(CHILDREN'S LITERATURE - NURSERY RHYMES.) Group of 10 English reference titles. 10 titles in 12 volumes. Comprising: Chambers, Robert. The Popular Rhymes of Scotland, with Illustrations, Chiefly collected from oral sources. Edinburgh: William Hunter, Charles Smith, James Duncan in London, 1826. 12mo, contemporary 1/4 calf and marbled boards; extremities worn; ownership signatures. Opie, Three Centuries 37 * Another copy. 8vo, publisher's green pictorial cloth, stamped in black and gilt, light soiling; ex-Opie collection with their stamp on front pastedown. New [4th] Edition. Edinburgh & London: W. & R. Chambers, [1870]. Opie 39 * Halliwell, James Orchard. The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected principally from Oral Tradition. 8vo, later dark-blue 1/4 cloth, boards stained, soiling to contents, ex-Opie Collection with their stamp on front pastedown. London: T. Richard for the Percy Society, 1842. Opie, Three Centuries 41 * Another copy. 8vo, publisher's tan cloth, joints cracked with spine separated from textblock. Second Edition. London: John Russell Smith, 1843. Opie 42 * Another copy. Engraved frontispiece, title vignette and illustrations.12mo, contemporary 1/2 calf, scuffed, joints cracked, spine tooled in gilt in compartments. Fifth edition. London: John Russell Smith, [1853] * Halliwell, James Orchard. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales. 16-page publisher's advertisement at end. 12mo, publisher's salmon cloth, gilt-stamped title on spine; rebacked with original spine laid down, corners torn, a few stains on upper cover and spine. Iona and Peter Opie annotated copy, with their stamp on front pastedown. London: John Russell Smith, 1849. Opie 625 * Ker, John Bellenden. An Essay on the Archaiology of Popular English Phrases and Nursery Rhymes. 8vo, contemporary drab boards; rebacked with brown cloth; soiled; intermittent spotting. Southampton: Fletcher & Son, London: Black, Young & Young, 1834. Opie 623 * Another copy. 2 volumes. Small 8vo, publisher's green cloth, printed paper spine labels, scuffed, rebacked with original spines laid down; ex-library with bookplate and blindstamp. New Edition. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Co., 1840 * Ker, John Bellenden. A Supplement to the Two Volumes of the Second Edition of the Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, Terms, and Nursery Rhymes. 2 volumes. Small 8vo, publisher's purple cloth, printed paper spine labels, scuffed, rebacked with the original spine laid down, tears; ex-library with bookplate, inkstamp and blindstamp. London: James Ridgway, 1840; 1842 * Northall, G. F. English Folk-Rhymes. 8vo, publisher's red cloth stamped in gilt over bevelled boards, spine sunned, fore-edges spotted; ex-Opie collection with 2 pp. manuscript notes laid in. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Truebner & Co., 1892. Sold as is. Vp, vd
