THE JUMBLIES
(1968)
First Gorey edition of the first poem from Lear's BOOK OF NONSENSE, the first of two Gorey books using Lear's nonsense verse.
Humor / Satire
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THE TOUR OF DOCTOR SYNTAX
[circa 1860]
Lovely Victorian edition in pictorial cloth of this popular comedic poem, executed in reverse order — caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson drew the illustrations before William Combe wrote the text.
A LYTTEL BOOKE OF NONSENSE
1912
First printing of these Lear-esque nonsense limericks incongruously paired with woodcuts from Dodd's Specimens of Early Early Wood Engraving, much in the manner of contemporary internet memes beloved by the very online medievalists of our times.
PIG POETS: An Anthology of Porcine Poesy
(1995)
First edition, first printing of this parody of classic poems written with pigs as the characters, with "punny" authors like William Porker Yeats, Percy Bygge Belley etc., and with a review by the New Pork Times.
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