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RACKHAM, Arthur (1867–1939), illustrator. Mother Goose: The Old Nursery Rhymes. New York and [Suffolk: R. Clay and Sons for] The Century Co., n.d. [1913]. 4to. 13 mounted color–printed plates on heavy brown paper, under printed tissue guards, numerous in text illustrations after drawings by Rackham. Original publisher’s cream cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (spine sunned, dust soiling and spotting to covers, hinges cracked and starting). LIMITED EDITION, number 41 of 150 copies SIGNED BY RACKHAM. The English imprint was limited to 1130 copies and only 12 of the 13 plates printed in color. This is the scarcer American imprint that was limited to just 150 copies signed by the illustrator and issued all mounted plates in color, not mentioned in Latimore and Haskell. Latimore and Haskell, pp. 40–41 (English variant).