Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes, Tales and Jingles, with 400 illustrations

I've just finished repairing a friend's copy of Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes, Tales and Jingles, with 400 illustrations for her.

It's, I think, the 1890 edition (some of the first section, including presumably the page with the printing date, is missing), and it was published by Frederick Warne & Co.

I originally thought it was a simple "stick the boards back on" job, then I saw photos and realised that it would probably need to be re-sewn, then I actually got my hands on it and realised that about a quarter of the sheets needed the folds repairing, but hey ho: it was quite fun to work on, and it only took a couple of days!

Before starting work:
Mother Goose: front cover (before)Front cover


Mother Goose: text block (before)Text block


SpineMother Goose: spine (before)






(If you look closely at the sewing, you can probably see that the thread doesn't go into every section at every sewing station: it's sewn two-along, which is a way of saving time but is part of the reason it's fallen apart after a mere hundred years or so.)

After I went through and repaired the folds, the text block was ready for re-sewing:
Mother Goose: text block (during)Text block (during)






And then I stuck the covers back on:
Mother Goose: afterMother Goose