Mother Goose Finger Plays
1915, a charming illustrated guide to finger plays for children
Author
Irene Margaret Cullen
Publisher
George W Jacobs & Co, Philadelphia, 1915
Printing Details
First edition. Hardback, quarter cloth with paper covered boards and tipped in cover illustration to the upper board. 25.5 × 22.5cm, 32pp.
A charming book on finger plays for children, where actions predominantly with the fingers and hands but also with the arms, are acted out. Plays include ding-dong-bell, Little Boy Blue, Rub-a-Dub, Dub etc. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, with colour illustrations to the front cover and as frontispiece by American artist Clara Miller Burd (who was also known as a stained glass designer).
Condition
Good condition for age. The boards and spine are rubbed and a bit scuffed but the contents are in good order.