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A Book of Nonsense
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| Author(s): | Edward Lear |
| Illustrator(s): | Edward Lear |
| Publisher(s): | Frederick Warne & Co. |
| Year Published: | circa 1866 |
| Type: | Hardcover |
| Genre: | Nonsense Picture Book Poetry – Humorous |
| Age Range: | Ages 5-7: Early Reader Books |
| Pages: | 111 |
| This is an | All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB) |
| OCLC: | 1040468606 |
Description
This enlarged one-volume seventeenth 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. This edition was hand colored.
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 (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.
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.
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