Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

The Treasures of Childhood: Books, Toys & Games from the Opie Collection

3.5/5 ( ratings)

This survey covers virtually every aspect of childhood and every type of book, toy, game and diversion. Over a period of 40 years, Iona and Peter Opie assembled a collection of 20,000 rare children's books, comics and other printed material. The Opie's also have a substantial collection of toys and games, most of them in mint condition and often still in their original packaging. Text on the early children's books, the classic Victorian illustrated books and the magazines and comics is provided by Brian Alderson, while Peter Opie's widow, Iona, and their son, Robert, examine the non-book items via themes. Iona Opie, together with her late husband, has published such books on children's literature as The Oxford Dictionary of Nursey Rhymes and The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren.

Language: English

Pages: 190

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing

Release: July 01, 1995

ISBN: 1857936248

ISBN 13: 9781857936247

The Treasures of Childhood: Books, Toys & Games from the Opie Collection

3.5/5 ( ratings)

This survey covers virtually every aspect of childhood and every type of book, toy, game and diversion. Over a period of 40 years, Iona and Peter Opie assembled a collection of 20,000 rare children's books, comics and other printed material. The Opie's also have a substantial collection of toys and games, most of them in mint condition and often still in their original packaging. Text on the early children's books, the classic Victorian illustrated books and the magazines and comics is provided by Brian Alderson, while Peter Opie's widow, Iona, and their son, Robert, examine the non-book items via themes. Iona Opie, together with her late husband, has published such books on children's literature as The Oxford Dictionary of Nursey Rhymes and The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren.

Language: English

Pages: 190

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing

Release: July 01, 1995

ISBN: 1857936248

ISBN 13: 9781857936247

More books from Robert Opie

The 1950s Scrapbook

4.7/5 ( ratings)

The 1920s Scrapbook

4.1/5 ( ratings)

The Fun of the Fifties: Ads, Fads and Fashion

The Victorian Scrapbook

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Rate this book!

Write a review?