Annotated Mother Goose; New, Arranged and Explained by Baring-Gould, William (With an Introduction and Notes by), and Baring-Gould Ceil (With an Introduction and Notes by) - 1962

New York.: Bramhall House / Clarkson N Potter Inc., 1962. Later printing.. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Jacket has edge wear, some with old soiled rape. Jacket spine minor sun-fade.. Caldecott, Randolph; Crane, Walter; Greenaway, Kate; Rackham, Arthur; Parrish, Maxfield; Historical Woodcuts (Illustrated by).. 1 Tan cloth over spine. Red textured paper over boards. Red spine titles. 28 cm. 350 p. Index. Bibliography Chronology. Audience: General/trade. Subtitle: "The Complete Text and Illustrations in a Fully Annotated Edition". Contained herein are over 1000 separate rhymes from the earliest published form until publication of this volume. They are nursery rhymes, melodies, songs, jingles, riddles, catches, counting-out rhymes, lullabies, prayers, and drinking songs. Explored are meanings, political allusions, jokes, later parodies, puzzles, tricks, games, and other curiosities. Bibliographic history of older rhymes. And, who was "Mother Goose"? 200 illustrations. Preserved is the humor, delight and wonder of children's rhymes.