A Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear

The Gentleman's Alphabet Book by Harvey Kornberg (Illustrator)

The Limerick by G. Legman

A Limerick's Always A Verse: 200 Original Limericks by Laurence Perrine

The Lure of the Limerick: An Uninhibited History by William S. Baring-Gould

The New Limerick by G. Legman [also published as More Limericks]

The Penguin Book of Limericks by E. O. Parrott

Playboy's Book of Limericks by Clifford Crist

A Seizure of Limericks by Conrad P. Aiken

And if you have room for just one more . . .

   

Are these the only books worth having?...of course not.  Will my top ten list change tomorrow?...probably.

A Book of Nonsense, The Gentleman's Alphabet Book, A Limerick's Always A Verse, and A Seizure of Limericks are books of original limericks; the others are anthologies.