The Editors (Gershon Legman) — The Limerick: 1700 Examples, with Notes, Variants and Index

Paris, France, Les Hautes Etudes, 1953. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the wraps, in gate-fold and protected further in onion-skin. From the library of Gershon Legman, as transmitted from his widow, the fabulous Judith Legman. 1700 limericks, all scurrilous. French language texts. Comprised of an anthology of sexually explicit limericks compiled by but not credited to the bibliopole, book scout, bibliographer and literary sleuth extraordinaire, Gershon Legman. 517 pp. and including full index. Plentiful unopened top and some fore-edges.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine