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Thirty Old-Time Nursery Songs

[1912]
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Object Information
  • Title: Thirty Old-Time Nursery Songs
  • Illustrator: Paul Vincent Woodroffe (British (born India), Madras 1875–1954 Eastbourne)
  • Author: Music arranged by Joseph Samuel Moorat (British, 1864–1938)
  • Printer: Stoddart & Malcolm (Edinburgh)
  • Publisher: T. C. & E. C. Jack , London
  • Published in: London
  • Date: [1912]
  • Medium: Illustrations: photographic color process and color lithographs (covers and end papers)
  • Dimensions: 12 x 9 1/4 x 7/16 in. (30.5 x 23.5 x 1.1 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Holme, 1984
  • Object Number: 1984.1056.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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