The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book by OPIE, Iona and Peter (assembled by) - 1967

Oxford At The Clarendon Press, 1960. Hardcover. Good. 1960. Reprinted with Corrections. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

OUP Oxford, 1963. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1963. Second Impression. 467 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Well bound and clean pages, with mild tanning to text block edges. Cracking to front hinge, with exposed netting. Some rub-marking and foxing to pastedowns and endpapers. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Binding remains firm. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Moderate tanning and creasing, with rubbing and marking. Large split to front joint.

Oxford University Press, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1967. Reprint. 223 pages. Red jacket over cloth. Illustrated by Joan Hassall. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. In plastic cover.

Hardback. Very Good.

Oxford At The Clarendon Press, 1963. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1963. Reprint. 223 pages. Red dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Notable creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft bumping to corners. Moderate crushing to spine ends. Notable tanning to spine and edges. Visible ring mark to rear board. Boards are slightly bowed. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Heavy tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to rear panel. Black mark to front panel.

London: Oxford At The Clarendon Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1963. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Jacket show minor fading. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 223 pages .

Book Club Associates, 1984. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good. London, 1984; black cloth covered boards; mild spine edge wear; illustrated jacket in very good condition with edge and corner wear; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; 224 pages.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1955. Book. Illus. by Joan Hassall. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No indication of later printings. Black cloth. Boards clean with light shelf wear, corners gently bumped. Spine ends gently bumped. Binding firm. Text block lightly toned. Contents clean, previous owner's small bookplate on rear paste down else unmarked. DJ price clipped, toned with edges gently rubbed. Spine sunned, head and heel with shallow chipping. A nice copy..

NY:: Oxford University Press,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1955. Hardcover. First edition. Very good in a very good (faded along the spine, minor edge wear with a few short closed edge tears), price clipped dust jacket. .

London: Book Club Associates, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Joan Hassall. Nicely produced compendium, enhanced throughout by Hassall's excellent woodcuts. All in VG internal order bar a little spotting to block edge. Smart blue boards. Unclipped d/j a little worn to top edge and spine. Book club edition, but still a pleasing volume. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 224pp