The history of Mother Goose and her son Jack and the simple story of Simple Simon
By: illustrated with seven pictures by John Absolon.
Contributors: Absolon, John, 1815-1895; Bolton, Thomas, fl. 1851-1893; Cundall, Joseph, 1818-1895
Series: Indestructible books for children; Indestructible pleasure books
Publisher: Addey & Co.
Published: 1856
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16
Subjects: Illustrated children's books -- Specimens.; Nursery rhymes.
Genres: Specimens.
Other titles: Mother Goose & Simple Simon; Mother Goose and Simple Simon; Simple story of Simple Simon
Work titles: Mother Goose
Notes: Publication statement from cover.

Date based on publisher's address.  Cf. Brown, Philip A. H.  London publishers and printers, 1982.

At head of cover title: "Indestructible Pleasure Books. With Coloured Pictures.".

Text is printed on white calico cloth.

"Price One Shilling"--Cover.

Three wood-engraved illustrations are the same as those used without colour for "Mother Goose" in an 1850 edition of "A treasury of pleasure books for young children" published in London by Grant and Griffith and Joseph Cundall.  Illustrations for both stories are also the same as those used without colour in an 1856 edition of "A treasury of pleasure books for young people" published in London by Sampson Low & Son.  Both these titles include a similar Preface dated 1849 and signed "JC" [i.e. Joseph Cundall].  See McLean D (T) 1 and McLean D (T) 2.

Three illustrations are signed as engraved by "T. Bolton".

MASS copy: In original pink calico cloth wrappers printed in maroon.  Upper wrapper printed in maroon with the titling and a surrounding wood-engraved decorative and illustrative border pattern. Lower wrapper printed with publisher's advertisements for "Indestructible books for children, printed on cloth, expressly prepared.", which include this title.  Both upper and lower covers include publisher's imprint. Inside of both upper and lower wrapper glued with p. 189 from "Boswell's life of Johnson".