1904 Scarce Linen Book - Mother Hubbard and her Dog, Color IllustratedAuthor: Anonymous. Title: Mother Hubbard and her Dog. Publisher: New York, McLoughlin Bros., circa 1904. First thus. Language: Text in English. Size: 10. 5 x 9. 5 inches. Pages: Unpaginated (14 pages). Binding: Attractive and very good publishers glazed pictorial linen (rag book), printed in colours on both covers. Light dusting and gentle wear consistent with age and use, with some soft creasing to extremities as shown. A well preserved and visually

The book opens with a Prefatory Note explaining the author’s intention to preserve the moral vigor and noble ideals of these epics while simplifying their structure for contemporary readers

but as a philosopher of nature and simplicity

includes a charming original illustrated Christmas-themed ads page inserted at the front endpaper - as shown)

printed in bold red and black

An exceptional example of Poe’s imaginative power in a collectible decorative Victorian binding

The illustrator: Thomas Heath Robinson (1869–1950)

and The Arabian Nights

some foxing - as shown

1415–1471) is credited with compiling and authoring Le Morte d’Arthur

oversized volume designed as an object of art as much as a literary monument

and Samson Agonistes cemented his place as one of literature’s immortals — the poet of reason

he states that the entire epic poem is "cloudily enwrapped in Allegorical devices"