THE LIMERICK. 1700 Examples, with notes, variants and index. (Edited by G. Legman).
Les Hautes Études, sur les presses de 'La Ruche', Paris, 1953. XIII,517p. Sewn with dust wrps. Dust wrps a bit worn and repaired. Pp.190,191 a bit false cut. Small black ink stain on pp.190-193. (Rare thus). This study of the limerick was anonymously edited by Gershon Legman. It is completed with an 8-page annotated bibliography, 98 pages of detailed notes, indexes of rhymes and general topics, and a comprehensive index of names and subjects.
€ 95.00
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