A Lear song, The broom, the shovel, the poker, and the tongs
By: foreword by Philip Hofer.
Contributors: Hofer, Philip, 1898-
Publisher: Four Winds Press
Published: 1977
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 13
Other titles: Broom, the shovel, the poker, and the tongs.
Notes: "An informal bibliography of the Hofer-Lear books in the library at the Four Winds Press": P. [11]
Contains transcription of a letter by Lear, dated Oct. 18, 1868, including an early illustrated ms. version of The broom, the shovel, the poker, and the tongs, together with a facsimile of the letter ([2] sheets in pocket inside lower cover). A later version of the song was published in Lear's Nonsense songs, stories, botany, and alphabets (London, 1871)
The original letter is now in Harvard University's Houghton Library.
"150 copies completed in 1977"--Colophon.
With erratum slip (in pocket with facsim.)