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The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren by Opie, Iona and Peter
- Bookseller: Century Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 5338
- Format: Hardback
- Book condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket.
- Edition: reprint
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Date published: 1960
Description
Oxford University Press, 1960. Hardback reprint Near Fine in Good dust jacket. Heavy edgewear on dust jacket, spine faded. Light soil on bottom edge, else book is fine. Eight-year study of 5000 British schoolchildren, records their customs, rites, superstitions, rhymes, chants, catcalls, retorts, stock jokes, ruderies, riddles, slang-epithets, nicknames and the traditional juvenile argot. Includes full text of more than 800 rhymes and chants as well as a geographical index, index of first lines and general index.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
reprint : Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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