Lore Language Schoolchildren (136 results)

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Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: good. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May include "From the library of" labels. Shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Item may be missing bundled media.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren (Oxford Paperbacks) This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. …

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. First published in 1959, Iona and Peter Opie's The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren is a pathbreaking work of scholarship that is also a splendid and enduring work of literature. Going outside the nursery, with its assortment of parent-approved entertainments, to observe and investigate the day-to-day creative intelligence and activities of children, the Opies bring to life the rites and rhymes, jokes and jeers, laws, games, and secret spells of what has been called "the greatest of savage tribes, and the only one which shows no signs of dying out." The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren is a pathbreaking work of scholarship that is also a splendid and enduring work of literature. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

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Paperback. Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paper Back. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Reprint of 1959 Edition. A record of the lore and language natural to 1950s UK schoolchildren when out of school, with seasonal customs, initiation rites, superstitious beliefs, rhymes and chants (800 given here in full), with historical annotation. 417 pages. 6 x 9 1/2 " Light wear to boards; light foxing to endpapers; jacket is worn, creased, and chipped in various spots along edges and corners; some rubbing and fading to jacket spine and panels; jacket in mylar sleeve.…

Condition: New. pp. xxxvii + 417, Maps.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Little wear to boards. Pages tanned. DJ has some edge weat and faded spine.Price clipped.

Condition: Good. Later printing. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. NoNE. SECOND. SCHOLARLY WORK OXFORD PRESS LOGO AT BOTTOM OF SPINE IS RUBBED OFF SLIGHT PULLS AT TOP AN DBOTTOM OF SPINE BRIGHT CLEAN AND TIGHT NO TEARS ETC.

Condition: Good. 1967. Reprinted. 417 pages. Paperback book with laminated pictorial cover. Black and white maps throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and maps have light tanning and foxing throughout. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Light tanning to spine and edges with creasing to spine.…

hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a good tightly bound copy, paper a little age-toned. The dust jacket with a creased tear, now closed and faded to the spine. From the collection of the wood engraver, Simon Brett, with his ex-libris plate to the front pastedown. Maps, xviii + 417pp.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Softcoevr. Clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy, very nearly as new. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condition: Fair. 1960. Reprinted. 417 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have modeate shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing, fraying and tearing to spine ends and edges. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. All surfaces heavily tanned. Some rubbing and water marking.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1150grams, ISBN:0198272065.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN.