Complete Mother Goose Opie Collection Facsimile Set

Published by Holp, Tokyo, 1992

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A complete facsimile set of all Mother Goose books in the Opie Collection of Children`s Literature at the Bodleian Library of the University of Oxford, accompanied with an explanatory volume in Japanese and English and a text guide in Japanese. All volumes come with slipcases issued by the Japanese publisher `Holp`. Comes with an additional reproduction of an illustration by Arthur Rackham in a passepartout. No discernable damage to volumes. Includes original shipping box. In fine condition. This item has a weight of 11 kg and as such will require an extra shipping charge. Includes the following 28 facsimile volumes and 2 new volumes: `The Man in the Moon` illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke. (London/New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., [after 1935]); `Humpty-Dumpty & Other Songs` by Joseph Moorat. Pictured by Paul Woodroffe. (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1920); `Auntie`s Little Rhyme Book` illustrated by H. Willebeek Le Mair. (London/Philadelphia: Augener Ltd. and David Mackay, 1913); `Mother Goose: The Old Nursery Rhymes` illustrated by Arthur Rackham. (London: William Heinemann, 1913); `The Story of Simple Simon` illustrated by Frank Adams. (London/Glasgow/Dublin/Bombay: Blackie & Son Ltd., 1908); `Thirty Old Time Nursery Songs` arranged by Joseph Moorat. Illustrated by Paul Woodroffe. (London/New York: T.C. & E.C. Jack/Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1907); `The House that Jack Build` illustrated by `The Pilgrims`. (London/New York: Anthony Treherne & Co. Ltd and the H.B. Claflin Co., 1905); `Old King Cole`s Book of Nursery Rhymes` illustrated by Byam Shaw. (London/New York: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1901); `Two Well-Worn Shoe Stories` illustrated by John Hassall and Cecil Aldin. (London: Sands and Co., 1899); `One, Two, Buckle My Shoe`. (London: Frederick Warne, 1884); `Mother Goose, or, The Nursery Rhymes` illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. (London/New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1881); `The Three Jovial Huntsmen` illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. (London: Routledge and Sons, 1880); `The Baby`s Opera` illustrated by Walter Crane. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. (London: George Routledge and Sons, 1877); `The Song of Sixpence Toy Book` illustrated by Walter Crane. (London: George Routledge and Sons, 1876); `Ridicura Rediviva` by J.E. Rogers. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1876); `Aunt Mary`s Nursery Tales` illustrated by William Mc Connell. (New York: Hurd & Houghton, 1866). `Nursery Rhymes No. 3` illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. (London: Nelson & Sons, 1865); `The Frog Who Would a Wooing Go` by Charles Bennett. (London: Warne and Routledge, 1860); `Humpty Dumpty` by Aliquis (Samuel Edward Maberly). (London: D. Bogue, 1843); `The Flight of the Old Woman who was Tossed Up in a Basket` by Aliquis (Samuel Edward Maberly). (London: D. Bogue, 1844); `The Nursery Rhymes of England` compiled by James Orchard Halliwell. Printed by T. Richards. (London, 1842); `Jumping Joan`. Printed and sold by J.E. Evans. (London, between 1829 and 1839); `Jack Horner`s Pretty Toy`. Printed and sold by J.E. Evans. (London, between 1829 and 1839); `The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog`. (London: John Harris, 1830); `The Tragical History of the Death and Burial of Cock Robin`. Printed and sold by E. Marshall. (London: ca. 1829); `Authentic Memoirs of the Little Man and the Little Maid`. (London: Benjamin Tabart & Co., 1818); `Gammer Gurton`s Garland` by Joseph Ritson. Printed by Harding and Wright. (London, 1810); `Tommy Thumb`s Song Book`. (Worcester: Isiah Thomas, 1794). ; `The World of Mother Goose: Bibliographical Introduction`. Supervision: Keiichi Hirano. Compilation: Holp Shuppan, the Editorial Department. (Tokyo: Holp, 1992); `Maza Gu-su no Sekai: Tekisuto Gaido` by Keiichi Hirano. (Tokyo: Holp, 1992). Seller Inventory # 326

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Title: Complete Mother Goose Opie Collection ...

Publisher: Holp, Tokyo

Publication Date: 1992

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Book Type: Used book