[NONSENSE]. FROST, A.B. Stuff & Nonsense. New York: Scribner's. [1888]. 4to, original pictorial tan cloth, covers stained, heel of spine worn, a leaf loose. Pasted to a front flyleaf is an original ink drawing by Frost of a man (a self-caricature?) plowing a field, 2 1/2 x 5 inches, signed, apparently clipped from a letter. Above the drawing is the ownership inscription of Stephen Parrish (father of Maxfield Parrish) dated December 1889 -- LEAR, EDWARD. Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany, and Alphabets. London: Bush, 1871. Square 8vo, original printed boards, rebacked and recornered in dark red calf, sides much rubbed, new endpapers. Contains the first appearance of "The Owl and the Pussycat." Together 2 volumes. FIRST EDITION, illustrated by the authors. (2)

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[NONSENSE]. FROST, A.B. Stuff & Nonsense. New York: Scribner's. [1888]. 4to, original pictorial tan cloth, covers stained, heel of spine worn, a leaf loose. Pasted to a front flyleaf is an original ink drawing by Frost of a man (a self-caricature?) plowing a field, 2 1/2 x 5 inches, signed, apparently clipped from a letter. Above the drawing is the ownership inscription of Stephen Parrish (father of Maxfield Parrish) dated December 1889 -- LEAR, EDWARD. Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany, and Alphabets. London: Bush, 1871. Square 8vo, original printed boards, rebacked and recornered in dark red calf, sides much rubbed, new endpapers. Contains the first appearance of "The Owl and the Pussycat." Together 2 volumes. FIRST EDITION, illustrated by the authors. (2)

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