Lear Edward Text (9 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to, card covers, 13pp. The score for "The Akond of Swat". VG+: clean covers with a touch of sunning to the foot of the rear; clean internals with a touch of soiling to the underside of the front cover and title page.

First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Fine in very good dustjacket. Pen and ink drawings by Arnold Lobel.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HYMAN, Susan. Edward Lear's Birds. Introduction by Philip Hofer. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1980. Large-format hardback in dust jacket. ISBN 0297778293. 96 pp. Extensively illustrated in colour and black and white. Blue-grey cloth binding; binding solid. Pages complete, as physically checked by the seller. Photographed contents clean and bright. Book Very Good; dust jacket Good. Jacket with a conspicuous open tear/loss at the fore-edge of the front panel, together with light surface soiling, rubbing and minor edge wear. Rear panel lightly marked. The publication page records the work as first published in Great Britain by George Weidenfeld & Nicolson. First UK edition status is supported by bibliographical evidence; the precise printing/impression is not explicitly stated and is therefore not claimed. …

First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Fine in fine dustjacket (sterling price intact). Illustrated in colour by Derby-born artist Kevin W. Maddison, arguably one of the finest illustrators of Lear in the 20th Century.

First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Fine in very good dustjacket with a couple small professionally closed tears (sterling price intact). Illustrated in colour by Maxey.

First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Bookseller's small label on the front fixed endpaper, otherwise fine in very good dustjacket with a couple small professionally closed tears (sterling price intact). Illustrated in colour by Maxey.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. A whimsical nonsense poem by Edward Lear (1812-1888) about two sparrows who fly to London to buy fashionable clothing—a hat, bonnet, gown, and sash—to look.

Quer-Kl.8°, o. P. (24 Bl.), ca. 20 Taf., Kart. m. OU, OU etw. unfrisch, am Rücken beschienen, tlw. etw. randknittrig, Buch allg. tadellos. Erstausgabe. 600 gr. Schlagworte: Illustr. Bücher - allgemein.

Full Cloth. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Comes with a review slip from the publisher that gives the date of publication, price and asking for two copies of any reviews of the book. Full purple cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Book is excellent condition, the jacket is not price-clipped but has a hint of age-toning with a little bit of creasing at the bottom of the spine. No previous owner's names, note exlibrary. Overall a EXCELLENT book in a EXCELLENT dust jacket. A good gift. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover.…