Bibliography
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BOOKS
- Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots (London: Privately printed, 1832).
- Views in Rome and Its Environs: Drawn from Nature and on Stone (London: McLean, 1841).
- Gleanings from the Menagerie and Aviary at Knowsley Hall (Knowsley, U.K.: Privately printed, 1846).
- Illustrated Excursions in Italy, 2 volumes (London: McLean, 1846).
- A Book of Nonsense, as Derry down Derry (2 volumes, London: McLean, 1846; enlarged, as Lear, 1 volume, London: Routledge, Warne & Routledge, 1861; Philadelphia: Hazard, 1863).
- Journals of a Landscape Painter in Albania, & c. (London: Bentley, 1851).
- Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria, & c. (London: Bentley, 1852).
- Views in the Seven Ionian Islands (London: Privately printed, 1863).
- Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica (London: Bush, 1870).
- Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets (London: Bush, 1870; Boston: Osgood, 1871).
- More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany Etc. (London: Bush, 1872).
- Tortoises, Terrapins and Turtles Drawn from Life, by Lear and James de Carle Sowerby (London: Sotheran, Baer, 1872).
- Laughable Lyrics: A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music Etc. (London: Bush, 1877).
- Queery Leary Nonsense: A Lear Nonsense Book, edited by Constance, Lady Strachey (London: Mills & Boon, 1911).
- The Lear Coloured Bird Book for Children (London: Mills & Boon, 1912).
- Lear in Sicily May-July 1847, edited by G. Proby (London: Duckworth, 1938).
- The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear, edited by Holbrook Jackson (London: Faber & Faber, 1947; New York: Dover, 1951).
- Indian Journal: Watercolours and Extracts from the Diary of Edward Lear (1873-1875), edited by Ray Murphy (London: Jarrolds, 1953; New York: Coward-McCann, 1955).
- Teapots and Quails, and Other New Nonsenses, edited by Angus Davidson and Philip Hofer (London: Murray, 1953; Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1953).
LETTERS
- Letters of Edward Lear, edited by Constance, Lady Strachey (London: Unwin, 1907).
- Later Letters of Edward Lear, edited by Constance, Lady Strachey (London: Unwin, 1911).
The largest collection of Edward Lear's manuscripts and papers plus his manuscript diaries are in the Houghton Library of Harvard University. Lear's correspondence with the Tennyson family, along with some sketches and miscellaneous nonsenses, are at the Tennyson Research Centre, Lincoln, England.
