POPULAR RHYMES & NURSERY TALES OF ENGLAND.
Decorations by Maureen Roffey. Pp. xi+270, headpiece decorations; med. 8vo; pictorial blue paper wrappers, faintly creased, slightly soiled and foxed; dust wrapper, lightly foxed and worn, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips, the backstrip vertically creased; corners of a few leaves slightly creased, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; The Bodley Head, London, 1970. Uncorrected proof copy. *Originally published in 1849 by John Russell Smith. Includes sections of game and proverb rhymes, alphabet and riddle rhymes, nature songs and nursery songs, superstition and custom rhymes, plus a chapter on the origin and meaning of many popular rhymes. Item #159384
Price: $40.00