Lear, Edward. Laughable Lyrics. A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, &c.
Lear's Own Copy, Twice Signed by Him
London: Robert John Bush, 1877. First edition, inscribed twice by Lear on title-page, "Edward Lear. Sanremo. 11. Novr. 1876. Nonsense Vol. 4 1877" and "Edw Lear. Villa Tennyson Sanremo March 2, 1886." 8vo. Unpaginated. Illustrated by Lear in black and white throughout. Publisher's blue pictorial cloth, stamped in gilt, black and in blind, joints lightly worn, "Vol 4 1877" in ink on front board, presumably by Lear; all edges trimmed; yellow endpapers; book-plate of Harriet Borland on front paste-down; Justin Schiller's Maurice Sendak-designed book-plate on same; light offsetting to endpapers; front gutter split at half-title.
Well-preserved copy of English author and illustrator Edward Lear's collection of nonsense poems and songs, twice inscribed by him.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Provenance
From the collection of Justin G. Schiller
