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(Description)

Author : Margaret Winifred Tarrant (illustrator).
Title: Mother Goose : the old favourite nursery rhymes.
Publisher: London, Melbourne and Toronto : Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, no date (circa 1920's).First thus.
Language: Text in English
Size: 6 " X 4.5 "
Pages: 85 pages
Binding: Attractive and very good decorated cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean). 
Illustrations: Illustrated with 30 beautiful pictures in color by Margaret W. Tarrant.

The book: Attractive and scarce edition of Mother Goose wonderfully illustrated by Margaret W. Tarrant! A rare find in any condition!

The illustrator: Margaret Winifred Tarrant (1888 – 29 July 1959) was an English illustrator, and children's author, specializing in depictions of fairy-like children and religious subjects. She began her career at the age of 20, and painted and published into the early 1950s. She was known for her children's books, postcards, calendars, and print reproductions.