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THE DONG WITH A LUMINOUS NOSE
Written by Edward Lear.
Illustrated by Edward Gorey.
Stock no. 1328382
Published by Chatto & Windus.
1st thus
1969.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
6 x 9 ins. Yellow boards with black illustration to front board. Illustrated endpapers. Wonderful b/w drawings illustrate Edward Lear's Nonsense Rhyme. Originally published by Lear in 1847. ISBN: 0701116439. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Damp stain to lower edges of covers. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is damp stained and edge rubbed.
A BOOK OF NONSENSE
Written by Edward Lear.
Stock no. 1321526
Published by Gowans & Gray Ltd..
1919.
Good condition.
Minature Edition. Pictorial card wraps (illustration to front by Hassall). B/w illustrations. Covers grubby, foxed and edge rubbed. Tobacco smell to contents. Fingering to page margins.
CALICO PIE
Written by Edward Lear.
Illustrated by Edward Lear.
Stock no. 1504888
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
circa
1940.
Very good condition.
Small format 4.5 x 3.5". Pictorial boards show birds flying to a tree, cloth spine. B/w illustrations. A little wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers browned, and odd fox spot otherwise contents clean.
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- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
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THE CHILDREN'S GARLAND OF VERSE
Written by Grace Rhys; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Sir Walter Scott; Edward Lear; et al.
Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2117994
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd..
1st
1921.
Very good condition.
A selection of work by well-known poets gathered by Grace Rhys. Pale grey cloth covers with blue, green and orange floral decorations. 8 colour illustrations. 296 pages. Spine is browned, with scuffing to title. Some scuffing also to title on front cover. Grubby marks to covers. Foxing/browning to endpapers and outer page edges. All plates present.
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- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
TEAPOTS AND QUAILS AND OTHER NEW NONSENSES
Written by Edward Lear.
Illustrated by Edward Lear.
Stock no. 1314793
Published by John Murray.
1st
1953.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Edited and introduced by Angus Davidson and Philip Hofer. Previously unpublished verses found 65 years after Lear's death. Brown pictorial boards. B/w drawings to text. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers slightly foxed. A few light fingermarks to pages else contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed and edge chipped with minimal loss and tape repairs on verso.
NONSENSE SONGS
Written by Edward Lear; Dudley Glass.
Illustrated by Edward Lear.
Stock no. 2113142
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Set to music by Glass. Large format. Cloth spine, orange boards. 23 pages. B/w text illustrations. Some bumping and wear to spine and corners. A little page browning; some foxing, mainly to outer page edges. A few grubby margin marks. Wrapper has some large tears and chips; large piece of loss to front panel and corner; grubby.
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- CHILDRENS
- NONSENSE
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
- MUSIC (CHILDRENS)
NONSENSE SONGS
Written by Edward Lear; Dudley Glass.
Illustrated by Edward Lear.
Stock no. 1310444
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
circa
1949.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Set to music by Glass. Large format. Cloth spine, orange boards. 23 pages. B/w text illustrations. Foxing and browning to endpapers and prelims. Light crease to lower corner of front endpaper. Dustwrapper is grubby and torn at edges with slight loss.
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- CHILDRENS
- NONSENSE
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
- MUSIC (CHILDRENS)
THE STORY OF THE FOUR LITTLE CHILDREN WHO WENT ROUND THE WORLD
Written by Edward Lear.
Illustrated by Stanley Mack.
Stock no. 1304610
Published by Quist Publishing Ltd..
1st UK
1970.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The four children take with them a small cat to steer the boat, an elderly Quangle-Wangle to cook the dinner and a large kettle! Delightful nonsense. Light brown glazed pictorial boards, black illustrations at bottom of both covers. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little worn at top edges with a couple of closed tears.
THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Written by Anna Sewell; Edward Lear; Hilaire Belloc; et al.
Stock no. 619576
Published by Victor Gollancz.
1st
1959.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 696 pages. Spine and corners lightly bumped. A few small light stains to edges of covers. Small mark to rear cover. Contents clean. Dustwrapper price-cut, edge-torn and chipped with loss.
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- CHILDRENS
Edward Lear
Edward Lear (12 May 1812, Holloway – 29 January 1888, Sanremo) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, now known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised. His principal areas of work as an artist were threefold: as a draughtsman employed to illustrate birds and animals; making coloured drawings during his journeys, which he reworked later, sometimes as plates for his travel books; and as a (mino...
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