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Seller: CLAVREUIL, Paris, FranceCLAVREUIL
AbeBooks seller since September 19, 2003
Association member: ILAB
Condition: Used
£ 10,364.05
Quantity: 1 available
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In-8 (183 x 124 mm) de XII pp., 214 pp et 1 f.n.ch. Reliure éditeur à la Bradel, toile vert olive, décor doré, médaillon central à figure d'enfant entouré d'un triple filet, triple filet d'encadrement, dos lisse, gardes de papier noir, tranches jaunes. Boîte à rabats et étui, en demi-chagrin vert. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire enrichi d'un envoi à l'encre violette.Mrs Dyerwith very kind regards from the Author Dec 7/83Monsieur et Madame Dyer logèrent Lewis Carroll au 7 Lushington Road dans la station balnéaire d'Eastbourne durant ses vacances d'été pendant 22 ans. L'auteur entretint avec eux une correspondance régulière, souvent basée sur des détails pratiques. Toutefois, au fil des années Carroll semble avoir développé des réelles relations amicales avec le couple et plus précisément Mrs Dyer.Cet exemplaire fait partie des premiers à avoir été dédicacé. Le 6 décembre 1883, Lewis fit 11 premiers envois, avant d'inscrire dans son journal le lendemain qu'il a "Sent off more than 40 more" (The Diaries of Lewis Carroll, 1971, p.422). Notre exemplaire daté du 7 fait donc partie 51 premiers portant un envoi.En outre, Carroll avait déjà dédicacé au couple un exemplaire de Through the Looking Glass en 1877.On peut voir la proximité de Lewis Carroll avec la famille Dyer à la lecture de son journal et de sa correspondance dans lesquels il fait mention d'une belle journée passée en compagnie de Mrs Dyer et de sa fille le 11 février 1887 : « Then to Mrs. Dyer-Edwards (whom I met at the F. Holidays), and saw her and her charming little girl Noelle, aged 8. We lunched there, and then went to the Alice play" (The Diaries of Lewis Carroll, 1971, p. 448)Et dès le lendemain, Carroll écrit à Mrs Dyer "Will you kindly tell me if there is any one of my books (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, Rhyme? and Reason?, Alice's Adventures Under Ground) that Noel does not, and would like to, possess? Or perhaps she might like the first in French? I do not (as is popularly supposed of me) take a fancy to all children, and instantly: I fear I take dislikes to some): but I did take a fancy to your little daughter - and I hope we may grow to be friends. Believe me always Yours wry truly, L. Dodgson" (The selected letters of Lewis Carroll, 1982, p.167).Le livre est illustré de 74 gravures (dont 65 par Arthur B. Frost et 9 par Henry Holiday). Il contient également à la page 143 la fameuse « Ocean-chart ou « Bellman map », une carte entièrement vierge à l'exception de quelques annotations inscrites au hasard dans les marges : Équateur, Équinoxe, Pôle Sud, Zénith, Nadir, Zone torride, etc. Déjà publiée dans la Chasse au Snark en 1876 elle apparaissait ici dans la partie éponyme. L'inclusion de cette facétie en tant qu'illustration est sans doute l'idée de Carroll lui-même.Le bloc du livre est légèrement désolidarisé du bradel, le titre et le frontispice ont été légèrement roussis par la réaction chimique d'une serpente. L'exemplaire est toutefois en très belle condition de reliure, de texte et d'illustration.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Rhyme ? and Reason ?
- Author
- Lewis CARROLL
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Publication year
- 1883
CLAVREUIL
Paris, France
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Opening from Monday to Saturday from 10am to 1pm and from 2.30pm to 7pm (Monday and Saturday to 6pm) Established in 1932, Librairie Clavreuil (ex-Librairie Thomas-Scheler) is located between the Sénat, Luxembourg garden and Odéon square, in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighborhood, within the famous Quartier Latin. The shop was first run by Lucien Scheler, a friend of Paul Eluard, Picasso and the Surréalistes poets and painters, until 1977 when he sold it to Bernard Clavreuil, his employee since 1962. Bernard Clavreuil belongs to the third generation of a family of antiquarian booksellers established in the Quartier Latin since the end of the 19th century. He has been running the shop at 19 rue de Tournon for over 40 years, which had belung to his grandfather before World War I. Thanks to our relentless pursuit to find rare books in France, Europe, and all over the world, Librairie Clavreuil has become one the leading antiquarian bookshops, where curators and bookmen meet to find the items missing in their collections.…
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LIBRAIRIE CLAVREUIL
Librairie Clavreuil, 19 rue de Tournon
Paris, France 75006
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