A charming early edition of Edward Lear's celebrated collection of nonsense verse, including "The Pelican Chorus", "The Quangle Wangle's Hat", "The Pobble Who Has No Toes", and other classics, beautifully illustrated throughout by L. Leslie Brooke.

Condition: Good. Original publisher's binding. General rubbing and wear commensurate with age, with minor edgewear and occasional marks. Contents clean and complete. From the personal library of Geoffrey and Elspeth Howe, with their armorial/library bookplate tipped to the front pastedown, providing an attractive and distinguished provenance.

Provenance: From the library of Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon (1926-2015), former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary, and his wife Elspeth Howe. Their ownership bookplate is affixed to the volume and the name Sybill Sissons 1908 is hand written into the first page, Sybill Sissons was Elspeth Howe's Mother and former wife of Philip Morton Shand