Description
The British Library, Published 2009. Hardcover, 127 pp.; 22 cm; illustrated throughout with Lear's original black-and-white drawings; includes musical settings for four of the songs.
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Condition & notes
In Very Good condition, no dust jacket. Illustrated cloth-covered boards reproducing the original 1888 chromolithographic cover design in red, black, green, and gilt; mild shelf and edge wear to covers. Binding firm. Pages clean and unmarked throughout.A facsimile reproduction of the sixth edition of Edward Lear's classic collection of nonsense verse and stories, originally published in 1888 by Frederick Warne & Co. Includes "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat," "The Jumblies," "The Pelican Chorus," "The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo," and others, with Lear's original illustrations and musical settings throughout.