Four titles in English: (1) Upside Down; or, Turnover Traits.

From original sketches, by the late William Mc. Connell, with illustrative verses by Tom Hood. London, printed by Wertheimer, Lea, and Co. for Griffith and Farran, 1868, 37,(3) p., with 15 handcoloured plates, original clothbacked lithographed boards, 4to.

Trifle foxed, occ. marginal defects such as small tears/ mild staining and reinforcements; owner's names to flyleaf. Edges of boards and cloth worn. Nevertheless an acceptable copy of this fragile, rare book. Lovely work, each plate with 2 illustrations, i.e. portraits of humans changing into animals upon turning the book, e.g.: "As greedy as... a pig"; "As conceited as... an ape"; "A sly old... fox"; "A surly old... dog"; "As spiteful as... a cat" and one exception: "Making black... white"; (2) Nonsense songs and stories. By Edward Lear. Eighth edition. London and New York, F. Warne and Co., 1891, 125,(2) p., with many illustrations by Lear, original illustrated cloth. Lower hinge fragile; binding sl. stained. and with 2 more. (total 4)