Some Limericks
The Recent Editions 1964 - 1968
The Recent Editions 1964 - 1968
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After the U.S. Supreme ruled in
the Fanny Hill case [Memoirs v.
Massachussetts, 383 U.S. 413 (1966)], the book
Some Limericks, on the basis of
its redeeming social value, was published openly. Here are
descriptions of a number of the "above ground" editions. Editions have been assigned
short names
in rough chronological order to assist in identification. |
Collection "Le Ballet Des Muses" [Soft Cover]
Some Limericks: Collected for the use of Students, & ensplendour’d with Introduction, Geographical Index, and with Notes Explanatory and Critical6" X 5.1" tall
Collection "LE BALLET DES MUSES" 1964
89 + [6] pp.
Page 68 and 86 are blank, omitting "There was a young fellow called Carey," and "Thus spake I AM THAT I AM"
Naughty words appear with one or more letters replaced by spaces or are omitted altogether
Jack Brussels who had printed a pirated edition 35 years earlier
L.&M. Kotkofsky in small print within cover art
Black Circle [Hard Cover]
Some Limericks: Collected for the use of Students, & ensplendour’d with Introduction, Geographical Index, and with Notes Explanatory and Critical
5" X 8.5" tall
94 pp.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 67-23965
Grove Press, Inc.
1967
Frequently listed (erroneously) as There Was an Old Man of Corfu
Anthony Blond [Hard Cover]
The Norman Douglas Limerick Book: Collected for the use of Students, & ensplendour’d with Introduction, Geographical Index, and with Notes Explanatory and Critical5.7" X 8.8" tall
94 pp.
Grove Press Inc. 1967
First published in Great Britain in 1969
ISBN 218515840
Black Circle [Soft Cover]
Some Limericks: Collected for the use of Students, & ensplendour’d with Introduction, Geographical Index, and with Notes Explanatory and Critical4.2" X 7" tall
94 pp.
Extract from Introduction on page [1]
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 67-23965
A Black Circle Book now in paperback
First Evergreen Black Cat Edition 1968
Zebra Books
Grove Press, Inc.
Frequently listed (erroneously) as There Was an Old Man of Corfu
Collectors Publications [Soft Cover]
Some Limericks: Collected for the use of Students, & ensplendour’d with Introduction, Geographical Index, and with Notes Explanatory and Critical4.2" X 6.3" tall
107 pp.
First printing November 1968
Geographical Index copied verbatim from the 1942-1960 soft cover editions (117 pp.) without adjusting for reduced number of pages.
(all scans are of the Deex Collection)
