Limerick 1700 Examples Notes Variants by Legman (43 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. No wear to the binding. No slope, no twist, no distortion from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight clean with no marks. There is a break in the paper of the front hinge, but the hinge is still strong. No name of previous owner. No musty odor. No tobacco odor. No water damage. No soiling. The dust jacket shows no wear, some sunning.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As new, without dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. In beige cloth. No jacket.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Dates is suggested. Physical Description: 517 pages ; 24 cm. Subjects: Bawdy poetry; Limericks; Poe?sie licencieuse. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 517pp, 1969. Hardcover, former owner's name stamped on fore-edge and front free endpaper. No other marks or tears. A nice copy. Bawdy limericks. Size: 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Book.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Dates is suggested. Physical Description: 517 pages ; 24 cm. Subjects: Bawdy poetry; Limericks; Poésie licencieuse. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Price clipped. Chipping on top of spine, otherwise in very good condition. Clean text and tight binding. DJ has fading and some chipping at top of spine.…

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. "The is the largest collection of limericks ever published, erotic or otherwise. Of the 1700 printed here, none are otherwise." Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bright red cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. A 77-page Introduction by Gershon Legman, an astonishingly adept bibliographer of all things limerick. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. lxxvii + 517 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The book is near fine with slight edge wear and previous owners inscription on the ffep in a near fine dust jacket with slight edge wear.

8vo, pp. 517. With bibliography, notes and indices. A nice copy in torn dj. "This is the largest collection of limericks ever published, erotic or otherwise. Of the 1700 printed here, none is otherwise.".

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the wraps, in gate-fold and protected further in onion-skin. From the library of Gershon Legman, as transmitted from his widow, the fabulous Judith Legman. 1700 limericks, all scurrilous. French language texts. Comprised of an anthology of sexually explicit limericks compiled by but not credited to the bibliopole, book scout, bibliographer and literary sleuth extraordinaire, Gershon Legman. 517 pp. and including full index. Plentiful unopened top and some fore-edges.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Large collection of 1700 limericks edited by Gershon Legman. Includes notes variants bibliography and index. Hardcover with dust jacket showing edge wear and chipping. Interior clean with 1994 gift inscription on front endpaper. A substantial and important folklore and humor reference work.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. lxxvii+511pp., Price-clipped dustjacket with small crease along bottom edge of rear panel and hint of rubbing to lower spine-end of jacket- covered in removable protective clear plastic, green leatherette boards with gilt text to spine, intro., bibliog., notes & variants, index of rhymes, index of names. This is a large collection of limericks ever published, erotic or otherwise. Size: Thick Octavo. Book. …

New edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical Description: lxxvii, 517 pages ; 24 cm. Contents: Little romances. Organs. Strange intercourse. Oral irregularity. Buggery. Abuses of the clergy. Zoophily. Excrement. Gourmands. Virginity. Motherhood. Prostitution. Diseases. Losses. Sex substitutes. Assorted eccentricities. Weak sisters. Chamber of horrors. Addenda. Subjects: Erotic literature. Erotic poetry. Limericks Anthologies. 1 Kg.…

The Famous Paris Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Date is suggested/cannot be verified. Subjects; Limericks. limericks in english, to 1952 anthologies. 1 Kg.

The Famous Paris Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Date is suggested/cannot be verified. Subjects; Limericks. limericks in english, to 1952 anthologies. 1 Kg.

New edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical Description: lxxvii, 517 pages ; 24 cm. Contents: Little romances. Organs. Strange intercourse. Oral irregularity. Buggery. Abuses of the clergy. Zoophily. Excrement. Gourmands. Virginity. Motherhood. Prostitution. Diseases. Losses. Sex substitutes. Assorted eccentricities. Weak sisters. Chamber of horrors. Addenda. Subjects: Erotic literature. Erotic poetry. Limericks Anthologies. 1 Kg.…

Very good cloth copy in a poor, somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: lxxvii, 517 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Limericks. Bawdy poetry. 1 Kg.

Very good cloth copy in a poor, somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: lxxvii, 517 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Limericks. Bawdy poetry. 1 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. Ivory wraps, in ivory dust wrapper, both lettered in red, wrapper additionally lettered in black, deckled edges. Thick 8vo. 1st ptg. (12 Nov. 1953). xiii,517,[2] pp. Binding lightly stressed but tight, interior unmarked, with the expected minor tanning to wrapper. Lacks original glassine outer dust jacket. Anthology of mostly sexually-oriented limericks compiled by but not credited to Gershon Legman. Scarce original edition of this classic, later reissued in hardcover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Good hardback copy in slightly shelfworn dustjacket. lxxvii, 517 pp. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Folding Creme printed wrappers, DW, xiii, 517, (1) pages, partially unopened. Private bookplate. A clean, very good copy in the torn but present original acetate DW, in archival mylar.

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. PVC Protected. 511 pages. A firm straight unmarked book, in a bright complete dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. fine, 5th printing.

Cloth, 517pp. Name on title o/w fine in d/w.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No dustwrapper. First Edition. No limitation stated. A Fine copy in white sail-cloth, stamped in red at spine, without dustwrapper as issued. 517pp. with a long Introduction. A clean copy with no wear or writing. A form in which scatological content is endemic, the limerick has had something of a shadow existence in the publishing world. This includes a great many such examples, i.e., caveat emptor. Q18699.…