POETRY POST 1850 - Bodleian Libraries

POETRY POST 1850 

[UNTITLED] [Poetry collection; illus. by M.E.E. and J.C.S.] [n.p.], [n.d.] [18--], 22.3 x 17.8 

cm. (Fragment only) Opie PP 1 

[UNTITLED] [Twelve cards bearing verses appropriate to each of the twelve months of the 

year] [n.p.] [n.d.], 13.2 x 10.1 cm. Opie PP 329 

ABROAD; [by Eliza Keary]; [illus. by] Thos. Crane [and] Ellen E. Houghton. London: 

Marcus Ward, [n.d.] [inscribed 1884], 22 x 18.5 cm. 

Opie PP 330 

The ADVENTURES OF THE OLD WOMAN OF STEPNEY. London: Printed by S.S. 

Fortey, [n.d.] [1859], 17.4 x 10.8 cm. Opie PP 331 

AFTER TEA: a nursery anthology. London: Ernest Benn, [n.d.] [c. 1926], 21.9 x 14 cm. 

(Augustan books of modern poetry; ed. by Edward Thompson) 

Opie PP 2 

AFTER TEA: a nursery anthology. London: Ernest Benn, [n.d.] [c. 1926], 21.9 x 14 cm. 

(Augustan books of modern poetry; ed. by Humbert Wolfe. 2nd series) Opie PP 3 

AFTERNOON TEA; illus. by J.G. Sowerby and H.H. Emmerson. London: Warne. [n.d.] [c. 

1880], 25.6 x 20.2 cm. Opie PP 4 

ALDERSON, Brian Wouldhave, 1930- , trans. Off and Away! Illustrated by Anne Heseler. 

London: Dent. 1979, 29.5 x 22.1 cm. Opie PP 5 

ALDIN, Cecil Charles Windsor, 1870-1935. Puppy tails; verses by Richard Waylett. London: 

Society for promoting Christian knowledge, [n.d.] [19--], 13.1 x 11 cm. (Playtime picture 

books no. 4) Opie PP 332 

ALEXANDER, Cecil Frances (Humphreys), 1818-1895, ed. The Sunday book of poetry. 

London: Macmillan, 1864, 16.4 x 10.8 cm. Opie PP 333 

ALINGTON, Cyril Argentine, [i.e. Edmund Downey]) and LYTTLETON, George, eds. An 

Eton poetry book. London: Macmillan, 1927, 19.3 x 12.7 cm. 

Opie PP 334 

ALLINGHAM, William, 1824-1889. The fairies: a child's song; illus. by E. Gertrude 

Thomson. London: Thos. de la Rue, [n.d.] [illus. dated 1883], 20.5 x 24.2 cm. Opie PP 6 

ALLINGHAM, William, 1824-1889. Rhymes for the young folk; illus. by Helen Allingham, 

Kate Greenaway, Caroline Paterson and Harry Furniss. London: Cassell. [n.d.] [[1887] [ads. 

dated 11.8.86], 21.3 x 16.8 cm. (Inscribed by Helen Allingham. Three centuries 805) 

Opie PP 335

AMES, Ernest. The maid's progress; illus. by Mrs Ernest Ames. London: Grant Richards, 

1901, 27.5 x 21.8 cm. Opie PP 7 

AMES, Mrs. Ernest. Wonderful England!; or, The happy land. London: Grant Richards, 

[n.d.] [not before 1902], 24.9 x 31.8 cm. Opie PP 8 

ANIMAL NONSENSE FOR THE LITTLE ONES; written and comp. by B.C.M/Wadge [], 

[n.p.], [n.d.] [19--], 15.1 x 9.9 cm. 

Opie PP 336 

The APPLAUSE RECITER: over one hundred recitations and readings, humorous and 

emotional, grave and gay, dramatic and domestic. Second ed. London: James Bowden, 1899, 

19.1 x 9.8 cm. Opie PP 337 

ARNOLD, Matthew. His poetry and message. London: "Review of Reviews" Office, [c. 

1907], 18 x 12.2 cm. (The penny poets, no. XXVI.) 

Opie PP 338 

ASQUITH, Herbert. Pillicock Hill; illus. by A.H. Watson. London: Heinemann, 1926, 19.3 x 

14 cm. Opie PP 339 

BAHR, Julius. Naughty Boys and Girls; illus. by T. Hosemann. New Ed. London: Addey, 

[n.d.] [advert dated 1852], 24.1 x 19.4 cm. 

Opie PP 9 

BAHR, Julius. Naughty Boys and Girls; illus. by T. Hosemann. Second Ed. London: Addey, 

[c. 1852], 24.1 x 18.9 cm. Opie PP 10 

BAILEY, Kenneth V. Broomstick-drive: space-age rhymes and ballads; illus. by Barbara L. 

Whitelaw. Alderney: Triffid books, 1985, 20.7 x 14.9 cm. 

Opie PP 11 

BAILEY, Kenneth V. Other worlds, and Alderney. Blanchard: Blanchard Books, 1982, 21.9 

x 17.2 cm. Opie PP 12 

BAIN, Archibald Watson, ed. A poetry book for children. Cambridge: Cambridge university 

press, 1936, 19.5 x 13.3 cm. (First published in 1927 as A poetry book for boys and girls) 

Opie PP 340 

BAIN, Archibald Watson, ed. A poetry book for children. Cambridge: Cambridge university 

press, 1946, 19.5 x 13.4 cm. (First published in 1927 as A Poetry book for boys and girls) 

Opie PP 341 

BAIRD, Jane. This starry stranger; illus. by A.H. Watson. London: Muller, 1951, 22 x 14.5 

cm. Opie PP 342

[BARHAM, Richard Harris, 1788-1845] The jackdaw of Rheims, by Thomas Ingoldsby; 

illus. by Ernest Maurice Jessop. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, [n.d.] [1883], 37.5 x 28.5 

cm. Opie PP 13 

[BARHAM, Richard Harris, 1788-1845] The jackdaw of Rheims, by Thomas Ingoldsby; 

illus. by Charles Folkard. London: Gale and Polden. [n.d.], 28.7 x 22.2 cm. Opie PP 14 

BARING-GOULD, Sabine, 1834-1924. Widdecombe fair. London: Grout publishing co., 

[n.d.], 17.9 x 21.6 cm. Opie PP 15 


[n.d.], 17.7 x 21.6 cm. Opie PP 16 


[n.d.], 17.5 x 21.6 cm. Opie PP 17 

BARKER, Cicely Mary, 1895-1973. Flower fairies of the garden; illus. by the Author. 

London: Blackie & son, [n.d.] [19--], 14.3 x 10.8 cm. 

Opie PP 343 

BARKER, Cicely Mary, 1895-1973. Flower fairies of the trees; illus. by the author. London: 

Blackie, [n.d.] [c. 197-], 16.6 x 10.7 cm. 

Opie PP 344 

BARKER, Cicely Mary, 1895-1973, comp. Old rhymes for all times; illus. by the compiler. 

London: Blackie, [n.d.] [1928], 26.2 x 20.4 cm. (Three centuries 169) Opie PP 18 

BARKER, Cicely Mary, 1895-1973, comp. Rhymes new and old; illus. by the compiler. 

London: Blackie & son, [n.d.] [1933], 25 x 18.4 cm. 

Opie PP 19 

BARLOW, Jane. The battle of the frogs and mice; illus. by Francis D. Bedford. London: 

Methuen, 1896, 22.8 x 18.2 cm. Opie PP 345 

BARNETT, Annie Beeching, ed. The children's way. London: Jarrold, [n.d.] [1910], 17.2 x 


Added entry 

BARON KRAKEMSIDES, pseud. see KRAKEMSIDES, Baron, pseud. 

BARR, Matthias. The child's garland of little poems; illus. by Giacomelli. London: Cassell, 

[n.d.] [1866], 22.7 x 17.3 cm. Opie PP 347 

BARSLEY, Michael. Alice in wunderground, and other blits (sic) and pieces; illus. by the 

author. London: John Murray, 1940, 22 x 14.2 cm. 

Opie PP 348

BARSLEY, Michael. Grabberwocky, and other flights of fancy; illus. by Osbert Lancaster. 

London: John Murray, 1939, 22.1 x 14.2 cm. 

Opie PP 349 

BARTLETT, Lynda. At the foot of wooden hill; illus. by Jenetta Vise. London: Harrap. 

1948, 18.9 x 12.5 cm. Opie PP 350 

BARWELL, Peggy, and MORLAND, Nigel. Abrakadabra! Paris: Barbier; [London: 

Southern and co.], 1932, 16.5 x 10.7 cm. Opie PP 351 

BATE, Robert Shelton, ed. Fairy poetry. London: Bell, 1909, 19 x 12.5 cm. (Bell's English 

texts for secondary schools) Opie PP 352 

BAUMER, Lewis. Jumbles; illus. by the author. London: Pearson, [n.d.] [1897], 29 x 21.8 


BEAUMONT, Cyril W. Toys; illus. by Eileen Mayo. London: C.W. Beaumont, 1930, 23.7 x 

14.7 cm. (Copy no. 23, signed by author and illustrator, and hand-coloured by the latter) 

Opie PP 21 

BEAUMONT, Cyril W. Toys; illus. by Eileen Mayo. London: C.W. Beaumont, 1930, 23.4 x 

14.7 cm. Opie PP 22 

BEECHING, Henry Charles, Bp. of Norwich, 1859-1919, ed. A book of Christmas verse; 

illus. by Walter Crane. London: Methuen, 1895, 19.4 x 13.4 cm. Opie PP 353 

BEGBIE, Edward Harold, 1871-1929. The political Struwwelpeter; illus. by F. Carruthers 

Gould. London: Grant Richards, [n.d.] [1899], 27 x 21.9 cm. 

Opie PP 23 

BEGBIE, Edward Harold, 1871-1929. The Struwwelpeter alphabet; illus. by F. Carruthers 

Gould. London: Grant Richards, 1900, 27 x 22.2 cm. 

Opie PP 24 

Added entry 

BELGIAN HARE, pseud. see DOUGLAS, Lord Alfred Bruce, 1870-1945. 

BELL, Jenny. Jenny Bell's jingle book; illus. by Peter Cook. Philadelphia (Pa): Morrison, 

[copyright 1954], 24.8 x 18 cm. Opie PP 25 

BELLOC, Joseph Hilaire Pierre, 1870-1953. The bad child's book of beasts; illus. by Basil 

Blackwood. Second Ed. Oxford: Alden, [n.d.] [inscr. 1897], 20.8 x 16.5 cm. (Three centuries 

814) Opie PP 354 


Blackwood. London: Duckworth, [1903], 21.5 x 17.2 cm. 

Opie PP 355


Blackwood. London: Duckworth, [n.d.] [c. 1910], 21.5 x 17.2 cm. Opie PP 356 

BELLOC, Joseph Hilaire Pierre, 1870-1953. Cautionary tales for children; illus. by Basil 

Blackwood. London: Eveleigh Nash, [n.d.] [1907], 24.6 x 20.6 cm. (Three centuries 816) 

Opie PP 26 


Blackwood. London: Duckworth, [n.d.] [inscribed 1934], 21 x 17 cm. Opie PP 357 


Blackwood. London: Duckworth, [n.d.], 21 x 17 cm. 

Opie PP 358 

BELLOC, Joseph Hilaire Pierre, 1870-1953. Cautionary verses; illus. by Basil Blackwood 

and Nicolas Bentley. London: Duckworth, 1947, 21.4 x 17.2 cm. 

Opie PP 359 

BELLOC, Joseph Hilaire Pierre, 1870-1953. Matilda; illus. by Steven Kellogg. London: 

Warne, 1977, 24.5 x 15.2 cm. Opie PP 27 

[BELLOC, Joseph Hilaire Pierre, 1870-1953.] A moral alphabet; illus. by Basil Blackwood. 

London: Arnold, 1899, 21.5 x 17.2 cm. 

Opie PP 360 

[BELLOC, Joseph Hilaire Pierre, 1870-1953.] More beasts for worse children; illus. by Basil 

Blackwood. London: Arnold, [n.d.], 22.3 x 28.8 cm. (Three centuries 815) Opie PP 28 

[BELLOC, Joseph Hilaire Pierre, 1870-1953.] More beasts for worse children; illus. by Basil 

Blackwood. London: Arnold, [n.d.], 22.3 x 28.8 cm. (Three centuries 815) Opie PP 29 

BELLOC, Joseph Hilaire Pierre, 1870-1953. More beasts for worse children; illus. by Basil 

Blackwood. London: Duckworth, [n.d.] [1910], 21.5 x 17 cm. 

Opie PP 361 

BELLOC, Joseph Hilaire Pierre, 1870-1953. More beasts for worse children; illus. by Basil 

Blackwood. London: Duckworth, [n.d.] [1910], 21.5 x 17 cm. 

Opie PP 362 

BELLOC, Joseph Hilaire Pierre, 1870-1953. New cautionary tales; illus. by Nicholas 

Bentley. Limited Ed. London: Duckworth, 1930, 23.8 x 17.5 cm. (Signed by the author.) 

Opie PP 30 

BELLOC, Joseph Hilaire Pierre, 1870-1953. New cautionary tales; illus. by Nicolas Bentley. 

Second impression. London: Duckworth, 1930, 21.8 x 17.2 cm. Opie PP 363 

BELLOC, Joseph Hilaire Pierre, 1870-1953. Selected cautionary verses; illus. by Basil 

Blackwood and Nicholas Bentley. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1950, 18 x 11 cm. Opie PP 364

BENNETT, Charles Henry, 1829-1867. The nine lives of a cat: a tale of wonder; illus. by the 

author. London: Griffith and Farran, 1860, 18.8 x 13.9 cm. (Includes 16p. catalogue of books 

principally for the young) 

Opie PP 365 

BENNETT, Charles Henry, 1829-1867. Nursery fun for little folks picture book; illus. by the 

author. London: Griffith & Farran, 1863, 24.9 x 19.1 cm. 

Opie PP 31 

BENNETT, Charles Henry, 1829-1867. The sad history of Greedy Jem; illus. by the author. 

London: Routledge, [n.d.] [c. 1865], 24.5 x 18.3 cm. 

(Aunt Mavor's toy books) Opie PP 32 

[BERKLEY, Colonel] The Bogwumps; written and illustrated by Lenoloc Yelkreb. London: 

Heath Cranton, 1934, 22.5 x 14.8 cm. 

Opie PP 366 

BETHAM-EDWARDS, Matilda Barbara, 1836-1919. The primrose pilgrimage: a woodland 

story; illus. by T.R. Macquoid. London: Griffith and Farran, 1865, 18.6 x 13.9 cm. 

(Presentation copy from the artist to George Smith of Smith, Elder and co., publishers) 

Opie PP 367 

BETHAM-EDWARDS, Matilda Barbara, 1836-1919. Snow-flakes; illus. by Hablot K. 

Browne. London: Sampson, Low...[n.d.] [c. 1864], 19 x 14.3 cm. 

Opie PP 368 

BINGHAM, Graham Clifton, 1859-1913. All sorts of comical cats; illus. by Louis Wain. 

London: Ernest Nister, [n.d.] [inscribed 1902], 25.7 x 21 cm. 

Opie PP 33 

BINGHAM, Graham Clifton, 1859-1913. The animals' academy; illus. by Harry B. Neilson. 

Glasgow: Blackie and son, [n.d.], 28.4 x 22.1 cm. 

Opie PP 34 

BINGHAM, Graham Clifton, 1859-1913. The dandy lion; illus. by Louis Wain. London: 

Ernest Nister, [n.d.] [inscribed 1902], 22.7 x 21 cm. 

Opie PP 35 

BINGHAM, Graham Clifton, 1859-1913. Fun and frolic; illus. by Louis Wain. London: 

Ernest Nister, [n.d.], 26 x 20.8 cm. Opie PP 36 

BINGHAM, Graham Clifton, 1859-1913. Funny favourites; illus. by Louis Wain. London: 

Ernest Nister, [n.d.] [inscribed 1905], 25.4 x 20.1 cm. 

Opie PP 37 

BINGHAM, Graham Clifton, 1859-1913. Jingles, jokes and funny folks; illus. by Louis 

Wain. London: Ernest Nister, [n.d.], 25.6 x 20.8 cm. 

Opie PP 38

BINGHAM, Graham Clifton, 1859-1913. More jingles, jokes and funny folks; illus. by Louis 

Wain. London: Ernest Nister, [n.d.], 25.7 x 21.2 cm. 

Opie PP 39 

BINGHAM, Graham Clifton, 1859-1913. Six and twenty boys and girls; illus. by John 

Hassall. London: Blackie, [n.d.], 28.3 x 22.8 cm. 

Opie PP 40 

BISGOOD, Mary. Powder and jam; illus. by the author. London: Grant Richards, 1909, 12.8 

x 18.5 cm. Opie PP 369 

[BLACKBURN, Mrs.] The pipits; illus. by J.B. [Mrs. Blackburn] Glasgow: James 

Maclehose, 1872, 26.2 x 20.2 cm. Opie PP 41 

BLATCHFORD, Robert. The Dolly ballads; illus. by Frank Chesworth. London: Clarion 

Press, [n.d.], 15.4 x 9.5 cm. Opie PP 370 

BLISHEN, Edward, 1920-, comp. Oxford book of poetry for children; illus. by Brian 

Wildsmith. London: Oxford university press, 1963, 25.3 x 19.3 cm. 

Opie PP 42 

BLYTON, Enid Mary, 1897-1968. Child Whispers. London: Saville, 1923, 17.5 x 11.3 cm. 

Opie PP 371 

BOAS, Guy, ed. The school book of light verse. London: Macmillan, 1945, 19 x 12.6 cm. 

Opie PP 372 

BOLD TURPIN: a romance as sung by Sam Weller; illus. by L.D.L. London: Longmans, 

Green, 1903, 21.8 x 28 cm. Opie PP 43 

The BOOK OF A THOUSAND POEMS. London: Evans, 1952, 19.2 x 13 cm. 

The BOOK OF BOSH. London: Griffith, Farran... 1889, 28.8 x 22.5 cm. 

Opie PP 373 

Opie PP 44 

A BOOK OF RHYMES FOR YOUNG READERS. London: Gresham Publishing, [n.d.], 19 

x 13.3 cm. (Cover title "Rhymes for young readers") 

Opie PP 374 

The BOOK OF WILLIAM, with apologies to Edward Lear. London: Frederick Warne, [n.d.] 

[19--], 18.2 x 25 cm. (First world war parody) 

Opie PP 45 

BOOKS. Children's words. No. 6. Winter 1971. London: National Book League, 1971, 21.5 x 

13.9 cm. Opie PP 375

BORIE, Lysbeth Boyd. Poems for Peter; illus. by Lisl Hummel. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 

1928, 20 x 14 cm. Opie PP 376 

BOULTON, Harold. Rhymes without reason; illus. by Constance Rowlands. London: Allan, 

[n.d.] [c. 1928], 25.5 x 19.2 cm. Opie PP 46 

BOULTON, Harold. Rhymes without reason; illus. by Constance Rowlands. London: Allan, 

[n.d.] [c. 1928], 25.5 x 19.2 cm. Opie PP 47 

BOURDILLON, F.W. By the river; illus. by Edith Stanley Berkeley. London: Marcus Ward, 

[n.d.], 21.2 x 18.6 cm. Opie PP 377 

BRIDGES, Robert, 1844-1930, comp. The Chilswell book of English poetry. London: 

Longmans, 1926, 18.2 x 12.3 cm. Opie PP 378 

BRIGGS, Katherine Mary, 1898-1980, and others. The twelve days of Christmas. Dunkeld: 

Capricornus, [n.d.] [1955], 19.3 x 12.9 cm. 

Opie PP 379 

BRISLEY, Joyce Lankester, 1896-1978. Lambs'-tails and suchlike; illus. by the author. 

London: Harrap, 1930, 21.7 x 15 cm. Opie PP 380 

The BRITANNIA BOOK OF POETRY. London: Arnold, [n.d.], 17.6 x 11.8 cm. Opie PP 381 

BROOKE, Leonard Leslie, 1862-1940. Johnny Crow's garden; illus. by the author. London: 

Warne, 1903, 21.3 x 16.8 cm. (Inscribed by the Artist) 

Opie PP 382 


Warne, [n.d.] [c. 1935], 21 x 16.3 cm. 

Opie PP 383 



BROOKE, Leonard Leslie, 1862-1940. Johnny Crow's new garden; illus. by the author. 

London: Warne, [n.d.] 1935, 21.5 x 16.8 cm. 

Opie PP 385 

BROOKE, Leonard Leslie, 1862-1940. Johnny Crow's new garden; illus. by the author. 

London: Warne, [n.d.] [c. 1954], 21.4 x 16.5 cm. 

Opie PP 386 

BROOKE, Leonard Leslie, 1862-1940. Johnny Crow's party; illus. by the author. London: 

Warne, [n.d.] [c. 1912], 21 x 17 cm. 

Opie PP 387 

[BROWNE, Gordon Frederick, 1858-1932] Nonsense for somebody, anybody or everybody

particularly the baby-body; written and illustrated by A. Nobody [pseud.] London: Gardner, 

Darton, [n.d.], 29 x 21.5 cm. 

Opie PP 48 

[BROWNE, Gordon Frederick, 1858-1932] Some more nonsense for the same bodies as 

before; written and illustrated by A. Nobody [pseud.] London: Wells Gardner, Darton, 1896, 

29.1 x 21.5 cm. Opie PP 49 

BROWNE, Matthew. Little Ben Bute; illus. by Arthur Hughes and others. Edinburgh: Gray, 

[n.d.] [c. 1882], 24.8 x 19.2 cm. Opie PP 50 

BROWNING, Robert. The Pied Piper of Hamelin; illus. by Kate Greenaway. London: 

Routledge, [c. 1888], 25.5 x 22.5 cm. (Three centuries 773) 

Opie PP 51 

BROWNING, Robert, 1812-1889. The pied piper of Hamelin; illus. by Eulalie. London: 

Dean & son, [n.d.] [19--], 27.1 x 21.8 cm. Opie PP 52 

BROWNING, Robert, 1812-1889. The pied piper of Hamelin: a child's story (written for, and 

inscribed to, W.M. the younger); illus. by T.H. Robinson. England: Raphael Tuck & sons, 

[n.d.] [19--], 24.7 x 18.5 cm. 

Opie PP 53 

BROWNSCOMBE, Ellen. Poems for Pamela; illus. by Dorothy Dunham. London: Heath 

Cranton, 1928, 19.6 x 13.5 cm. Opie PP 388 

BUDD, F.E., ed. A book of lullabies. London: Scholartis Press, 1930, 22.2 x 14.3 cm. 

Opie PP 389 

BUNTING, D.G. Pictures and rhymes. Illus. by Gwenda Morgan. Limited edition. 

Warlingham: Samson Press, 1936, 23.5 x 18 cm. 

Opie PP 54 

BURDEN, Mrs. Little poems for little people. London: Dean, [n.d.] [c. 1855], 14.5 x 9.6 cm. 

Opie PP 390 

BURGESS, Gelett. The Burgess nonsense book; illus. by the author. London: Simpkin, 

Marshall...[n.d.] 1914, 19.4 x 13.5 cm. Opie PP 391 

BURGESS, Gelett. Goops and how to be them; illus. by the author. New York: Dover, 1968, 

23.5 x 16.6 cm. Opie PP 55 

BURN, J.H., ed. The mother's book of song; illus. by Charles Robinson. London: Wells 

Gardner, Darton, [n.d.] [c. 1902], 18.6 x 13.5 cm. 

Opie PP 392 

BURNE, F.S. Janet and MILES, Helen J. Tiles from Dame Marjorie's chimney-corner and

tales from her cupboard. London: Wells Gardner Darton, [n.d.], [c.1886], 15.2 x 23.2 cm. 

Opie PP 56 

BURNSIDE, Helen Marion, 1844-1923. Christmas lights; designed by J. Pauline Sunter. 

London: Raphael Tuck & sons, [n.d.] [inscribed 1889], 17.2 x 19.5 cm. Opie PP 393 

BUSCH, Wilhelm, 1832-1908. Buzz a Buzz; or, The bees, done freely into English [by W.C. 

Cotton]; illus. by the author. London: Griffith and Farran, [n.d.] [1872], 21.5 x 13.8 cm. 

Opie PP 394 

BUSCH, Wilhelm, 1832-1908. Buzz a Buzz; or, The bees, done freely into English [by W.C. 

Cotton]; illus. by the author. London: Griffith and Farran, [n.d.] [1872], 21.5 x 13.8 cm. 

Opie PP 395 

BUSCH, Wilhelm, 1832-1908. Max and Moritz; illus. by the author. London: Myers, [n.d.] 

[1874], 21.8 x 13.8 cm. Opie PP 396 

BUSCH, Wilhelm, 1832-1908. Max and Moritz; trans. by Arundell Esdaile; illus. by the 

author. London: Routledge, [n.d.], 25.1 x 19.4 cm. 

Opie PP 57 

Added entry 

BUSCH, Wilhelm, 1832-1908. Sugar-bread see ROGERS, William Harry, 

1825-1873. Sugar-bread; illus. by Wilhelm Busch. 

The BUTTERFLY'S BALL. London & Otley: William Walker & sons, [n.d.], 25.6 x 19.2 

cm. (Folding leaf) Opie PP 58 

[CAIGER-SMITH, Joyce, comp.] An anthology of poems by children. Roehampton: Froebel 

school, [n.d.] [c. 1948], 18.6 x 12.6 cm. 

Opie PP 397 

CALMOUR, Alfred Cecil, 1857-1912. Rumbo rhymes; illus. by Walter Crane. London: 

Harper, 1911, 23.4 x 17 cm. Opie PP 59 

CAMPBELL, Walter Douglas. The Bailie MacPhee; illus. by V. Kennedy Erskine. Edinburg: 

William Blackwood & sons, [n.d.], 23.2 x 20.9 cm. 

Opie PP 60 

[CAMPKIN, Henry, 1815-1890] Peter Little and the lucky sixpence; the frog's lecture; and 

other stories: a verse book for my children and their playmates. Fourth ed. with several new 

stories added. London: Robert Hardwick, 1861, 19.2 x 12.6 cm. Opie PP 398 

CANTON, William. W.V: her book and various verses; illus. by Charles Brock. London: 

Isbister, 1896, 19.8 x 13.5 cm. Opie PP 399 

CARNEGIE, Lady Helena. The infant moralist; illus. by Mrs. Arthur Jacob. New edition. 

London: Foulis, 1926, 22 x 14.3 cm. Opie PP 400

CARNEGIE, Lady Helena and JACOB, Mrs. Arthur. The infant moralist. London: Foulis, 

1926, 22.7 x 14.9 cm. Opie PP 61 

[CARROLL, Lewis, i.e. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] Father William; illus. by Leslie Butler. 

London: Perry, [n.d.], 18.4 x 21.4 cm. 

Opie PP 62 

CARROLL, Lewis [i.e. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] For the train. Five poems and a tale. 

Limited edition. London: Archer, 1932, 23.2 x 15.5 cm. 

Opie PP 63 

CARROLL, Lewis [i.e..Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] The hunting of the Snark; illus. by 

Henry Holiday. London: Macmillan, 1876, 18.8 x 12.8 cm. 

Opie PP 401 

CARROLL, Lewis [i.e. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] The hunting of the Snark; illus. by 

Henry Holiday. London: Macmillan, 1876, 18.7 x 13 cm. 

Opie PP 402 


Mervyn Peake. London: Chatto and Windus, 1941, 18.7 x 11.7 cm. 

(Zodiac book) Opie PP 403 


Mervyn Peake. London: Lighthouse Books, 1948, 18.8 x 11.9 cm. (Zodiac book)Opie PP 404 

CARROLL, Lewis [i.e. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] Phantasmagoria; illus. by Arthur B. 

Frost. London: Macmillan, 1911, 15.8 x 10.5 cm. 

Opie PP 405 

CARROLL, Lewis [i.e. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] Rhyme and reason; illus. by Arthur B. 

Frost and Henry Holiday. London: Macmillan, 1883, 18.8 x 12.8 cm. Opie PP 406 

CARROLL, Lewis [i.e. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] Rhyme and reason; illus. by Arthur B. 

Frost and Henry Holiday. London: Macmillan, 1898, 19.4 x 13 cm. Opie PP 407 

CARROLL, Lewis [i.e. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] Useful and Instructive Poetry. London: 

Bles, 1954, 19 x 12.7 cm. Opie PP 408 

CARTON, Jane, comp. A child's garland. London: Faber, 1945, 19.5 x 13 cm. 

Opie PP 409 

CHARLES, Robert H. A roundabout turn; Illus. by L. Leslie Brooke. London: Warne, 1930, 

20 x 15.8 cm. Opie PP 410 

CHILD VERSES from "Punch"; illus. by Phyllis Chase. London: Saville, 1925, 19 x 12.6 


CHILD'S BOOK OF VERSES; illus. by Jessie Willcox Smith. London: Chatto, 1912, 23.4 x


The CHILD'S ILLUSTRATED POETRY BOOK. London: Routledge, [n.d.] [c. 1868], 15.5 x 


CHISHOLM, Louey, comp. The golden staircase; illus. by C. E. and H.M. Brock. London: 

Jack, 1928, 21.4 x 15.5 cm. Opie PP 413 

CLARK, Leonard, comp. All along down along; illus. by Pauline Baynes. London: Longman 

Young Books, 1971, 23.3 x 16 cm. Opie PP 65 

CLARK, Leonard, ed. The open door. London: Elkin Mathews...[n.d.], 19.1 x 13.2 cm. 

Opie PP 414 

CLARKE, J. Erskine, comp. The penny posy of poetry for children. London: Frederick 

Warne, 1869, 12.8 x 8.6 cm. (Stephen Jones family book) 

Opie PP 415 

CLASS-BOOK OF ENGLISH POETRY. London: Nelson, 1887, 18 x 12 cm. (Nelson's 

school series) Opie PP 416 

COLLECTED POEMS. London: Methuen, 1946, 17.4 x 11 cm. (Series one for infants) 

Opie PP 417 

COME FOLLOW ME. London: Evans, 1957, 19 x 12.8 cm. 

Opie PP 418 

COOK, F.C., ed. The first book of poetry for elementary schools. New edition. London: 

Longman...1857, 14.3 x 9 cm. Opie PP 419 

CRAIG, Edward Gordon. Gordon Craig's book of penny toys; by E.G. Gordon and others; 

illus. by Gordon Craig. Published at the Sign of the rose, 1899, 33 x 26.2 cm. Opie PP 66 

CRANE, Walter, 1845-1915. Queen summer; or, the journey of the lily & the rose; illus. by 

the author. London: Cassell, 1891, 28.5 x 20.5 cm. 

Opie PP 67 

CRANE, Walter, 1845-1915. Renascence. A book of verse; illus. by the author. London: 

Elkin Mathews, 1891, 19.8 x 14.5 cm. Opie PP 420 

CRANE, Walter, 1845-1915. The sirens three; illus. by the author. London: Macmillan, 1886, 

28.2 x 22.2 cm. Opie PP 68 

CREWDSON, Jane (Fox), 1808-1863. Aunt Jane's verses. London: Gilpin, 1851, 16.8 x 11 


[CRIES OF LONDON] The cries in the streets of London. London and Otley: William 

Walker and sons, [n.d.] [c. 186-], 18.5 x 12 cm. (Walker's toy-books)

Opie PP 422 

[CRIES OF LONDON] The cries in the streets of London. Otley: William Walker & sons, 

[n.d.] [18--], 17.1 x 10.6 cm. Opie PP 423 

[CRIES OF LONDON] London cries. Otley: William Walker & sons, [n.d.] [18--], 9.9 x 

7.1 cm. (Panorama series no. l) Opie PP 424 

[CRIES OF LONDON] The London cries (coloured) Otley: William Walker and sons, [n.d.] 

[18--], 16.7 x 10.7 cm. Opie PP 425 

[CRIES OF LONDON] New London cries. Otley: William Walker and sons, [n.d.] [c. 1865], 

13 x 9.7 cm. Opie PP 426 

[CRIES OF LONDON] New London cries. Otley: William Walker & sons, [n.d.] [c. 1865], 

12.8 x 10 cm. Opie PP 427 

Added entry 

CROWQUILL, Alfred, pseud. see FORRESTER, Alfred Henry, 1804-1872. 

CRUEL FRED, and other funny stories and pictures. Edinburgh: T. Nelson and sons, [n.d.] 

[1855], 25.2 x 19.6 cm. Opie PP 69 

Added entry 

DADDY DUMKIN see DUMKIN, DADDY, pseud. 

D'AUVERGNE, Muriel Nelson, ed. An anthology of babyhood; illus. by T.J. and E.A. 

Overnell. London: Hutchinson, 1912, 17.2 x 10.8 cm. 

Opie PP 428 

DEAR LORD: a collection of poems by children of St. Thomas of Canterbury C. of E. junior 

school, Brentwood, [n.d.], 18.3 x 10.7 cm. 

Opie PP 429 

DEHN, Paul. Quake, quake, quake; illus. by Edward Gorey. London: Hamilton, 1961, 21 x 

13.4 cm. Opie PP 430 

DE LA MARE, Walter John, 1873-1956. Bells and grass; illus. by Rowland Emett. London: 

Faber, 1946, 21 x 13.8 cm. Opie PP 431 

DE LA MARE, Walter John, 1873-1956. Collected rhymes and verses; illus. by Berthold 

Wolpe. London: Faber, 1945, 20.6 x 13.5 cm. 

Opie PP 432 

DE LA MARE, Walter John. 1873-1956. Flora; Illus. by Pamela Bianco. London: 

Heinemann, [n.d.], 29.5 x 22.8 cm. Opie PP 70 

DE LA MARE, Walter John, 1873-1956. Peacock pie; illus. by W. Heath Robinson. London:

Constable, 1920, 22 x 17.2 cm. Opie PP 433 

DE LA MARE, Walter John, 1873-1956. Peacock pie. London: Constable, 1913 [1921 repr.], 

23.9 x 14.7 cm. Opie PP 71 

DE LA MARE, Walter John, 1873-1956. Peacock pie; illus. by Edward Ardizzone. London: 

Faber, 1946, 23.1 x 16.1 cm. Opie PP 72 

DE LA MARE, Walter John, 1873-1956. Peacock pie; illus. by Rowland Emett. London: 


DE LA MARE, Walter John, 1873-1956. Songs of childhood. New edition. London: 


DE LA MARE, Walter John, 1873-1956. Songs of childhood; illus. by Estella Canziani. 

Limited edition. London: Longmans, 1923, 23.2 x 15.2 cm. (Signed by the author)Opie PP 73 

DE LA MARE, Walter John, 1873-1956. Songs of childhood; illus. by Estella Canziani. New 

edition. London: Longmans, 1923, 19.4 x 12.8 cm. (Three centuries 821) Opie PP 436 

DE LA MARE, Walter John, 1873-1956. Songs of childhood. London: Longmans, 1930, 

16.1 x 10.8 cm. Opie PP 437 

DE LA MARE, Walter John, 1873-1956. Songs of childhood; illus. by Marion Rivers-Moore. 

London: Faber, 1942, 21 x 13.5 cm. Opie PP 438 

DE LA MARE, Walter John, 1873-1956. Stuff and nonsense; illus. by 'Bold'. London: 

Constable, 1927, 19.4 x 13.2 cm. Opie PP 439 

DE LA MARE, Walter John, 1873-1956. This year: next year; illus. by Harold Jones. 

London: Faber, 1937, 25.6 x 19.2 cm. Opie PP 74 

DE LA MARE, Walter John, 1873-1956, comp. Tom Tiddler's ground. London: Collins, [c. 

1932], 19 x 14.5 cm. Opie PP 440 

DE LA MARE, Walter John, 1873-1956, comp. Tom Tiddler's ground. Part two. London: 

Collins, [n.d.], 18.6 x 14 cm. Opie PP 441 

DICKINSON, Patric and SHANNON, Sheila, comps. Poems to remember. London: Harvill, 

1958, 21.6 x 14.7 cm. Opie PP 442 

DIOGENESEY SANS TUB, pseud. Scientists in blunderland (Number one): delicious 

doggerels in dumbelland. London: Realist publishing society, 1954, 20.9 x 14 cm.Opie PP 443 

A DISPATCH TO FAIRY-LAND. London: Frederick Warne, [n.d.], 16.6 x 12.2 cm. 

(Queen's gilt series) Opie PP 444 

DIXEY, Marmaduke. Words, beasts and fishes; illus. by Clifford Webb. London: Faber,

1936, 20.9 x 13.9 cm. Opie PP 445 

DOUGLAS, Lord Alfred Bruce, 1870-1945. The placid pug, by the 'Belgian Hare'; illus. by 

P.P. London: Duckworth, 1906, 21 x 25.7 cm. 

Opie PP 75 

[DOUGLAS, Lord Alfred Bruce, 1870-1945] Tails with a twist. By 'A Belgian Hare'; illus. 

by E.T. Reed. London: Arnold, [n.d.], 22.2 x 28.7 cm. 

Opie PP 76 

DRINKWATER, John, 1882-1937. All about me; illus. by H.M. Brock. London: Collins, 

1928, 20.9 x 14.1 cm. Opie PP 446 

DRINKWATER, John, 1882-1937. Christmas poems; illus. by Ernest H. Shepard. London: 

Sidgwick, 1931, 22.3 x 17.8 cm. Opie PP 447 

DULCKEN, Henry William, 1832-1894. Rhyme and reason. London: Routledge, [n.d.] [c. 

1871], 19 x 14.3 cm. Opie PP 448 

DUMKIN, DADDY, pseud. Daddy's makings: little rhyming undertakings... illus. by the 

author. London: Dean & son, [n.d.] [inscribed 1930], 20.7 x 14 cm. Opie PP 449 

EASY RHYMES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. London: Warne, [n.d.], 16.9 x 11.8 cm. 

Opie PP 450 

EDEN, Helen Parry. Coal and candlelight. London: Bodley Head. 1918, 19.5 x 13.2 cm. 

Opie PP 451 

EDEN, Helen Parry. Poems and verses. Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing, 1943, 20.3 x 13.8 cm. 

Opie PP 452 

EDGAR, Marriott. Albert, 'Arold and others; illus. by John Hassall. London: Francis, Day 

and Hunter, [n.d.] [c. 1937], 24.5 x 18.2 cm. 

Opie PP 77 

EDGAR, M.G., ed. A treasury of verse for little children; illus. by Willy Pogany. New 

edition. London: Harrap, 1930, 22.9 x 17.3 cm. 

Opie PP 78 

The EGYPTIAN STRUWWELPETER, being the Struwwelpeter papyrus, with full text and 

100 original vignettes from the Vienna papyri. London: H. Grevel, [n.d.], 25.6 x 19.5 cm. 

Opie PP 79 

ELGEE, M. and ELGEE, C. John's rhymes of India. Bombay: The Times Press, [n.d.] 

[inscribed Christmas 1926], 27.8 x 22 cm. Opie PP 80 

ELIOT, Thomas Stearns, 1888-1965. Old Possum's book of practical cats. London: Faber, 

1939, 22.2 x 16.8 cm. (Three centuries 829)

Opie PP 453 

ELWES, Alfred, 1819-1888. My own book of beasts; illus. by Harrison Weir. London: 

Darton, 1853, 21.4 x 16.8 cm. Opie PP 454 

ELY, George Herbert, 1866-1958 and L'ESTRANGE, James, 1867-1947. One hundred 

poems for children; selected and arranged by Herbert Strang, (pseud.) London: Humphrey 

Milford, Oxford university press, 1925 [1933 repr.], 16.8 x 10.8 cm. Opie PP 455 

ENGLISH CRADLE SONGS. London: Grant Richards, 1904, 12.2 x 8.2 cm. (The smaller 

classics) Opie PP 456 

The ENGLISH STRUWWELPETER OF PRETTY STORIES AND FANCY PICTURES. 

London: Dean & son, [1858], 23.9 x 18.1 cm. (New series of English Struwelpeters [sic], 

no.1) Opie PP 81 

EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF MISS DOLLIKINS. London: T. Nelson and sons, [n.d.] 

[c.1880], 7.8 x 11.7 cm. Opie PP 457 

EWING, Juliana Horatia (Gatty), 1841-1885. Baby: puppy: kitty; illus. by R. Andre, [pseud]. 

London: Society for promoting Christian knowledge, [n.d.] [188-], 15.5 x 18 cm. (Poems of 

child life & country life) 

Opie PP 82 

EWING, Juliana Horatia (Gatty), 1841-1885. The bluebells on the lea; illus. by R. Andre. 

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [n.d.], 15.5 x 18 cm. Opie PP 83 

EWING, Juliana Horatia (Gatty), 1841-1885. Convalescence; illus. by R. Andre. London: 

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [c. 1885], 15.5 x 18 cm. Opie PP 84 

EWING, Juliana Horatia (Gatty), 1841-1885. Dolls' house keeping; illus. by R. Andre. 


EWING, Juliana Horatia (Gatty), 1841-1885. The dolls' wash; illus. by R. Andre. London: 

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [n.d.], 15.5 x 17.8 cm. Opie PP 86 

EWING, Juliana Horatia (Gatty), 1841-1885. Grandmother's spring; illus. by R. Andre. 


EWING, Juliana Horatia (Gatty), 1841-1885. Little boys and wooden horses; illus. by R. 

Andre. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [n.d.], 15.5 x 18 cm. Opie PP 88 

EWING, Juliana Horatia (Gatty), 1841-1885. Master Fritz; illus. by R. Andre. London: 

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [c. 1883], 15.5 x 17.8 cm. (Verse books for 

children) Opie PP 89 

EWING, Juliana Horatia (Gatty), 1841-1885. The mill stream; iIllus. by R. Andre. London: 

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. [n.d.] [c. 1885], 15.5 x 17.9 cm. (Poems of child

life and country life) 

Opie PP 90 

EWING, Juliana Horatia (Gatty), 1841-1885. Mother's birthday review; illus. by R. Andre. 

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [n.d.], 15.7 x 18.3 cm. Opie PP 91 

EWING, Juliana Horatia (Gatty), 1841-1885. Our garden; illus. by R. Andre. London: 

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [n.d.] [c. 1883], 15.5 x 17.8 cm. Opie PP 92 

EWING, Juliana Horatia (Gatty), 1841-1885. Papa Poodle and other pets; illus. by R. Andre. 

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [n.d.] [c. 1883], 15.3 x 17.9 cm. (Verse 

books for children) Opie PP 93 

EWING, Juliana Horatia (Gatty), 1841-1885. The poet and the brook; illus. by R. Andre. 

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [n.d.] [c. 1883], 15.3 x 17.9 cm. 

(Poems of child life and country life) 

Opie PP 94 

EWING, Juliana Horatia (Gatty), 1841-1885. A soldier's children. London: Society for 

Promoting Christian Knowledge, [n.d.] [c. 1883], 15.5 x 17.8 cm. (Verse books for children) 

Opie PP 95 

EWING, Juliana Horatia (Gatty), 1841-1885. A sweet little dear; illus. by R. Andre. London: 

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [n.d.], 15.6 x 17.8 cm. (Verse books for 


EWING, Juliana Horatia (Gatty), 1841-1885. Three little nest-birds; illus. by R. Andre. 

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [n.d.] [c. 1883], 15.5 x 17.8 cm. (Verse 

books for children) Opie PP 97 

EWING, Juliana Horatia (Gatty), 1841-1885. Tongues in trees; illus. by R. Andre. London: 

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [n.d.] [c. 1883], 15.5 x 18 cm. (Verse books for 


EXMOUTH SCHOOL ANTHOLOGY. [n.d.] [c. 1978], 20.7 x 14.9 cm. 

Opie PP 458 

EXMOUTH SCHOOL ANTHOLOGY. [Second anthology]. [n.d.] [c. 1979], 21 x 14.7 cm. 

Opie PP 459 

THE FAIRY SHIP. [Illus. by Walter Crane]. London: Routledge, [n.d.], 24.6 x 18.3 cm. 

(New sixpenny toy book, 95. Three centuries 256) 

Opie PP 99 

FARJEON, Eleanor, 1881-1965. The children's bells; illus. by Peggy Fortnum. Oxford 

university press, 1957, 23.6 x 15.5 cm. Opie PP 100 

FARJEON, Eleanor, 1881-1965. The country child's alphabet; illus. by William Rothenstein. 

London: Poetry bookshop, 1924, 21.2 x 17 cm.

Opie PP 460 

FARJEON, Eleanor, 1881-1965. The country child's alphabet; illus. by William Rothenstein. 

London: Poetry bookshop, 1924, 21.2 x 17 cm. 

Opie PP 461 

FARJEON, Eleanor, 1881-1965. Mrs. Malone; illus. by Edward Ardizzone. Oxford 

university press, 1962, 14.6 x 11.5 cm. Opie PP 462 

FARJEON, Eleanor, 1881-1965. More nursery rhymes of London town; illus. by Macdonald 

Gill. London: Duckworth, 1917, 20 x 14.7 cm. 

Opie PP 463 

FARJEON, Eleanor, 1881-1965. More nursery rhymes of London town; illus. by Macdonald 

Gill. London: Duckworth, 1925, 19.9 x 14.3 cm. 

Opie PP 464 

FARJEON, Eleanor, 1881-1965. Nursery rhymes of London town; illus. by Macdonald Gill. 

London: Duckworth, 1916, 20.1 x 14.5 cm. (Three centuries 823) Opie PP 465 

FARJEON, Eleanor, 1881-1965. Nursery rhymes of London town. Book one. Oxford 

university press, [n.d.], 25.1 x 17.6 cm. (Anglo-French series) 

Opie PP 101 

FARJEON, Eleanor, 1881-1965. Silver-sand and snow. London: Joseph, 1951, 20.6 x 13.5 


FARJEON, Eleanor, 1881-1965. Songs for music & lyrical poems; illus. by John Austen. 

London: Selwyn & Blount, 1922, 14.9 x 11.6 cm. Opie PP 467 

FARJEON, Eleanor, 1881-1965. Then there were three; illus. by Isobel and John Morton 

Sale. London: Joseph, 1958, 22.2 x 14.5 cm. Opie PP 468 

FARJEON, Eleanor, 1881-1965. The town child's alphabet; illus. by David Jones. London: 

Poetry bookshop, 1924, 21.1 x 16.8 cm. Opie PP 469 

FARJEON, Eleanor, 1881-1965. Tunes of a penny piper; illus. by John Austen. London: 

Selwyn & Blount, 1922, 14.8 x 11.7 cm. Opie PP 470 

FARJEON, Eleanor, 1881-1965 and FARJEON, Herbert. Kings and queens; illus. by 

Rosalind Thorneycroft. London: Gollancz, 1932, 24.5 x 19 cm. 

Opie PP 102 

FARJEON, Eleanor, 1881-1965 and FARJEON, Herbert. Kings and queens; illus. by 

Rosalind Thorneycroft. London: Dent, 1951, 25.5 x 128.3 cm. 

Opie PP 103 

FAVOURITE PICTURE BOOK FOR THE NURSERY. London: Nelson, 1872, 28 x 21.5 

cm. Opie PP 104

FAVOURITE POEMS TO READ ALOUD; illus. by Art Krusz. London: Spring Books, 

1957, 21 x 15.2 cm. Opie PP 471 

FIELD, Eugene, 1850-1895. Lullaby-land; selected by Kenneth Grahame; illus. by Charles 

Robinson. Large paper edition. London: Bodley Head, 1898, 19.4 x 13 cm. Opie PP 472 

FIELD, Eugene, 1850-1895. Lullaby-land; selected by Kenneth Grahame; illus. by Charles 

Robinson. London: Bodley Head, 1898, 17.8 x 12 cm. 

Opie PP 473 

FIELD, Eugene, 1850-1895. Poems of childhood; illus. by Maxfield Parrish. New York: 

Scribner's, 1904, 24.4 x 18 cm. Opie PP 105 

FIELD, Eugene, 1850-1895. Poems of childhood; illus. by Maxfield Parrish. London: John 

Lane, 1904, 24 x 18.3 cm. Opie PP 106 

FIELD, Eugene, 1850-1895. Wynken, Blynken and Nod; illus. by J. Gale Thomas. Leicester: 

Brockhampton Book Co., [n.d.] [19--], 11.7 x 7.1 cm. 

Opie PP 474 

FIFTY NEW POEMS FOR CHILDREN. Oxford: Blackwell, [n.d.] [c. 1922], 20 x 14.7 cm. 

Opie PP 475 

FIFTY NEW POEMS FOR CHILDREN. Second edition. Oxford: Blackwell, 1924, 19.8 x 

14.7 cm. Opie PP 476 

FLETCHER, Ruth M., comp. The children's poetry book. London: Methuen, 1920, 19.5 x 

12.7 cm. Opie PP 477 

The FLOWERS OF THE ALPHABET: an original poem for young persons. London: 

Longman, Brown, Green, [n.d.], 25.9 x 21.6 cm. Opie PP 107 

FOLLEN, Eliza Lee. The lark and the linnet. London: Addey, 1854, 17 x 13 cm. Opie PP 478 

FOLLEN, Eliza Lee. New nursery songs. London: Nelson, 1858, 14 x 10.7 cm. 

Opie PP 479 

FOMISON, S. Henry, ed. Ballads of the Scottish borders; illus. by Grace Cruttwell. London: 

New era publishing, 1924, 15 x 11.5 cm. Opie PP 480 

FORBES, Edith Emerson, comp. Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago. Boston: 

Houghton Mifflin, 1916, 18.2 x 14.3 cm. Opie PP 481 

FORD, Robert, ed. Ballads of bairnhood. Paisley: Gardner, 1894, 18 x 12.5 cm. Opie PP 482 

[FORRESTER, Alfred Henry, 1804-1872] At school and at play; with pictures by Alfred

Crowquill [pseud.] London: T. Nelson & sons, [n.d.], 27.1 x 22.7 cm. (Nelson's oil colour 

picture books for the nursery) Opie PP 108 

FOWLER, Ethel L., ed. For your delight. London: Faber, 1949, 19.3 x 21.5 cm. Opie PP 483 

FRENCH, Percy. Prose, poems and parodies. Dublin: Talbot Press, [1925], 18.6 x 12.7 cm. 

Opie PP 484 

FREYBERG, James. Un-natural history not taught in bored schools; illus. by E.V. Campbell. 

London: Simpkin, Marshall, [n.d]. 26.2 x 21.5 cm. 

Opie PP 109 

FUNNY PHYSIC TO CURE BAD HABITS. London: Dean & son, [1858], 23.8 x 18 cm. 

(New series of English Struwelpeters, no. 5) Opie PP 110 

FURNESS, Harry, illus. Romps in town, with verses by Horace Lennard. London: George 

Routledge and sons, [n.d.] [18--], 23.6 x 18.6 cm. 

Opie PP 111 

FYLEMAN, Rose Amy, 1877-1957. Fairies and chimneys. London: Methuen, 1918, 17.6 x 

11.5 cm. Opie PP 485 

FYLEMAN, Rose Amy, 1877-1957. Fairies and chimneys. Twelfth ed. London: Methuen, 

1922, 17.6 x 11.3 cm. Opie PP 486 

FYLEMAN, Rose Amy, 1877-1957. Fairies and chimneys. Fourteenth ed. London: Methuen, 

1922, 17.6 x 11.2 cm. Opie PP 487 

FYLEMAN, Rose Amy, 1877-1957. Fairies and chimneys. Twenty-fourth ed. London: 

Methuen, 1931, 17.4 x 11.2 cm. (Signed by the author) 

Opie PP 488 

FYLEMAN, Rose Amy, 1877-1957. Fairies and friends. Second ed. London: Methuen, 1926, 

17.4 x 11.2 cm. Opie PP 489 

FYLEMAN, Rose Amy, 1877-1957. The fairy flute. London: Methuen, 1921, 17.7 x 11.2 cm. 

Opie PP 490 

FYLEMAN, Rose Amy, 1877-1957. The fairy flute. Second ed. London: Methuen, 1922, 

17.6 x 11.3 cm. Opie PP 491 

FYLEMAN, Rose Amy, 1877-1957. The fairy flute. Twelfth ed. London: Methuen, 1931, 

17.3 x 11 cm. Opie PP 492 

FYLEMAN, Rose Amy, 1877-1957. The fairy green. London: Methuen, 1919, 17.7 x 11.2 


FYLEMAN, Rose Amy, 1877-1957. The fairy green. Seventh ed. London: Methuen, 1922, 

17.7 x 11.2 cm. Opie PP 494

FYLEMAN, Rose Amy, 1877-1957. The fairy green. Fourteenth ed. London: Methuen, 1931, 

17.3 x 11.1 cm. Opie PP 495 

FYLEMAN, Rose Amy, 1877-1957. Fifty-one new nursery rhymes; illus. by Dorothy 

Burroughes. London: Methuen, 1931, 22.7 x 29 cm. Opie PP 112 

FYLEMAN, Rose Amy, 1877-1957. A garland of Rose's (sic); illus. by Rene Bull. London: 


FYLEMAN, Rose Amy, 1877-1957. Gay go up; illus; by Decie Merwin. London: Methuen, 

1929, 19.4 x 13 cm. Opie PP 497 

FYLEMAN, Rose Amy, 1877-1957. A little Christmas book; illus. by L. Hummel. London: 


GALE, Norman. A merry-go-round of song. Rugby: Norman Gale, 1919, 22 x 14.5 cm. 

Opie PP 499 

GALE, Norman. Songs for little people; illus. by Helen Stratton. London: Constable, 1896, 

21.7 x 14.4 cm. Opie PP 500 

GALE, Norman. Songs for little people; illus. by Helen Stratton. London: Constable, 1907, 

19.2 x 13 cm. Opie PP 501 

GALE, Norman. Songs for little people; illus. by Helen Stratton. London: Constable, [n.d.], 

19.4 x 13.2 cm. Opie PP 502 

A GAPING-WIDE-MOUTH WADDLING FROG; [illus. by Walter Crane]. London: 

Routledge, [n.d.], 24.9 x 18.6 cm. (New sixpenny toy books) Opie PP 113 


Routledge, [n.d.] [c. 1872], 24.5 x 18.7 cm. (New sixpenny toy books) 

Opie PP 114 


Routledge, [n.d.], 24.2 x 18.3 cm. (New sixpenny toy books) Opie PP 115 

GARNETT, Eve, ed. A book of the seasons; illus. by the editor. Oxford university press, 

1952, 25.6 x 18.9 cm. Opie PP 116 

GASKIN (Georgie Cave France) The travellers, by Mrs. Arthur Gaskin; illus. by the author. 

London: Bowden, [n.d.], 23 x 17.5 cm. Opie PP 117 

GAY, Romney, comp. Romney Gay's picture book of poems; New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 

[copyright 1940, 1946] Opie PP 118 

[GERSON, Virginia] Merry little people. New York, White, Stokes & Allen, 1885, 23.2 x 


The GIFT BOOK OF ENGLISH POETRY. London: Darton, 1851, 17.2 x 11.4 cm. 

Opie PP 503 

GILBERT, Sir William Schwenck, 1836-1911. Three little maids from school. London: 

Castell brothers, [n.d.], 10.4 x 14.7 cm. Opie PP 504 

GILLESPIE, Robert A. Jottings for juveniles; illus. by Eva Pyne. London: Griffith, Farran, 

1888, 25.4 x 19 cm. Opie PP 120 

Added entry 

GIRL'S OWN PAPER see PETERS, Charles, ed. 

GODLEY, Elizabeth. Green outside; illus. by Rex Whistler. London: Chatto, [n.d.], 21.1 x 

16.3 cm. Opie PP 505 

GOLDING, Harry, ed. Verses for children; illus. by Margaret W. Tarrant. Sixth ed. London: 

Ward Lock, [n.d.], 21.5 x 15.6 cm. Opie PP 506 

GORDON, Margaret. A paper of pins. London: Macmillan, 1975, 26.1 x 20.6 cm. Opie PP 121 

GOSSET, Adelaide L.J., ed. Lullabies and baby songs; illus. by Eva Roos. London: Dent, 

1900, 21.1 x 15.3 cm. Opie PP 507 

GOSSET, Adelaide L.J., ed. Lullabies of the four nations. London: De La More Press, 1915, 

20.5 x 16.6 cm. Opie PP 508 

GOWANS, Adam L., comp. Poetry for children: one hundred of the best poems for the 

young in the English language. London: Gowans & Gray, 1906, 14.4 x 9.7 cm. (Pocket 

anthologies, no. 5) Opie PP 509 

GRAHAM, Eleanor, 1896-, comp. A Puffin book of verse. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1953, 

18 x 11 cm. (Puffin book 72) Opie PP 510 

GRAHAM, Eleanor, 1896-, ed. A Puffin Quartet of Poets; illus, by Diana Bloomfield. 

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1958, 18 x 11 cm. (Puffin book 121) 

Opie PP 511 

GRAHAM, Harry Jocelyn Clive, 1874-1936. More ruthless rhymes for heartless homes; illus. 

by Ridgewell. London: Arnold, [n.d.], 21.7 x 28 cm. 

Opie PP 122 

GRAHAM, Harry Jocelyn Clive, 1874-1936. Ruthless rhymes for heartless homes; illus. by 

G.H. Sixth Impression. London: Arnold, [c. 1912], 12.8 x 17.7 cm. Opie PP 512 

GRAHAM, Harry Jocelyn Clive, 1874-1936. Ruthless rhymes for heartless homes; illus. by 

G.H. Seventh Impression. London: Arnold, [c. 1913], 12.8 x 17.7 cm. Opie PP 513

GRAHAME, Kenneth, 1859-1932, ed. The Cambridge book of poetry for children; illus. by 

Gwen Raverat. New Edition. Cambridge university press, 1944, 20.1 x 13.3 cm. Opie PP 514 

GRAVES, Robert, 1895-1985. Ann At Highwood Hall; illus. by Edward Ardizzone. London: 

Cassell, 1964, 22.2 x 17.1 cm. Opie PP 515 

GRAVES, Robert, 1895-1985. The penny fiddle; illus. by Edward Ardizzone. London: 

Cassell, 1960, 22 x 16.9 cm. Opie PP 516 

GRAVES, Robert, 1895-1985. The treasure box; [illus. by Nancy Nicholson]. Privately 

printed. [n.d.] [1919], 17.9 x 13.8 cm. Opie PP 123 

GREEN, Cicely Curtis, comp. Childhood's rhymes. Privately printed. Glasgow, 1931, 21.2 x 

13.9 cm. Opie PP 124 

GREEN, Roger Gilbert Lancelyn, 1918-, ed. The book of nonsense; illus. by Charles Folkard. 

London: Dent, 1956, 21.8 x 14.5 cm. Opie PP 517 

GREEN, Roger Gilbert Lancelyn, 1918-, ed. The book of verse for children; illus. by Mary 

Shillabeer. London: Dent, 1962, 21.8 x 14.5 cm. 

Opie PP 518 

GREENAWAY, Kate, 1846-1901. Under the window. London: Routledge, [n.d.] [c. 1878], 

24.2 x 19 cm. Opie PP 125 

GREENAWAY, Kate, 1846-1901. Under the window. London: Routledge, [n.d.] [c. 1878], 

24.2 x 19 cm. Opie PP 126 

GREENAWAY, Kate, 1846-1901. Under the window: a selection. London: Collins, 1973, 21 

x 15.8 cm. Opie PP 519 

The GRUMP. [n.p.], [n.d.], 13.2 x 8.2 cm. (imperfect) Opie PP 520 

GUGU. Mother Duck's children. London: William Heinemann, 1900, 28.7 x 22.1 cm. 

Opie PP 127 

GUTHRIE, James. A summer posy; illus. by the author. Harting: Pear tree press, 1905, 14.1 

x 11.1 cm. Opie PP 521 

H., L. Children's songs for town and country life. London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 

[n.d.], 28 x 18.7 cm. Opie PP 128 

HAITE, Geo. C. Playmates; illus. by Florence Maplestone. London: Griffith, Farran, [n.d.] 

[inscribed 1888], 17.2 x 12.5 cm. (St. Pauls series. Stephen Jones family book) Opie PP 129 

HANCOCK, Cecily, comp. The small family book of jingles. Storrs, Connecticut, privately 

printed. [n.d.] [1978], 4.3 x 3.6 cm. 

Opie PP 522

HAPPY NEW YEAR; designed for Guinness by S.H. Benson, ltd., illus. by John Nash, 

[n.d.], 23.7 x 16.4 cm. Opie PP 130 

HARRISON, Florence. The rhyme of a run; illus. by the author. London: Blackie, [n.d.] [c. 

1909], 23 x 29.3 cm. Opie PP 131 

HARRISON, H[enr]y. Molly rhymes; illus. by Leonard Syrett. Privately printed. Longfield: 

Kent, 1920, 20.2 x 13.3 cm. (Limited edition. Frank Brangwyn bookplate) Opie PP 132 

HARRY, Uncle, pseud., comp. Childhood's happy days: pictures of children. [n.p.], [n.d.] 

[inscribed 1890], 12.3 x 9.6 cm. (Printed in Germany. Gift of Tom Ransom) Opie PP 523 

HATT, E.M. Callers at our house; illus. by Leslie Wood. London: Faber, 1945, 25 x 19 cm. 

Opie PP 133 

HAYS, Margaret G. and BURKE, Thomas. Kiddie land; illustrated by Grace G. Wiederseim. 

London: Dean, [n.d.] [c. 1913], 28.3 x 21.8 cm. Opie PP 134 

HEITLAND, Beryl, ed. The book of really good recitations. London: Evans, [n.d.] [1919], 

18.5 x 13 cm. Opie PP 524 

HENLEY, William Ernest, 1849-1903, ed. Lyra heroica. London: Nutt, 1892, 19.5 x 12.5 cm. 

Opie PP 525 

HERBERT, Alan Patrick, 1890-1971. "Tinker tailor"; illus. by Geo. Morrow. London: 

Methuen, 1922, 21.8 x 17 cm. Opie PP 526 

HERBERT, Alan Patrick, 1890-1971. The wherefore and the why; illus. by Geo. Morrow. 

London: Methuen, 1921, 22 x 17.5 cm. Opie PP 527 

HERFORD, Oliver. A child's primer of natural history; illus. by the author. New York: 

Charles Scribner's sons, 1899, 20.5 x 21.2 cm. Opie PP 135 

HERFORD, Oliver. The kitten's garden of verses; illus. by the author. London: Bickers, 

1911, 18.8 x 14.3 cm. Opie PP 528 

HEY, Wilhelm, 1789-1854. One hundred picture fables; illus. by Otto Speckter. London: 

Routledge, [n.d.] [c. 1870], 18.8 x 14.5 cm. (Specter on cover) Opie PP 529 

HEY, Wilhelm, 1789-1854. One hundred picture fables; illus. by Otto Speckter. London: 

Routledge, [n.d.] [c. 1870], 18.8 x 14.5 cm. (Specter on cover) Opie PP 530 

HEY, Wilhelm, 1789-1854. Picture fables; illus. by Otto Speckter. London: Routledge, 1858, 

20.3 x 14 cm. Opie PP 531 

HEY, Wilhelm, 1789-1854. Picture fables; illus. by Otto Speckter. London: Routledge, 1858, 

20.3 x 14 cm. Opie PP 532

HILL, C.F. The truth about Old King Cole; illus. by L. Leslie Brooke. London: Frederick 

Warne, [n.d.] [inscribed 1912], 22.5 x 18 cm. 

Opie PP 533 

HOFFMANN, Heinrich, 1809-1894. The English Struwwelpeter; or, Pretty stories and funny 

pictures for little children. After the sixth edition...German work. Leipzic, Volckmar, 1848, 

24.7 x 19.8 cm. (1st printing of first English edition) Opie PP 136 


pictures for little children. After the twelfth edition...German work. Third ed. Leipsic, 

Volckmar, [n.d.] [inscribed 1857], 24.3 x 19.3 cm. Opie PP 137 


pictures for little children. After the fourteenth edition...German work. Fourth ed. Leipsic, 

Volckmar, [n.d.], 25 x 10.2 cm. 

Opie PP 138 


pictures for little children. After the sixteenth edition...German work. Seventh ed. Leipsic, 

Volckmar, [n.d.] [inscribed 1853], 24.6 x 19.8 cm. Opie PP 139 


pictures for little children. After the seventeenth edition...German work. Eighth ed. Leipsic, 

Volckmar, [n.d.], 24.5 x 19.6 cm. Opie PP 140 


pictures for little children. After the nineteenth edition...German work. Ninth ed. Leipsig, 

Volckmar, [n.d.] [inscribed 1856], 25 x 19.9 cm. Opie PP 141 


picures for little children. After the nineteenth edition...German work. Ninth ed. Leipsig, 

Volckmar, [c.185-], 25 x 19.9 cm. 

Opie PP 142 


pictures for little children. After the nineteenth editon...German work. Ninth ed. Leipsig, 

Volckmar, [c.185-], 25 x 19.9 cm. 

Opie PP 143 

[HOFFMANN, Heinrich, 1809-1894] The English Struwwelpeter; or, Pretty stories and 

funny pictures. [Leipzic, Volckmar], [c.185-], 23.7 x 19 cm. (Rebound) Opie PP 144 


pictures for little children. After the fortieth edition...German work. Sixteenth ed. Leipzic, 

Volckmar, [n.d.] [inscribed 1869], 26 x 20.3 cm. Opie PP 145 

HOFFMANN, Heinrich, 1809-1894. The English Struwwelpeter; or, Pretty stories and funny

pictures for little children. After the sixtieth edition...German work. Eighteenth ed. Leipzic, 

Volckmar, [n.d.], 25.8 x 19.8 cm. Opie PP 146 

HOFFMANN, Heinrich, 1809-1894. The English Struwwelpeter; or, Pretty sories and funny 

pictures for little children. After the eightieth edition...German work. Twentieth ed. 

Frankfort, Literarische Anstalt..., [n.d.] [inscribed 1874], 26 x 20.2 cm. Opie PP 147 


pictures for little children. After the hundredth edition...German work. Twenty-fourth ed. 

Frankfort, Literarische Anstalt..., [n.d.] [inscribed 1878], 26.3 x 20.3 cm. Opie PP 148 

HOFFMANN, Heinrich, 1809-1894. The English Struwwelpeter; or, Pretty stories for little 

children. After the hundred and tenth edition...German work. Twenty-sixth ed. London: 

Griffith and Farran, [n.d.] [inscribed 1880], 26.3 x 19.8 cm. Opie PP 149 


pictures for little children. After the 125th edition...German work. Twenty-ninth ed. 

Frankfort, Literarische Anstalt, [n.d.], 26.3 x 20.4 cm. Opie PP 150 


pictures for little children. After the 133rd edition...German work. Thirty-first ed. London: 

Myers, [n.d.] [inscribed 1886], 26.4 x 20.4 cm. Opie PP 151 


pictures for little children. After the 150th edition...German work. Thirty-fifth ed. London: 

Myers, [188-], 26.7 x 20.4 cm. Opie PP 152 


pictures. From the German. London: Dean, [c. 1860], 24.8 x 18.8 cm. Opie PP 153 


pictures for little children. Thirty-fourth ed. London: Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh, 

[c.1885], 26.6 x 20.4 cm. Opie PP 154 


pictures for little children. Forty-third ed. London: Griffith Farran & co., [n.d.], 26.6 x 20.7 



pictures for little children. Forty-fifth ed. London: Griffith Farran & co., [n.d.], 26.6 x 20.6 



pictures for little children. Forty-sixth ed. Frankfort, Literarische Anstalt, [n.d.], 26.2 x 20.7 



pictures for little children. Forty-eighth ed. London: Griffith, Farran, Browne & co., [n.d.] 

[inscribed 1901], 26.2 x 21 cm.

Opie PP 158 


pictures for little children. Forty-ninth ed. London: Sampson Low, Marston & co., [n.d.], 26.5 

x 20.5 cm. Opie PP 159 

HOFFMANN, Heinrich, 1805-1894. The English Struwwelpeter; with Dr. Heinrich 

Hoffmann's original designs. London: Dean's rag book co., [patented U.S.A., Mar. 7, 1905], 

27.2 x 20.1 cm. (Dean's rag books, no. 46) 

Opie PP 160 


pictures. London: Routledge, [1910], 26.2 x 20.9 cm. 

Opie PP 161 


pictures for little children. Original English version. London: Griffith, Farran, Browne & co., 

[n.d.], 25.8 x 20.4 cm. 

Opie PP 162 


pictures for little children. Original English version. London: Griffith, Farran, Browne & co., 

[n.d.], 25.8 x 20.4 cm. 

Opie PP 163 


pictures for little children. London: Griffith, Farran, Browne & co., [n.d.], 26.1 x 20.5 cm. 

Opie PP 164 


pictures for little children. London: Griffith, Farran, Browne & co., [n.d.], 26 x 20.7 cm. 

Opie PP 165 


pictures. London: Routledge, [n.d.], 26.3 x 20.8 cm. (Linen mounted edition) Opie PP 166 


pictures. London: Routledge, [n.d.], 26.5 x 20.9 cm. (Struwwelpeter series) Opie PP 167 


pictures. London: Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d.], 18.3 x 14.4 cm. Opie PP 534 

HOFFMANN, Heinrich, 1809-1894. King Nut-cracker; or, The dream of poor Reinhold: a 

fairy tale for children; freely rendered from the German by J.R. Planche. Leipsig: Friedrich 

Volckmar; London: Wiliam Tegg, [n.d.] [18--], 26.8 x 19.6 cm. Opie PP 168 

HOFFMANN, Heinrich, 1809-1894. King Nut-cracker; or, The dream of poor Reinhold: a 

fairy tale for children; freely rendered from the German by J.R. Planche. Leipsig: Friedrich 

Volckmar; London: William Tegg, [n.d.] [18--], 26.5 x 19.6 cm. Opie PP 169

[HOFFMANN, Heinrich, 1809-1894] The Latin Struwwelpeter; [adapted] by W.H.D. Rouse. 

London: Blackie & son, [n.d.] [1934], 25.9 x 19.9 cm. 

Opie PP 170 

[HOFFMANN, Heinrich, 1809-1894] The Latin Struwwelpeter; [adapted] by W.H.D. Rouse. 

London: Blackie & son, 1934 [2nd repr.], 25.8 x 19.7 cm. 

Opie PP 171 

[HOFFMANN, Heinrich, 1809-1894] The modern Strewwelpeter. London: Dean & son, 

[n.d.] [18--], 31.7 x 25 cm. (Dean's gold medal series, no. 34) 

Opie PP 172 

HOFFMANN, Heinrich, 1809-1894. Struwwelpeter; or, Merry rhymes and funny pictures. 

London: Blackie, [n.d.]. 26.4 x 20.4 cm. Opie PP 173 


London: Blackie, [190-], 26.2 x 20.4 cm. Opie PP 174 


London: Blackie, [190-], 26.2 x 20.4 cm. Opie PP 175 

HOFFMANN, Heinrich, 1809-1894. Struwwelpeter: merry stories and funny pictures. 

London: Pan Books, 1903, 1972 repr., 22.8 x 15.8 cm. (Piccolo picture books) Opie PP 176 

[HOFFMANN, Heinrich, 1809-1894] Struwwelpeter; or, Merry stories and funny pictures. 

Illus. by Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone. London: Gifford, [c.1950], 24.8 x 18.8 cm. 

Opie PP 177 

[HOFFMANN, Heinrich, 1809-1894] Struwelpeter. London: Bogue, [c. 185-], 21.4 x 16.8 

cm. (Funny books for boys and girls) Opie PP 535 

[HOFFMANN, Heinrich, 1809-1894] Struwelpeter; with coloured illustrations. London: 

Routledge, [n.d.], 20.5 x 16.5 cm. (New Juvenile Books) 

Opie PP 178 

HOLBROOK, David, comp. Iron, honey and gold. 2 vols. Cambridge university press, 1961, 

22 x 14.3 cm. Opie PP 536 

HOLBROOK, David, comp. Thieves and angels. Cambridge university press, 1962, 22 x 

14.5 cm. Opie PP 537 

HOOD, Thomas, 1799-1845. Griset's grotesques; or, Jokes drawn on wood, with rhymes by 

Thomas Hood. London: George Routledge and sons, 1867, 26.2 x 20 cm. Opie PP 179 

HOOD, Thomas, 1799-1845. The headlong career and woeful ending of precocious Piggy; by 

the late Thomas Hood; illus. by his son. London: Griffin and Farren, 1859, 24 x 18.2 cm. 

Opie PP 180

HOOD, Thomas, 1835-1874. Jingles and jokes. London: Cassell, [n.d.] [c.1866], 19.8 x 15.3 


HOOD, Thomas, 1835-1874. The loves of Tom Tucker and little Bo-peep; a rhyming 

rigmarole; illus. by the author. London: Griffin and Farran, 1863, 24.8 x 19.4 cm.Opie PP 181 

Added entry 

HOOD, Thomas, 1835-1874 see McConnell, William, illus. Upside down; with 

illustrative verses by Tom Hood. 

Added entry 

HOUGHTON, 1st Baron see MILNES, Richard Monckton, 1st Baron Houghton. 

HOUSMAN, Laurence, 1865-1959. The new child's guide to knowledge. London: Sidgwick, 

1911, 18.8 12.7 cm. Opie PP 539 

HOUSMAN, Laurence, 1865-1959. The new child's guide to knowledge. London: Sidgwick, 

1912, 18.4 x 12.5 cm. Opie PP 540 

HOWSON, E.W. ed. English verse. London: Rivingtons, 1889, 15 x 10.3 cm. 

Opie PP 541 

HUME, D.C.M. Nursairy rimes; illus. by H.R. Miller. London: "Aeroplane" and General 

publishing co., 1919, 23.1 x 18.3 cm. Opie PP 182 

HUNTER, Richard. Dollies; illus. by Ruth Cobb. London: Grant Richards, 1902, 12.8 x 8 

cm. (Dumpy books for children, 15) Opie PP 542 

HYMNS FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. [n.p.] [Religious tract society], [n.d.] [18--], 15.2 x 

12.4 cm. (Lacks t.p.) Opie PP 543 

HYMNS FOR THE LITTLE ONES. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 

[n.d.], 13.3 x 10.8 cm. Opie PP 544 

Added entry 

INGOLDSBY, Thomas see [BARHAM, Richard Harris, 1788-1845] 

INGPEN, Roger, comp. A choice of the best poems for the young. London: Selwyn & 

Blount, 1922, 14.3 x 10 cm. Opie PP 545 

INGPEN, Roger, ed. One thousand poems for children. London: Hutchinson, [n.d.], 20.3 x 

13.5 cm. Opie PP 546 

IRESON, Barbara, ed. The Faber book of nursery verse; illus. by George Adamson. London: 


IRESON, Barbara, ed. Nursery nonsense; illus. by George Adamson. London: Faber, 1956, 

21.5 x 15.7 cm. Opie PP 547

IRESON, Barbara, comp. Rhyme time. Illus. by Lesley Smith. London: Hamlyn, 1977, 19.5 x 

13 cm. (Beaver books) Opie PP 548 

IVEMEY, John William, b.1868. Complete version of ye Three blind mice; illus. by Walton 

Corbould. London: Frederick Warne, [1904], 18.8 x 18.5 cm. 

Opie PP 184 

IVOR-PARRY, Edith, ed. In the garden of childhood. London: Routledge, 1913, 17.5 x 11.5 


JACOT, Emile. Nursery verseries; illus. by the author. London: Douglas, 1925, 25.8 x 19.2 


JENNINGS, Elizabeth, ed. The Batsford book of children's verse. London: Batsford, 1958, 

22 x 14.5 cm. Opie PP 550 

JESSEY'S WEDDING-RING. London: Hall, 1863, 18.8 x 15 cm. Opie PP 551 

JOHN, DADDY, pseud. Funny picture stories in the Struwwelpeter manner; illus. by the 

author. London: Marcus Ward, [n.d.], 26.7 x 22 cm. 

Opie PP 186 

JOHN, UNCLE, pseud., comp. Illustrated songs and hymns for the little ones, comp. by 

Uncle John. London: Partridge, [n.d.] [preface dated 1858], 25.4 x 17.1 cm. (No. 6. Gift of 

Miss G. Rogers-Tillstone) Opie PP 187 

[JOSEPHINE] Jottings for juveniles, by Josephine. London: Houlston and Wright, 1862, 15.6 

x 12.3 cm. Opie PP 552 

[JOSEPHINE] Pleasant rhymes for little readers; or, Jottings for juveniles, by Josephine. 

New Editon. London: Houlston and Wright, 1866, 18.8 x 12.7 cm. 

Opie PP 553 

JUPO. Along our street; adapted to verse by Gee. London: Wm. Collins & sons & co., [n.d.] 

[19--], 23 x 17.9 cm. Opie PP 188 

JUSTE, Michael. Ten little Chelas; illus. by Hugh Deane. London: Atlantic bookshop, 1947, 

39 x 27.5 cm. (Single sheet) Opie PP 189 

[KEARY, Eliza] At home; illus. by J.G. Sowerby; decorated by Thomas Crane. London: 

Ward, [n.d.], 21.8 x 18.6 cm. Opie PP 190 

[KEARY, Eliza] At home again; [illus. by] J.G. Sowerby & Thomas Crane. London: Marcus 

Ward, [n.d.] [inscribed 1912], 22.3 x 21.5 cm. 

Opie PP 191 

KERCHOVE, Maisie, Baroness de. Circus poodles, and other rhymes; illus. by Gerard 

Hordyk. Oxford: George Ronald, [copyright 1950], 28.2 x 22.1 cm. 

Opie PP 192

KINGSLEY, Charles, 1819-1875. Poems. New Edition. London: Macmillan, 1889, 19.5 x 

13.5 cm. Opie PP 554 

KIPLING, Rudyard, 1865-1936. Songs for youth; illus. by Leo Bates. London: Hodder, 1933, 

20.5 x 14.5 cm. Opie PP 555 

KONSTAM, Gertrude A. Dreams, dances and disappointments; by Gertrude A. Konstam, 

Ella and Nelia Casella. London: Thos. de la Rue, [n.d.] [1881], 23.4 x 20.8 cm. Opie PP 193 

Added entry 

KONSTAM, Gertrude see also The MAYPOLE. 

KRAKEMSIDES, Baron, pseud. Funny leaves for the younger branches, by Baron 

Krakemsides of Burstenoudelafen; [illus. by Alfred Crowquill]. London: Grant & Griffith, 

[n.d.], 24.6 x 18.7 cm. Opie PP 194 

LANG, Andrew, 1844-1912, ed. The blue poetry book; illus. by H.J. Ford and Lancelot 

Speed. London: Longmans, 1891, 18.9 x 12.8 cm. Opie PP 556 

LANGBRIDGE, Frederick, 1849-1922. The talking clock, and other rhymes for children. 

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, [n.d.], 12.8 x 12.4 cm. 

Opie PP 557 

LANGBRIDGE, Frederick, 1849-1922, ed. What to read at winter entertainments. Part 1. 

Verse. London: Religious Tract Society, 1888, 18.9 x 12.5 cm. Opie PP 558 

The LAUGHABLE LOOKING GLASS FOR LITTLE FOLKS; [illus. by W. Newman]. 

London: Dean & son, [n.d.] [18--], 24.4 x 18.1 cm. 

Opie PP 195 

The LAUGHABLE LOOKING GLASS FOR LITTLE FOLKS: jest and earnest for 

juveniles...Series one. London: Dean & son, [n.d.] [1857], 24.6 x 18.9 cm. 

Opie PP 196 

A LAUGHTER BOOK FOR LITTLE FOLK. New ed. London: Addey, [n.d.] [18--], 24.7 

x 19.5 cm. Opie PP 197 

LAYARD, Arthur. An alphabet of musical bogeys; illus. by the author, with music by Emil 

Saver. London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1899, 29.9 x 22.1 cm. 

Opie PP 198 

LAZY BONES. London: Routledge, Warne & Routledge, [n.d.], 21.3 x 16.8 cm.Opie PP 559 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. ABC: first publication of this Lear alphabet, penned & 

illustrated by Edward Lear, himself. London: Constable young books, 1965, 25.2 x 17.3 cm. 

(Reproduced from an original manuscript) 

Opie PP 199

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. The Akond of Swat; illus. by Frank Bryson. London: Perry, 18.1 

x 21.2 cm. Opie PP 560 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. A book of bosh; illus. by the author. Harmondsworth, Penguin 

Books, 1975, 19.8 x 12.9 cm. Opie PP 561 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-18. A book of Lear; ed. by R.L. Megroz. 

Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1939, 18 x 11.2 cm. Opie PP 562 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. A book of nonsense. 2 vols. London: McLean, 1846, 14.5 x 21.3 

cm. (Three centuries, 774) Opie PP 200 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. A book of nonsense; illus. by the author. Fourth ed. London: 

Routledge, Warne and Routledge, [c.1865], 14.2 x 22 cm. 

Opie PP 201 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. A book of nonsense; illus. by the author. Eighth ed. London: 

Routledge, Warne and Routledge, [c.186-], 14.3 x 22 cm. 

Opie PP 202 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. A book of nonsense; illus. by the author. Tenth ed. London: 

Routledge, Warne and Routledge, [c.186-], 14.4 x 22 cm. 

Opie PP 203 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. A book of nonsense; illus. by the author. Fourteenth ed. (Tenth 

on title-page). London: Routledge, Warne and Routledge, [n.d.], 14.2 x 21.8 cm. Opie PP 204 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. The book of nonsense; illus. by the author. Twenty-fifth ed. 

London: Warne, [1888], 21.5 x 26.5 cm. Opie PP 205 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. The book of nonsense; illus. by the author. Twenty-ninth ed. 

London: Warne, 1893, 21.2 x 26 cm. Opie PP 206 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. A book of nonsense; illus. by the author. London: Warne, [n.d.], 

27 x 23.5 cm. Opie PP 207 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. A book of nonsense; illus. by the author. London: 

Warne, [n.d.], 26.7 x 22.8 cm. Opie PP 208 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. A book of nonsense; illus. by the author. London: Routledge, 

[n.d.], 26.5 x 21.4 cm. Opie PP 209 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. Book of nonsense; illus. by the author. London: Warne, [n.d.], 

26.6 x 23.2 cm. (Warne's juvenile drolleries, no. 1) 

Opie PP 210 


26.6 x 23.2 cm. (Warne' juvenile drolleries, no. 2)

Opie PP 211 


26.6 x 23.2 cm. (Warne's juvenile drolleries, no. 3) 

Opie PP 212 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. A book of nonsense; illus. by the author. London: Warne, 

[c.187-], 26.6 x 22.8 cm. Opie PP 213 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. A book of nonsense. London: Gowans & Gray, 1910, 16.1 x 

10.5 cm. (Miniature ed. Cover illus. by John Hassall) 

Opie PP 563 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. The book of nonsense and more nonsense; illus. by the author. 

London: Warne, [n.d.], 21.2 x 25.2 cm. Opie PP 214 

Added entry 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. Calico pie see LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. 

Miniature books. 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. Complete nonsense; ed. by Holbrook Jackson; illus. by the 

author. London: Faber, 1947, 23 x 16 cm. Opie PP 215 

Added entry 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. The duck and the kangaroo see LEAR, 

Edward, 1812-1888. Miniature books. 

Added entry 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888, The duck and the kangaroo see LEAR. 

Edward, 1812-1888. Nonsense drolleries. 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. Le hibou et la poussiquette; trans. by Francis Steegmuller; illus. 

by Monique-Alika Watteau. London: Hart-Davis, 1961, 22.3 x 14.5 cm. Opie PP 564 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. The jumblies; illus. by Leslie Brooke. London: Warne, [c.1915], 

22.3 x 18.3 cm. Opie PP 565 

Added entry 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. The jumblies see LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. 

Miniature books. 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. Laughable lyrics; illus. by the author. London: Bush, 1877, 21 x 

17 cm. (Three centuries, 777) Opie PP 566 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. Laughable lyrics. A fourth book. London: Bush, 1877, 20.8 x 17 


LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. A Learical lexicon; compiled by Mijra Cohn Livingston; illus.

y Joseph Low. New York: Atheneum, 1985, 17.8 x 14.6 cm. 

Opie PP 568 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. Ye long nite in ye wonderfull bedde A bread-and-butter letter 

with reservations Cambridge: Friends of the Fitzwilliam museum, [n.d.] [not before 1969], 

17.3 x 21.6 cm. (Reproduced from drawings executed c.1853) Opie PP 216 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. Miniature books; illus. by the author and Leslie Brooke. 5 Vols. 

London: Warne, [1951], 10 x 13.2 cm. Opie PP 569 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. More nonsense; illus. by the author. Third edition. London: 


LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. More nonsense; illus. by the author. Fifth edition. London: 

Warne, 1897, 21.9 x 26 cm. Opie PP 218 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. More nonsense pictures, rhymes, botany etc.; illus. by the 

author. London: Bush, 1872, 21.6 x 17.5 cm. (Three centuries 776) Opie PP 570 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. A nonsense alphabet; drawn and written by Edward Lear. 

Facsimile ed. London: Frederick Warne, 1926, 22.5 x 14.8 cm. (Reproduced from drawings 

executed in 1849. Limited ed., no. 495) 

Opie PP 571 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. A nonsense alphabet. London: H.M.S.O., 1952, 12 x 18.2 cm. 

(Victoria & Albert museum. Small picture book no. 32) 

Opie PP 572 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. A nonsense alphabet. London: H.M.S.O., 1952, 12.2 x 18.3 cm. 

(Victoria & Albert museum. Small picture book no. 32) 

Opie PP 573 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. A nonsense alphabet. London: H.M.S.O., 1952 (2nd impr. 1953) 

11.9 x 18 cm. (Victoria & Albert museum: Small picture book no. 32) Opie PP 574 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. The nonsense alphabet; illus. by Art Seiden. World distributors 

(Manchester), [n.d.] [19--], 25.9 x 20.5 cm. (Big wonder book 59) Opie PP 219 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. Nonsense botany and nonsense alphabets; illus. by the author. 

Fourth edition. London: Warne, 1888, 22 x 18 cm. Opie PP 575 


Fourth edition. London: Warne, 1888, 22 x 18 cm. Opie PP 576 


Fifth Edition. London: Warne, 1889, 22 x 18 cm. Opie PP 577 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. Nonsense drolleries; illus. by William Foster. London: Warne, 

1889, 20 x 16.2 cm. Opie PP 578

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. Nonsense drolleries; illus. by William Foster. London: Warne, 

1889, 20 x 16.2 cm. Opie PP 579 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. Nonsense songs; illus. by the author. London: Chatto, 1938, 18.7 

x 11.9 cm. (Zodiac books) Opie PP 580 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. Nonsense songs; illus. by Leslie Brooke. 

London: Warne, [n.d.] [1954], 21.4 x 17.2 cm. Opie PP 581 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. Nonsense songs and stories; illus. by the author. Ninth and 

revised edition. London: Warne, 1894, 22 x 17.7 cm. 

Opie PP 582 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. Nonsense songs and stories; illus. by the author. Ninth edition. 

London: Warne, [1894], 22 x 18 cm. Opie PP 583 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. Nonsense songs and stories; illus. by the author. Ninth ed. [repr.] 

London: Warne, [n.d.], 21.8 x 17.5 cm. Opie PP 584 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. Nonsense songs, stories, botany and alphabets; illus. by the 

author. London: Bush, 1871, 21.5 x 17.4 cm. Opie PP 585 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. Nonsense songs, stories, botany and alphabets; illus. by the 

author. Boston: Roberts, 1876, 19.2 x 15.4 cm. 

Opie PP 586 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. The owl and the pussycat; illus. by Margaret Jervis. Melbourne: 

Ayers and James, 1950, 19.9 x 15 cm. Opie PP 587 

[LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888.] The owl and the pussy-cat; illus. by J. Gale Thomas. Leicester: 

Brockhampton book co., [n.d.] [19--], 11.6 x 7.1 cm. 

Opie PP 588 

Added entry 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. The owl and the pussy cat see LEAR, Edward, 

1812-1888. Miniature books. 

Added entry 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. The owl and the pussy-cat see LEAR, Edward, 

1812-1888. Nonsense drolleries. 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. The pelican chorus; illus. by Leslie Brooke. London: Warne, 

[n.d.], 22.3 x 18 cm. Opie PP 589 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. The pelican chorus; illus. by Leslie Brooke. London: Warne, 

[n.d.] [1960], 9 x 12 cm. Opie PP 590 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. The pelican chorus; illus. by Leslie Brooke. London: Warne,

[n.d.] [1965], 9 x 12 cm. Opie PP 591 

Added entry 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. The pelican chorus see LEAR, Edward, 

1812-1888. Miniature books. 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. The pobble who has no toes; illus. by Tom Kerr. London: Perry, 

[n.d.], 18.5 x 21.5 cm. Opie PP 220 

[LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888.] Queery Leary nonsense; ed. by Lady Strachey of Sutton court. 

London: Mills & Boon, 1911, 25.3 x 18.7 cm. Opie PP 221 

LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888. Teapots and quails and other new nonsense; ed. by Angus 

Davidson and Philip Hofer. London: Murray, 1953, 25 x 17.4 cm. 

Opie PP 222 

LEWIS, Laura. Enter in; illus. by Ernest Crichlow. New York: Pilot publishing, 1959, 24 x 

16.3 cm. Opie PP 223 

LITTLE CHILDREN'S HYMNS AND SONGS. London: Hodder, [n.d.] [1883], 10.7 x 6.9 


LITTLE FOLK'S LIBRARY. London: Dean, [n.d.] [1880], 16.6 x 10.7 cm. 

Opie PP 593 

LITTLE FOLKS; illus. by Oscar Pletsch. London: Warne, [n.d.] [c. 1872], 27.7 x 18.7 cm. 

Opie PP 224 

LITTLE FOLKS' SECRETS. London: Warne, [n.d.] [c. 1885], 25.2 x 20 cm. (The afternoon 

tea toy books) Opie PP 225 

LITTLE HEARTSEASE. London: Castell brothers, [n.d.] [inscribed 1896], 18.4 x 15.9 cm. 

(Gift of Miss G. Rogers-Tillstone) Opie PP 594 

LITTLE LUCY'S LIMERICKS; illus. by Lucy...London: R.A. publishing co., [n.d.] [19--], 

13.6 x 9 cm. Opie PP 595 

The LITTLE MINXES. London: David Bogue, [n.d.] [18--], 21.3 x 16.6 cm. (Publisher on 

front board given as G. Routledge & co.) Opie PP 596 

LITTLE SONGS FOR LITTLE PEOPLE. [n.p.], [n.d.] [c. 1875-1880], 26.2 x 19.3 cm. 

Opie PP 226 

LIVELY LAYS FOR DREARY DAYS. London: George Routledge and sons, [n.d.], 12.3 x 

9.1 cm. (Stephen Jones family book) Opie PP 597 

LIZZY'S POEMS AND PICTURES FOR HER YOUNG FRIENDS; illus. by the author. 

London: Darton, 1857, 20.8 x 16.2 cm. Opie PP 227

LLOYD, Jeremy. Captain Beaky; illus. by Keith Michell. London: Chappell, 1980, 29.6 x 

20.9 cm. Opie PP 228 

LOCKYER, A.M. Bubbles. London: Marcus Ward, [n.d.], 16.7 x 21.6 cm. 

Opie PP 598 

LOFTING, Hugh John, 1886-1947. Porridge poetry; illus. by the author. London: Cape, 

[1925], 12.8 x 18.7 cm. Opie PP 599 

LONDON TOWN; designed and illustrated by Thos. Crane & Ellen Houghton. London: 

Marcus Ward, [n.d.] [inscribed 1884], 21.9 x 18.4 cm. 

Opie PP 229 

Added entry 

LOUISA, Aunt see [VALENTINE, Laura Belinda (Jewry), 1814-1899, ed.] 

LUCAS, Edward Verrall, 1868-1938. The book of shops; illus. by F.D. Bedford. London: 

Grant Richards, [n.d.] [1899], 23.4 x 31.5 cm. 

Opie PP 230 

LUCAS, Edward Verrall, 1868-1938. A cat book: portraits by H. Officer Smith, 

characteristics by E.V. Lucas. London: Grant Richards, 1900, 12.9 x 7.8 cm. (Dumpy books 

for children 6; ed. by E.V. Lucas) Opie PP 600 

LUCAS, Edward Verrall, 1868-1938. Playtime and company; illus. by Ernest H. Shepard. 

London: Methuen, 1925, 22 x 17.4 cm. Opie PP 601 

LUCAS, Edward Verrall, 1868-1938. Swollen-headed William; illus. by Geo. Morrow. 

London: Methuen, 1914, 24.8 x 19 cm. Opie PP 231 

LUCAS, Edward Verrall, 1868-1938. Swollen-headed William; illus. by Geo. Morrow. Third 

edition. London: Methuen, 1914, 24.5 x 18.8 cm. 

Opie PP 232 

LUCAS, Edward Verrall, 1868-1938, comp. Another book of verses for children; illus. by 

F.D. Bedford: Wells, Gardner, Darton, [c. 1907], 21.2 x 15.3 cm. Opie PP 602 

LUCAS, Edward Verrall, 1868-1938, comp. A book of verses for children. London: Chatto, 

1919, 19.4 x 13.5 cm. Opie PP 603 

LULLABIES AND DITTIES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. London: Religious Tract Society, 

[n.d.] [c. 1870], 24.5 x 19.2 cm. (Untearable edition. Three centuries 784) Opie PP 233 

McCONNELL, William, illus. Upside down; or, Turnover traits, with illustrative verses by 

Tom Hood. Second ed. London: Griffith and Farran, 1868, 23.4 x 19 cm. Opie PP 234 

McCONNELL, William, illus. Upside down; or, Turnover traits, with 

illustrative verses by Tom Hood. London: Griffith and Farran, 1868, 24.8 x 19.5 cm.Opie PP 235

MACDONALD, Lilia Scott, comp. Babies' classics; illus. by Arthur Hughes. London: 


MACK, Robert Ellice. All round the clock; illus. by Harriet M. Bennett. London: Griffith, 

Farran and Co., [n.d.] [c. 1887], 23.5 x 18.8 cm. 

Opie PP 237 

MACK, Robert Ellice. A Christmas tree fairy; illus. by Lizzie (Lawson) Mack. London: 

Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh, [n.d.] [c. 1887], 23.5 x 18.5 cm. 

Opie PP 238 

MACK, Robert Ellice. Christmas roses; illus. by Lizzie Lawson [Mack]. London: Griffith, 

Farran and Co., [1887], 22.8 x 18.4 cm. Opie PP 239 

MACK, Robert Ellice. Christmas roses; illus. by Lizzie Lawson [Mack]. London: Griffith, 

Farran and Co., [1887], 22.8 x 18.4 cm. Opie PP 240 

MACK, Robert Ellice. I'll tell you a story; illus. by Lizzie Mack, with vignettes by R.A. Bell. 

London: Ernest Nister, [n.d.] [inscribed 1889], 23.5 x 18.2 cm. Opie PP 241 

MACK, Robert Ellis. Under the mistletoe; illus. by Lizzie Lawson [Mack]. London: Griffith, 

Farran & co., [c.1887], 23.6 x 18.4 cm. Opie PP 242 

MACK, Robert Ellice. When all is young; illus. by Harriet M. Bennett. London: Nister, 

[n.d.], 24.2 x 19.2 cm. Opie PP 243 

MANNING, Eliza F. The coming of Father Christmas. London: Frederick Warne, [n.d.] 

[189-], 22.8 x 24.5 cm. Opie PP 244 

MARCUS, pseud. Morals for the young; illus. by George Morrow. London: John Lane, 

Bodley Head, [n.d.], 20.1 x 17.1 cm. Opie PP 604 

MATEAUX, C. L. Old proverbs with new pictures; illus. by Lizzie Lawson. London: Cassell, 

Petter, Galpin, [n.d.] [c.1882], 24 x 19 cm. 

Opie PP 245 

The MAYPOLE; illus. by G.A. Konstam, E. and N. Casella. London: De La Rue, [n.d.] 

[c.1884], 23.2 x 20.6 cm. Opie PP 246 

The MERRY BALLADS OF OLDEN TIME. London: Warne, [n.d.] [c.1885], 23.8 x 21.5 


MEYNELL, Alice Christiana G., comp. The school of poetry. London: Collins, 1923, 21.2 x 

15.3 cm. Opie PP 605 

MEYNELL, Alice Christiana G., comp. The school of poetry. London: Collins, 1936, 18.5 x 


MILES, Alfred Henry, comp. A garland of verse. London: Stanley Paul, [n.d.] [1911], 22.6 x 

15.5 cm. Opie PP 248 

Added entry 

MILES, Susan see [ROBERTS (Ursula), comp.] 

MILLER, Thomas. Original poems. Second series. London: Ward and Lock, [n.d.], 17.4 x 13 

cm. (Little Mary Sixpenny series) Opie PP 607 

MILLER, William. Willie Winkie. London: Paisley, Gardner, 1902, 21.9 x 17.8 cm. (Three 

centuries, 772) Opie PP 608 

MILNE, Alan Alexander, 1882-1956. Now we are six; illus. by Ernest H. Shepard. London: 


MILNE, Alan Alexander, 1882-1956. Now we are six; illus. by Ernest H. Shepard. London: 


MILNE, Alan Alexander, 1882-1956. When we were very young; illus. by Ernest H. 

Shepard. London: Methuen, 1924, 19.5 x 13 cm. (Three centuries, 828; signed by the author.) 

Opie PP 611 


Shepherd. London: Methuen, 1924, 19.4 x 12.7 cm. (Signed by the artist.) Opie PP 612 


Shepard. London: Methuen, 1965, 18.2 x 11 cm. Opie PP 613 

MILNE, Alan Alexander, 1882-1956. The world of Christopher Robin; illus. by Ernest H. 

Shepard. London: Methuen, 1959, 21 x 14.5 cm. Opie PP 614 

MILNES, Richard Monckton, 1st Baron Houghton, 1809-1885. Good night and good 

morning, by Lord Houghton; illus. by Walter Severn. London: Day & son, [n.d.] [c.1865], 

28.7 x 21.4 cm. Opie PP 249 

The MISFORTUNES OF TOBY TICKLE PITCHER. [n.p.], [n.d.], 25.8 x 19.2 cm. (Single 

folded sheet) Opie PP 250 

MOORE, Thomas Sturge. The little school; illus. by the author. Limited ed. London: Eragny 

Press, 1905, 18.5 x 11.1 cm. Opie PP 615 

MOORE, Thomas Sturge. The little school. London: Grant Richards, 1917, 22.3 x 14.1 cm. 

Opie PP 616 

MOORHOUSE, Reed., ed. The ring of words. Book one. London: Dent, 1926, 18.6 x 12.8 


MOTHERLY, Mrs. Nursery poetry. London: Bell and Daldy, 1859, 18.8 x 13.8 cm. 

Opie PP 618

MOUNT HELICON. London: Arnold, [n.d.] [1922], 19.2 x 12.5 cm. 

Opie PP 619 

MY BIRTHDAY. London: Religious tract society, [n.d.] [c.1869], 26 x 23 cm. (New series 

toy books) Opie PP 251 

MY OWN POETRY BOOK. London: Blackie, [n.d.], 26 x 20 cm. Opie PP 252 

MY POETRY BOOK. London: Religious tract society, [n.d.] [1858], 14.9 x 9.4 cm. (Three 


MY POETRY BOOK. London: Religious tract society, [n.d.] [1858], 14.9 x 9.4 cm. (Three 


NAUGHTY BOYS AND GIRLS. London: George Routledge, [n.d.] [18--], 21.4 x 17.2 cm. 

Opie PP 622 

NESBIT, Wilbur Dick. An alphabet of history; illus. by Ellsworth Young. San Francisco, 

Paul Elder, 1905, 25.2 x 19.3 cm. Opie PP 253 

NEW COMICAL NURSERY RHYMES AND FUNNY STORIES. London: Ward, Lock, 

[n.d.] [1866], 17.5 x 13.5 cm. Opie PP 623 

NEW COMICAL NURSERY RHYMES AND FUNNY STORIES. London: Ward Lock, and 

Tyler, [n.d.] [1866], 17.5 x 13.3 cm. Opie PP 624 

NEW COMICAL NURSERY RHYMES AND FUNNY STORIES. London: Ward, Lock, 

and Tyler, [n.d.] [inscribed 1897], 18 x 13.5 cm. Opie PP 625 

NEWELL, Peter. The hole book. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1908, 22.4 x 18.3 cm. (Gift 

of Joan Hassall. The illustrations incorporate a cut-out hole in the design) Opie PP 626 

[NEWMAN, William] Aunt Oddemadodd's whispers about certain little people. Second 

series. London: Dean & son, [n.d.] [1858], 24.6 x 18.9 cm. 

Opie PP 254 

[NEWMAN, William] Rivers of laughter; or, Fun for the little ones, by Aunt Oddemadodd. 

London: Dean & son, [n.d.] [185-], 24.6 x 18.2 cm. 

Opie PP 255 

NICHOLS, John Beverley, 1898-1983, ed. A book of old ballads; illus. by H.M. Brock. 

London: Hutchinson, 1934, 28.3 x 21.5 cm. Opie PP 256 

NITTY DITTIES, by 'Uncle Paudie'; illus. by Glenda Warren. Peoria (Illinois): Mt. Hawley 

publishing co., 1962, 5 x 4.5 cm. (Children's books, no. 10) 

Opie PP 627

The NONSENSE BLUE-BOOK. Third ed. London letter publishing, 1899, 20.5 x 25.6 cm. 

Opie PP 257 

NOYES, Alfred, 1880-1959, ed. The magic casement; illus. by Stephen Reid. London: 

Chapman & Hall, [n.d.] [c.1908], 19.8 x 14.7 cm. Opie PP 628 

NURSERY CAROLS; illus. by Ludwig Ricther (sic) and Oscar Pletsch. London: Bell and 

Daldy, 1862, 18.9 x 14.4 cm. Opie PP 629 

Added entry 

ODDEMADODD, Aunt, pseud. see [NEWMAN, William]. 

OISTROS, Pseud. Truffle eater. London: Barker, [n.d.] [c.1943], 25.5 x 19.1 cm.Opie PP 258 

The OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIRS. [n.p.] [Cowell's anastatic press, Ipswich], [n.d.], 30.4 x 


ONE OLD OX; illus. by E. Dorothy Rees. London: Thomas Nelson and sons, [n.d.] [1912], 

26.2 x 20 cm. (The jingle books, no. 4) Opie PP 260 

OPIE, Iona Margaret, 1923- and Opie, Peter Mason, 1918-1982, eds. The Oxford book of 

children's verse. Oxford university press, 1973, 22.3 x 13.9 cm. Opie PP 630 

P., S.M. Little Lily's alphabet; illus. by Oscar Pletsch. London: Frederick Warne, [n.d.] [18-- 

], 27.7 x 18.6 cm. Opie PP 261 

PAJARO-CU-CU; illus. by Ingrid Wolf and Gertraut Fuchs. New York: Athenaum, 1967, 

23.5 x 29 cm. Opie PP 262 

PALGRAVE, Francis Turner, 1824-1897, ed. The children' treasury of lyrical poetry. 

London: Macmillan, 1938, 15.8 x 10.3 cm. Opie PP 631 

PARNELL, Winifred. Rag, tag and bobtail; illus. by Edith Farmiloe. London: Grant 

Richards, 1895, 23.3 x 31.3 cm. Opie PP 263 

PARRY, Sir Edward Abbott, 1863-1943. Pater's book of rhymes; illus. by A. Rushden. 

Manchester: Sherratt & Hughes, 1902, 25.1 x 19 cm. Opie PP 264 

PATMORE, Coventry Kersey D., 1823-1896, ed. The children's garland. London: 

Macmillan, 1900, 16.2 x 11 cm. Opie PP 632 

PATMORE, Coventry Kersey D., 1823-1896, ed. The children's garland. London: 

Macmillan, 1931, 16 x 10.5 cm. Opie PP 633 

PEAKE, Mervyn Lawrence, 1911-1968. A book of nonsense; illus. by the author. London: 

Peter Owen, 1972, 22.3 x 14.2 cm. Opie PP 634 

PEAKE, Mervyn Lawrence, 1911-1968. Rhymes without reason; illus. by the author. 

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1944, 23.3 x 17.8 cm. Opie PP 265

PEAKE, Mervyn Lawrence, 1911-1968. Rhymes without reason; illus. by the author. New 

ed. London: Methuen, 1978, 27.4 x 19.5 cm. Opie PP 266 

The PENNY POETS. Series one, vol. II. London: "Review of Reviews" Office, 1895, 18.9 x 

21.7 cm. (Masterpiece library) Opie PP 635 

PERRY, Haydn, comp. The merry minstrel; illus. by Gilbert Dunlop and Mary Kendal Lee. 

London: Blackie, 1957, 21 x 14.5 cm. Opie PP 636 

[PERRY, Katherine E.] Rhymes for little children..., by K.E.P. [privately printed], [n.d.] [18-- 

], 16.1 x 10.3 cm. Opie PP 637 

PETERS, Charles, ed. A crown of flowers: being poems and pictures collected from the 

pages of the Girl's own paper. London: Religious tract society, [n.d.] [inscribed 1887], 28.4 x 

21.6 cm. Opie PP 267 

PHILLIP, Alban M., comp. A boy's book of verse. London: Allan, 1924, 19 x 12.7 cm. 

Opie PP 638 

PHILLIP, Alban M., comp. A boy's book of verse. Fourth ed. London: Allan, 1929, 19 x 12.7 


[PHILLIPS, John South] The story of the treasury of Rampsinitus: an ancient tale new told; 

illus. by H.G. Hine. London: David Bogue, [n.d.] [preface dated 1854], 21.1 x 16.8 cm. 

Opie PP 268 

PICTURES AND SONGS FOR CHILDREN. London: T. Nelson and sons, [n.d.], 16.8 x 10.5 


PIGGY IN THE LOOKING-GLASS: doggerel doses for delicious doodies. London: Burns 

Oates & Washbourne, [n.d.] [19--], 21.8 x 17.1 cm. 

Opie PP 269 

PILANT, Elizabeth. Sky Bears. New York: Exposition Press, 1952, 20.8 x 14 cm.Opie PP 641 

PLAYTIME WITH THE POETS. London: Longmans, 1863, 19.3 x 13 cm. 

Opie PP 642 

PLAYTIME WITH THE POETS. New ed. London: Longmans, 1865, 15.9 x 12.3 cm. 

Opie PP 643 

POCOCK, Guy Noel, comp. A poetry book for boys and girls. London: Dent, 1933, 17.4 x 

11.1 cm. (Everyman's library) Opie PP 644 

POEMS THAT EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW. London: Doubleday, [1904], 19 x 12.7 


POET VENTURERS: a collection of peoms written by Bristol school boys and girls. Printed

y Purnell and sons, [n.d.] [19--], 21.3 x 14 cm. 

Opie PP 646 

POETRY ABOUT BIRDS AND ANIMALS. Leeds: Webb and Millington, [n.d.] [c.1855], 

19.2 x 13.8 cm. Opie PP 270 

A POETRY BOOK FOR SCHOOLS. New ed. London: Bell and Daldy, 1861, 16.8 x 11.8 


POETRY FOR THE YOUNG. London: Griffith and Farran, 1881, 19 x 12.5 cm. 

Opie PP 648 

POLLOCK, E.C. In and out, by Ismay Thorn [pseud.]; illus. by Lily Chitty. London: Swan, 

Sonnenschein, [n.d.] [c.1885], 22.8 x 18.3 cm. Opie PP 271 

POOR MARY, THE MAID OF THE INN. London: W.S. Fortey, [n.d.] [1859], 21 x 13.8 cm. 

Opie PP 272 

POWELL, Charles. The poets in the nursery. London: John Lane, 1920, 19.4 x 13.5 cm. 

(Three centuries, 652) Opie PP 649 

PRETTY POLLY PILLICOTE; illus. by Margaret Horder. London: Angus & Robertson, 

[n.d.] [19--], 15.2 x 11.4 cm. Opie PP 650 

PRIESTMAN, Austin. Flowers and Fancies; illus. by K.R. London: Headley Brothers, 1936, 

19 x 12.5 cm. Opie PP 651 

PROCTER, Adelaide Anne. A chaplet of verses; illus. by Richard Doyle. London: Longman, 

1862, 19 x 12.9 cm. Opie PP 652 

PULLEY, Honor Mary. Nursery rhymes about things common. Published by the author, 

1923, 20 x 16.8 cm. Opie PP 273 

PUNCH AND JUDY. Comical story of Punch & Judy. Otley: W. Walker & sons, [n.d.], 12.7 

x 9.7 cm. Opie PP 653 

PUNCH AND JUDY. Comical story of Punch & Judy. Otley: W. Walker & sons, [n.d.], 8.8 x 

6.8 cm. (Peter Stockham facsimile, 1980) Opie PP 654 

PUNCH AND JUDY. Comical story of Punch & Judy. Otley: W. Walker & sons, [n.d.], 8.7 x 

6.8 cm. (Peter Stockham facsimile, 1980) Opie PP 655 

PUNCH AND JUDY. The serio-comic drama of Punch & Judy. Devonport: Samuel and John 

Keys, [n.d.], 17.8 x 10.5 cm. Opie PP) 656 

QUILLER-COUCH, Mabel and QUILLER-COUCH, Lilian, eds. A book of children's verse; 

illus. by M. Etheldreda Gray. London: Hodder, [n.d.] [1911], 26.5 x 20 cm. Opie PP 274

The QUIVER OF LOVE; drawings by Walter Crane and Kate Greenaway. London: Ward, 

1876, 22.9 x 17.5 cm. Opie PP 275 

[RANDS, William Brighty, 1823-1882.] Lilliput levee. London: Strahan, 1864, 19 x 14.5 cm. 

(Three centuries 787) Opie PP 657 

[RANDS, William Brighty, 1823-1882.] Lilliput levee. London: Strahan, 1867, 14.2 x 11.4 

cm. (Three centuries 788) Opie PP 658 

[RANDS, William Brighty, 1823-1882.] Lilliput levee. London: Strahan, 1868, 14.2 x 11.4 


REEVES, James, 1909-1978. Prefabulous animiles; illus. by Edward Ardizzone. London: 

Heinemann, 1957, 21.7 x 14.4 cm. Opie PP 660 

REEVES, James, 1909-1978. Ragged Robin; illus. by Jane Paton. Proof Copy. London: 

Heinemann, 1961, 29.1 x 21.6 cm. Opie PP 276 

RHYMES FOR CHILDREN; illustrated with appropriate wood-cuts. The Monthly 

Chapbook, (Poetry & Drama new series) no. 5. Vol. 1. Nov. 1919. London: Poetry 

Bookshop, 1919, 22.5 x 17.7 cm. Opie PP 277 

RHYMES FOR TOTS. [n.p.]. [n.d.], 2.3 x 1.4 cm. Opie PP 661 

RICH, Kathleen, comp. A playground of poems. London: Methuen, 1931, 17.4 x 11.2 cm. 

Opie PP 662 

RICHARDS, Laura E. Tirra lirra; illus. by Marguerite Davis. London: Harrap, 1933, 21.5 x 

14.8 cm. Opie PP 663 

RIEU, E.V., 1887-1972. Cuckoo calling; illus. by Violet M. Guy. Second edition. London: 

Methuen, 1933, 19 x 12.7 cm. Opie PP 664 

RILEY, James Whitcomb. Green fields and running brooks. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 

1895, 18.3 x 12.3 cm. Opie PP 665 

RILEY, James Whitcomb. Rhymes of childhood. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1900, 18.4 x 

12.5 cm. Opie PP 666 

RILEY, James Whitcomb. Riley child-rhymes; illus. by Will Vawter. New York: Grosset & 

Dunlap, 1905, 19.7 x 13.5 cm. Opie PP 667 

ROBBINS, Louis. Dutch doll ditties; with photographs by the author. London: Longman, 

Green, 1904, 31 x 25 cm. Opie PP 278 

ROBERTS, Michael, comp. Faber book of comic verse. Third impr. London: Faber, 1943, 19 

x 12.3 cm. Opie PP 668

[ROBERTS, Ursula, comp.] An anthology of youth, by Susan Miles. London: Bodley head, 

1925, 19.2 x 13.5 cm. Opie PP 669 

[ROBERTS, Ursula, comp.] Childhood in verse and prose, by Susan Miles. Oxford university 

press, 1923, 19.3 x 13 cm. Opie PP 670 

ROBERTSON, Eric S., ed. The children of the poets. London: Scott, [n.d.] [c. 1886], 14.1 x 

10.5 cm. (The Canterbury poets) Opie PP 671 

RODGERS, Alys, comp. A book of verse for children. Cambridge university press, 1914, 

18.3 x 12.3 cm. Opie PP 672 

ROGERS, William Harry, 1825-1873. A bushel of merry thoughts; illus. by Wilhelm Busch. 

London: Sampson Low, Son and Marston, 1868, 16.5 x 25.3 cm. Opie PP 279 

ROGERS, William Harry, 1825-1873. Cat and mouse; illus. by Wilhelm Busch. London: 

Sampson Low, Son and Marston, [n.d.] [c. 1868], 15.2 x 25.2 cm. 

Opie PP 280 

ROGERS, William Harry, 1825-1873. Ice-Peter; illus. by Wilhelm Busch. London: Sampson 

Low, Son and Marston, [c. 1868], 15.2 x 25.2 cm. 

Opie PP 281 

ROGERS, William Harry, 1825-1873. The naughty boys of Corinth; illus. by Wilhlem 

Busch. London: Sampson Low, Son and Marston, [n.d.] [c. 1868], 15.3 x 25.2 cm.Opie PP 282 

ROGERS, William Henry, 1825-1873. Sugar-bread; [illus. by Wihelm Busch]. London: 

Sampson Low, Son and Marston, [n.d.], 15.3 x 25.2 cm. 

Opie PP 283 

[ROSS, Charles Henry, 1842-1897] Ye book of pictures painted by ancient people...; illus. by 

Irving Wood. London: Dean, [1863], 22.5 x 13.8 cm. 

Opie PP 673 

[ROSS, Charles Henry, 1842-1897] Ye comical rhymes of ancient times. London: Dean, 

[December, 1862], 21.1 x 13.9 cm. (Three centuries 785) 

Opie PP 674 

[ROSS, Charles Henry, 1842-1897] Ye comical rhymes of ancient times. London: Dean, 

[n.d.] [January, 1863], 21.2 x 14 cm. Opie PP 675 

ROSS, Charles Henry, 1842-1897. Merry conceits and whimsical rhymes; illus. by the 

author. London: Routledge, 1866, 18.7 x 14.2 cm. Opie PP 676 


author. London: Routledge, 1883, 21.3 x 17.1 cm. (Master Jack series, no. 55) Opie PP 677 

ROSS, Charles Henry, 1842-1897. Merry conceits and whimsical rhymes; illus. by the




[ROSS, Charles Henry, 1842-1897] Rummical rhymes. London: Dean, [May, 1863], 21.5 x 


[ROSS, Charles Henry, 1842-1897] Rummical rhymes. London: Dean, [October, 1863], 21.2 

x 14 cm. Opie PP 681 

ROSSETTI, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894. Goblin Market; illus. by Laurence Housman. 

London: Macmillan, 1893, 18.6 x 11 cm. Opie PP 682 

ROSSETTI, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894. Goblin Market; illus. by Arthur Rackham. 

London: Harrap, 1939, 22.5 x 15.4 cm. Opie PP 284 

ROSSETTI, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894. Sing-song; illus. by Arthur Hughes. London: 

Routledge, 1872, 19 x 14.5 cm. (Three centuries 801) 

Opie PP 683 

ROSSETTI, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894. Sing-song; illus. by Arthur Hughes. London: 

Macmillan, 1893, 19 x 14 cm. Opie PP 684 

ROUNDABOUT RHYMES. Oxford: Blackwell, [n.d.], 24.7 x 18.4 cm. 

Opie PP 285 

Added entry 

ROUSE, W.H.D. see [HOFFMANN, Heinrich, 1809-1894] The Latin 

Struwwelpeter. 

Added entry 

ROUSE, W.H.D. see [HOFFMANN, Heinrich, 1809-1894] The Latin 

Struwwelpeter. 

ROWLEY, Charles, comp. A treasury for the young of all ages. Manchester: Sherratt & 

Hughes, 1903, 15.9 x 11.5 cm. Opie PP 685 

ST JOHN WEBB, Marion. The orchard fairies; illus. by Margaret Tarrant. Modern art 

society. [n.d.], 16 x 11.6 cm. Opie PP 686 

SALE BARKER, Lucy Elizabeth Drummond (Davies) Villiers, 1841-1892. Little wideawake 

poetry book for children. London: George Routledge and sons, 1881, 21 x 16.7 cm. 

Opie PP 687 

SALLY IN OUR ALLEY. London: Castell brothers, [n.d.], 10.4 x 15.6 cm. (Stephen Jones 

family book) Opie PP 688

[SAXBY, Jane Euphemia (Browne), 1811-1898] Aunt Effie's rhymes for little children; illus. 

by 'Phiz'. London: Addey, [n.d.] [inscribed Xmas 1852], 19 x 14.2 cm. Opie PP 689 

[SAXBY, Jane Euphemia (Browne), 1811-1898] Aunt Effie's nursery rhymes; illus. by 'Phiz'. 

London: Routledge, 1878, 19 x 14 cm. (Originally published in 1852 as "Aunt Effie's rhymes 

for little children") Opie PP 690 

SCHNICK SCHNACK; illus. by Oscar Pletsch. London: Routledge, [n.d.], 18.5 x 14 cm. 

Opie PP 691 

SCHNICK SCHNACK; illus. by Oscar Pletsch. London: Routledge, [n.d.], 19.1 x 14.5 cm. 

Opie PP 692 

SCOTT, R.P. and WALLAS, K.T., eds. The call of the homeland. Book two. London: 

Blackie, [n.d.], 18.8 x 13 cm. Opie PP 693 

SECCOMBE, Thomas Strong, 1840-1899. Comic sketches from English history; illus. by the 

author. London: W.H. Allen, [c. 1885], 18.8 x 24 cm. 

Opie PP 286 

SETOUN, Gabriel. The child world; illus. by Charles Robinson. London: Bodley Head, 

1896, 19.5 x 13 cm. Opie PP 694 

SEWELL, Mary (Wright), 1797-1884. Mother's last words. London: Jarrold, [n.d.] [1865], 

26 x 22.5 cm. (Col. printing by Kronheim) Opie PP 287 

SEWELL, Mary (Wright), 1797-1884. Mother's last words. London: Jarrold, [n.d.], 20.3 x 

14.7 cm. Opie PP 695 

SEWELL, Mary (Wright), 1797-1884. Pictures and ballads of London life [containing 

Mother's last words; Our father's care]. London: Jarrold, [n.d.], 27 x 23.3 cm. (Col. printing 

by Kronheim) Opie PP 288 

SHARPE, Olive G. The crusade book of recitations for children. Worthing, Walter. [n.d.] [c. 

1967], 18 x 12.2 cm. Opie PP 696 

SHAW, John Mackay. The things I want. Second Ed. Tallahassee: Friends of Florida State 

University, 1967, 20.4 x 16.8 cm. Opie PP 697 

SHAW, John Mackay. Zumpin. Tallahassee: Friends of Florida State University, 1969, 23.2 

x 16.8 cm. Opie PP 289 

SHUTE, E.L. Over the hills; illus. by Jessie Watkins. London: Warne, [n.d.], 25.9 x 20.6 cm. 

Opie PP 290 

SIMPLE HANS, and other funny pictures & stories. London: T. Nelson & sons, [n.d.] 

[inscribed 1860], 21.4 x 16.8 cm. Opie PP 698

SIMS, George R. The Dagonet reciter. London: Routledge, [n.d.], 20.1 x 13.8 cm. 

(Routledge's Twentieth century reciters) Opie PP 699 

SIR GUY DE GUY; illus. by 'Phiz'. London: Routledge, 1864, 20.5 x 15.3 cm. 

Opie PP 700 

[SMEDLEY, Menella Bute, 1820-1877 and HART, Elizabeth Anna] Poems written for a 

child. By two friends. London: Strahan, 1868, 13.3 x 10 cm. (Three centuries 794) 

Opie PP 701 

[SMEDLEY, Menella Bute, 1820-1877 and HART, Elizabeth Anna] Poems written for a 

child. London: Strahan, 1869, 13 x 10 cm. Opie PP 702 

SMITH, Janet Adam, comp. The Faber book of children's verse. London: Faber, 1953, 20.7 x 


SMITH, J.C., comp. A book of verse for boys and girls. New Ed. Oxford university press, 

1932, 19 x 12.8 cm. Opie PP 704 

SONGS FOR THE LITTLE ONES AT HOME; illus. by Birket Foster and John Absolon. 

London: Sampson Low, 1860, 19.2 x 14.2 cm. Opie PP 705 

SONGS OF THE ROBINS; illus. by Noel Smith and E.F. Manning. London: S. 

Hildesheimer, [n.d.] [inscribed 1891], 16.2 x 12.4 cm. Opie PP 706 

SOUTER, William. Seeds in the wind; illus. by Colin Gibson. London: Dakers, 1948, 25.3 x 

19.2 cm. Opie PP 291 

SOUTER, William. Seeds in the wind; illus. by Colin Gibson. London: Dakers, 1948, 25.3 x 

19.2 cm. Opie PP 292 

SOWERBY, Githa. The wise book; illus. by Millicent Sowerby. London: Dent, [n.d.], 18.3 x 

13.2 cm. Opie PP 707 

SOWERBY, Githa. Yesterday's children; illus. by Millicent Sowerby. London: Chatto, 1908, 

25.1 x 18.7 cm. Opie PP 293 

SPENCE, Robert and SPENCE, Philip. Struwwelhitler: a Nazi storybook by Doktor 

Schrecklichkeit. London: Haycock Press, [n.d.] [c. 1943 Bodleian copy 1941], 17.7 x 14 cm. 

Opie PP 294 

STEVENSON, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. Block city. London: Hills, [n.d.], 11.8 11.8 cm. 

Opie PP 708 

STEVENSON, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. A child's garden of verses. London: Longmans, 

1885, 16.5 x 11.4 cm. (Three centuries 808) Opie PP 709 

STEVENSON, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. A child's garden of verses. Fourth Ed. London:


STEVENSON, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. A child's garden of verses; illus. by Charles 

Robinson. London: Bodley Head, 1896, 19.5 x 13 cm. (Three centuries 810) Opie PP 711 

STEVENSON, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. A child's garden of verses; illus. by Jessie Willcox 

Smith. New York: Scribners, 1905, 24.5 x 18.4 cm. 

Opie PP 295 

STEVENSON, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. A child's garden of verses; illus. by 

Jessie Willcox Smith. New York: Scribners, 1905, 24.5 x 18.4 cm. 

Opie PP 296 


Robinson. London: Bodley Head, 1906, 19 x 12.7 cm. Opie PP 712 


Robinson. London: Bodley Head, 1907, 18.9 x 12.8 cm. 

Opie PP 713 

STEVENSON, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. A child's garden of verses; illus. by Millicent 

Sowerby. London: Chatto, 1908, 22.5 x 16.5 cm. Opie PP 714 

STEVENSON, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. A child's garden of verses. London: Longmans, 

1914, 16.2 x 10.8 cm. (Pocket edition) Opie PP 715 


Robinson. London: Bodley Head, 1928, 17.9 x 12 cm. Opie PP 716 


Robinson. London: Bodley Head, 1929, 17.9 x 12 cm. Opie PP 717 

STEVENSON, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. A child's garden of verses; illus. by 

George Trimmer. Chicago: Merrill, 1941, 33 x 24.7 cm. Opie PP 297 

STEVENSON, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. A child's garden of verses; illus. by Pelagie Doane. 

Kenosha(Wis): John Martin's House inc., 1945, 25.2 x 22.2 cm. 

Opie PP 298 

STEVENSON, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. A child's garden of verses; illus. by Hilda Austin 

and Leonard Cotterill. London: Harrap, 1946, 20.4 x 13.8 cm. 

Opie PP 718 

STEVENSON, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. A child's garden of verses; illus. by Hilda Austin 

and Leonard Cotterill. London: Harrap, 1946, 1955 repr., 20.4 x 13.7 cm. Opie PP 719 

STEVENSON, Robert Louis. 1850-1894. A child's garden of verses; illus. by Joan Hassall. 

Edinburgh: Hopetoun Press, 1947, 22 x 14.3 cm. (Three centuries 811) Opie PP 720

STEVENSON, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. A child's garden of verses; illus. by Eve Garnett. 

West Drayton, Penguin books, 1948, 18 x 11 cm. (Puffin book 22) Opie PP 721 

STEVENSON, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. A child's garden of verses; illus. by Eve Garnett. 

West Drayton, Penguin books, 1948, 18 x 11 cm. (Puffin book 22) 

Opie PP 722 

STEVENSON, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. A child's garden of verses; illus. by Margery Gill. 

Oxford university press, 1949, 18.5 x 12.6 cm. 

Opie PP 723 

STEVENSON, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. A child's garden of verses; illus. by Joan Hassall. 

London: Blackie, 1958, 22.2 x 14.4 cm. Opie PP 724 

STEVENSON, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. Moral Emblems; illus. by the author. London: 

Chatto, 1921, 18.5 x 13.5 cm. Opie PP 725 

STEVENSON, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. My bed is a boat. London: Hill, [n.d.], 11.7 x 11.8 


STEWART, Mabel and TURNER, S. Hyde. A zoological concoction. London: Skeffington, 

1902, 19 x 25.5 cm. Opie PP 299 

STIRLING, H.S. Two simple tales for simple folks; with twenty-two coloured pictures by 

John Hassall and Cecil Aldin. London: Sands, [n.d.] [1904], 6.8 x 10 cm. (The piccaninnies' 

picture pocket books; gift of Joan Hassall. Three centuries 592) Opie PP 727 

STITCH, Wilhelmina. Verses for children. London: Methuen, 1928, 17 x 11.3 cm. Opie PP 728 

STOW, A. Baby lays; iIllus. by E. Calvert. London: Elkin Mathews, [n.d.], 18.5 x 14.3 cm. 

Opie PP 729 

STRACHEY, Lady Jane Maria. Nursery lyrics; illus. by Philip Hagreen. London: Chatto, 

1922, 19 x 12.5 cm. Opie PP 730 

Added entry 

STRANG, Herbert, pseud. see ELY, George Herbert, 1866-1958 and 

L'ESTRANGE, James, 1867-1947. 

STRANG, William. A book of giants; illus. by the author. London: Unicorn press, 1898, 22.1 

x 17.6 cm. (Unicorn quartos, no. 1) Opie PP 731 

STREET SKETCHES OF LONDON LIFE. London: Portheim, [n.d.], 16.9 x 13.7 cm. 

Opie PP 732 

STRETTELL, Alma. Lullabies of many lands; illus. by Emily J. Harding. London: G. Allen, 

1894, 22.2 x 18.2 cm. Opie PP 733

STRUTHER, Jan. The modern Struwwelpeter; illus. by Ernest H. Shepard. London: 


STRUTHER, Jan. Sycamore square; illus. by Ernest H. Shepard. London: Methuen, 1932, 

21.2 x 15.4 cm. Opie PP 734 

The STUPID BOY: an instructive story with illustrations. Second ed. London: William Tegg, 

[n.d.] [inscribed 1855], 24.4 x 17.8 cm. Opie PP 301 

SUMMER SONGS OF COUNTRY LIFE. London: Routledge, 1865, 18 x 14 cm. 

Opie PP 735 

SUNSHINE AND SHADOW. London: Nelson, 1870, 11 x 8.2 cm. Opie PP 736 

SURPRISING STORIES ABOUT THE MOUSE AND HER SONS. London: Dean, [n.d.] [c. 

1858], 17.8 x 13.5 cm. Opie PP 737 

TASHJIAN, Virginia A., Ed. Selections from Juba this and Juba that; illus. by Victoria de 

Larrea. Abridged ed. New York, Scholastic, 1974, 20.5 x 15.3 cm. 

Opie PP 738 

TAYLOR, Emma Jane. Good day: an album of pictures in chromo colours with verse to 

each; designed by G. Pendersen and others. London: Dean & son, [n.d.] [inscribed 1884], 

23.7 x 18.1 cm. (Gift of Joan Hassall) 

Opie PP 302 

THACKERAY, William Makepeace, 1811-1863. The Thackeray alphabet; illus. by the 

author. London: John Murray, 1929, 17 x 12.7 cm. Opie PP 739 

THOMPSON, Brian, comp. Bulls eyes; illus. by Janet Archer and others. London: Longman 

group, 1977, 23.9 x 18.3 cm. Opie PP 303 

THOMPSON, Darcy Wentworth, 1825-1902. Fun and earnest; illus. by Charles H. Bennett. 

London: Griffith and Farran, 1865, 18.7 x 14 cm. (Three centuries 788b) Opie PP 740 





THOMPSON, (Darcy Wentworth, 1825-1902. Nursery nonsense; illus. by Charles H. 

Bennett. Second ed. London: Griffith and Farran, 1865, 18.6 x 14 cm. (Three centuries 788a) 

Opie PP 743 

Added entry

THORN, Ismay, Pseud. see POLLOCK, E.C. 

The TINY LAWN TENNIS CLUB. London: Dean, [n.d.] [c. 1883], 22.7 x 18.6 cm. 

Opie PP 744 

TOM THUMB'S WEDDING. London: J. March, [n.d.] [1854], 24.1 x 15.1 cm. (March's 

library of instruction and amusement, 14. Back cover lists other titles in the series) 

Opie PP 304 

TROJAN, J. Struwwelpeter junior. London: Jarrold, [n.d.] [c. 1893], 30.5 x 19.6 cm. 

Opie PP 305 

TROJAN, J. Struwwelpeter junior. London: Jarrold, [n.d.], [c. 1893], 30.5 x 19.7 cm. 

Opie PP 306 

TROUBETZKOY, Marie Alexandrovna, Princess. Katoufs; illus. by Marie Gueorguievna. 

London: willems & Norgate, [1925], 25.2 x 19 cm. 

Opie PP 307 

TROUBLESOME CHILDREN. London: David Bogue, [n.d.] [18--], 21 x 17 cm. (Funny 

books for boys and girls) Opie PP 745 

Added entry 

TRUFFLE EATER see OISTROS, Pseud. 

[TURNBULL, E. Lucia] In the golden days, by H.F. Bell Walker. Privately printed for the 

author, 1952, 19.2 x 12.6 cm. Opie PP 308 

TURNBULL, E. Lucia. The little pedlar. Published by the author. [n.d.], 14.8 x 11.3 cm. 

Opie PP 746 

TURNER, Elizabeth. Grandmamma's book of rhymes for children; illus. by Maude Reed 

Cooper. Oxford university press, 1927, 28.7 x 19.8 cm. 

Opie PP 309 

TURNER, W.J. Jack and Jill. London: J.M. Dent, 1934, 18.7 x 13.9 cm. 

Opie PP 747 

Added entry 

UNCLE JOHN see JOHN, UNCLE, pseud. 

UNTERMEYER, Louis, ed. The golden treasury of poetry; illus. by Joan Walsh Anglund. 

London: Collins, 1969, 26 x 19.2 cm. Opie PP 310 

UNTERMEYER, Louis. Thanks; illus. by Joan Berg. London: Collins, [1966], 11.8 x 10.7 

cm. Opie PP 748

[VALENTINE, Laura Belinda (Jewry), 1814-1899, ed.] Children's lullabies. London: 

Frederick Warne, [n.d.], 26.9 x 22.8 cm. (Aunt Louisa's London toy books, 32) Opie PP 311 

VREDENBURG, Edric, ed. For somebody's darling. London: Tuck, [n.d.] [c. 1909], 26.4 x 

19.8 cm. Opie PP 312 

VREDENBURG, Edric. Mixed pickles; illus. by Louis Wain. London: Tuck, [n.d.], 23.8 x 

18.6 cm. Opie PP 313 

WAITE, Arthur Edward, ed. Songs and poems of fairyland. London: Walter Scott, [n.d.] [c. 

1896], 19.3 x 13 cm. Opie PP 749 

WALKER, Mary Kelly. A box of dolls; illus. by Vivien Hewerdine. London: 

Medici society, [n.d.], 11.9 x 12 cm. (Toy box books, 4. Contains sheet of pictures to cut out 

and colour) Opie PP 750 

WALKER, Mary Kelly. A box of farmyard toys; illus. by Vivien Hewerdine. London: 

Medici society, [n.d.], 11.9 x 11.9 cm. (Toy box books, 2. Contains sheet of pictures to cut 

out and colour) Opie PP 751 

WALKER, Mary Kelly. A box of mixed toys; illus. by Vivien Hewerdine. London: Medici 

society, [n.d.], 11.9 x 11.9 cm. (Toy box books, 1. Contains sheet of pictures to cut out and 

colour) Opie PP 752 

WALKER, Mary Kelly. The circus; illus. by Vivien Hewerdine. London: Medici society, 

[n.d.], 12 x 12 cm. (Toy box books, 3. Contains sheet of pictures to cut out and colour) 

Opie PP 753 

WALSH, John. The roundabout by the sea; iIllus. by Christopher Brooker. Oxford university 

press, 1960, 19.7 x 13 cm. (Proof copy) Opie PP 314 

WALTER, Eleanor Dawes. Bugs; illus. by Helen Munsell Roberts. Racine, (Wis.): Whitman, 

1931, 33.1 x 24.1 cm. Opie PP 315 

WALTON, Ellis. "Tuck-Up" songs. London: Nelson, 1895, 19.3 x 13.5 cm. 

Opie PP 754 

WATSON, Clyde. Father Fox's pennyrhymes; illus. by Wendy Watson. London: Macmillan, 

1972, 23.6 x 20.8 cm. Opie PP 316 

WATTS, John G., ed. Little lays for little folk. London: Routledge, 1867, 20.2 x 15 cm. 

Opie PP 755 

WATTS, John G., ed. Little lays for little folk. London: Routledge, 1878, 20.2 x 15.3 cm. 

Opie PP 756 

WAUGH, Arthur, 1866-1943. The square book of animals; illus. by William Nicholson. 

London: Heinemann, 1900, 28.7 x 28.3 cm. Opie PP 317

WAUGH, Ida. Holly berries. London: Griffith & Farran, [n.d.] [c. 1882], 25.5 x 20.5 cm. 

Opie PP 318 

WEATHERLY, Frederic Edward, 1848-1929. Holly boughs; illus. by M. Ellen Edwards and 

John C. Staples. New York: Dutton, [n.d.] [c. 1886], 15.6 x 12.5 cm. Opie PP 757 

WEATHERLY, Frederic Edward, 1848-1929. Jolly dogs; illus. by H.H. Couldery. London: 

Hildesheimer & Faulkner, [n.d.], 8.1 x 10.4 cm. 

Opie PP 758 

WEATHERLY, Frederic Edward, 1848-1929. The land of little people; illus. by Jane M. 

Dealy. London: Hildesheimer & Faulkner, [n.d.] [c. 1886], 19 x 25.5 cm. Opie PP 319 

WEATHERLY, Frederic Edward, 1848-1929. The maids of Lee; illus. by W.J. Hodgson. 

London: Hildesheimer & Faulkner, [n.d.] [c. 1883], 18.6 x 24.1 cm. 

Opie PP 320 

WEATHERLY, Frederic Edward, 1848-1929. The men of Ware; illus. by W.J. Hodgson. 

London: Hildesheimer & Faulkner, [n.d.] [c. 1883], 18.6 x 24.2 cm. 

Opie PP 321 

WEATHERLY, Frederic Edward, 1848-1929. Out of town; illus. by Linnie Watt. London: 

Hildesheimer & Faulkner, [n.d.] [c. 1884], 23.1 x 18.3 cm. 

Opie PP 322 

WEATHERLY, Frederic Edward, 1848-1929. Rhymes and roses; illus. by St Clair Simmons 

and Ernest Wilson. London: Hildesheimer & Faulkner, [n.d.], 25.8 x 19.8 cm. Opie PP 323 

WEATHERLY, Frederic Edward, 1848-1929. Tens and elevens; illus. by Jane M. Dealy. 

New York: Dutton, [n.d.] [c. 1886], 15.7 x 12.4 cm. 

Opie PP 759 

WEATHERLY, Frederic Edward, 1848-1929. There's many a slip twixt cup and lip; illus. by 

W.J.Hodgson. London: Hildesheimer & Faulkner, [n.d.] [c. 188-], 18.6 x 24 cm. Opie PP 324 

WEBB, Marion St John. The littlest one; illus. by Margaret W. Tarrant. London: Harrap, 

1922, 18.8 x 13 cm. Opie PP 760 

WEBSTER, George P. Rip van Winkle. New York: Mcloughlin bros., [copyright 1889], 19.6 

x 14.1 cm. (Robin Hood series) Opie PP 761 

WERNER, Jack, 1908- , ed. Small Latin and less Greek; illus. by 'Haro'. London: Dobson, 

1953, 14.4 x 11.4 cm. (Three centuries 668) Opie PP 762 

WHEN GRANDMAMMA WAS YOUNG; illus. by William McCance. London: Four Elms 

press, 1929, 25.9 x 19.5 cm. Opie PP 325 

WHITLOCK, Pamela, 1920-1982, comp. All day long; illus. by Joan Hassall. Oxford 

university press, 1954, 20.2 x 13.5 cm. Opie PP 763

WHITTIER, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892, ed. Child life. Boston: Osgood, 1872, 19.4 x 14 cm. 

(Three centuries 800) Opie PP 764 

The WIDOW AND HER FOUR CHILDREN. [n.p.], [n.d.], 4 x 3.2 cm. 

Opie PP 765 

WILLIAMS, A. de C. The Marlborough Struwwelpeter; illus. by the author. Marlborough: 

The 'Times', [n.d.] [c. 1908], 27.2 x 21.8 cm. Opie PP 326 

WILLIAMS, Archibald. Petrol Peter; illus. by A. Wallis Mills. London: Methuen, [n.d.] [c. 

1908], 27.2 x 21.8 cm. Opie PP 327 

WILLIAMS, Michal, comp. Modern verse for little children. Oxford university press, 1939, 

18.5 x 12.8 cm. (Chameleon books) Opie PP 766 

WILSON, Richard, ed. Laureata. London: Arnold, [n.d.] [c. 1911], 18.5 x 11.8 cm. 

Opie PP 767 

WINGRAVE, Marion. The May blossom; illus. by H.H. Emmerson. London: Warne, [n.d.] 

[c. 1882], 25.6 x 20.4 cm. Opie PP 328 

WITHERS, Percy, comp. The garland of childhood. London: Richards press, 1929, 17.7 x 

11.5 cm. Opie PP 768 

WOOD, Helen. Funny friends; illus. by G.H. Thompson. London: Nister, [n.d.], 19.3 x 17.3 


WOOD, L.S., ed. A book of English verse. London: Macmillan, 1921, 16.2 x 10.5 cm. 

(Golden treasury series) Opie PP 770 

WOODRUFF, C. H. The children's year. London: Longmans, 1891, 17.2 x 11 cm.Opie PP 771 

WOODS, M.A., comp. A first poetry book. London: Macmillan, 1898, 16.2 x 10.8 cm. (First 

published in 1886 as "A first school poetry book") 

Opie PP 772 

WORDSWORTH, William, 1770-1850. Wordsworth's poems for the young; illus. by John 

MacWhirter and John Pettie. London: Strahan, 1863, 19.5 x 15.2 cm. 

Opie PP 773 

YARDLEY, M.D. and BRIGHT, Elizabeth. The child's book of verse. Book four. For 

juniors. London: Evans, [n.d.], 18.3 x 13.2 cm. 

Opie PP 774 

Added entry 

YELKREB, Lenoloc, pseud. see [BERKLEY, colonel.]

The YOUNG RAGAMUFFINS. London: Bogue, [n.d.] [c. 1856], 21.2 x 17 cm. 

Opie PP 775

POETRY POST 1850 - Bodleian Libraries

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?