1.
A Nursery Companion
by Iona and Peter Opie
1st edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1980
by Iona and Peter Opie
1st edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1980
ISBN: 0192122134.
Quarto.
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on spine.
Minor wear to lower edge.
Fine condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
Quarto.
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on spine.
Minor wear to lower edge.
Fine condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#113795 £12.50
2.
Humpty Dumpty's Favourite Nursery Rhymes
by Dawn and Peter Cope
Published by Treasure Press in 1983
by Dawn and Peter Cope
Published by Treasure Press in 1983
ISBN: 0907812511.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Spine slightly faded.
Near-fine in other respects.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Spine slightly faded.
Near-fine in other respects.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#111337 £5.00
3.
Little Green Rhyme Book
with illustrations by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair
Published by Gallery Childs Books
with illustrations by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair
Published by Gallery Childs Books
Landscape format, 17cm.x12cm.
No defects on covers or contents.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
No defects on covers or contents.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#53805 £5.00
4.
Nursery Rhymes
by Robers Lacey and Ben Coppin
with illustrations by Claude Lovat Fraser
1st Thus edition, published by Paper Argosies in 2024
by Robers Lacey and Ben Coppin
with illustrations by Claude Lovat Fraser
1st Thus edition, published by Paper Argosies in 2024
ISBN: 9781738559503.
White pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Green lettering on covers.
Originally published in 1919 by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.
Fine condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
White pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Green lettering on covers.
Originally published in 1919 by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.
Fine condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#120054 £7.50
5.
Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
with illustrations by Arthur Rackham
Published by Chancellor in 1986
with illustrations by Arthur Rackham
Published by Chancellor in 1986
ISBN: 0907486789.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and slightly faded on spine.
Neat gift dedication at top corner of front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and slightly faded on spine.
Neat gift dedication at top corner of front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#117570 £7.50
6.
The Old Nursery Rhymes
with illustrations by Lawson Wood
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1920
with illustrations by Lawson Wood
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1920
Light grey cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
23cm x 29cm.
142 pages.
24 full-page colour plates plus numerous line illustrations in text.
Covers soiled.
Corners, edges and spine ends bumped and scuffed.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Frontispiece creased.
Some finger-marking to prelims, and intermittently to page edges.
Lower quarter of page 79/80 torn away and missing.
Reading condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
Red lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
23cm x 29cm.
142 pages.
24 full-page colour plates plus numerous line illustrations in text.
Covers soiled.
Corners, edges and spine ends bumped and scuffed.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Frontispiece creased.
Some finger-marking to prelims, and intermittently to page edges.
Lower quarter of page 79/80 torn away and missing.
Reading condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#118631 £15.00
7.
Nursery Rhymes
with illustrations by Charles Folkard
Published by Alexander Moring circa 1944
with illustrations by Charles Folkard
Published by Alexander Moring circa 1944
Blue boards.
Gilt lettering on front cover.
Three colour plates by Folkard.
Line drawings in text.
Spine strip rubbed through along edges.
White label affixed to inside front cover.
Dedication and some erased pencil marks on front endpaper.
A few fingermarks to contents.
Reading condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
Gilt lettering on front cover.
Three colour plates by Folkard.
Line drawings in text.
Spine strip rubbed through along edges.
White label affixed to inside front cover.
Dedication and some erased pencil marks on front endpaper.
A few fingermarks to contents.
Reading condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#72214 £5.00
8.
Tail Feathers from Mother Goose
by Iona and Peter Opie
1st British edition, published by Walker Books in 1988
by Iona and Peter Opie
1st British edition, published by Walker Books in 1988
ISBN: 0744510392.
Red paper-covered boards.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
Red paper-covered boards.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#108263 £10.00
9.
Tail Feathers from Mother Goose
by Iona and Peter Opie
1st American edition, published by Little Brown and Company in 1988
by Iona and Peter Opie
1st American edition, published by Little Brown and Company in 1988
ISBN: 0316650811.
Red paper-covered boards.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
Red paper-covered boards.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#108262 £10.00
10.
The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes
by Iona and Peter Opie
Reprint, published by Oxford University Press in 1955
by Iona and Peter Opie
Reprint, published by Oxford University Press in 1955
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#115438 £15.00
11.
Rocking Horse Rhymes - Wee Willie Winkie
with illustrations by Charles Folkard
Published by Orion in 1993
with illustrations by Charles Folkard
Published by Orion in 1993
ISBN: 1858810167.
Pictorial laminated boards.
10cm x 12cm.
A collection of children's nursery rhymes.
Light wear to covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
Pictorial laminated boards.
10cm x 12cm.
A collection of children's nursery rhymes.
Light wear to covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#95630 £3.00
12.
Tail Feathers from Mother Goose
by Iona and Peter Opie
1st Thus edition, published by Walker Books in 1988
by Iona and Peter Opie
1st Thus edition, published by Walker Books in 1988
ISBN: 0744510392.
Brown covers.
Black lettering on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Covers worn at edges and somewhat scuffed.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Brown covers.
Black lettering on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Covers worn at edges and somewhat scuffed.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#112158 £3.00
13.
The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book
by Iona and Peter Opie
with illustrations by Joan Hassall
Published by Oxford University Press in 1967
by Iona and Peter Opie
with illustrations by Joan Hassall
Published by Oxford University Press in 1967
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Top edge slightly soiled.
VG in other respects.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Top edge slightly soiled.
VG in other respects.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#119824 £10.00
14.
The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes
by Iona and Peter Opie
Reprint, published by Oxford University Press in 1984
by Iona and Peter Opie
Reprint, published by Oxford University Press in 1984
ISBN: 0198691114.
Black cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
465 pages.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Black cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
465 pages.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#114151 £25.00
15.
National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs
by J.W. Elliott
with illustrations by Dalziel
Reprint, published by Novello, Ewer, and Co. circa 1877
by J.W. Elliott
with illustrations by Dalziel
Reprint, published by Novello, Ewer, and Co. circa 1877
Quarto.
Bevilled brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt and Black decoration on covers.
All edges gilt.
110 pages.
Set to music by J.W.Elliott.
A list of illustrators provided.
Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.
Light wear to covers.
Corners bumped.
Spine ends worn.
Inner hinges strengthened with paper strips.
Gift dedication on front endpaper, from which book dated.
Contents generally clean, with no foxing.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Bevilled brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt and Black decoration on covers.
All edges gilt.
110 pages.
Set to music by J.W.Elliott.
A list of illustrators provided.
Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.
Light wear to covers.
Corners bumped.
Spine ends worn.
Inner hinges strengthened with paper strips.
Gift dedication on front endpaper, from which book dated.
Contents generally clean, with no foxing.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#106708 £45.00
16.
Great Grandmother Goose
by Helen Cooper
with illustrations by Krystyna Turska
1st edition, published by Hamish Hamilton in 1978
by Helen Cooper
with illustrations by Krystyna Turska
1st edition, published by Hamish Hamilton in 1978
Eighty rhymes, similar to nursery rhymes, from medieval sources.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#68464 £20.00
17.
Mother Goose
with illustrations by Arthur Rackham
Published by Wordsworth Classics in 1994
with illustrations by Arthur Rackham
Published by Wordsworth Classics in 1994
ISBN: 1853261467.
Paperback.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Paperback.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#76023 £4.00
18.
The Ladybird Book of Nursery Rhymes
by Auntie Muriel
with illustrations by Robert Knight
Reprint, published by Wills & Hepworth circa 1959
by Auntie Muriel
with illustrations by Robert Knight
Reprint, published by Wills & Hepworth circa 1959
Light brown paper-covered boards.
Green lettering on covers.
Green decoration on covers.
Undated; back flap of dustwrapper shows list of other titles in series 413 starting with this title and ending with "Red Riding Hood also Goldilocks and the Three Bears", which was first published in 1958.
Book appears to be printed on art paper (glossy).
Front cover repeats dustwrapper design, but in monochrome green.
Dustwrapper back flap has square open-wing ladybird logo in blue, above the series title-list.
Dustwrapper front flap neatly price-clipped.
Very light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Endpapers show a diagonal chequerboard pattern of nursery rhyme characters printed in blue.
Reverse of front endpaper, facing title page, reads "Series 413".
Oval closed-wing ladybird logo in blue on title page.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Green lettering on covers.
Green decoration on covers.
Undated; back flap of dustwrapper shows list of other titles in series 413 starting with this title and ending with "Red Riding Hood also Goldilocks and the Three Bears", which was first published in 1958.
Book appears to be printed on art paper (glossy).
Front cover repeats dustwrapper design, but in monochrome green.
Dustwrapper back flap has square open-wing ladybird logo in blue, above the series title-list.
Dustwrapper front flap neatly price-clipped.
Very light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Endpapers show a diagonal chequerboard pattern of nursery rhyme characters printed in blue.
Reverse of front endpaper, facing title page, reads "Series 413".
Oval closed-wing ladybird logo in blue on title page.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#106324 £60.00
19.
Best-Loved Nursery Rhymes
with illustrations by Wizard Art
Published by Peter Haddock circa 1986
with illustrations by Wizard Art
Published by Peter Haddock circa 1986
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#65027 £5.00
20.
Little Miss Muffet
with illustrations by Anon
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons
with illustrations by Anon
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons
Paperback.
Not dated.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Not dated.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#56603 £10.50
21.
Sing-Along Nursery Rhymes
Published by Hinkler Books Ltd in 2012
Published by Hinkler Books Ltd in 2012
ISBN: 9781743088524.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
CD included.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
CD included.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#117831 £3.50
22.
Lavender's Blue - A Book of Nursery Rhymes
by Kathleen Lines
with illustrations by Harold Jones
1st Thus edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1996
by Kathleen Lines
with illustrations by Harold Jones
1st Thus edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1996
ISBN: 9780192795373.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Pictorial laminated boards.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#119866 £5.00
23.
Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes
with illustrations by Kate Greenaway
1st edition, published by George Routledge and Sons in 1881
with illustrations by Kate Greenaway
1st edition, published by George Routledge and Sons in 1881
Light brown cloth-covered boards.
Brown lettering on covers.
Dark green decoration on covers.
12cm x 17cm.
Covers soiled, and worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Binding appears to have been re-glued.
Colour illustrations within the text all appear to be present, however several stubs between pages suggest that plates may have been removed from the book.
Pages tanned and fingermarked.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Brown lettering on covers.
Dark green decoration on covers.
12cm x 17cm.
Covers soiled, and worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Binding appears to have been re-glued.
Colour illustrations within the text all appear to be present, however several stubs between pages suggest that plates may have been removed from the book.
Pages tanned and fingermarked.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#115204 £25.00
24.
Old King Cole and other nursery rhymes
with illustrations by Ken McKie
1st edition, published by Ladybird Books in 1984
with illustrations by Ken McKie
1st edition, published by Ladybird Books in 1984
ISBN: 0721408664.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Pictorial laminated boards.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#105118 £3.00
25.
Children's Verse
with illustrations by Margaret W. Tarrant
1st Thus edition, published by Tiger Books in 1986
with illustrations by Margaret W. Tarrant
1st Thus edition, published by Tiger Books in 1986
ISBN: 1870461525.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
64 pages.
A mixture of nursery rhymes and poems written for very young children.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
64 pages.
A mixture of nursery rhymes and poems written for very young children.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#106718 £4.00