1988 "First Edition" stated on copyright page; Little, Brown and Company publishers; hardbound; very good condition with minor corner bumps; no dust jacket.
 
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A collection of previously unpublished nursery rhymes, culled from the vast Opie Collection of Children's Literature at Oxford University.  Filled with joyful rhythms, strange words, and mysterious happenings, the rhymes in this book have been chosen by Iona Opie, from the Opie Collection of Children's Literature, that astonishing compilation of folklore and literature gathered over forty years and housed at Oxford University. The rhymes included here are almost all previously unpublished and they include unusual versions of known nursery rhymes, versions used by the Opies themselves or rhymes sent to them by people who wanted them saved and recorded.