A nonsense alphabet / by Edward Lear.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lear, Edward, 1812-1888.

Contributor:

Cox, Trenchard, 1905-1995.

Reade, Brian, 1913-1989.

John Wright & Sons., printer.

Victoria and Albert Museum. Prints, Drawings and Paintings Department.

Series:

Small picture books (Victoria and Albert Museum) ; 32.

Small picture book ; 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alphabet rhymes--Juvenile literature.

Alphabet rhymes.

Nonsense verses.

Genre:

Illustrated wrappers (book covers) -- England -- 1962.

Library (institution) copies (document genres -- England -- 1962.

Alphabet books -- England -- 1962.

Penn Provenance:

Adelman, Jean (donor) (Adelman Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[36] unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 12 x 18 cm.

Edition:

[5th imp. with amendments]

Place of Publication:

London : Her Majesty's Stationery Office, [1962], c1952. (Bristol : Printed by John Wright & Sons at The Stonebridge Press).

Notes:

At head of title: Victoria & Albert Museum.

"First published 1952. Fifth impression with amendments 1962."

"This book reproduces a comic alphabet and a selection from sixteen comic birds by Edward Lear, now in the Department of Prints and Drawings at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The drawings were done in 1880 and given by the artist to Charles Geffrard Pirouet ..."Foreword.

Foreword by Trenchard Cox.

Introduction by Brian Reade.

"The drawings are printed here on paper which is suitable for water colours, and they can therefore be used by children for colouring"--Note.

"Small alterations have been made in the spelling and punctuation."--Note.

Salmon card wrapper with illustration on front.

"Obtainable in the United States of America from the British Information Services, 45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York N.Y."

Local Notes:

Adelman Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Jean Adelman.

OCLC:

1008482887