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COMPLETE & UTTER NONSENSE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Lewis Carroll.
Illustrated by Henry Holiday; Harry Furniss; A.B. Frost.
Stock no. 1829090
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1998.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Two volumes, green cloth spine with gilt title. Cream boards with green illustrations. B/w illustrations. The text and poems of this volumes taken from Rhyme? and Reason?, Sylvie and Bruno, Sylvie and Bruno Concluded and The Complete Works of Lewis Carrol with minor emendations. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase with gilt titles to sides, and a little pock-marked to one side.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- CHILDRENS
- NONSENSE
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.
MISTER BANNOCK
Written by Edgar Primrose Dickie.
Illustrated by Savile Lumley.
Stock no. 1320447
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1947.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
A nonsense story. Red cloth, black titles and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. 91 pages. Covers are mottled, fading to top front edge. Spine bumped. Tiny dents to lower edges of covers. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to contents. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and a little grubby to rear panel, foxed on verso.
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NONSENSE NONSENSE!
Written by Walter Jerrold.
Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1814723
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
1st
1902.
Almost very good condition.
Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial boards and endpapers. One of Robinson's rarest illustrated books. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Scattered foxing throughout and a few grubby marks.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
- NONSENSE
- ILLUSTRATED
FIDDLESTICKS
Written by David Naylor.
Illustrated by Ian Hassall.
Stock no. 1315461
Published by The Diamond Press Limited.
1st
1927.
Very good condition.
Nonsense verse. Orange cloth, black titles and vignette to front cover. 118 pages. Full-page colour and two-tone text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers ever so slightly grubby. Prize plate to front endpaper. Foxing to contents. A few small page edge nicks.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- NONSENSE
- 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)
HUSH-A-BYE BABY
No author listed.
Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 2111600
Published by Walker Books.
1st
1985.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0744503809. Spine a little faded. Couple of corners are bumped.
AS I WAS GOING UP AND DOWN AND OTHER NONSENSE RHYMES
No author listed.
Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 2111599
Published by Walker Books.
1st
1985.
Nearly fine condition.
Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0744503795. Spine is faded.
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.