Lore and Language Of Schoolchildren

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1960. 2nd printing. Hardcover. G+/dj F+ with small tears and chips missing, intact, in brodart.. 9 1/2 x 6 3/8. Dark blue cloth w/ gilt lettering on spine. Prev owner's name & minimal writing on ffep & rpdep, occasional marginalia at chapter endings, otherwise clean & solid.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. 417, [1]pp. Scuffing on the boards else about very good in modestly rubbed very good dustwrapper.

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1960. Reprint. Very Good +/very good +. Based on information collected from 5,000 children in England, Scotland and Wales, this volume is a disclosure of the lore and language natural to the modern schoolchild when out of school. It is a record of his strange and primitive culture, including seasonal customs, initiation rites,… Read more about this item

UK: Paladin, 1977. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcoevr. Clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy, very nearly as new. .

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1960. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 0x0x0. Second printing. Jacket rubbed, tear along bottom edge of rear jacket panel. 1960 Hard Cover. xviii, 417 pp. First published in 1959, Iona and Peter Opie's The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren is a pathbreaking work of scholarship that is also a splendid and enduring… Read more about this item

, xviii, 417 pages including index, with 11 distribution maps including frontispiece, SIGNED and dated by both Iona and Peter Opie, Bristol, 7 May 1964 on title page

Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1960. Hardcover. xix, 417p., second printing after the '59 first issue, hardbound in 0UP's inspired black cloth boards gilt and enclosed in the pictorial dust jacket. An excellent copy, with a couple flaws: firstly, a gap-line standing between title page and frontis (a line map); this gap is about one sixteenth of an… Read more about this item

Oxford At The Clarendon Press, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1961. Reprinted Third Impression. 417 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1959. Octavo, 417 pages with numerous rhymes, chants, riddles and several maps. Cloth; contemporary ownership details; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper a little sunned, rubbed and torn with slight loss. 'A record of [a] strange and primitive culture, including seasonal customs,… Read more about this item

Oxford Univ Press, 1976 Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Minor shelf wear to blue cloth hardcover and dust jacket. Otherwise a tight, unmarked volume. Index. xix, 417 pp..

London: Oxford University Press, 1960. hardcover. near fine/very good(+). 11 maps. xviii + 417pp., 8vo, cloth, lightly edgeworn d.w. London: Oxford University Press, (1976). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper.<br/><br/>

Oxford Univ Pr, 1959T. hardcover. Good. 1.3000 in x 9.2000 in x 6.1000 in. Jacket has lengthy tears along spine as well as edge wear. General wear from age and use. Otherwise, fine.

Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1961. Reprinted. 417 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to… Read more about this item

Oxford Clarendon Press, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1959. No Edition Remarks. 417 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Front free end paper torn out, damaging hinge. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate… Read more about this item

Oxford Clarendon Press, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1961. Third Impression. 417 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over navy cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are bright and clear, with light tanning and foxing to text block edges. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper, with a few small nicks and rub marks along text block edge. Boards have light shelf-wear with… Read more about this item

Clarendon Press, 1960. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1960. Reprinted. 417 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Heavier tanning to text block edges. front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild… Read more about this item

Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1967. No edition remarks. 417 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine ends. Mild scratching… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1959. No edition remarks. 417 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains ex-libris plate. Bright and clean pages with light tanning throughout. Binding is firm throughout with mild thumb-marking. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing. Mild sunning to board edges and spine, which has mild… Read more about this item

Oxford at The Clarendon Press, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1961. 417 pages. Orange pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends… Read more about this item

Oxford at The Clarendon Press, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. Reprint. 417 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth. Clean pages with mild foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Notable stain to front endpaper. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips,… Read more about this item