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  • The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear

    Edward Lear, Holbrook Jackson

    Paperback (Dover Publications, June 1, 1951)
    Here is every line of every nonsense book written by Edward Lear. In a single volume you get "A Book of Nonsense," "Nonsense Songs," "More Nonsense Songs," "Laughable Lyrics," and "Nonsense Songs and Stories. No other low-price edition offers this complete collection.You will meet such old favorites as "The Dong With a Luminous Nose," "The Jumblies," "The Owl and the Pussycat," "The Nutcrackers and the Sugar Tongs," and "The History of the Seven Young Owls." Two hundred and fourteen limericks are in here as well, each illustrated with the drawing Lear composed specially for it. In addition, you'll find three different sets of Nonsense Botany, five Nonsense Alphabets, and dozens of other selections in both prose and verse.All 546 of Lear's original illustrations are in this volume. With masterful simplicity and apparent naiveté they tell of the dreamlike never-never land of childhood. Many Lear enthusiasts maintain that in these drawings the Laureate of Nonsense gave rise to an entire new style. Their influence has certainly been widespread, with echoes of Lear to be seen in the work of Thurber, Steinberg, Phil May, Bateman, and other artists and illustrators.It has been a hundred years since Edward Lear, the advocate of illogic, first became known to a wide public. Children who begged to have his verses read to them have grown up to read Lear to their own children — and to discover that his whimsy, imagination, and originality have their attraction for the adult mind as well.
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  • The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear

    Edward Lear

    Paperback (Faber & Faber Children's, March 5, 2015)
    Edward Lear was the greatest nonsensicalist of all time. He was the inventor of the limerick and created the Jumblies and The Owl and the Pussycat. This complete edition of Lear's nonsense verse - including the limericks, longer verses, alphabets and his own illustrations - is lovingly restored and beautifully presented, for adults and children to enjoy together.
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  • The Finest Nonsense of Edward Lear

    Edward Lear, Sir Derek Jacobi, Naxos AudioBooks

    Audible Audiobook (Naxos AudioBooks, Dec. 7, 2015)
    Nearly 150 years since his poetry was first published, Lear's nonsense rhymes are still popular today. In this lively and colorful audiobook recording, Derek Jacobi reads Lear's most famous poems and most fantastic creations, including "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat", "The Daddy Long-Legs and the Fly", "The Jumblies", "The Dong with the Luminous Nose", and a collection of assorted limericks. Lear's poems gave the clear message that it's interesting, funny, and okay to be different, and that message is just as relevant now as it was in Lear's own day.
  • The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear

    Edward Lear, Holbrook Jackson

    eBook (Dover Publications, Dec. 3, 2012)
    Here is every line of every nonsense book written by Edward Lear. In a single volume you get "A Book of Nonsense," "Nonsense Songs," "More Nonsense Songs," "Laughable Lyrics," and "Nonsense Songs and Stories. No other low-price edition offers this complete collection.You will meet such old favorites as "The Dong With a Luminous Nose," "The Jumblies," "The Owl and the Pussycat," "The Nutcrackers and the Sugar Tongs," and "The History of the Seven Young Owls." Two hundred and fourteen limericks are in here as well, each illustrated with the drawing Lear composed specially for it. In addition, you'll find three different sets of Nonsense Botany, five Nonsense Alphabets, and dozens of other selections in both prose and verse.All 546 of Lear's original illustrations are in this volume. With masterful simplicity and apparent naiveté they tell of the dreamlike never-never land of childhood. Many Lear enthusiasts maintain that in these drawings the Laureate of Nonsense gave rise to an entire new style. Their influence has certainly been widespread, with echoes of Lear to be seen in the work of Thurber, Steinberg, Phil May, Bateman, and other artists and illustrators.It has been a hundred years since Edward Lear, the advocate of illogic, first became known to a wide public. Children who begged to have his verses read to them have grown up to read Lear to their own children — and to discover that his whimsy, imagination, and originality have their attraction for the adult mind as well.
  • The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear

    Edward Lear, Holbrook Jackson

    Paperback (Gardners Books, May 31, 2001)
    The classic collection of nonsense by the greatest nonsensicalist of all time, Edward Lear - inventor of the limerick, and creator of the "Jumblies" and "The Owl and the Pussy Cat".
  • The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear

    Edward Lear

    eBook (Faber & Faber, March 1, 2015)
    Edward Lear was the greatest nonsensicalist of all time. He was the inventor of the limerick and created the Jumblies and The Owl and the Pussycat. This complete edition of Lear's nonsense verse - including the limericks, longer verses, alphabets and his own illustrations - is lovingly restored and beautifully presented, for adults and children to enjoy together.
  • The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear

    Edward Lear

    Paperback (Loki's Publishing, May 11, 2017)
    Edward Lear was an artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet. He is best know for his children books that have been loved for generations.
  • The Nonsense Limericks of Edward Lear:

    Birchall Publishing, Edward Lear

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, March 22, 2018)
    Edward Lear was the nineteenth century poet and artist most associated with the poetry form known as limericks. These vocabulary stretching limericks include Edward Lear's original hand drawn line illustrations. This collection of limericks for kids is ideal for ages 8 and up.
  • Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear

    Edward Lear

    Hardcover (Amereon Ltd, June 8, 1999)
    Every line of every nonsense book written by the celebrated humorist, illustrated by more than 500 of his quirky drawings. Poems range from "The Owl and the Pussycat" to lesser-known delights, including "The Jumblies," "The Nutcrackers and the Sugar Tongs," and "The History of the Seven Young Owls," plus more than 200 limericks. Includes 2 selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
  • The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear

    Holbrook Jackson

    Hardcover (Dover Publications, Jan. 1, 1951)
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  • The Nonsense Poems of Edward Lear

    Edward Lear, Leslie Brooke

    Hardcover (Clarion Books, March 1, 1991)
    A collection of nonsense poems by Edward Lear, illustrated by Leslie Brooke, one of the most popular illustrators of the early twentieth century
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  • The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear

    Lear Edward

    Hardcover (Faber & Faber,, Jan. 1, 1947)
    288p illustrated boards with worn / incomplete dustjacket, clean firm copy, illustrated throughout