Drawing Book Alphabet by Lear Edward Hofer Philip (7 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st. [16] pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Edition of 1000 copies. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. Size: 8vo.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Edward Lear (illustrator). A vintage booklet that covers drawings that were created by Edward Lear to illustrate the letters of the alphabet, and done in devotion to his friends' children. A short introduction provides background together with a brief biography of Lear. The bulk of the booklet is the b/w drawings themselves, done in pen and ink and accompanied with short verses or limericks about each. Measures 5.5" x 8.5" with 16 pages. Originally published in 1954, this edition was from a second printing in 1965. In excellent condition.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. [16] pp., illustrated, small 8vo, stapled card wrapper. Hofer's two-page introduction is followed entirely by Lear's drawings. Printed by Meriden Gravure Co. in an edition of 1000 copies. Fine copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Red wrappers printed in black, small slender 8vo., (16) pages, drawings by Edward Lear. Printed by Meriden Gravure for the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts. A fine copy.

Softcover. The Harvard College Library, c1954, red stapled wraps, second printing 1965, Very Good + (top corner of rear cover creased), unpaginated (about 14 pages), HUMOR; E0247.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; [16] p. : chiefly ill., facsims. ; 22 cm. Notes; Cover title. Introduction by Philip Hofer. Reproduced from a manuscript now in the Harvard Library. Inscription from Philip to John Dreyfus dated 31 December 1954 on inside cover. "1000 copies printed for the Department of Graphic Arts, Harvard College Library, 1954". Subjects; Lear, Edward (1812-1888). Alphabets. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; [16] p. : chiefly ill., facsims. ; 22 cm. Notes; Cover title. Introduction by Philip Hofer. Reproduced from a manuscript now in the Harvard Library. Inscription from Philip to John Dreyfus dated 31 December 1954 on inside cover. "1000 copies printed for the Department of Graphic Arts, Harvard College Library, 1954". Subjects; Lear, Edward (1812-1888). Alphabets. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg.