercial success. Its publisher, Way and Williams, went bankrupt the following year. In response, Baum shifted his approach, writing original verses for Father Goose: His Book in 1899. In 1990, The Jim Henson Company adapted the book into a television series titled Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories. Baughman 44. The Baum Bugle, Spring 1966, p. 14. .
Keywords: PARRISH, Maxfield, illustrator Illustrated Books
Price: US$ 1800.00 Seller: David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)
- Book number: 06086
- Book number: 06086
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