Boston: Little Brown, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book published in aid of the appeal to set up the Opie Collection of children's books at the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Includes rhymes selected by Iona Opie from the collection, some never before published, and each rhyme is illustrated by a different children's artist, all of whom donated their efforts to raise funds to perserve this collection. SIGNED and dated by Marc Brown at his illustrated pages. Other contributors are Shirley Hughes, Ann Dalton, Reg Cartwright, Inga Moore, Maurice Sendak, Quentin Blake, Helen Oxenbury, Babette Cole and others. Dustjacket illutration by Maurice Sendak. A beautiful and unique book. ISBN: 0-316-650811.