Mother Goose
Twenty Nursery Rhymes Selected and Illustrated by Philip Van Aver
- bound in full linen with small pictorial label
- San Francisco, CA: The Grabhorn - Hoyem Press, 1970
Grabhorn-Hoyem Press Presents Mother Goose
1970 Ltd Ed 1/300 copies. The artist, Philip Van Aver has made a series of 20 b/w
pictures inserting each into different decorative frames. On each page there is one illustration to the left, to the right is the rhyme's title, followed below by several lines of the nursery rhyme which is centered on the page. Printed only on recto pages. The b/w illustrations are detailed, complex and have personality. The paper is British handmade and the text is
handset in Goudy Modern Open type. The book is in near fine, clean condition with the prospectus laid in. A Beautiful Production.
1970 Ltd Ed 1/300 copies. The artist, Philip Van Aver has made a series of 20 b/w
pictures inserting each into different decorative frames. On each page there is one illustration to the left, to the right is the rhyme's title, followed below by several lines of the nursery rhyme which is centered on the page. Printed only on recto pages. The b/w illustrations are detailed, complex and have personality. The paper is British handmade and the text is
handset in Goudy Modern Open type. The book is in near fine, clean condition with the prospectus laid in. A Beautiful Production.
Details
Title
Mother Goose
Binding
bound in full linen with small pictorial label
Condition
Near Fine
Publisher
The Grabhorn - Hoyem Press: San Francisco, CA
Date
1970
Edition
Limited 1st edition