The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book
PHOTOS
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PUBLISHER
Oxford University Press
BINDING
Hardcover, navy blue cloth boards with gold lettering to the spine
BOOK CONDITION
Good, some fading to endpapers, pages largely clean and unmarked
DUST JACKET
Some tearing and creasing around edges. faded and discoloured, general marks of age
EDITION
1957 reprint with corrections of the original 1955 first edition
DESCRIPTION
Contains 600 illustrations, many of them charming woodcuts by Thomas Berwick and his pupils. Also includes 150 designs by Joan Hassall
SYNOPSIS
800 traditional rhymes and songs collected by Iona and Peter Opie.