I can not remember if the book itself is from the 80’s or if it was a bit older. ( I was given it in the 80’s) I’m not 100% sure if it had “Mother Goose” in title. It had all the classic fairy tales with illustrations. I know for sure it had Gustave Dore’s illlustration for Cinderella as well as Walter Crane’s for Beauty and the Beast. These illustrations were the ones I remember being in the book.
I found it. So happy. It’s called Young Years: Best loved stories and poems for children.
I had this as well as a matching nursery rhymes volume.
The Book I remember from childhood was a story about Neanderthal character whose father went hunting and was named Nu.