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A NURSERY COMPANION

Written by Iona Opie, Peter Opie
Published by Oxford University Press in 1980
ISBN: 0192122134

£ 15.00 Photo of A NURSERY COMPANION- Stock Number: 1207901

A NURSERY COMPANION
Written by Iona Opie, Peter Opie.
Stock no. 1207901
1st. 1980. Hardback. As new condition in a fine dustwrapper.

This volume, the celebration of an epoch, brings together the contents of more than a score of early 19th century children's booklets including classics such as 'Dame Wiggins Of Lee', 'House That Jack Built' etc. Hundrens of illustrations throughout - many in colour. Grey boards, red title to spine. Red endpapers. 12 x 8". 128 pages. ISBN: 0192122134.

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A NURSERY COMPANION
Written by Iona Opie, Peter Opie.
Stock no. 1301028
1st. 1980. Hardback. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This volume, the celebration of an epoch, brings together the contents of more than a score of early 19th century children's booklets including classics such as 'Dame Wiggins Of Lee', 'House That Jack Built' etc. Hundrens of illustrations throughout - many in colour. Grey boards, red title to spine. Red endpapers. 12 x 8". 128 pages. ISBN: 0192122134. Corners bumped. A few tiny dents to cover edges. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and has a little wear to spine and corners.

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Cover of A NURSERY COMPANION by Iona Opie; Peter Opie

Contents

  • A Was an Archer
  • Nursery Novelties
  • The History of an Apple Pie by Z
  • The History of the House That Jack Built
  • The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog
  • Who Killed Cock Robin
  • The Juvenile Numerator
  • The Adventures of Jack and Jill and Old Dame Gill
  • The Comic Adventures of Old Dame Trot and Her Cat
  • Little Rhymes for Little Folks; or, Poetry for Fanny's Library
  • The Paths of Learning Strewed With Flowers; or, English Grammar Illustrated
  • The Gaping, Wide Mouthed, Waddling Frog
  • Punctuation Personified
  • Dame Wiggins of Lee and her Seven Wonderful Cats
  • Dame Dearlove's Ditties for the Nursery
  • The History Of Sixteen Wonderful Old Women
  • Anecdotes and Adventures of Fifteen Gentleman
  • Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation
  • The Chapter of Kings
  • The Gamut and Time Table in Verse
  • Peter Prim's Pride, or Proverbs that Will Suit the Young or the Old
  • The Remarkable Adventures of an Old Woman and her Pig
  • The Little Man and the Little Maid
  • Sam Syntax's Cries of London
  • Aldiborontiphoskyphorniostikos
  • The Dandies' Rout
  • Mounseer Nongtongpaw; or the Discoveries of John Bull in a Trip to Paris