Nonsense Botany and Nonsense Alphabets etc., etc. by Lear, Edward - 1888

London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1889. Fifth Edition.. Small quarto, original pictorial blue cloth stamped in orange, yellow, black and gold, yellow coated endpapers. 142 pp + [1] pp adverts; vignette on title page, illustrated throughout with Lear's bizarre line drawings. Rear free endpaper lacking, cloth worn at spine tips and corners, boards somewhat rubbed; still, a good sound copy of a very attractive book. ¶ A collection of humorous nonsense illustrations, limericks, cookery, and alphabet.

London and NY: Frederick Warne. Very Good. 1901. Seventh. Hard Cover. 142, (2) pages; Contents clean and secure in original binding green cloth with bright gilt and dark red lettering and pictorial cloth on right side with images of plants and animals and a Gent. Cloth worn at spine ends and lower corners; gilt rubbed from spine lettering, patterned endpapers; one leaf chipped at top corner margin. A collection of Lears delightful nonsense works combining absurd limericks, recipes and alphabets with humorous illustrations. Illustrated throughout with Lear's fanciful line drawings, approximately 162 illustrations. Contents include the wonderful Nonsense Botany (Puffia Leatherbellowsa and Piggiwiggia Pyramidalis), a brief Nonsense Cookery (Ablongus Pie), and six Nonsense Alphabets (Perpendicular Purple Polly and Scrubious Snake). Edward Lear (1812– 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry… Read More

Frederick Warne & Co 1889 (5th edition). Imperial octavo, illus brown buckram boards, brown lettering to spine, brown lettering in gilt title panel to front board, 142pp, illus, VG (some fraying to spine extrems, slight staining to rear board, some browning to page edges, inscription in ink to fep, some staining to eps, moderate foxing, last section of pages attached by archival tape)