With a learned introduction by Paul Nash

The charm of Randall Davies and his Books of Nonsense is a gentle, antiquarian sort of charm. Light verse joins early woodcuts to create a wonderful confection of reading pleasure. Davies' Lyttel book of Nonsense was first published in 1912, and is a classic of the form. Philip Sainsbury's beautiful Cayme Press production A Little More Nonsense inspired us to follow suit with this long-overdue reminder of how delightful these early woodcuts are. Davies re-captions his extensive collection of woodcuts with a thoroughly modern twist long before the craze for tweeting amusing captions below early book illustrations took hold amongst the historians and librarians of our acquaintance. We've combined both books in one handsome volume that includes all the cuts with their limericks, and a new twelve-page introduction by book historian Paul W Nash, no mean versifier himself, and past master of the limerick.

The Introduction is machine set in 12 pt Garamond; limericks were hand set at the Press in 18 pt italic, and the whole printed on Wookey Hole mould made paper. The early-printed woodcut illustrations reproduced from Randall Davies' books have been printed from line blocks. The edition is of 315 numbered copies, the first 175 printed on green paper and case bound at the Press in quarter-cloth with decorated paper sides designed by Meg Held. 140 copies are printed on grey paper and sold as sets of sheets.

Also available as loose sheets for binding, from £35 (plus postage outside of the UK). Please email us for an invoice.