A Book of NonsenseRoutledge, 2. sep. 2003 - 240 síður From the benighted Old Man with a Beard to the erudite Perpendicular Purple Polly, Edward Lear's world is inhabited by a bewildering variety of oddities. One of the world's most loved writers, Lear's verse has delighted whole generations of readers. Here, after 140 years, is the original edition of A Book of Nonsense, from the original publishers. Complete with Lear's own remarkable illustrations, this treasure trove of nonsense is guaranteed to hold readers spellbound for generations more! |
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... man of high culture, and a most kind and courteous gentleman. He came to us bringing a original chromo-lithographic copy of his “Book of Nonsense”—published some years before by McLean of the Haymarket. His desire was to publish a new ...
... man of high culture, and a most kind and courteous gentleman. He came to us bringing a original chromo-lithographic copy of his “Book of Nonsense”—published some years before by McLean of the Haymarket. His desire was to publish a new ...
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Edward Lear. vi PUBLISH ER'S NOTE When a young man he studied very much at the ... old for all time. Percy Muir, in his Victorian Illustrated Books (Batsford, 1971), offers some amendments to this: 'it Was not a “chromo-lithograph” original ...
Edward Lear. vi PUBLISH ER'S NOTE When a young man he studied very much at the ... old for all time. Percy Muir, in his Victorian Illustrated Books (Batsford, 1971), offers some amendments to this: 'it Was not a “chromo-lithograph” original ...
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... Series later in the century. This current edition therefore restores to the house of Routledge a book that it has not published since the late nineteenth century. ROGER THORP There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said,
... Series later in the century. This current edition therefore restores to the house of Routledge a book that it has not published since the late nineteenth century. ROGER THORP There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said,
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Edward Lear. There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, “ It is just as I feared !-— 'lwo Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a WVren, Have all built their nests in my beard!” a' a'iQ; '. 1 Chapter.
Edward Lear. There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, “ It is just as I feared !-— 'lwo Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a WVren, Have all built their nests in my beard!” a' a'iQ; '. 1 Chapter.
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Edward Lear. a' a'iQ; ' There was an Old Man with a nose, who said,. There was a Young Lady of Ryde, Whose shoe-strings Were seldom untied; She purchased some clogs, and some small spotty dogs, And frequently Walked about Ryde. That ...
Edward Lear. a' a'iQ; ' There was an Old Man with a nose, who said,. There was a Young Lady of Ryde, Whose shoe-strings Were seldom untied; She purchased some clogs, and some small spotty dogs, And frequently Walked about Ryde. That ...
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