ISBN10: 0198691114, ISBN13: 9780198691112, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated] Hardcover A detailed reference book to the histories of more than 500 rhymes and songs, with their parallels, first appearances, origins, and variations. The Opies are unrivalled as authorities on the folklore of childhood. Name inside cover, dustjacket edgewear
[Auckland, AUCKL, New Zealand] [Publication Year: 1951]

ISBN10: 0198691114, ISBN13: 9780198691112, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover 1951-06-01. Oxford University Press. Hardcover. GOOD DJ: worn
[Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1951]
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ISBN10: 0198691114, ISBN13: 9780198691112, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover 1991. Oxford University Press. Hardcover. GOOD Text is clear and bright. Beautiful black and white plates and illustrations. There is an inscription on the F.E.P. Light marks on some pages and page edges. The back endpaper is bent/creased. DJ price clipped. 9x6.
[Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1991]

Oxford University Press 1991 Hardcover 1991. Oxford University Press. Hardcover. GOOD Text is clear & bright. Beautiful black & white plates & illustrations. There is an inscription on the F.E.P. Light marks on some pages & page edges. The back endpaper is bent/creased. DJ price clipped. 9x6.

ISBN10: 0198691114, ISBN13: 9780198691112, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.
[Berlin, Germany] [Publication Year: 1951]

ISBN10: 0198691114, ISBN13: 9780198691112, [publisher: Oxford University Press 1975 Hardback] Hardcover A new edition of the classic anthology of nursery rhymes--over 500 rhymes, songs, nonsense jingles, and lullabies traditionally handed down to young children. Included are all of your favorites, ranging from 'Yankee Doodle Came to Town' and 'A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go' to 'Baa, Baa, Black Sheep,' Jack and Jill' and 'Old Mother Hubbard.' And complementing the rhymes are nearly a hundred illustrations, including reproductions of early art found in ballad sheets and music books, which highlight the development of children's illustrations over the last two centuries.With each piece, Iona and Peter Opie introduced a wealth of information, noting the earliest known publications of the rhyme, describing how it originated, illustrating changes in wording over time, and indicating variations and parallels in other languages. Moreover, in the general introduction, the Opies discuss the different types of rhyme and the earliest published collections, and they address such questions as who was Mother Goose and whether or not individual rhymes originally portrayed real people. For this second edition, the notes have been updated and extended in light of recent scholarship, providing an unrivaled wealth of literary and bibliographic information.The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes is now more than ever an indispensable ...

London: Oxford University Press, Date: 1989. Later printing. Crisp and unmarked, NF/NF. Full cloth binding. xxvii, 467pp. Jacket now in a new mylar cove.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. 1989. Oxford University Press ISBN 0198691114 9780198691112 [US]

ISBN10: 0198691114, ISBN13: 9780198691112, [publisher: Oxford University Press, London] Hardcover Later printing. Crisp and unmarked, NF/NF. Full cloth binding. xxvii, 467pp. Jacket now in a new mylar cove. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
[Skyway, WA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1989]
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ISBN10: 0198691114, ISBN13: 9780198691112, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover Black cloth hard cover has gold spine lettering, 467 pgs including Index and illustrations. Clean Tight Copy >no names or marks or dings. Clipped DJ has U.K. price sticker on btm inside flap, light spine edge crease/corner rub, now in protective mylar sleeve. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
[Jim Thorpe, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1980]
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