POPULAR RHYMES & NURSERY TALES OF ENGLAND.
by HALLIWELL, James Orchard (editor).:
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- Hardcover
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Bodley Head, 1970.. FIRST REISSUE 1970, 8vo, 255 x 160 mm, 10 x 6½ inches, red boards gilt, index, 277 pages. A few decorations by Maureen Roffey. No inscriptions, a Fine clean crisp copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped, tiny area of creasing at top corners and at tail of spine, a touch of fading to spine, bright and clean. First published in 1849. 21 tales occupy one sixth of the book, ten other sections of games and proverb rhymes, alphabet and riddle rhymes, nature songs and nursery songs, supersitition and custom rhymes. 'An extraordinary record of 'vernacular scraps' (dw blurb). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44530
- Title
- POPULAR RHYMES & NURSERY TALES OF ENGLAND.
- Author
- HALLIWELL, James Orchard (editor).:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Bodley Head, 1970.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- RHYMES TRADITIONAL NURSERY TALES GAME RHYMES ALPHABETS RIDDLES PROVERB RHYMES SONGS CHILDREN'S
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