The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book. Assembled by Iona and Peter Opie.

Title: The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book.
Author: Assembled by Iona and Peter Opie.
Illustrator: Joan Hassall.
Publisher: The Clarendon Press: Oxford. 
Published Date: 1955.
Pagination: pp.224
Condition: Very good with good dust jacket. 
 
The first edition of this collection of nursery rhymes. All the poems have been published previously in various editions and works. 
 
Blue cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. The boards are in very good condition with some minor bumping to the corners and a crease to the rear board. There is some browning to the endpapers but the contents are otherwise clean and bright throughout. Complete with the original unclipped dust-jacket which has some all over foxing and light wear to the edges including a tear to the top edge - the top edge has been strengthened with tape internally.