Edward Lear The Book of Nonsense. Original binding of blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to spine, gilt and black lettering to upper cover. Yellow endpapers. Published London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., not dated (but 1862). Illustrated with black and white line drawings. Page edges dusty and browned, binding slightly shaken, loss to fore corners of front free endpaper, previous booksellers adhesive to front pastedown, hinges weak, otherwise the book is in very good condition in good condition edgeworn and spine faded covers, which have some loss to head and tail of spine and corners.