The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes
by Opie, Iona & Opie, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0198600887
- ISBN 13
- 9780198600886
- Seller
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Campbellcroft, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Oxford University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1997. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 0198600887 . 559 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in navy cloth-covered boards. Small streak of colour to bottom edge of the text block. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked, overall, with one page having a few tiny soil spots in the margin. Dust jacket has a tiny tear to the bottom front edge which has been reinforced with cello tape. A new edition of a classic work, originally published in 1951, by noted children's folklorists Iona and Peter Opie. Includes over 500 rhymes, songs, and riddles with commentary on the origins of each. May require extra postage due to weight of book. .
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- Bookseller
- Homeward Bound Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5448
- Title
- The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes
- Author
- Opie, Iona & Opie, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0198600887
- ISBN 13
- 9780198600886
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- 0198600887
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference;
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Homeward Bound Books
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Campbellcroft, Ontario
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