Accession number
PML 84851
Creator
Lear, Edward, 1812-1888.
Published
[New York] : Atheneum, 1985, New York.
Credit line
Gift of Raymond M. Wapner, 1985.
Notes
1st ed.
"A Margaret K. McElderry book."
"Printed by Connecticut Printers"--Verso of t.p.
"One hundred copies of this first printing are reserved to include an original sketch by the artist, issued in conjunction with an exhibition of its original artwork at the Schiller-Wapner Galleries."--P. [1]
PML copy has sketch of bird smoking a pipe, signed.
"A Margaret K. McElderry book."
"Printed by Connecticut Printers"--Verso of t.p.
"One hundred copies of this first printing are reserved to include an original sketch by the artist, issued in conjunction with an exhibition of its original artwork at the Schiller-Wapner Galleries."--P. [1]
PML copy has sketch of bird smoking a pipe, signed.
Description
[64] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Provenance
From the collection of Raymond Wapner.
Summary
A glossary of humorous and nonsense words featuring unusual spellings, hidden meanings, transposed letters, and onomatopoeic sounds, selected from the letters and other witty writings of the English author/artist.
Binding
Yellow publisher's cloth, colored d.j.
Classification
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