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Ditties for the Nursery

Ditties for the Nursery by OPIE (Iona), editor

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Title
Ditties for the Nursery
Author
OPIE (Iona), editor
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BATTLEDORE LTD (United States)
Description
Illustrated with black and white designs by Monica Walker. 12mo., 79[1] pp.; gilt-stamped blue boards. First published 1954 as a selection of nursery rhymes known during the reign of George III, Mrs Opie took her texts from an 1805 chapbook Original Ditties for the Nursery published by John Harris which documents the appearance of 'Tweedledum and Tweedledee' later used by Lewis Carroll, 'A farmer went trotting upon his grey mare' selected as a picture-book subject by Randolph Caldecott, 'Little Jenny Flinders' and 35 other rhymes for children. An excellent nursery Gift-book; very uncommon being one of 150 copies numbered and signed in ink by Mrs. Opie on the title-page. Fine condition. Bookseller Inventory # ABB005