Opie, Iona and Peter Opie — The Singing Game

Oxford, England, Oxford University Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. The tome is based on three decades' worth of research into playground games that are music-based by the Opies, long considered experts in children's games, toys and lore. Big, fat, tall, Imperial Octavo hardcover format, black cloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn at tips, spine head, sunning interior at fore-edges, else fully intact. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xxii [1], 2-521.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Very Good,