Soft Cover. Condition: vg. 8" tall; 320 pages; 546 b/w ils; a bit of wear to cover along spine. Paperback.
Language: English
Published by Faber and Faber, 1961
Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Printed cloth decorated with pictorial design in pink, light green, and black. Edges and endpapers slightly foxed, front endpapers split, hinge tender.
Published by Faber & Faber, London, England, 1971
Seller: BASEMENT BOOKS, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, later printing. Hard cover 8vo in orange illustrated cloth. Near Fine book in Near Fine unclipped DJ. Owner name front pastedown, else Fine and unmarked; jacket has short tears atop lightly sunned spine. 288pp; well-illustrated w/Author's original drawings and reproductions. Book.
Published by Faber and Faber Limited, 1961
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1961. Ninth impression. 288 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations by Edward Lear. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding slightly loose. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.
Published by Faber and Faber Limited, 1948
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1948. Third Impression. 288 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over illustrated paper covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. Minor foxing and tanning to pages. Very slightly more prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Some slight looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Book is noticeably bowed and forward leaning with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Clipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
17th Impression. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 288 pages. Subjects; Lear, Edward (1812-1888). Nonsense verses, English. Limericks, English. Children's poetry, English. English wit and humor. 3 Kg.
Published by Faber and Faber Limited, 1949
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1949. 4th Impression. 288 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing overall.
Language: English
Published by Faber & Faber, London, 1979
ISBN 10: 057106440X ISBN 13: 9780571064403
Seller: June Samaras, STREETSVILLE, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Edward Lear (illustrator). Reprint. Reprint of the version first published in 1947. 189p. illus. Crisp clean, tight text. Ffep missing, Library stamp and label, laminated DJ.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
17th Impression. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 288 pages. Subjects; Lear, Edward (1812-1888). Nonsense verses, English. Limericks, English. Children's poetry, English. English wit and humor. 1 Kg.
Language: English
Published by Faber & Faber, London, 1979
ISBN 10: 057106440X ISBN 13: 9780571064403
Seller: June Samaras, STREETSVILLE, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Edward Lear (illustrator). Reprint. Reprint of the version first published in 1947. 189p. illus. Crisp clean, tight text. Ffep missing, Library stamp and label, laminated DJ.
Language: English
Published by Dover Publications Inc., New York, 1951
Seller: Tarrington Books, Tarrington, HEF, United Kingdom
Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. Illustrated card wraps. Very clean condition throughout. Overall condition is Near Fine. Size: 5.25 x 8 inches (13.5 x 20.5 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: xxix, 288.
Published by FABER AND FABER, 1947
Seller: L G BOOKS, WEYMOUTH, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. ILLUSTRATED. WEAR AND TEARS ON DJ EDGES, FOXING STAINS ON REVERSE OF DJ, FOXING ON EPS, NAME ON FFEP, FOXING ON SIDES, OTHERWISE GOOD. 700 GRAMS.
Published by Faber and Faber, 1952
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1952. Seventh impression. 288 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations by Lear. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.
Published by Faber and Faber 1965, 1965
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
Published by Faber, 1984
Seller: Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books, Katoomba, NSW, Australia
Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Edward Lear (illustrator). 6th Edition or Higher. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage, other than spine which is faded by sun exposure. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Illustrator: Edward Lear. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Humour; All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 15572. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.
Published by Faber & Faber, London, 1951
Seller: Carrick-White Ltd., West Looe Cornwall, United Kingdom
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. HB. 6th impression. "How pleasant to know Mr Lear! Who has written such volumes of stuff! Some think him ill-tempered and queer, But a few think him pleasant enough." Very comprehensive; just the thing to destress you or release you from rigid thinking! Pictorial cloth boards in pink, light-green & black. 288 pages, incl. intro. verse, songs, lyrics and pics. Book tight and clean.