THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF NURSERY RHYMES
by OPIE, IONA AND PETER (Edited by)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Skreen, Sligo, Ireland
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About This Item
London: O.U.P., 1952. Book. Good. Cloth. Reprint with Corrections.. xxvii + 467pp; Spine has a crease about 5cm from head else a bright copy with previous owner's signature to half-title; D/w creased and sunned with some loss along the edges; Size: 12mo.
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- Bookseller
- Weathered Stone Books (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008892
- Title
- THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF NURSERY RHYMES
- Author
- OPIE, IONA AND PETER (Edited by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- Reprint with Corrections.
- Publisher
- O.U.P.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- NURSERY RHYMES;
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About the Seller
Weathered Stone Books
Biblio member since 2018
Skreen, Sligo
About Weathered Stone Books
In operation since 1982 as The Winding Stair Bookshop, Dublin until 2005. Then in USA as Wandering Star Books an online bookseller also conducting appraisals for private collectors and institutions. Now back in Ireland and living in beautiful Sligo with views of the Atlantic and selling online.
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- Spine
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- Sunned
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- Reprint
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- Cloth
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- 12mo
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