Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$201.25 + shipping
Description: Illustr in color by Tasha Tudor, 7.5 x 6.5, gilt decorated green cloth, 87 pp, covers a bit worn and toned, hinges loose, pp toned but still a clean copy in unevenly browned, edge worn and edge torn dust jacket with one snap on front cover near spine. This printing but SIGNED BY TASHA TUDOR ON HALF-TITLE PAGE.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Tudor, Tasha. MOTHER GOOSE. Oxford University Press, New York, 1944.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: Signed limited edition, one of only 500 copies for private distribution, signed by Tudor: one of the most lovely editions of Mother Goose, quite scarce in this edition. 7.75'' x 7''. Original cloth. In original price-clipped dust jacket. Lacking original slipcase. Dark green topstain. Illustrated by Tudor on every page, most in color, with verse below. 87, [1] pages. Signed by Tudor to limitation page. Letter laid in from the publisher presenting the book to a woman bookstore owner. Jacket with chips at spine ends (affecting the word "Oxford" and a few tape repairs to verso), usual toning, heavier at spine. Book with just a hint of sunning to spine, else crisp and clean.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Tudor, Tasha. Original art for "Sing A Song of Sixpence" from MOTHER GOOSE. n.p., n.p., 1944.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed watercolor used in Tudor's Caldecott Honor book MOTHER GOOSE, printed by Oxford University Press in 1944. Appearing on page 63 of the book, it accompanies "Sing A Song Of Sixpence" and depicts the King, Queen, three other adults and two little children seated at a feast with the birds just coming out of the pie. Executed in bright, colors, the sharp detail of the original is sorely lacking in the book reproduction. A wonderful piece from one of Tudor's early books. 4'' x 5.75'' image on 7'' x 6.5'' board. Single artist board, professionally matted. Light pencil notations in margin. Some soil around margins, not affecting image, not visible when matted.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.