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The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear
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| Author(s): | Edward Lear |
| Illustrator(s): | Barnett Freedman Edward Lear |
| Editor(s): | Holbrook Jackson |
| Publisher(s): | Faber & Faber |
| Year Published: | 1947 |
| Type: | Hardcover |
| Genre: | ABCs/Numbers/Colors/Words Humorous Nonsense Picture Book Poetry – Ballads Poetry – Humorous |
| Age Range: | Ages 0-5: Picture Books |
| Pages: | 288 |
| This is an | All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB) |
| This is an | Anthology |
| ISBN-10: | 0486201678 0329178210 0329598619 0844607223 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780844607221 9780329178215 9780329598617 9780486201672 |
| OCLC: | 752986679 |
Description
An omnibus including five books: A Book of Nonsense, Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets, More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc., Laughable Lyrics and Nonsense Songs and Stories.
Other Editions
A Book of Nonsense (1846)
This first edition was published in two volumes. Each includes thirty-six limericks printed on the rectos only. Save for the volume indication, the covers are the same.
A Book of Nonsense (1855)
This second edition was published in one volume. The illustrations were redrawn on the lithographic stones, and the limericks are now lettered in the now-familiar five-line style.
A Book of Nonsense (1861)
Enlarged one-volume third edition contains forty-three new limericks, but three have been dropped from the earlier editions. The plates have been engraved on wood and the text is letterpress.
A Book of Nonsense (1870)
This is the first quarto edition, with colored illustrations printed by wood blocks. There is a typo on this cover as there are only 113 illustrations. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets (1871)
The author’s second book of nonsense includes The Owl and the Pussy-cat. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc. (1872)
This is the author’s third collection of nonsense, which includes one hundred new limericks. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Laughable Lyrics (1877)
This fourth and final collection includes The Dong with a Luminous Nose among other delights. Read for free online at Project Gutenberg and at DigiNole.
Nonsense Songs and Stories (1894)
This is a collection of longer poems and stories from the four nonsense books with a few additions. It does not include the limericks.
The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear (1951)
An omnibus including five books: A Book of Nonsense, Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets, More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, &c., and Laughable Lyrics and Nonsense Songs and Stories.
A Book of Nonsense (1980)
This is a facsimile of the first edition to be printed in color.
A Book of Nonsense (1982)
A facsimile from the Osborne collection with colored plates.
Nonsense Songs and Stories (1984)
This is a facsimile of the 1895 edition. It is a collection of poems and stories from the four nonsense books with a few additions.
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