£240
Lear (Edward), A BOOK OF NONSENSE. BY DERRY DOWN DERRY, probably first edition, card boards with applied cover illustration, red cloth spine, single sided illustrated pages throughout, pen inscription to front cover and front free endpaper, Thomas McLean, London 1846 (at fault)
The book is a single volume comprising sixty one single sided pages each containing an illustrated limerick. One page is detached from the binding, and the binding is slightly loose in places. illustrated boards show shelf wear, staining and bumpas to all corners. The cover and front free endpaper are each inscribed 'Warboys Proctor' in ink. All pages show foxing, with some more extensively foxed than others.
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