Carroll Lewis Edited Introduction Notes (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 20.5x13cm. ppLXXX,357,(11) with lengthy introduction etc, and numerous illustrations; integral narrow ribbon place marker. White cloth titled & decorated in maroon, mauve endpapers. Rear cover decorations here & there variably rubbed, backstrip and front cover decorations here & there slightly so. No dust jacket as issued. Contents fine. VERY GOOD copy.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 418pp. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition. "'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe . . .' wrote Lewis Carroll, author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, in his wonderfully playful poem of nonsense verse, 'Jabberwocky.' This beautiful, clothbound new edition collects together the marvellous range of Carroll's poetry, including nonsense verse, parodies, burlesques, and more. Alongside the title piece are such enduringly wonderful pieces as 'The Walrus and the Carpenter,' 'The Mock Turtle's Song,' 'Father William' and many more." [publisher copy] Pristine hardcover w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding, illustrated w/purplish dragons on dark-blue boards w/no jacket as issued.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition thus, first printing. First printing number code sequence 1 through 0 to the copyright page. A high-quality book production, with annotations in printed burgundy to the lower pages, the compete original epic verse text, the original full-plate illustrations by Henry Holiday, and a descriptive bibliography of Snark publications by Selwyn H. Goodacre. Fascinating gift item. Fine and very tight in textured cream boards with silver embossed Harry Furness portrait art of Carroll and decorative borders to the front cover, silver embossed titles to the spine, black-and-white headband and tail-band, cream-pumpkin hued end-papers; in a fine dust jacket; original printed $27.95 price still intact to the front inner flap. Octavo, 9.5 X 7.5; 152 pages; plus two prefaces, introduction, explanatory text, and preliminaries.