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LEAR, Edward. A Book of Nonsense.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., New York: Scribner, Welford, and Armstrong, nd. (1872-1875, determined from US imprint). 4to., orig. green cloth with elaborate pictorial decoration in black and gilt on the upper board, no pagination. With 87 illustrations on 42 leaves (including the frontispiece and title-page). This copy has been recased with new e/papers and has some wear to the spine ends but is certainly very good.
The coloured illustrations are printed 2 or 3 to a page and printed on one side of the page only and bound back-to-back, with 2 illustrations on the frontispiece and one on the title, for a total of 87. However, the upper cover is stamped in gilt ‘With 88 coloured illustrations' but there is nothing missing from this. Other printings with this binding state 110 and 112 illustrations so it seems to have been issued with varying numbers of illustrations, with the accuracy of the count unknown. A colleague has a copy as ours, calling for 88 illustrations but their copy only totals 83 but like ours, appears to collate correctly.
$850
LEAR, Edward. A Book of Nonsense. London: Frederick Warne and Co., New York: Scribner, Welford, and Armstrong, nd. (1872-1875, determined from US imprint). 4to., orig. green cloth with elaborate pictorial decoration in black and gilt on the upper board, no pagination. With 87 illustrations on 42 leaves (including the frontispiece and title-page). This copy has been recased with new e/papers and has some wear to the spine ends but is certainly very good.
The coloured illustrations are printed 2 or 3 to a page and printed on one side of the page only and bound back-to-back, with 2 illustrations on the frontispiece and one on the title, for a total of 87. However, the upper cover is stamped in gilt ‘With 88 coloured illustrations' but there is nothing missing from this. Other printings with this binding state 110 and 112 illustrations so it seems to have been issued with varying numbers of illustrations, with the accuracy of the count unknown. A colleague has a copy as ours, calling for 88 illustrations but their copy only totals 83 but like ours, appears to collate correctly.
$850
