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The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book
Iona Opie
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Description for The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book
Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Hassall, Joan. Editor(s): Opie, Iona; Opie, Peter. Num Pages: 240 pages, woodcuts and engravings throughout. BIC Classification: YBLB1. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book contains 800 nursery rhymes and ditties which are the heritage of our oral tradition. All the well-known rhymes are included as well as many rare ones. Special sections are devoted to lullabies and dandling rhymes, toe rhymes, catches, charms, traditional street cries, riddle verses, nursery maxims, and humorous ballads. The text is further enlivened by 600 illustrations, many of them eighteenth- and nineteenth-century woodcuts and engravings.
The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book contains 800 nursery rhymes and ditties which are the heritage of our oral tradition. All the well-known rhymes are included as well as many rare ones. Special sections are devoted to lullabies and dandling rhymes, toe rhymes, catches, charms, traditional street cries, riddle verses, nursery maxims, and humorous ballads. The text is further enlivened by 600 illustrations, many of them eighteenth- and nineteenth-century woodcuts and engravings.
Product Details
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1955
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198691129
SKU
V9780198691129
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Reviews for The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book
It must be the best collection of nursery rhymes ever
Observer
the sort of book that easily becomes part of life itself, to be recalled when the history books of our time lie dusty and forgotten
Country Life
Observer
the sort of book that easily becomes part of life itself, to be recalled when the history books of our time lie dusty and forgotten
Country Life