The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book
Opie, Iona and Peter Opie
| Publication Date | 1955 |
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| Publisher | Clarendon Press, |
| Binding | Hardback |
| Condition | Very good copy in good+ dust jacket |
| SKU | 23195 |
| Notes | Binding is very clean and neat. Dust jacket has some tears to the back and a triangle of loss to the head of spine and is a little worn to points. Dust jacket is a little tanned to white areas. |
Description
Hardback. xi,224pp. Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt titles and gilt dancing cat to spine. 800 rhymes. Many collected here for the first time. 600 illustrations many of which are taken from the original illustrated chap books and similar and include work by Thomas Bewick and his pupils. With 150 additional illustrations by Joan Hassall. sources of the illustrations and Index of first lines and popular titles.
