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Edward Lear, Victorian author of nonsense verse, was also a water-colourist and a traveller. Lear's sense of humour was contrasted with his severe bouts of depression. Gregarious and popular, he...

This selection of letters by Edward Lear (1812-1888) is published on the centenary of his death. This collection, chosen from some 2,000 letters traced by the editor, covers the whole...

First time in Black Classics 'Nonsense is the breath of my nostrils', wrote Edward Lear (1812-88), and this collection demonstrates the wonderfully varied ways in which he pursued his philosophy...

Author: Edward Lear Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Edward Lear was the greatest nonsensicalist of all time. He was the inventor of the limerick and created the Jumblies and...

The book titled Edward Lear: A Biography by the author Peter Levi. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA cornerstone of Victorian comic verse, Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense presents a riotous collection of limericks and illustrations that...

Edition: 2nd pr.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. Few figures in the canon of English literature have delighted and...

Author: Edward LearBinding: HardbackPublished: Allen Lane., 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis collection of whimsical verse and playful prose, Bosh And Nonsense, presents the imaginative world...

Born in 1812, the twentieth child of a stockbroker, Edward Lear is known for his Nonsense rhymes, particularly the "Owl" and the "Pussycat". This biography offers an insight into the...

Author: Edward LearBinding: HardbackPublished: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1111Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor nick/tear on rear endpaper. The Complete Nonsense Book presents a...

Only edition in print This volume, which collects the four books of "nonsense" published by Lear during his lifetime, contains all of his most celebrated verse and prose productions, from...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Laughter is the great equaliser, and The Fireside Book...

In Letters of Note: Cats , Shaun Usher collects together the most engaging missives that celebrate, eulogise, rail against and analyse the idiosyncratic ways of our feline companions. James Joyce,...

Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin Classics livery An ageing king makes a capricious decision to divide his realm among his...

In this sequel to the best-selling "The American Reader", Diane and Michael Ravitch have gathered together the best and most memorable poems, essays, songs, and orations in English history, capturing...

The Secret of Spandau by Peter Lear The narrative follows the high-stakes intrigue surrounding Rudolf Hess, the last prisoner held within the walls of Spandau Prison. When a daring plan...

Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "King Lear" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodCondition remarks: Book is in original shrink-wrapping. An unread, clean copy. At the dawn of the nineteenth century, a wave of adventurous...

'By far the best edition of King Lear - in respect of both textual and other matters - that we now have.'John Lyon, English Language Notes'This volume is a treasure-trove...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFew works in the Western canon have matched the shattering emotional power of The Tragedy of King Lear, William Shakespeare's towering masterpiece of pride, betrayal, and...

This new edition of King Lear takes into account the work of the Shakespeare and Schools Project, the national curriculum for English, developments at GCSE and A-level, and the probable...

All in the Family creator Norman Lear takes fans behind the scenes of the groundbreaking sitcom on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. The face of television was changed forever...

Author: Matthew HollisFormat: Paperback, 156mm x 233mm, 215g, 416 pagesPublished: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, 2012Edward Thomas was perhaps the most beguiling and influential of First World War poets. Now...

Biographer of both Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Stanley Wientraub employs previously little-used or unknown diaries, letters, memoirs and reportage from both sides of the Atlantic to throw fresh light...

Author: L. E. JonesBinding: HardbackPublished: MACMILLAN & CO LTD; ST MARTIN'S PRESS, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsAn Edwardian Youth chronicles the formative years of an...

Author: Andrew Matthews Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 64 Foolish and bad-tempered, King Lear divides the kingdom between his two wicked daughters, disowns his honest youngest daughter and banishes his...

Author: L.E. JonesBinding: HardbackPublished: Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1956Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsL. E. Jones’ four-volume autobiographical series—A Victorian Boyhood (1956, Reprint), An Edwardian Youth...

Author: Sue EburyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Penguin, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWeary: The Life Of Sir Edward Dunlop presents a compelling biographical account...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slipcase - good. This three-volume "In Search Of" series presents biographical portraits of three towering Australian figures: Manning...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Pages & binding clean. A charming work of autobiographical memoir, An Edwardian Youth chronicles...

Author: William R. Eltonbinding: HardbackPublished: The Huntington Library, 1966Condition: book: Good, jacket: Wear and tear, page: Good, markings: No markingsThis book explores the themes and implications of Shakespeare's 'King Lear,'...

Shakespeare's four greatest tragedies - Macbeth, King Lear, Hamlet and Othello - in a stunning Penguin Clothbound Classics edition The theme of the great Shakespearean tragedies is a hero's fall...

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A dazzling study of four figures who flourished in - and defined - the early years of the twentieth century. In his account of four characters, each of whose importance...

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Author: Kate Kennedy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 A group of notable writers - including UK poet laureate Simon Armitage, Julian Barnes, Margaret MacMillan, and Jenny Uglow - celebrate...

Edition: First British EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some foxing on top of block, pages otherwise fineA chilling psychological odyssey into the mind...

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Author: George HutchinsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Quartet Books., 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor sun fading to spine, foxing on page edges.This biographical work...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew works in the English literary canon have plumbed the depths of human frailty...