The "Wonderland" Postage-Stamp-Case. Invented by Lewis Carroll [with:] 'Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing'.

Published by Emberlin & Son but 1890 and later see below, 1889

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single fold card booklet, covers colour-lithographed with Tenniel illustration of Alice holding pig to front and fading Cheshire Cat to rear, inside machine-sewn to form 12 pockets for postage stamps, ranging from 1/2d. to 1s, contained in original muslin-lined printed buff sleeve, front colour-lithographed with Alice holding baby and fully-visible Cheshire Cat to rear, 24mo, the booklet of 40pp. [inc. covers], the stamp case and booklet both in excellent condition, together in original printed envelope, this a little creased to extremities with a short closed tear at one corner, very good. 'A small but excellent work, full of sound sense and humour [.] the Wise Words are connected with, and in some sense an advertisement of a Wonderland Stamp Case' (Williams et al., p. 157). As the works continued to be issued over a number of years, there is an abundance of states and combinations; here we have the third edition of envelope and stamp case and the eighth edition of the 'Wise Words' booklet, as described by Williams, Madan, Green - and probably issued circa 1910.

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Title
The "Wonderland" Postage-Stamp-Case. Invented by Lewis Carroll [with:] 'Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing'.
Author
Carroll (Lewis, pseud. for Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)
Publisher
Emberlin & Son but 1890 and later see below
Publication year
1889
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Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA

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Waterstones Booksellers Ltd trading as Blackwell's Rare Books

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