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  • The Changing City by Jörg Müller, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    The Changing City

    Jörg Müller, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    8 folded leaves in portfolio : all color illustrations ; 33 cm. First American edition. Oversize. Translation of Hier Fällt ein Haus, dort steht ein Kran und ewig droht der Baggerzahn oder Die Veränderung der Stadt. "Here, in eight, full-color, fold-out pictures ... Müller has created an accurate portrait of urban decay and change that is equally true of the city scene in the United States."--inside front cover. SUMMARY The sequence of eight illustrations, which are based on documents in Swiss and German municipal archives, shows how one section of a city changes at three-year intervals between 1953 and 1976. The companion volume to Müller's The Changing Countryside. Cover title. "A Margaret K. McFlderry book."

  • Peaches by Dindga McCannon, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    Peaches

    Dindga McCannon, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    126 pages : illustrations; 22 cm. A young black girl growing up in Harlem tells about her life with her family and her ambition to be an artist. Paper dust jacket with color illustration. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

  • The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves by Gwendolyn Brooks, Timothy Jones, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves

    Gwendolyn Brooks, Timothy Jones, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    [36] pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 26 cm. All the tiger's fierce qualities do not satisfy him; he wants to be stylish and wear white gloves. "First Edition, Second Printing" Stapled binding. In clear plastic cover. Walter Lorraine Fund. Formerly in the collection of Tidewater Community College.

  • Children of Night by Edgar White, Dindga McCannon, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    Children of Night

    Edgar White, Dindga McCannon, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    38 pages : illustrations; 24 cm. Chronicles some of the pleasures, dreams, and experiences of a young black boy living in the South Bronx. Paper dust jacket with color illustration. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

  • Sati the Rastifarian by Edgar White, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    Sati the Rastifarian

    Edgar White, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    [31] pages : illustrations (some color); 26cm. Illustration on title page, type in black and brown. Five-year-old Sati misses his home when he leaves the West Indies to come to New York for an education. Illustration on dust jacket. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

  • Willy by Helen H. King, Carole Byard, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    Willy

    Helen H. King, Carole Byard, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    47 pages : color illustrations; 21 x 27 cm. 1st edition. "Library edition" Dust jacket with color illustration. Catching the troublesome rat besieging the kitchen challenges a ghetto youth's cleverness and establishes him as the family protector. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

  • Aloneness by Gwendolyn Brooks, Leroy Foster, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    Aloneness

    Gwendolyn Brooks, Leroy Foster, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Cover printed in blue and black and with illustration. Photo portrait of the author on back cover. Photograph by Howard Simmons. Stapled binding. Library has second printing January 1983. Inscribed to Martha Drake and signed by the author.

  • The Rabbits' Wedding by Garth Williams, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    The Rabbits' Wedding

    Garth Williams, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm. Double, illustrated title page. "Printed in the United States of America"--Title page verso. Two little rabbits, one white and one black, decide they want to remain friends forever, so they marry each other in a forest wedding. Illustrated book jacket, some tears and paper wear, loss. Case binding. Walter Lorraine Fund.

  • Bronzeville Boys and Girls by Gwendolyn Brooks, Ronni Solbert, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    Bronzeville Boys and Girls

    Gwendolyn Brooks, Ronni Solbert, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    40 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. A collection of poems for and about children, particularly those living in big cities. Contents: Mexie and Bridie -- Val -- Timmy and Tawanda -- Narcissa -- Andre -- Keziah -- Charles -- Cynthia in the snow -- John, who is poor -- Paulette -- Rudolph is tired of the city -- Eppie -- Ella -- Dave -- Luther and Breck -- Michael is afraid of the storm -- Eldora, who is rich -- Beulah at church -- Skipper -- Robert, who is often a stranger to himself -- Lyle -- Nora -- Mirthine at the party -- Maurice -- De Koven -- Gertrude -- Marie Lucille -- Cheryl's Mootsie -- Jim -- Eunice in the evening -- Vern -- Otto -- Tommy -- Admiration of Willy. Illustration on title page. Case binding. Walter Lorraine Fund.

  • Around the World in a Flash: how messages are sent via telephone, telegraph, radio, and television by Marie Neurath, Isotype Institute, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    Around the World in a Flash: how messages are sent via telephone, telegraph, radio, and television

    Marie Neurath, Isotype Institute, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    36 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm. The How and why series. "A Chanticleer edition". "Printed in Great Britain by Graphic Reproductions Ltd. London". Color illustrated, double title page. Case binding with paper color dust jacket. Jacket has tears at top of spine and back cover bottom left corner.

  • The first great inventions by Lancelot Thomas Hogben, Marie Neurath, Joseph Albert Lauwerys, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    The first great inventions

    Lancelot Thomas Hogben, Marie Neurath, Joseph Albert Lauwerys, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    36 pages color illustrations 23 cm. Chanticleer wonder-story books. "Designed by the Isotype Institute and printed in six-color offset lithography by Waldheim-Eberle, Vienna, Austria" Color illustrated, double title page. Case binding with original color paper dust jacket.

  • Summer Holiday by Richard Floethe, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    Summer Holiday

    Richard Floethe, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    [62] pages : all color illustrations (lithographs) ; 22 cm Imprint from title page verso. Housed in a paper covered slipcase printed with a basket weave pattern. "This book is limited to 150 copies, printed by lithography, hand colored and signed by the artist [signed], Richard Floethe. This copy is number 29 [signed and numbered in ink]"--Colophon. Bequest of Nina Abrams.

  • Mummy's Bedtime Story Book by Marion, Mrs. Alexander Marion Gemmell, Jessie Marion King, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    Mummy's Bedtime Story Book

    Marion, Mrs. Alexander Marion Gemmell, Jessie Marion King, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    56 pages color illustrations. Printed Photo-Offest by Suttley & Silverlock, LTD., Blackfriars Road. Color illustrated frontispiece, title page, and endpapers. Eleven full-page illustrations, with color decorations on each text page. Bound in bright paper covered pictorial boards with title in red. Case binding. Jessie Marion King (20 March 1875--3 August 1949) was a Scottish illustrator known for her beautiful illustrated children's books; she also designed jewelery and fabric, and painted pottery; King was one of the artists known as the Glasgow Girls. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

  • The Holy Experiment: a message to the world from Pennsylvania by Violet Oakley, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    The Holy Experiment: a message to the world from Pennsylvania

    Violet Oakley, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    xii, l6, 19-38, 40-51, [7] pages : illus., 22 leaves of mounted color plates (2 folded); 57cm. Series of mural paintings by Violet Oakley... in the Governor̓s Reception Room and in the Senate Chamber of the State Capitol at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Printed in black, red and blue. In portfolio. Leather portfolio with stamp, border and leather bosses. Metal clasps hold the covers together. Gold leaf on inside covers. Leather spine has been repaired/replaced. Title vignette. Illustrated title-page. "This edition is limited to 500 copies of which this is no. 34." Numbered and signed by the artist. "The pages of the original manuscript have been written and illustrated by Violet Oakley from her notes made in preparation for the paintings from 1902 to 1922. They are reproduced from plates made by the Beck Engraving Co." Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

  • Bugs and Wings and Other Things by Annie W. Franchot, Walter Harrison Cady, Jessie Willcox Smith, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    Bugs and Wings and Other Things

    Annie W. Franchot, Walter Harrison Cady, Jessie Willcox Smith, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

    ix, 99 pages, [7] leaves of plates : illus. (some color). Contains illustrated lining papers. CONTENTS: The insects' symphony -- The locusts' song -- Aristocratic worms. Gift of Mrs. Murrary S. Danforth. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

  • Jack and Jill Went Up the Hill by Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

    Jack and Jill Went Up the Hill

    Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

    3 of a set of 12 booklets : illustrations (some color); 9 x 14 cm. Title adapted from covers. 1 of a set of 12 nursery rhyme pamphlets with cover designs and text illustrations adapted from the Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., c1914). Part of a Colgate promotional campaign? Good Housekeeping Magazine copyright notice on front covers. Color illustrations on cover; b&w in text. Each booklet is eight numbered pages. Illustrated advertisement for Colgate toothpaste on the pages [2] & [3] of covers. SET CONTENTS: Little Bo Peep -- Jack and Jill went up the Hill -- Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet -- Rain, rain, go away -- Ring around the Rosie -- Mary, Mary, quite contrary -- Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt thou be mine? -- Peter Peter pumpkin eater -- Hush-a-bye-Baby, On the tree top -- One foot up, the foot down -- See Saw, Margery Daw. Each title has "and other Mother Goose Melodies" as a cover sub-title. Chromolithographic cover illustrations. Each booklet stapled binding. Library is missing one of the 12 booklets (There was an old woman who lived in a shoe and other Mother Goose melodies). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

  • Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt Thou Be Mine? by Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

    Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt Thou Be Mine?

    Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

    1 of a set of 12 booklets : illustrations (some color); 9 x 14 cm. Title adapted from covers. 1 of a set of 12 nursery rhyme pamphlets with cover designs and text illustrations adapted from the Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., c1914). Part of a Colgate promotional campaign? Good Housekeeping Magazine copyright notice on front covers. Color illustrations on cover; b&w in text. Each booklet is eight numbered pages. Illustrated advertisement for Colgate toothpaste on the pages [2] & [3] of covers. SET CONTENTS: Little Bo Peep -- Jack and Jill went up the Hill -- Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet -- Rain, rain, go away -- Ring around the Rosie -- Mary, Mary, quite contrary -- Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt thou be mine? -- Peter Peter pumpkin eater -- Hush-a-bye-Baby, On the tree top -- One foot up, the foot down -- See Saw, Margery Daw. Each title has "and other Mother Goose Melodies" as a cover sub-title. Chromolithographic cover illustrations. Each booklet stapled binding. Library is missing one of the 12 booklets (There was an old woman who lived in a shoe and other Mother Goose melodies). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

  • Hush-a-bye-Baby On the Tree Top by Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

    Hush-a-bye-Baby On the Tree Top

    Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

    2 of a set of 12 booklets : illustrations (some color); 9 x 14 cm. Title adapted from covers. 1 of a set of 12 nursery rhyme pamphlets with cover designs and text illustrations adapted from the Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., c1914). Part of a Colgate promotional campaign? Good Housekeeping Magazine copyright notice on front covers. Color illustrations on cover; b&w in text. Each booklet is eight numbered pages. Illustrated advertisement for Colgate toothpaste on the pages [2] & [3] of covers. SET CONTENTS: Little Bo Peep -- Jack and Jill went up the Hill -- Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet -- Rain, rain, go away -- Ring around the Rosie -- Mary, Mary, quite contrary -- Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt thou be mine? -- Peter Peter pumpkin eater -- Hush-a-bye-Baby, On the tree top -- One foot up, the foot down -- See Saw, Margery Daw. Each title has "and other Mother Goose Melodies" as a cover sub-title. Chromolithographic cover illustrations. Each booklet stapled binding. Library is missing one of the 12 booklets (There was an old woman who lived in a shoe and other Mother Goose melodies). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

  • Little Miss Muffet Sat on a Tuffet by Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

    Little Miss Muffet Sat on a Tuffet

    Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

    5 of a set of 12 booklets : illustrations (some color); 9 x 14 cm. Title adapted from covers. 1 of a set of 12 nursery rhyme pamphlets with cover designs and text illustrations adapted from the Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., c1914). Part of a Colgate promotional campaign? Good Housekeeping Magazine copyright notice on front covers. Color illustrations on cover; b&w in text. Each booklet is eight numbered pages. Illustrated advertisement for Colgate toothpaste on the pages [2] & [3] of covers. SET CONTENTS: Little Bo Peep -- Jack and Jill went up the Hill -- Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet -- Rain, rain, go away -- Ring around the Rosie -- Mary, Mary, quite contrary -- Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt thou be mine? -- Peter Peter pumpkin eater -- Hush-a-bye-Baby, On the tree top -- One foot up, the foot down -- See Saw, Margery Daw. Each title has "and other Mother Goose Melodies" as a cover sub-title. Chromolithographic cover illustrations. Each booklet stapled binding. Library is missing one of the 12 booklets (There was an old woman who lived in a shoe and other Mother Goose melodies). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

  • Little bo-peep by Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

    Little bo-peep

    Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

    4 of a set of 12 booklets : illustrations (some color); 9 x 14 cm. Title adapted from covers. 1 of a set of 12 nursery rhyme pamphlets with cover designs and text illustrations adapted from the Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., c1914). Part of a Colgate promotional campaign? Good Housekeeping Magazine copyright notice on front covers. Color illustrations on cover; b&w in text. Each booklet is eight numbered pages. Illustrated advertisement for Colgate toothpaste on the pages [2] & [3] of covers. SET CONTENTS: Little Bo Peep -- Jack and Jill went up the Hill -- Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet -- Rain, rain, go away -- Ring around the Rosie -- Mary, Mary, quite contrary -- Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt thou be mine? -- Peter Peter pumpkin eater -- Hush-a-bye-Baby, On the tree top -- One foot up, the foot down -- See Saw, Margery Daw. Each title has "and other Mother Goose Melodies" as a cover sub-title. Chromolithographic cover illustrations. Each booklet stapled binding. Library is missing one of the 12 booklets (There was an old woman who lived in a shoe and other Mother Goose melodies). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

  • May, Mary Quite Contrary by Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

    May, Mary Quite Contrary

    Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

    6 of a set of 12 booklets : illustrations (some color); 9 x 14 cm. Title adapted from covers. 1 of a set of 12 nursery rhyme pamphlets with cover designs and text illustrations adapted from the Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., c1914). Part of a Colgate promotional campaign? Good Housekeeping Magazine copyright notice on front covers. Color illustrations on cover; b&w in text. Each booklet is eight numbered pages. Illustrated advertisement for Colgate toothpaste on the pages [2] & [3] of covers. SET CONTENTS: Little Bo Peep -- Jack and Jill went up the Hill -- Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet -- Rain, rain, go away -- Ring around the Rosie -- Mary, Mary, quite contrary -- Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt thou be mine? -- Peter Peter pumpkin eater -- Hush-a-bye-Baby, On the tree top -- One foot up, the foot down -- See Saw, Margery Daw. Each title has "and other Mother Goose Melodies" as a cover sub-title. Chromolithographic cover illustrations. Each booklet stapled binding. Library is missing one of the 12 booklets (There was an old woman who lived in a shoe and other Mother Goose melodies). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

  • One Foot Up, the other Foot Down by Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

    One Foot Up, the other Foot Down

    Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

    7 of a set of 12 booklets : illustrations (some color); 9 x 14 cm. Title adapted from covers. 1 of a set of 12 nursery rhyme pamphlets with cover designs and text illustrations adapted from the Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., c1914). Part of a Colgate promotional campaign? Good Housekeeping Magazine copyright notice on front covers. Color illustrations on cover; b&w in text. Each booklet is eight numbered pages. Illustrated advertisement for Colgate toothpaste on the pages [2] & [3] of covers. SET CONTENTS: Little Bo Peep -- Jack and Jill went up the Hill -- Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet -- Rain, rain, go away -- Ring around the Rosie -- Mary, Mary, quite contrary -- Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt thou be mine? -- Peter Peter pumpkin eater -- Hush-a-bye-Baby, On the tree top -- One foot up, the foot down -- See Saw, Margery Daw. Each title has "and other Mother Goose Melodies" as a cover sub-title. Chromolithographic cover illustrations. Each booklet stapled binding. Library is missing one of the 12 booklets (There was an old woman who lived in a shoe and other Mother Goose melodies). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

  • Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater by Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

    Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater

    Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

    8 of a set of 12 booklets : illustrations (some color); 9 x 14 cm. Title adapted from covers. 1 of a set of 12 nursery rhyme pamphlets with cover designs and text illustrations adapted from the Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., c1914). Part of a Colgate promotional campaign? Good Housekeeping Magazine copyright notice on front covers. Color illustrations on cover; b&w in text. Each booklet is eight numbered pages. Illustrated advertisement for Colgate toothpaste on the pages [2] & [3] of covers. SET CONTENTS: Little Bo Peep -- Jack and Jill went up the Hill -- Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet -- Rain, rain, go away -- Ring around the Rosie -- Mary, Mary, quite contrary -- Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt thou be mine? -- Peter Peter pumpkin eater -- Hush-a-bye-Baby, On the tree top -- One foot up, the foot down -- See Saw, Margery Daw. Each title has "and other Mother Goose Melodies" as a cover sub-title. Chromolithographic cover illustrations. Each booklet stapled binding. Library is missing one of the 12 booklets (There was an old woman who lived in a shoe and other Mother Goose melodies). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

  • Rain, Rain Go Away by Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

    Rain, Rain Go Away

    Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

    9 of a set of 12 booklets : illustrations (some color); 9 x 14 cm. Title adapted from covers. 1 of a set of 12 nursery rhyme pamphlets with cover designs and text illustrations adapted from the Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., c1914). Part of a Colgate promotional campaign? Good Housekeeping Magazine copyright notice on front covers. Color illustrations on cover; b&w in text. Each booklet is eight numbered pages. Illustrated advertisement for Colgate toothpaste on the pages [2] & [3] of covers. SET CONTENTS: Little Bo Peep -- Jack and Jill went up the Hill -- Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet -- Rain, rain, go away -- Ring around the Rosie -- Mary, Mary, quite contrary -- Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt thou be mine? -- Peter Peter pumpkin eater -- Hush-a-bye-Baby, On the tree top -- One foot up, the foot down -- See Saw, Margery Daw. Each title has "and other Mother Goose Melodies" as a cover sub-title. Chromolithographic cover illustrations. Each booklet stapled binding. Library is missing one of the 12 booklets (There was an old woman who lived in a shoe and other Mother Goose melodies). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

  • Ring around A Rosie by Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

    Ring around A Rosie

    Jessie Willcox Smith; Colgate & Company; Dodd, Meade & Company; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

    10 of a set of 12 booklets : illustrations (some color); 9 x 14 cm. Title adapted from covers. 1 of a set of 12 nursery rhyme pamphlets with cover designs and text illustrations adapted from the Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., c1914). Part of a Colgate promotional campaign? Good Housekeeping Magazine copyright notice on front covers. Color illustrations on cover; b&w in text. Each booklet is eight numbered pages. Illustrated advertisement for Colgate toothpaste on the pages [2] & [3] of covers. SET CONTENTS: Little Bo Peep -- Jack and Jill went up the Hill -- Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet -- Rain, rain, go away -- Ring around the Rosie -- Mary, Mary, quite contrary -- Curly Locks, Curly Locks, Wilt thou be mine? -- Peter Peter pumpkin eater -- Hush-a-bye-Baby, On the tree top -- One foot up, the foot down -- See Saw, Margery Daw. Each title has "and other Mother Goose Melodies" as a cover sub-title. Chromolithographic cover illustrations. Each booklet stapled binding. Library is missing one of the 12 booklets (There was an old woman who lived in a shoe and other Mother Goose melodies). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

 
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