Rare, out-of-print & unusual books · Since 1997
Turn the pages with the arrows, keyboard, or a swipe.
Raduga Publishers, 1988. Hard cover, 684 pp. No other printings listed. Text in English, with selected rhymes (about 1/3) repeated in Russian in a separate section, and with additional explanatory notes on certain select rhymes in another separate section at the back.
In acceptable condition/ NO dust jacket. Small, thick, glossy illustrated paper over boards have light bumping to edges and corners and light overall scuffing and soiling. Spine is cracked along the hinge at the title page but remainder of text block is solid and binding is still intact. Light to moderate spotting and soiling to edges of text block. Pages lightly aged with light to moderate aging and spotting. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. A solid reading copy. Black and white illustrations. The collection includes the selections from The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book, The Annotated Mother Goose: Nursery Rhymes Old and New, Puffin Book of Nursery Rhymes, and from other books. Among the translators are: K. Chukovskii, S. Marshak, O. Sedakova, etc.