The Random House Book of Mother Goose by Arnold Lobel [FIRST EDITION]

The Random House Book of Mother Goose by Arnold Lobel 

FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING [1986] RANDOM HOUSE

Hardcover with Dust Jacket in excellent condition.  DJ has light corner wear and some mild tanning to edges.  Book itself is like new. 

Reviewers were unanimous in their acclaim of this collection "brimming over with energy...distinguished by abundant humor and a rich variety of moods and styles" (School Library Journal, starred review). The beloved creator of the Frog and Toad books included 306 nursery rhymes--several hundred more than any other quality edition of Mother Goose--and "all are illustrated in a cornucopia of drawings which demonstrates the range of [his] technique and imagination"