Lear Edward with Introduction by Sir E Strachey (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First published as a collected omnibus edition in 1943, this is an umpteenth edition of c. 1971. Some edge wear to top and bottom of largely bright red jacket and spine, some faint spotting to page block, price clipped and price replaced by publisher's sticker (£2.50), internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 480pp, illustrated. The collected 'Nonsense' of Edward Lear (1812-88), artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, now remembered mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised. Quite a scarce book. Jacket and illustrations by Leslie Brooke and the Author (illustrator).…