The Collected Nonsense Songs of Edward Lear by Edward Lear; Leonard Russell - 1947

London: The Grey Walls Press Limited, 1947. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Russell, Leonard. No jacket. Light general wear. 1947 Hard Cover. 88 pp. With 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… Read More

London: Grey Walls Press. Crown Classics. 1st ed. 88pp. VG/VG copy, now preserved in mylar jacket . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1947.

London: The Grey Walls Press, 1952. Paperback Octavo. Paperback. Very good. illustrated wraps, 88 pp, slight soiling to cover and end papers Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.