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BABIES: An Unsentimental Anthology.

BABIES: An Unsentimental Anthology.

BABIES: An Unsentimental Anthology.
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BABIES: An Unsentimental Anthology.

by OPIE**, IONA & PETER**:

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ISBN 10
0719548551
ISBN 13
9780719548550
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UK,rectangular 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clipped to dw/dj.Pink,colour illustrated dw/dj by Bob Graham; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges.Top edge lightly creased with lightly bumped corners and head of spine/backstrip with minimal creasing; the bottom front corner has a tiny,tiny closed tear with no loss.Top+fore-edges very lightly aged as usual/normal but generally clean,contents bright,tight and near pristine.Unblemished plain grey paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pink endpapers.UK,rectangular 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn (approx 9" tall x 8" wide),v-xvppi+2-143pp includes half-title and b/w illustrated title page,b/w line illustrated frntis,contents list,foreword by Iona Opie,profuse b/w line illustrations by Bob Graham, notes and author index. To all devoted parents this anthology should be a great comfort.In it they will find their less admissable feelings set out in prose and verse by authors who have looked on babies with clear eyes over the past two thousand years.They will recognise that strange syndrome in which the baby who tugs at your heartstrings at 10 a.m. becomes the monster you could murder (if it were not for the law) at noon.The only antidotes are laughter and the experience of others.Both will be found here - and the hilarious illustrations by Bob Graham alone constitute a survival kit.The compilers of this book,themselves parents of three children,have drawn on two lifetimes' study of children to offer a view of babyhood that is original,robust, and above all entertaining. Iona and Peter Opie are world-famous for their work on the lore of childhood,which they began in 1946.Their first major book,'The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes,appeared in 1951(see rja1208.). Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!


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Bookseller
R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
rja2000
Title
BABIES: An Unsentimental Anthology.
Author
OPIE**, IONA & PETER**:
Illustrator
illus by Bob Graham**.
Book Condition
Used - Near FINE.
Jacket Condition
Near FINE.
Quantity Available
1
Edition
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0719548551
ISBN 13
9780719548550
Publisher
LONDON.JOHN MURRAY,1990.
Place of Publication
London
This edition first published
May 1991
Keywords
q52.CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED.UK,rectangular 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.ISBN 0719548551.Children's illustrated books.Illus by Bob Graham.Life of children_lore_childhood.Books new,used,signed,rare.
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