Mother Goose's Melodies Children's Books,Ephemera

[12] pages: chromolithographed illustrations; 16.2 cm. Chromolithographed illustration of Mother Goose on the cover with a goose on the front and using crutches. Cover title. Die cut throughout in the shape of Mother Goose. No date of publication. The publisher was located at the address on the front cover, 30 Beekman St., from 1864 to 1870. Each page is a full-page illustration with two or three verses inset. Former owner's name in pencil on inside of front cover: Lockwood Carpenter. Very scarce. In Good Condition: lacking Mother Goose's hat from front and back cover (the top 1 to 2 cm.); cover is partially separated along the spine from the lower edge; pages are clean and solid; colors are bright throughout.