1907, ISBN: 4b8082cd4d8c8a2b4e6d5ab2cc6d7ebf

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Gebraucht, [PU: New York : Duffield & Company, [1907]], ALBANIA ALFRED LORD TENNYSON AMIABLE ARDEE BEAUTIFUL BELIEVE BISHOP BOOK OF NONSENSE BOTHER BYE THE CALABRIA CAMPAGNA DI ROMA CHICH… Plus…

Gebraucht, [PU: New York : Duffield & Company, [1907]], ALBANIA ALFRED LORD TENNYSON AMIABLE ARDEE BEAUTIFUL BELIEVE BISHOP BOOK OF NONSENSE BOTHER BYE THE CALABRIA CAMPAGNA DI ROMA CHICHESTER FORTESCUE CHURCH CLOWES COLOUR CORFU COUNTESS WALDEGRAVE DAUGHTER DEAR DEATH DELIGHTFUL DERBY DINE DINNER DRAWINGS DUKE EARL EDWARD LEAR ENGLAND ENGLISH FEEL FORTESCUE'S FRANKLIN LUSHINGTON GEORGE GLAD GONE GREECE GREEK HAPPY HEAR HEARD HOLMAN HUNT HOPE HORNBY HOTEL INTEREST IONIAN ISLANDS ITALY JERUSALEM JOHN KIND KOZZIRIS LADY LATE TO LEAR'S LETTER LIVE HIGH MARRIED MASADA MISS MORNING MOUNT ATHOS NEVER NICE NILE PAINT PARTY PHILCE POOR QUIET RED HOUSE ROME RUXTON SECRETARY SEEMS SIR HENRY STORKS SISTER STANLEY STRATFORD PLACE SUNDAY SUPPOSE TALK TELL THINGS TO-DAY WALK WEEK WISH WONDER WRITE WRITTEN YESTERDAY FORTESCUE, CARLINGFORD, AND FRANCES, ART WATERCOLORS, [1st American Edition] ; xl, 328 p. : illus., plates, ports. ; 23 cm. ; LC: NC242.L4; Dewey: 821/.8 ; OCLC: 853130986 ; green and olive cloth with gold lettering, top edge gilt, untrimmed ; "Edward Lear was perhaps the founder of that school of English humor which is distinct from the school represented by Hood or Thackeray, and found its most elaborate exemplification in the works of I^ewis Carroll. It may in truth be styled the Nonsense School, to which many of Punch'* contributors belong at the present day. The works of Lear and his followers are delightful and refreshing. To use Johnson's phrase, " they add to the gaiety of nations" by their reckless absurdity, underlain by a streak of subtle fancy. They are written without purpose and their very irresponsibility adds to the feeling of carnival elation with which they fill, as by a momentary flash of light, the mind of the reader. Most of the letters before us are written to Chichester Fortescue, Lord Carlingford, and Lady Waldegrave, who were his intimate friends, as was Hubert Congreve"--The Literary Digest, 1912 ; Contents: Rome, Greece and England -- Corfu and England -- Corfu -- Palestine, Corfu and England -- Rome revisited -- Rome and a winter in England -- Italy and Switzerland -- Corfu -- Malta and England -- Corfu -- England -- Last visit to Corfu -- APpendix: Pictures painted 1840-1877 -- Incomplete list of the works illustrated by Lear ; signature of Clara Howe, dated 1910 on front ep ; spine edges starting; else FAIR<

1907, ISBN: 4b8082cd4d8c8a2b4e6d5ab2cc6d7ebf

New York : Duffield & Company, [1907], 1907. Fair. [1st American Edition] ; xl, 328 p. : illus., plates, ports. ; 23 cm. ; LC: NC242.L4; Dewey: 821/.8 ; OCLC: 853130986 ; green and oli… Plus…

New York : Duffield & Company, [1907], 1907. Fair. [1st American Edition] ; xl, 328 p. : illus., plates, ports. ; 23 cm. ; LC: NC242.L4; Dewey: 821/.8 ; OCLC: 853130986 ; green and olive cloth with gold lettering, top edge gilt, untrimmed ; "Edward Lear was perhaps the founder of that school of English humor which is distinct from the school represented by Hood or Thackeray, and found its most elaborate exemplification in the works of I^ewis Carroll. It may in truth be styled the Nonsense School, to which many of Punch'* contributors belong at the present day. The works of Lear and his followers are delightful and refreshing. To use Johnson's phrase, " they add to the gaiety of nations" by their reckless absurdity, underlain by a streak of subtle fancy. They are written without purpose and their very irresponsibility adds to the feeling of carnival elation with which they fill, as by a momentary flash of light, the mind of the reader. Most of the letters before us are written to Chichester Fortescue, Lord Carlingford, and Lady Waldegrave, who were his intimate friends, as was Hubert Congreve"--The Literary Digest, 1912 ; Contents: Rome, Greece and England -- Corfu and England -- Corfu -- Palestine, Corfu and England -- Rome revisited -- Rome and a winter in England -- Italy and Switzerland -- Corfu -- Malta and England -- Corfu -- England -- Last visit to Corfu -- APpendix: Pictures painted 1840-1877 -- Incomplete list of the works illustrated by Lear ; signature of Clara Howe, dated 1910 on front ep ; spine edges starting; else FAIR, New York : Duffield & Company, [1907], 1907, 2<