Lot 34
Lot 34
Selections from Maurice Sendak's Personal Collection Sold to Benefit The Rosenbach
Songs for the Nursery

William Darton, 1825

Price Realised USD 5,670
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Songs for the Nursery

William Darton, 1825

Price Realised USD 5,670
Price Realised USD 5,670
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NURSERY SONGS – Songs for the Nursery. London: William Darton, 1825.

Rare, with original hand-coloring. Includes many ditties still popular today such as “Jack and Jill,” Hushabye, Baby,” “Rain, rain go away,” “Pat a Cake,” “Hiccory, Diccory, Dock,” “Sing a Song of Sixpence,” and others that have fallen by the cultural wayside.

12mo (132 x 102mm). 24 hand-colored plates dated 15 June 1818. 5 pp. ad at rear. Original muslin, paper printed label (old cloth rebacking, some rubbing, corners bumped).
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