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 had a wide circle of friends including Alfred Tennyson, yet was often lonely. As well as descriptions of some of Lear's sketches and watercolours (of which he painted some 10,000 in the course of his career), Levi also provides critical analysis of classic poems, such as "The Jumblies", "The Owl and the Pussycat" and "The Yonghy ...
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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 had a wide circle of friends including Alfred Tennyson, yet was often lonely. As well as descriptions of some of Lear's sketches and watercolours (of which he painted some 10,000 in the course of his career), Levi also provides critical analysis of classic poems, such as "The Jumblies", "The Owl and the Pussycat" and "The Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo", setting them in the wider context of traditional nursery rhymes. Lear belonged to the great traditon of adventurous British travellers, undertaking extensive journeys in Italy and Greece, in Albania, Turkey, and Egypt, in Palestine, and in India. Many of his travels took him through wild and rugged terrain and led to encounters with unusual characters. Extensive quotation from Lear's letters and detailed diaries complement this book.
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Fine in very good dust jacket. Wrapper moderately creased along top margin with small split to rear top edge. Faint small indentation to wrapper cover. Contents clean and tight. 362 p.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Dustwrapper, pp.362. Illustrated. Wrapper a little creased to top edge with very small split to rear top edge, faint small indentation on cover. Very light crease line on several endpapers, appears to be a binding fault Overall, at least. VG.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 800grams, ISBN: 9780333588048.
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Used-Very Good. SIGNED copy VG hardback in VG dust jacket. 1st edition, signed by author on title page. Top fore-edge lightly foxed; dust jacket bright & not price-clipped, but very slightly shelf-worn. With B&W illustrations.
