[Rarebooks] FS: First Appearance in print of THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT

[Michael John Thompson]

LEAR, Edward. NONSENSE SONGS, STORIES, BOTANY, 
AND ALPHABETS. London: Robert John Bush, 32, 
Charing Cross, S.W. 1871. First Edition, First 
Printing. First Edition. Octavo, original 
pictorial paper boards with brown cloth spine, 
gilt titles on spine. Perfect bound, a term which 
I suppose means imperfectly bound - the sheets 
were simply glued to the binding mull, with no 
sewing of signatures. A consequence of this is 
that when the glue dries out - which is in 
basically all copies by now - the sheets come 
loose. Because of this, almost every copy 
encountered today has been rebacked, or rebound, 
or reglued, or messed with in some manner. With 
this copy, the glue has dried out, and the sheets 
are now loose - complete, but unattached to the 
binding. This copy is completely unrestored. 
Small ding to the fore-edge of the front board, 
light wear at edges; spine gilt very bright, a very nice copy.

¶ Contains numerous of Lear's humourous and 
nonsense poems, including THE FIRST APPEARANCE IN 
PRINT of 'The Owl and the Pussycat'.              $350.00 US



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