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Lear Edward

The Book of Nonsense. Thirtieth Edition. With all the original Pictures and Verses. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Warne, 1895

195.50 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1895
Author
Lear Edward
Publishers
Warne
Keyword
literature, juvenilia, childrens, edward lear, nonsense, limericks, edward lear, literature, the, book, nonsense
Languages
English

Description

Oblong 4to., Thirtieth Edition, with illustrated title and 109 full-page illustrations by the author in the text, front free endpaper creased; original pictorial blue cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and black, bevelled boards, primrose endpapers, backstrip mildly chafed (without material loss) at head and tail, hinges tender (but binding entirely sound), an unusually bright, clean copy. With personal bookplate and contemporary inscription on front paste-down. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Lear's humorous classic was first published in 1862.