Author: Charles H. Bennett [ed.]
Title: Old Nurse&Apos;S Book of Rhymes, Jingles, and Ditties
Description: London, Griffith and Farran, 1865 . Cloth. The second edition of this very scarce collection of children's nursery books and rhymes, illustrated throughout by Charles H. Bennett. The second edition of this work, which was first published in 1858. Very scarce in contemporary editions.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and with vignette illustrations throughout from the editor of the work, Charles H. Bennett.The collection is structured as an A-Z of nursery rhymes, offering insight into popular children's rhymes in the Victorian period.With a former owner's inscription, dated 1875, to the verso of the front free endpaper.A charming and very scarce collection. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Rear joint starting, with board slightly tender. Front hinge strained, with board slightly tender. Front free endpaper detached and loosely inserted. Inscription to verso of front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with only the odd light handling mark. Frontispiece lacking tissue guard. Good . Ill.: Charles H. Bennett. Good .

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