Rhymes Without Reason
| First published | 1974 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Methuen Children's Books |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Collection |
| Cover art | Mervyn Peake |
| Pages | 31 |
| Price | £1.40 |
| ISBN | 0416795404 |
A collection of 13 'nonsense verse' poems with surreal contents.
- "This edition published in 1974" on copyright page.
- Price to PV(T)'s copy is stickered on the back cover.
- Cover art is the illustration for 'Sensitive, Seldom and Sad'.
- LCCN Note: "Originally published in 1944 by Eyre and Spottiswoode, London."
Searching by ISBN: 0416795404
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Upon My Golden Backbone | Mervyn Peake | Poem |
| 8 | All Over the Lilac Brine! | Mervyn Peake | Poem |
| 10 | The Sunlight Falls Upon the Grass | Mervyn Peake | Poem |
| 12 | The Crocodile | Mervyn Peake | Poem |
| 14 | My Uncle Paul of Pimlico | Mervyn Peake | Poem |
| 16 | It Makes a Change | Mervyn Peake | Poem |
| 18 | What a Day It's Been! | Mervyn Peake | Poem |
| 20 | The Camel | Mervyn Peake | Poem |
| 22 | I Wish I Could Remember | Mervyn Peake | Poem |
| 24 | I Waxes and I Wanes, Sir | Mervyn Peake | Poem |
| 26 | The Hippopotamus | Mervyn Peake | Poem |
| 28 | A Languorous Life | Mervyn Peake | Poem |
| 30 | Sensitive, Seldom and Sad | Mervyn Peake | Poem |