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LEAR, Edward (1812-1888). Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets ... (Fourth Thousand). London: Robert John Bush, 1872. 4° (209 x 163mm). Illustrations in the text. (A few leaves with marginal dust-soiling.) Original cloth-backed lithographic boards, the upper cover with the printed title (slightly soiled, loose through perished gutta-percha). With:
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LEAR, Edward (1812-1888). Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets ... (Fourth Thousand). London: Robert John Bush, 1872. 4° (209 x 163mm). Illustrations in the text. (A few leaves with marginal dust-soiling.) Original cloth-backed lithographic boards, the upper cover with the printed title (slightly soiled, loose through perished gutta-percha). With:
More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc. London: Robert John Bush, 1872. 4° (209 x 163mm). Illustrations in the text. Original cloth-backed lithographic boards, upper cover with title and illustration (very slightly soiled). FIRST EDITION.
BOTH PRESENTATION COPIES INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, in the first 'Sanremo. March 17, 1786 From Edward Lear, the foolish Artist & Author of this Book, to Miss Poynter', in the second 'To Miss Poynter from the foolish Author & Artist of this Book, Edward Lear San Remo. 17. March, 1876'. Provenance: Charles Francis Bell (booklabel, inscribed 'To R[andall]. D[avies]. from'. Randall Davies (1866-1946) was the author of A Lyttle Book of Nonsense and A Little More Nonsense etc.) (2)
More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc. London: Robert John Bush, 1872. 4° (209 x 163mm). Illustrations in the text. Original cloth-backed lithographic boards, upper cover with title and illustration (very slightly soiled). FIRST EDITION.
BOTH PRESENTATION COPIES INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, in the first 'Sanremo. March 17, 1786 From Edward Lear, the foolish Artist & Author of this Book, to Miss Poynter', in the second 'To Miss Poynter from the foolish Author & Artist of this Book, Edward Lear San Remo. 17. March, 1876'. Provenance: Charles Francis Bell (booklabel, inscribed 'To R[andall]. D[avies]. from'. Randall Davies (1866-1946) was the author of A Lyttle Book of Nonsense and A Little More Nonsense etc.) (2)