Lear, Edward 1812-1888

Overview

Works:	1,264 works in 3,093 publications in 7 languages and 75,810 library holdings
Roles:	Illustrator, Lyricist, Librettist, Other, Dedicatee
Classifications:	PR4879.L2, 821/.8

Publication Timeline

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Publications about Edward Lear

Publications by Edward Lear

Publications by Edward Lear, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Edward Lear

Edward Lear : the life of a wanderer by Vivien Noakes ( Book )
Edward Lear, landscape painter and nonsense poet (1812-1888) by Angus Davidson ( Book )
Edward Lear and his world by John Lehmann ( Book )
Inventing wonderland : the lives and fantasies of Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, J.M. Barrie, Kenneth Grahame, and A.A. Milne by Jackie Wullschläger ( Book )
Edward Lear : a biography by Peter Levi ( Book )

Edward Lear by Joanna Richardson ( Book )
Edward Lear by Ina Rae Hark ( Book )
Edward Lear, 1812-1888 by Vivien Noakes ( Book )
Nonsense and wonder : the poems and cartoons of Edward Lear by Thomas Byrom ( Book )
How pleasant to know Mr. Lear! : Edward Lear's selected works by Edward Lear ( Book )
Edward Lear as a landscape draughtsman by Philip Hofer ( Book )
Mr. Nonsense: a life of Edward Lear by Emery Kelen ( Book )
Boshblobberbosh : runcible poems for Edward Lear by J. Patrick Lewis ( Book )
That singular person called Lear : a biography of Edward Lear, artist, traveller, and prince of nonsense by Susan Chitty ( Book )
Selected letters by Edward Lear ( Book )
Letters of Edward Lear to Chichester Fortescue, Lord Carlingford and Frances, Countess Waldegrave by Edward Lear ( Book )
Lear in the original : drawings and limericks by Edward Lear ( Book )
The owl and the pussy-cat : for voice and piano by Igor Stravinsky ( )
A Learical lexicon : from the works of Edward Lear by Edward Lear ( Book )
Edward Lear and the critics by Ann C Colley ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Edward Lear

The owl and the pussycat by Edward Lear ( Book )
171 editions published between 1925 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 11,951 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
After a courtship voyage of a year and a day, Owl and Pussy finally buy a ring from Piggy and are blissfully married

A book of nonsense by Edward Lear ( Book )
236 editions published between 1802 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 4,575 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection including nonsense verses, tales in rhyme, and four fairy tales, relating the fate of naughty boys and girls

The Quangle Wangle's hat by Edward Lear ( Book )
37 editions published between 1933 and 2013 in English and Korean and held by 1,942 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Fanciful creatures, including the Stork, the Duck, the Owl, the Frog, and the Fimble Fowl come to build their homes on the Quangle Wangle's commodious hat

An Edward Lear alphabet by Edward Lear ( Book )
29 editions published between 1943 and 2000 in English and held by 1,820 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Illustrations and nonsense verses introduce the letters of the alphabet

The complete nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear ( Book )
75 editions published between 1940 and 2001 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,809 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of over 100 limericks with the author's original illustrations

A was once an apple pie by Suse MacDonald ( Book )
11 editions published between 1969 and 2006 in English and held by 1,717 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of twenty-six nonsense rhymes, one for each letter of the alphabet

The complete nonsense book by Edward Lear ( Book )
49 editions published between 1912 and 1994 in English and held by 1,621 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of Lear's nonsense verse, prose, drawings, alphabets, and other absurdities

The Jumblies by Edward Lear ( Book )
36 editions published between 1950 and 2013 in English and German and held by 1,579 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Jumblies go to sea in a sieve and have many adventures

The pelican chorus and other nonsense by Edward Lear ( Book )
18 editions published between 1910 and 2004 in English and held by 1,255 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Animal stories

Edward Lear's The Scroobious Pip by Edward Lear ( Book )
6 editions published between 1968 and 2012 in English and held by 1,099 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Literature of Delight. Nash completed this verse by Lear, brought fantastically into focus by the images in Burkert's generous, splendid paintings. Turn this over to young readers and ask them just what is the Pip. Or, what is he not?

Nonsense songs by Edward Lear ( Book )
33 editions published between 1894 and 1997 in English and held by 911 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An illustrated collection of nonsense verses by the well-known nineteenth-century English writer and artist

Nonsense! by Edward Lear ( Book )
3 editions published between 1997 and 2004 in English and French and held by 796 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A selection of nonsense verses, each beginning with the phrase "There was an old. . ." or "There was a young. . .," with photographic illustrations

Nonsense books by Edward Lear ( Book )
48 editions published between 1888 and 2010 in English and held by 758 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The collected nonsense of Edward Lear, nineteenth century writer and artist. Contains: The Book of Nonsense, Nonsense Songs and Stories, 100 Nonsense Pictures and Rhymes, An Alphabet, and "How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear."

The nonsense verse of Edward Lear by Edward Lear ( Book )
7 editions published between 1984 and 2012 in English and held by 707 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of 236 limericks and other nonsense poems including "The Owl and the Pussycat" as well as "The Nutcrackers and the Sugar Tongs."

Edward Lear by Joanna Richardson ( Book )
11 editions published between 1925 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 658 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Provides examples of Lear's best poems, combined with original art

Edward Lear's The duck & the kangaroo by Edward Lear ( Book )
1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 636 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A wholly original tribute to the author of The Owl and the Pussycat, containing inspired collages incorporating images from the nineteenth century including several of Lear's own drawings, Duck overcomes "cold feet" and wins Kangaroo's heart in a story of adoration, acceptance, and adventure

Of pelicans and pussycats : poems and limericks by Edward Lear ( Book )
2 editions published in 1990 in English and held by 635 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A selection of poems and limericks by Edward Lear, including "The Quangle Wangle's Hat," "The Pelican Chorus," and "The Courtship of Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo."

Edward Lear, king of nonsense : a biography by Gloria Kamen ( Book )
1 edition published in 1990 in English and held by 623 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Examines the life and career of the nineteenth-century writer-artist who was renowned for his nonsense verse

Le hibou et la poussiquette by Edward Lear ( Book )
10 editions published between 1952 and 1962 in English and French and held by 590 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The nonsense poems of Edward Lear by Edward Lear ( Book )
4 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 552 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of nonsense poems by Edward Lear, illustrated by Leslie Brooke, one of the most popular illustrators of the early twentieth century

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