by Lear, Edward, Illustrated B/W drawings by Edward Gorey
Dong with a Luminous Nose, The An unusual little oblong book with text on the lefthand page and a full page black and white sketch on the righthand side. Very imaginative illustrations and story.

Imprint: New York: Young Scott Books, 1969
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardback

Hardback NODustJacket, Oblong Pictorial Cloth , X-LIBRARY with Usual Stamps Pocket, Etc O/W nice tight clean, 1969, 1st Edition, VG-/VG+, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Unpaginated. Illustr.: Edward Gorey. Ex-Library. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket

Stock number: 28348.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Bluff Park Rare Books

$US 35.00

EDWARD LEAR
Edward Lear 1812-1888. The catalogue of a 1985 exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts. With text by Vivian Noakes, an essay by Jeremy Maas and an introduction by Sir Steve Runciman.

Imprint: Royal Academy of Arts / Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1985
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Softback

First Edition - the card wrapper issue. 216pp. Extensively illustrated throughout and including sixty-five colour plates. Very good.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft cover

Stock number: 19261.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Clearwater Books

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

Edward Lear
Max and Moritz: A Juvenile History in Seven Tricks

Binding: Hardback

Printed by the ARC for a Private Library.. ARCHIVAL REPRINT. Limited Edition. Translated from the German by Charles T. Brooks. [Boston: Little, Brown & Co.; 1899]. Limited to 85 numbered copies, this being NO. 24. Archival Quality: Vellum acabado.. Illustr.: Cartoons. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Quarter-Cloth

Stock number: 18990117.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Ventura Pacific Ltd.

$US 95.00

EDWARD LEAR.
The New Vestments. With drawings by Arnold Lobel.

Imprint: Macmillan, London, 1971
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First UK Edition with these illustrations (first printing). Unpaginated. Brown boards lettered in gold at the spine. In virtually fine state with price-clipped dust wrapper with some light internal browning. A nonsense verse by Lear, splendidly accompanied by Arnold Lobel line drawings.. Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good

Stock number: BUL90302.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Clearwater Books

£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 )

Gould, John & Edward Lear:
Sea Eagle

Imprint: London, 1832-1837.

Lithographed plate with original hand-colour, approx 35.5 x 51.5 cms, from the Birds of Europe, by Edward Lear for Gould.

The Birds of Europe, Gould’s second major project (described by Hyman as his magnum opus), is dominated by the extraordinary contribution of Edward Lear. Arguably Gould's inspiration for the project was Lear's folio lithographed work on Parrots. Lear chose the large folio size which became general for later bird books, he was also among the first to draw from life where possible and he was the first to appreciate the full potential of the new process of lithography for ornithological illustration. Lear learned the process of lithography from Charles Hullmandel, author of 'The Art of Drawing on Stone' and the printer of the Birds of Europe. Hullmandel visited Germany to learn the technique directly from Senefelder, its inventor. Hundreds of faithful impressions could be taken from a lithographic stone, and drawing directly onto the stone preserved the style and sponteneity of the original drawing, rather than translating the original medium into the lines and dots necessary when etching onto copper or steel. It was perfect for showing strong flight feathers, or plumage ruffled by the wind. Lear's financial difficulties - he was forced to abandon his work on Parrots and sell the copyright to Gould - enabled Gould to employ him more fully in the Birds of Europe than he had in his work on Toucans. Lear supplied 67 plates, and chose to illustrate many of the largest and most charismatic birds. He also influenced the work of his fellow artist, Gould’s wife Elizabeth. The Birds of Europe received a rapturous welcome at the time, and is arguably among the most magnificent and important ornithological works ever produced.

Stock number: 6391.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Bryars & Bryars

£ 850.00 (approx. $US 1106.19 )

Lear, Edward
Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear

Imprint: Faber, 1947
Edition: 1st Edition.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

The jacket is a bit marked and worn. Internally clean (some light foxing) and tightly bound.. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good

Stock number: q670.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Chapter1

$US 13.00

LEAR, EDWARD - Edited by Fiona Patchett:
EDWARD LEAR'S BOOK OF NONSENSE. [USBORNE ILLUSTRATED ORIGINALS.]

Imprint: LONDON.USBORNE PUBLISHING LTD.,2014.
Edition: UK.8vo HB,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj,as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB,1st edn.FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price removal from cover.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,matt,white background paper-covered boards with colour pictorial artwork by Christine Pym illustrated boards and spine,with red+ black glossy lettering to covers,white lettering and oval colour pictorial vignette to mauve spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.A tint dent to head of spine/backstrip - this the only fault preventing it being listed as MINT. Immaculate colour illustrated front endpapers,plain pale green rear pastedown, a gold+red striped headband and a sewn-in blue silk bookmark ribbon.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread,apart from my own collation.UK.8vo HB,1st edn,8-239pp [paginated] includes limericks,nonsense songs (9),2 separate alphabets,nonsense botany (7 nonsense trees),a 3pp potted biography of Edward Lear,profuse part,single and double page colour illustrations by Christine Pym throughout the book and Usborne quicklinks to Edward Lear-related websites.Plus [unpaginated] colour illustrated half-title page,colour illustrated double-page title page,colour illustrated contents list/table,and sections' individual,colour illustrated separator page and to the reverse of last page,colour illustrated acknowledgements page. A beautiful gift edition of Edward Lear's timeless,classic collection of limericks, jokes and rhymes,songs,alphabets(2) and a nonsense botany,all enchantingly illustrated.The much-loved The Owl and The Pussycat,the comical world of the Jumblies,the Quangle Wangle - as well as lots of other less well known but equally funny characters and their charming rhymes - are bound to delight young children. The illustrations by Christine Pym are superb - they are full of fun and humour and a key part of this lovely book as they are integrated perfectly with the text. Complete with clear print and colour illustrations,these should appeal to those parents and grandparents keen to encourage children to encounter past great reads in their entirety. An heirloom of the future,this beautiful book is richly produced to a standard this timeless classic deserves,with hardback cover binding,a sewn-in blue silk ribbon bookmark and traditional binding. Please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK and all overseas buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded, after order receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to US can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/ rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja938121. ISBN: 9781409566885.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY

£ 12.00 (approx. $US 15.62 )

LEAR, Edward (Introduced By Quentin BLAKE)
Edward Lear's Complete Nonsense

Imprint: Folio Society,, 1996
Edition: First Thus

Illustration coloured for this edition. A fine copy in the original thick cardboard pictorial slipcase as issued.

Stock number: 55816.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Collectors Treasury

$US 25.00

Lear, Edward
Edward Lear's Nonsense Songs & Laughable Lyrics. With Two Unfinished Poems, and a Foreword Written by Philip Hofer for the Peter Pauper Press.

Imprint: Peter Pauper Press, 1935
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardback

Original colored cloth with blue, red and green patterns on both covers, solid dark blue on spine. Tan paper with black lettering on spine. 6 X 8 1/4 inches. 87 pages. From the colophon, "Nine hundred fifty copies of this edition handset in Janson type and printed on Arak paper, have been made a the Walpole Printing Office in Mount Vernon, N. Y. This is number 513." Deckled edges. Pages are very clean and complete. Copy overall is very clean. Binding is tight. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

Stock number: 017805.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Barry Cassidy Rare Books

$US 37.50

Lear, Edward
For Lovers of Food and Drink. Compiled by Vivien Noakes and Charles Lewson.

Imprint: London, Collins, 1978
Binding: Hardback

Tiny collection of Lear's contributions to gastronomic enjoyment. HC in laminated boards.(X2) 24p. illus.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Laminated HC

Stock number: 041051. ISBN: 0002222353

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Kalamos Books

$US 10.00

Lear, Edward:
Journal of a Landscape Painter In Corsica.

Imprint: London: Robert John Bush,, 1870
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback

8vo. First edition. pp. xvi, 272. With 40 full-page wood-engravings and numerous text illustrations after Lear and map of Corsica. Brown publisher’s cloth, some wear to extremities. Inscription on the fly leaf, presented to Charles Hilton Seely by his grandson, 1870.

Stock number: 5106.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Bryars & Bryars

£ 380.00 (approx. $US 494.53 )

Lear, Edward
Later Letters of Edward Lear, Author of "The Book of Nonsense". To Chichester Fortescue (Lord Carlingford), Lady Waldegrave and Others

Imprint: New York, New York, Duffield & Company, 1911
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardback

xi, 366 pages; illustrations; appendix, index; Two tone green cloth binding, gilt lettering on the spine. Edward Lear (1812-1888) was an English artist, illustrator, author and poet. He is best known for his 'literary nonsense'. Extracts with selections from his letters during his travels in Europe. Very good clean copy.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

Stock number: 14107.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Barry Cassidy Rare Books

$US 37.50

Lear,Edward (edited by Lady Strachey)
Letters of Edward Lear. Author of The Book of Nonsense, to Chichester Fortescue,Lord Carlingford, and Frences,Countess Waldegrave. Edited by Lady Strachey of Sutton Court. Illustrated

Imprint: London, T.Fisher Unwin., 1907
Edition: First Trade.
Binding: Hardback

328p. illus.plates index. Ex-Library copy with usual markings. Original green cloth binding, some shelf wear, corners bumped. Ex-Library. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Decorative Cloth

Stock number: 041057.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Kalamos Books

$US 60.00

Lear, Edward
A New Nonsense Alphabet

Imprint: London, Bloomsbury, 1988
Edition: 1st
Binding: hardcover

Fine copy in fine dust jacket, 4to, 48 pp., Edited by Susan Hyman

Stock number: BOOKS037492I.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Abacus Bookshop

$US 12.50

Lear, Edward
A Nonsense Alphabet

Imprint: France, Her Majesty's Stationary office, 1968
Binding: Softback

Pages unmarked. Covers moderately worn. Staple-bound.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Paperback

Stock number: 117597. ISBN: 9782849753187

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Books Do Furnish A Room

$US 10.00

Lear, Edward
Nonsense Books

Imprint: Grosset & Dunlap, Grosset & Dunlap, 1967
Binding: Hardback

B019884; 184 pp, edge wear, A454 hardcover, good contents & decorated covers, corners bumped,

Stock number: 19884.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Hammonds Books

$US 6.50

Lear, Edward
Teapots and Quails: And Other New Nonsenses

Imprint: Cambrdige, MA, Harvard University Press, 1954
Binding: Hardback

Full brown cloth boards show edge wear, an ink mark, and some spots. 64 pages. 6 1/2"w x 9 3/4"h.. Poetry. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket

Stock number: 145972.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Pistil Books Online

$US 14.95

Lear, Edward
The Complete Nonsense Book

Imprint: New York, Castle Books, 1994
Edition: reprint
Binding: hardcover

Fine copy in fine dust jacket, Tall 8vo, 480 pp., Facsimile reprint of the original 1862 edition.

Stock number: BOOKS099912I. ISBN: 0785801685

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Abacus Bookshop

$US 20.00

Lear,Edward (Ed.Rowena Fowler)
The Cretan Journal

Imprint: Limni,Evvia,Greece, Denise Harvey, 1984
Edition: 1st Greek Edition.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

Beautifully illustrated account of Edward Lear in Crete based on his journals, published here for the first time with pictures. A delightful and gorgeous volume. Hardcover. 120p. 18 tipped in colour plates, 42 B & W Illus.. Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Near Fine

Stock number: 041080. ISBN: 0907978177

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Kalamos Books

$US 50.00

Lear, Edward
The Family of Parrots

Imprint: New York / SF, AMNH / Pomegranate Artbooks, 1997
Edition: 1st
Binding: hardcover

Fine copy in fine dust jacket, 8vo, 64 pp.

Stock number: BOOKS111048I. ISBN: 9780764903366

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Abacus Bookshop

$US 15.00

Lear, Edward : Brooke, Leslie
The Jumblies and Other Nonsense Verses

Imprint: Frederick Warne
Binding: Hardback

undated. a very worn copy. there are 3 plates in the book. the binding has been repaired. the original pictorial boards are rubbed and worn. there is scribbling in the book and some of the pictures have been coloured in.. Book Condition: Poor. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: No Jacket

Stock number: yi4.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Chapter1

$US 35.00

Lear, Edward
THE NONSENSE ABC'S

Imprint: Rand Mcnally & Company 1936.
Binding: Hardback

G+/NONE. CS9-36.184. Orange and white paper over cardboard boards with blue lettering on front. Spine is sunfaded. Normal wear along edges and boards. Tiny inked ownership on ffep. Other than normal l ight page browning, foxing and finger smudgies book is clean and tight. All illustrations have orange in them. ; 51/4x63/4; Unpaginated pages. Illustrated by Illustrated by Marguerite L. Wheeler Willa rd C. Wheeler. Binding is Hardcover.

Stock number: 5614.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Seneca Valley Crafts d/b/a SENECA VALLEY USED BOOKS AND PAPER COLLECTIBLES

$US 18.00

LEAR**, EDWARD:
The Owl & the Pussy-Cat & Other Nonsense. [Illus by Owen Wood.]

Imprint: UK.WEMBLEY,MIDDLESEX.SACKVILLE PRESS BILLERICAY LTD., for The Leisure Circle,Ltd.,not dated.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued(?),1st edn thus.
Binding: Hardback , Minus dw/dj.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued(?),1st edn thus. [The Leisure Circle (LTC) was a publishing company that retailed it books through book clubs.The company was dissolved 19th July,2011. The title was originally and first published by Andre Deutsch,1976 (UK),and that's the true 1st edn,the US 1st edition was published by VIKING, NEW YORK,1979.The listed title has no ISBN and is undated but assumed circa 1978,and is therefore,a 1st edn thus and also,an out-of-print title by this publisher.] VG++. No owner inscrptn,no printed publisher price - its books were sold through a book club outlet.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,wrap-around white background with colour pictorial artwork by Owen Wood,illustrated glazed,glossy laminated paper-covered boards with calligraphic brown-lettered author name,a calligraphic black-lettered title within a pale grey panel of the illustration and an artistic brown,beige+black lettered illustrator name,also within a lower panel of same illustration; spine/backstrip with black-lettered title+author and publisher's capitalised,b/w lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with repeated similar coloured+lettering as front,but to another entirely different coloured illustration. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - head of spine/backstrip's gutter's crease/fold minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasesa tiny dent to front's top edge towards head of spine. Repeated colour pictorial artwork illustrated endpapers with faint residual evidence of child's hand-pencilled artistic(?) embellishment's erasure to 3 corners of front free endpaper+pastedown,some partial paper loss patch to a blank name plate on pastedown,along with a sellotape repair to a feathered tear at front lower corner of said free endpaper,and similar faint erasure evidence to 3 corners of the rear free endpaper+pastedown and blank name plate too.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread other than my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued(?),1st edn thus,40pp [unpaginated and excluding free endpapers] includes a colour ilustrated title page with a dedication to its reverse,a colour illustrated poem's title separator page,9 double-page colour illustraions and accompanying verses,a double page colour illustrated sub title page for the following 8 limericks,each also with a double-page colour illustration; There was an Old Man,who when little, There was an Old Man of the Hague, There was a Young Lady of Ryde, There was an Old Man od Dunluce, There was an Old Man of Blackheath,, There was a Young Lady of Welling,There was an Old Man in a tree, and There was a Young Lady whose bonnet - the reverse of its last page with a colour illustrated The End page - all artwork/ illustrations by Owen Wood.                      Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book's text body is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 40+-year-old age and nature, i.e. a child's book. It is only the the interior faults described that prevents a slightly higher overall grading.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional example for its cleanliness and brightness.                                      Owen Wood,British illustrator,b. 1929 - d.2003. He studied at Camberwell Art School under such figures as John Minton who taught there 1943-47, and also Leonard Rosoman who was on the staff there 1946-48,and their influences can be seen in his works. Using a precise and hyper-realistic technique and dense imagery,he creates highly atmospheric and fantastical work.As an illustrator,he created many beloved designs, amongst them,for Hugh Johnsons 'Wine,1966' and 'The Owl and the Pussy-Cat and other Nonsense' by Edward Lear,1978,which was a major success internationally.He illustrated another Edward Lear book,'The Jumblies.'                        Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item, for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!         N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.     ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja1081823. ISBN: No ISBN.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY

£ 12.00 (approx. $US 15.62 )

Lear, Edward
The Travels of Edward Lear 17th october - 11th November 1983

Imprint: The Fine Art Society, 1983
Binding: Softback

wraps are shelf rubbed. light marks. no inscriptions. 51 pages. good copy.[SK]. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Paperback

Stock number: chow.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Chapter1

$US 5.00

Leary, Edward A
Indianapolis: The Story of a City

Imprint: Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1971
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

261pp. B&W Illustrations. Signed by Author, 8vo, Very Good in Very Good DJ

Stock number: 011456.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Chris Hartmann, Bookseller

$US 15.00