Legman, G[ershon]., ed. — The Limerick: 1700 Examples, with Notes Variants and Index

New York, Bell Publishing Company, 1969. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The is the largest collection of limericks ever published, erotic or otherwise. Of the 1700 printed here, none are otherwise." Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bright red cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. A 77-page Introduction by Gershon Legman, an astonishingly adept bibliographer of all things limerick. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. lxxvii + 517 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good