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The dong with a luminous nose / Edward Lear ; drawings by Edward Gorey.

LIBRA PZ8.3.L477 Do copy 2
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Lear, Edward, 1812-1888.
Contributor:
Gorey, Edward, 1925-2000, illustrator.
Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Young Scott Books, publisher.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Love poetry.
Nose--Juvenile poetry.
Nose.
Wit and humor, Juvenile.
Children's poetry, English.
Nonsense verses.
English poetry.
Love.
Genre:
Juvenile works.
Poetry.
Nonsense verse -- 1969.
Dust jackets (Binding) -- 1969.
Penn Provenance:
Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
Physical Description:
46 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 16 x 24 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Young Scott Books, [1969]
Summary:
The legacy of the Jumblies continues in a tale about the Dong, who loved a Jumbly Girl. After the Jumblies sail away, he makes himself an artificial nose with a light to seek her by night.
When his true love with the blue hands and the green hair sailed away, the Dong made himself an artificial nose with a light in it to watch for her.
Local Notes:
Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2 has dustjacket retained.
Other Format:
Online version: Lear, Edward, 1812-1888. Dong with a luminous nose.
OCLC:
12207

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