The complete nonsense of Edward Lear (original: 1947; edição: 1947)

I'm not sure which edition of Edward Lear's nonsense poetry I read as a kid so I picked this one. Really enjoyed it! ( )

For kids learning english this can be a gift but for adults Edward Lear sound a bit brain death but have his moments ( )

Everyone likes a limerick every once in a while, but reading all of Edward Lear's limericks in a sitting is too much of a good thing. For one thing, none of them are particularly memorable, and after a while they become tedious. Granted, they were written for children, so there are no "there once was a girl from Nantucket..." type limericks, but still I expected to find some that were so clever, they would stick in my brain. As to his tales, "The Owl and the Pussycat" is the most well-known, but "The Two Old Bachelors" and "The New Vestments" are worth a reading just for the creepiness of them. The rest are...well see the comments above about the limericks.
Contents: The Book of Nonsense, More Nonsense, Nonsense Songs: The Owl and the Pussy-Cat; The Duck and the Kangaroo; The Daddy Long-Legs and the Fly; The Jumblies; The Nutcrackers and the Sugar-Tongs; Calico Pie; Mr. and Mrs. Spikey Sparrow; The Broom, The Shovel, the Poker and the Tongs; The Table and the Chair; The Dong with the Luminous Nose; The Two Old Bachelors; The Pelican Chorus; The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo; The Pobble Who Has No Toes; the New Vestments; Mr. and Mrs. Discobbolos--First Part; Mr. and Mrs. Discobbolos--Second Part; the Quangle Wangle's Hat; The Cummerbund; The Akond of Swat; Incidents in the Life of my Uncle Arly; Eclogue; Nonsense Stories and Alphabets: The Story of the Four Little Children Who Went Round the World; The History of the Seven Families of the Lake Pipple-Popple; Nonsense Alphabets; Nonsense Cookery; The Heraldic Blazon of Foss the Cat ( )

My son bought me this Folio Society edition for a recent birthday, no doubt remembering the tape we had many years ago of Alan Bennett's delightful rendering of the nonsense stories.
Lear's own illustrations have been specially coloured for this edition, and it is in a special matching slipcase.
How pleasant to know Mr Lear.

Doesn't get any better than this ( )