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A Book of Nonsense
by LEAR, Edward
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0723227152
- ISBN 13
- 9780723227151
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Frederick Warne, 1980. First Thus . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 112 illustrations and limericks in facsimile colour. Hardback: vg dj, spine is slightly faded, red cloth with bright gilt lettering, light spot on the half title otherwise pages are clean, vg+. wide 4to, unpaginated. Introduction by BRYAN HOLME who donated the book this facsimile is taken from to The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Synopsis
Edward Lear (1812 - 1888) was an English writer of nonsense, the most famous piece of which is The Owl and the Pussycat. He is also credited with popularizing the limerick, though there was some speculation as to whether his patron, the Earl of Derby, simply used Lear as a pseudonym for his own writings. Lear was also a successful illustrator and even spent some time tutoring Queen Victoria in drawing before his improper behaviour had him thrown out of court.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mad Hatter Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15A04
- Title
- A Book of Nonsense
- Author
- LEAR, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0723227152
- ISBN 13
- 9780723227151
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Children's & Young Adult, Limericks
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's;
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