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The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear
Edward Lear; Holbrook Jackson [editor]
1947
Faber and Faber : London
9" by 6.5"
xxix, 288pp.
SUMMARY
Published to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of Lear's original Book of Nonsense, this copy includes a collection of his work.
First Edition,Illustrated,Original Binding,Publishers' Original Binding,With Dustwrapper
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 1 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
First thus.
Illustrated throughout.
Published to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of Lear's Book of Nonsense.
Includes a collection of the humorous writings and illustrations of Edward Lear, an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet. With many of his limericks, a form he popularised.
Edited with an introduction by George Holbrook Jackson, a British journalist, writer and publisher.
With the dust wrapper designed by Barnett Freedman, a British painter, commercial designer, book illustrator, typographer, and lithographer.
CONDITION
In the original pictorial paper covered boards. Externally, smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is sound with light shelf wear and chipping to the extremities. Sunning to the spine and the odd small closed tear. Minor loss to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers.
Overall Condition: Very Good Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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