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Published by Dover, New York, 1951
Seller: Gil's Book Loft, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition thus. 26481 CF shelf. NOT Ex-library. Solid trade paperback, pictorial orange covers, dulled spine. Usual age-browned paper. No names, clean text. Contains Lear's 546 b/w illustrations 288 p. Book.
Published by Dover Publications, Inc., 1951
Seller: Webster's Bookstore Cafe, Inc., State College, PA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. G+ Light edge & shelf wear to cover. Clean, tight copy. Pages lightly tanned.
Published by Faber & Faber 2015-03-05, London, 2015
ISBN 10: 0571314805ISBN 13: 9780571314805
Seller: Blackwell's, London, United Kingdom
Book
paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG.
Published by Dover Publications, Mineola, NY, 1951
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Edward Lear (illustrator). 1st. 1st thus edition; dj w/chipping, unclipped price, in mylar; owner's insc; gold c. w/blue spine titles; 288 clean, unmarked pages Size: 8 Vo.
Published by London : Faber and Faber, 1947
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
1st edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked, decorated cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 288 pp : illustrations ; 18 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. xv, xxvii). Contents; Book of nonsense (1846) -- Nonsense songs, stories, botany and alphabets (1871) -- More nonsense, pictures, rhymes, botany, etc. (1872) -- Laughable lyrics, a fourth book of nonsense poems, songs, botany, music, etc. (1877) -- Nonsense songs and stories (1895). Subjects; Limericks, Juvenile. Nonsense verses, English. Children's poetry, English. Limericks pour la jeunesse. Poésie enfantine anglaise. Limericks, Juvenile. Nonsense verses, English. Children's poetry, English. Non-Fiction 5+. Poetry. Humorous poetry, English. Rhymes and chants. Poetry Collections. Anthologies Verse. English poetry 19th century. 1 Kg.
Published by London : Faber and Faber, 1947
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
1st edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked, decorated cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 288 pp : illustrations ; 18 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. xv, xxvii). Contents; Book of nonsense (1846) -- Nonsense songs, stories, botany and alphabets (1871) -- More nonsense, pictures, rhymes, botany, etc. (1872) -- Laughable lyrics, a fourth book of nonsense poems, songs, botany, music, etc. (1877) -- Nonsense songs and stories (1895). Subjects; Limericks, Juvenile. Nonsense verses, English. Children's poetry, English. Limericks pour la jeunesse. Poésie enfantine anglaise. Limericks, Juvenile. Nonsense verses, English. Children's poetry, English. Non-Fiction 5+. Poetry. Humorous poetry, English. Rhymes and chants. Poetry Collections. Anthologies Verse. English poetry 19th century. 1 Kg.
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Barnett Freedman (illustrator). First edition. Published to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of Lear's original Book of Nonsense, this copy includes a collection of his work. First thus. Illustrated throughout. Published to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of Lear's Book of Nonsense. Includes a collection of the humorous writings and illustrations of Edward Lear, an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet. With many of his limericks, a form he popularised. Edited with an introduction by George Holbrook Jackson, a British journalist, writer and publisher. With the dust wrapper designed by Barnett Freedman, a British painter, commercial designer, book illustrator, typographer, and lithographer. In the original pictorial paper covered boards. Externally, smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is sound with light shelf wear and chipping to the extremities. Sunning to the spine and the odd small closed tear. Minor loss to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good. book.
Published by Faber and Faber Limited, London, United Kingdom, 1947
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Lear, Edward (illustrator). 1st Edition. True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (12s 6d). Edited and introduced by Holbrook Jackson. Profusely illustrated by Edward Lear. Jacket has patchy edge/shelf wear, little loss to head of spine, few tears, few small marks, patchy browning (including to spine), minor foxing, the odd crease/rub to edges, little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine and a little pushing/bumping to corners. Boards are very good with minor pushing/bumping to corners, one very small (approx. 5mms) split to middle of back upper edge and a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Small bookseller's sticker inside back board. Top of pages slightly dusty. Pages bit tanned. Inside boards/end-papers bit tanned with the odd small mark/minor foxing. Occasional small mark/mild foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Odd small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.