(GOREY EDWARD) LEAR EDWARD Group of 4 volumes by Lear illust

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(GOREY, EDWARD.) LEAR, EDWARD. Group of 4 volumes by Lear, illustrated by Gorey. Oblong 8vo, original bindings, condition varies but very good overall. all signed by gorey on title-pages in ink. Vp, vd

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Gorey considered Edward Lear among his most important influences and was a brilliant interpreter of the famous children's author whom he felt always connected sense to the nonsense: "Nonsense demands precision" Gorey explained in an interview with Stephem Schiff, "Edward Gorey and the Tao of Nonsense," The New Yorker, 9 November, 1992.

The Jumblies. First cloth Edition. New York: Young Scott, (1968). Toledano B38a Die Jumblies. First German Edition. Frankfurt,1970. Toledano B38a The Dong with a Luminous Nose. Dust jacket is price-clipped. New York: Young Scott, (1969). Toledano B42 Gorey x 3. Reading, MA,. (1976). Toledano B62.