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Subject Terms Limericks.

Classification Books

1. Nonsensus : cross-referencing Edward Lear's original 116 limericks with eight holograph manuscripts and comparing them to printed texts from the 1846, 1855 and 1861 versions : together with a census of known copies of the genuine first edition / compiled by Justin G. Schiller ; with introductory remarks by Vivien Noakes.

Nonsensus : cross-referencing Edward Lear's original 116 limericks with eight holograph manuscripts and comparing them to printed texts from the 1846, 1855 and 1861 versions : together with a census of known copies of the genuine first edition / compiled by Justin G. Schiller ; with introductory remarks by Vivien Noakes.

Creator:: Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Date:: 1988
Physical Description:: xii, 119 p. : ill. ; 18 x 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Justin G. Schiller

2. Teapots and quails : and other new nonsenses / by Edward Lear ; edited and introduced by Angus Davidson and Philip Hofer.

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Creator:: Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Date:: 1953
Physical Description:: 63, [1] pages : illustrations. ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968

3. The book of nonsense : to which is added more nonsense / by Edward Lear ; with all the original pictures and verses.

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Creator:: Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Date:: [approximately 1916?]
Physical Description:: [224] pages : illustrations ; 20 x 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968

4. The complete limerick book : the origin, history and achievements of the limerick, with about 350 selected examples / by Langford Reed ; illustrated by H.M. Bateman.

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Creator:: Reed, Langford, 1889–1954
Date:: 1924
Physical Description:: [4], viii, [4], 13-147 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968

5. The new book of nonsense : a contribution to the Great Central Fair, Philadelphia, June, 1864 : in aid of the Sanitary Commission.

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Date:: 1864
Physical Description:: [1], 53 leaves : chiefly illustrations ; 15 x 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts