Edward Lear Leonard Russell (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Crown Classics. 1st ed. 88pp. VG/VG copy, now preserved in mylar jacket.

Hard Cove. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Fully Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. VERY GOOD IN VERY GOOD JACKET Size: 8vo.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Boards lightly soiled. 1947 Hard Cover. 88 pp. Includes the original illustrations and an introduction by Leonard Russell. "Edward Lear (1812 - 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, and is known now mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised. His principal areas of work as an artist were threefold: as a draughtsman employed to illustrate birds and animals; making coloured drawings during his journeys, which he reworked later, sometimes as plates for his travel books; as a (minor) illustrator of Alfred Tennyson's poems. As an author, he is known principally for his popular nonsense collections of poems, songs, short stories, botanical drawings, recipes, and alphabets. Edward Lear's poetry and prose celebrates the joy of living, and has influenced writers and illustrators from Terry Gilliam to Spike Milligan and Ricky Gervais.Although the subject and form of his works varies greatly, all of Lear's poems can be characterized by his irreverent view of the world, and many critics view Lear's nonsense books as his way of undermining the all-pervasive orderliness and industriousness of Victorian society. However, regardless of his inspiration or impetus, the appeal of Lear's poems and illustrations has proved timeless."Nonsense Songs and Stories" contains some of Lear's best-known poetry as well as stories and songs about real and imagined creatures. Poems include "The Owl and the Pussycat", "The Jumblies", "Calico Pie", and the stories are "The Story of the Four Little Children Who Went Round the World" and the "History of the Seven Families of the Lake Pipple-Popple".

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Leonard Russell (illustrator). First edition. A first edition copy of Edward Lear's 'Nonsense Songs', inscribed by the actor, Anthony Quayle, to Robert Hardy, dated 1949. The first edition. Part of the 'Crown Classics' series. In the original full pictorial cloth binding with the publisher's clipped dust wrapper. With an ink inscription to the front free endpaper reading, 'Robert Hardy, from Anthony Quayle, Opening of the Australian tour of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company's Much Ado, and Macbeth. His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne. Australia, Oct. 1949'. Sir John Anthony Quayle was an Oscar nominated actor and theatre director best known for his roles in popular films such as, 'The Guns of Navarone', 'Lawrence of Arabia', and 'Anne of the Thousand'. Robert Hardy was an English actor best known for his role as 'Cornelius Fudge', in the Harry Potter series and for his numerous portrayals of Winston Churchill. A collection of 'nonsense songs', by Edward Lear. Including titles such as, 'The Owl and the Pussy-cat', and 'The Cummerbund'. Edward Lear was an English artist, author, and poet who is best known for his literary nonsense and limericks. Illustrated and with an introduction by Leonard Russell. The half title page is present. With a bookseller's label to the front paste-down. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor shelf wear to the extremities. Some spotting to the boards and age-toning to the lower boards. Bookseller's label to the front paste-down. The odd spot to the free endpapers and paste-downs. Ink inscription from Anthony Quayle to the front free endpaper. The original clipped dust wrapper is in smart condition. Shelf wear and chipping to the edges and spine, Marks and spotting to the panels. Spine is darkened. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age-toned but otherwise very bright and clear with just the odd small mark. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover with DJ. The DJ has some tanning, some shelf/edge wear. The DJ is now protected in archival mylar. PO inscription in ink in the front. Tanned pages, some foxing. Tracking available on most domestic orders.