The pelican chorus & other nonsense verses
Date1910
Names
Brooke, L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie), 1862-1940
(contributor)
Frederick Warne & Co.
(publisher)
Lear, Edward, 1812-1888
(author)
Format
The pelican chorus & other nonsense verses. Drawings by L. Leslie Brooke. ''Printed by H. Virtue and Company, 294, City Road, London, E.C.''--verso of half-title. First published in this edition in 1900. Lear's preface and a quotation from Sir E. Strachey's introduction to Nonsense songs and stories are included. Nine poems which were first published in Laughable lyrics and Nonsense songs, stories, botany and alphabets. The pictorial t.p., six plates, illustrated endpapers, and pictorial covers are printed in colour. Text illustrations in black and white. Contains The pelican chorus -- The daddy long-legs and the fly -- The nutcrackers and the sugar-tongs -- Mr. and Mrs. Spikky Sparrow -- The table and the chair -- The two old bachelors -- The pobble who has no toes -- Mr. and Mrs. Discobbolos -- The quangle wangle's hat.
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Call Number / Accession Number37131039919758D
Dewey NumberP LEA
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1900