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A Book of Nonsense
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| Author(s): | Derry Down Derry |
| Illustrator(s): | Edward Lear |
| Publisher(s): | Thomas McLean |
| Year Published: | 1846 |
| Type: | Hardcover |
| Genre: | British Nonsense Picture Book Poetry - Humorous |
| Age Range: | Ages 5-7: Early Reader Books |
| Pages: | 74 |
| This is an | All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB) |
| OCLC: | 1012852226 |
Description
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.
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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 (1866)
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.
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.
The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear (1947)
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.
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.
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