LEAR, A BOOK OF NONSENSE, FOURTH EDITION; FIFTH EDITION, ETC. (7 VOL.)

i) A Book of Nonsense. London: Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1862. oblong 4to (137 x 210mm.), fourth edition, numerous woodcut illustrations by Lear, original red cloth-backed boards, minor spotting and browning, top right corner of upper board chipped, boards soiled, rubbed ii) A Book of Nonsense. London: Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1862. oblong 4to (135 x 210mm.), fifth edition, numerous woodcut illustrations by Lear, original red cloth-backed boards, browning, minor spotting, boards bumped and rubbediii) More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, Etc. London: Robert John Bush, 1872. 8vo (208 x 159mm.), original brown cloth backed pictorial boards, previous ownership inscription in ink on title page, minor spotting, boards slightly soiled,  rubbed and bumpediv) Laughable Lyrics, a Fourth Book of Nonsense. London: Robert John Bush, 1877. small 4to (200 x 160mm.), original red pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt, boards soiled, rubbed v) Laughable Lyrics, a Fourth Book of Nonsense. London: Robert John Bush, 1877. small 4to (200 x 160mm.), original green pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt, previous ownership inscription in ink on front free endpaper, slight soiling to lower board, bumped vi) Nonsense Songs by Edward Lear Set to Music by Dudley Glass. London: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd. [1933]. 4to (300 x 245mm.), printed music with Lear's illustration and verse, original cloth-backed orange boards, DUST-JACKET, browning to free endpapers, minor wear to dust-jacket vii) The Pelican Chorus & Other Nonsense Verses. London: Frederick Warne & Co., [c. 1930s]. small 4to (215 x 174mm.), frontispiece, 6 colour plates and illustrations by Leslie Brooke, original light green pictorial cloth, pictorial endpapers printed in orange, browning, boards slightly soiled (7)

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