Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose SIGNED! [FIRST EDITION] 1985

Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose

FIRST EDITION  / FIRST PRINTING [1985] G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS

*First page has been signed and inscribed by author Tomie dePaola

Large hardback sans dust jacket in very good condition.  Tiny pair of initials on corner of front endpaper.  Reads good as new. 

Working primarily from the classic versions of Iona and Peter Opie, Tomie dePaola lovingly brings to life the familiar faces of Little Bo Peep, Humpty Dumpty, Simple Simon, Old King Cole and a host of other favourites for children in this edition of over two hundred Mother Goose rhymes as he celebrates his twentieth year in publishing.