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Book of nonsense.

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Description

[73] leaves : ill.; 15 x 22 cm.

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Note

Leaf [1], which was the t.p. in the original ed., here lacks title and imprint; title from ill. on leaf [1]. Proof copy or other variant of the 2nd ed. (1856), which was issued in illustrated paper covers with cover title: A book of nonsense / by Derry Down Derry.
Consists of illustrated limericks; lithographed throughout, from new stones made for this edition by the author/artist. Cf. Ray.
In this ed., the limericks are printed in 5 lines; in the original edition (London : Published by Thos. McLean, Feb. 10, 1846), they were chiefly printed in 3 lines.
In this issue, the 2 limericks beginning "There was an old man of the West" are each with the appropriate ill.; other variants as cited for this ed. by W.B.O. Field in Edward Lear on my shelves, 1933, p. 131-132, but leaves not in order described for the earlier ed.
On several leaves the text has been retouched on the stone.
Ill. on leaves [24], [52], [57], [60], [66] and [72] depict pipe-smoking men.

Indexed In (note)

Call Number

Arents 95-313

OCLC

NYPG95-B6075

Author

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888.

Title

Book of nonsense.

Imprint

[London : Thomas McLean, 1856]

Indexed In:

Ray, G.N. Illustrator and the book in England, 92A

Local Note

Binding: Contemporary half black calf, gilt, and marbled paper boards; bound without the covers.

Provenance: Hugh Walpole (inscription on free front endpaper, dated Brackenburn, May 1, 1939, and "Brackenburn" bookplate).

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Local Subject

Walpole, Hugh, Sir, 1894-1941 Provenance.

Research Call Number

Arents 95-313