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    By Edward Lear
    London   Frederick Warne and Co
    6.5" by 5.5" vii [2], 1-383pp
    The uncommon first edition of this charming 'birthday book', in which blank spaces for writing in the names of people who have birthdays on various dates are accompanied by illustrations and quotations from Edward Lear.
    By Edward Lear

    1894 A Nonsense Birthday Book

    London   Frederick Warne and Co
    6.5" by 5.5" vii [2], 1-383pp
    The uncommon first edition of this charming 'birthday book', in which blank spaces for writing in the names of people who have birthdays on various dates are accompanied by illustrations and quotations from Edward Lear.
    £45.00
    : 1kgs / : 976F23
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    Description

    First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Uncommon

    The uncommon first edition of this work, dated 1894 via the British Library.

    Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, and with vignettes from Lear's' Book of Nonsense throughout.

    A delightful volume in which blank spaces intended for children to fill in the dates of birthdays of their friends is accompanied by illustrations and quotations from Lear's 'Book of Nonsense'.

    178 pages feature the handwritten names of people who have birthdays, many accompanied by tiny cut out portrait photographs of individuals.

    Rebacked, with back strip laid down, and endpapers renewed.

    Former owner's inscription dated 1896 to the half title.

    Condition

    Rebacked, with the publishers original cloth back strip laid down, retaining original boards. Endpapers renewed. Significant rubbing to boards and back strip, with the gilt lettering significantly dulled. Internally firmly bound. Inscription to half title. Pages lightly age toned, with handling marks and the odd spot throughout, and with former owner's ink inscriptions to 178 pages, and small cut out photographs accompanying a number of names.

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