Carroll Lewis Pseudonym (28 results)
Language: English
Published by Harper & Row, New York, Hagerstown, San Francisco, London, 1976
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Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-191 [192: blank], illustrations, cloth. First U.S. edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#167836). Illustrated (illustrator).
Published by The Lewis Carroll Society of North America, New York, 1977
- Softcover
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Octavo, printed wrappers. First edition. Limited to 1250 copies of which this is one of 500 paperbound copies. Issued as "Carroll Studies No. 2." A fine copy. (#22983).
Published by Clarkson N. Potter, New York, 1977
- Hardcover
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Large octavo, pp. [1-8] 9 [10] 11-272 [273-274: blank] [note: [last leaf is a blank], illustrations, cloth-backed boards. First U.S. printing of the first illustrated edition. This edition of a standard biography of C. L. Dodgson, is newly illustrated with 200 drawings and photgraphs. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#10198).
LEWIS CARROLL, PHOTOGRAPHER OF CHILDREN: FOUR NUDE STUDIES
(Carroll, Lewis [pseudonym of C. L Dodgson]) Cohen, Morton N.
Language: English
Published by The Rosenbach Foundation . and Clarkson N. Potter, Philadelphia and New York, 1979
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First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket priced $10.00 on the front flap. (#177107).
THE ILLUSTRATORS OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND AND THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS . With an Introduction by John Davis
(Carroll, Lewis [pseudonym of C. L Dodgson]) Ovenden, Graham (editor)
Language: English
Published by Academy Editions. New York: St. Martin's Press, London, 1972
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Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-101 [102: blank] [103] [104: blank], over 100 illustrations, several in color, boards. First edition. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with a strip of fading along fore-edges of front and rear panels. (#160797).
Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1962
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Octavo, illustrations by Henry Holiday, cloth-backed boards. First printing of this edition. "The poem describes with infinite humour the impossible voyage of an improbable crew to find an inconceivable creature. It has been called the 'Odyssey of the Nonsensical,' a masterpiece with more nonsense to the foot than could be found… in an acre of lesser stuff." - WM&G, pp. 85-6. A fine copy in fine price-clipped dust jacket. (#177157).
Published by Frankfurt aM Insel, 1966
- Hardcover
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Add to basket109 S., 1 Bl. Mit Abbildungen nach Fotografien u. Zeichnungen, 5 Briefseiten. Auswahl und Nachwort von K. Reichert. Or.Ppbd. Jenne: 348c. Hinterer Deckel u. Kanten berieben, Rü-schildchen kl. Flecken. Erste Auflage. CHF-Preis 25.-. Insel-Bücherei Nr. 845.
LEWIS CARROLL'S 'THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS' DECODED
(Carroll, Lewis [pseudonym of C. L Dodgson]) Ettleson, Abraham, M. D.
Published by Philosophical Library, New York, 1966
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Octavo pp. [1-10] 11-84 [85-96: blank], cloth. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#167835).
SELECTION FROM THE LETTERS OF LEWIS CARROLL TO HIS CHILD-FRIENDS
CARROLL, Lewis; pseudonym of DODGSON, Charles Ludwige; edited by HATCH, Evelyn M.
Published by London: Macmillan and Company Ltd., 1933
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- First Edition
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Add to basketFirst edition, first printing. Original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine and a gilt motif to the upper board, in dustwrapper. Top edge gilt. With a blue ribbon marker. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, drawings and reproductions of Carroll's hand-written letters. A very good copy, the binding squar…e and firm, the extremities very slightly rubbed, the top corner of the upper board with mild bumping. The contents, with some light spotting to the prelims and faintly to the text block edges are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the lightly toned and dustmarked price-clipped dustwrapper that has some tiny nicks and short closed tears at the spine and flap folds. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
More imagesALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
CARROLL, Lewis; pseudonym of DODGSON, Charles Ludwige; illustrated by SOPER, George
Published by London: George Allen [c.], 1930
- Hardcover
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Add to basketEarly edition. Original red cloth with titles and illustrations in black to the spine and upper board. Lacking the dustwrapper. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated with five colour plates and further black and white line drawings by George Soper throughout. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm, the extremities…a little rubbed, the spine a touch faded. The contents, with a neat 1938 school award inscription to the front pastedown and endpaper and some offsetting to the free endpapers, are otherwise clean throughout. A beautifully illustrated edition of Lewis Carroll's classic children's novel. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by Bristol: Douglas Cleverton., 1932
- First Edition
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Add to basketFirst edition. Limited to 300 copies, of which this is number 231. Sewn pamphlet with thin paper wrapped cover. Very lightly foxed bookseller's note loosely laid in. A very good copy, with a tiny blue mark to the front cover and a toned patch to the title page. Featuring two letters from Lewis Carroll to Marion Terry of the thea…trical Terry family, who were friends of his. Provenance: from the library of Martin Stone. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1876
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Octavo, pp. [i-ix] x-xi [xii-xiv] [1-3] 4-83 [84: printer's imprint] [85-86: ads], nine illustrations by Henry Holiday, original pictorial brown cloth, front, spine and rear panels stamped in black, black coated endpapers, a.e.g. First edition. "The poem describes with infinite humour the impossible voyage of an improbable crew…to find an inconceivable creature. It has been called the 'Odyssey of the Nonsensical,' a masterpiece with more nonsense to the foot than could be found in an acre of lesser stuff." - WM&G, pp. 85-6. Williams, Madan and Green 115. Splits along outer joints repaired, several small ink stains to spine panel, cloth bubbled and darkened, hairline crack along inner front hinge which is still holding tight, some internal soiling and spotting, a good copy. (#173008).
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (The Sunshine Series)
Carroll, Lewis [pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodson]; Illustrated by Margaret W. Tarrant
Published by Ward, Lock & C0., Limited, London and Melbourne, 1925
- Hardcover
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Early Tarrant edition. 175pp. Quarto [25 cm] 1/4 green cloth with illustrated paper labels over boards. Cover art by Tarrant on the front. Light edgewear, rubbing, some wear to corners. Spine leans forward a bit. Free endpapers darkened. With 24 colour plates by Margaret W. Tarrant. Early Tarrant… edition, and 6th title in the "Sunshine Series." Margaret Winifred Tarrant (1888-1959) was an English book illustrator who specialized in depictions of fairy-like children, as well as religious subjects. She launched her career at the age of 20 by producing a beloved edition of Kingsley's Water Babies. This title in the Sunshine Series features the 1920's cover art which was replaced with a more updated Alice in the 1930s.
More imagesAlice's Adventures in Wonderland
CARROLL, Lewis [pseudonym of DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] (1832-1898), [TENNIEL, John, illustrator]
Published by London: Macmillan and Co., 1884, 1884
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Add to basket[Children's illustrated] VINTAGE COPY, 'Seventy Fourth thousand' stated. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[10] 192 [4]. With in-text illustrations and a frontispiece by Tenniel. One leaf of advertisements at rear. Publisher's red cloth, with gilt titles to spine, and gilt devices to boards, all edges gilt, dark navy endpapers. Contents cl…ean with some gentle reading marks, covers show some soiling, large cup/saucer ring to rear, joints and spine ends expertly repaired. A very good, presentable copy. A copy of the 1865/66 children's classic, featuring Tenniel's original illustrations, in the original format.
Published by Lee and Shepard. New York: Lee, Boston, 1872
- Hardcover
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Octavo, pp. [1-12] [1] 2-224, fifty illustrations by John Tenniel, three-quarter leather and marbled boards, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. First U.S. edition. The sheets of the American edition are probably the same as those used for the British first printing for they have Macmillan's device, and the misprint "Wade" for "Wabe" on…page 21. "THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS has the added discipline of being based on a chess game, an ingenious contrivance that brings structure to the surrealism and makes the sequel a more accomplished and successful work. The second Alice book is quoted more often that the first (though most people believe they are quoting from the first), and features the poems 'Jabberwocky' and 'The Walrus and the Carpenter.'" - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, p. 169. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 1-11 and (1981) 1-37. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 3-17. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 2-23. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I, pp. 7-16. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2278-82. Tymn (ed), Fantasy Literature, p. 61. Bleiler (1948), p. 73. Reginald 02674. See Williams, Madan and Green 84. Leather worn, outer hinges cracked, chip from spine panel. The front and rear panels of the original cloth binding are affixed to the front and rear paste-downs. Bound without the flyleaves, text block very clean, illustrations sharp, a solid candidate for rebinding. (#173012).
More imagesALICE IN WONDERLAND
CARROLL, Lewis; pseudonym of DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge; illustrated ATTWELL, Mabel Lucie Attwell
Published by London: Raphael Tuck and Sons, Ltd. [c.], 1920
- Hardcover
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Add to basketEarly edition with these illustrations. Publisher's original blue cloth boards with titles in gilt to the upper board, illustration and titles in gilt to the spine. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with 12 full page colour plates and line drawings throughout the text by Mabel Lucie Attwell. A very good or better copy, the binding squa…re and firm with a little wear to the spine tips and corners. The cloth with just a few light marks is otherwise bright and fresh. The contents, with an ink inscription to the blank front endpaper and mild foxing to the prelims and text block edge, are otherwise clean and bright. All of the colour plates are present as called for and in fine condition. Publisher's catalogue to the rear. An attractive example of this beautifully illustrated Alice in an uncommon cloth binding. Commonly seen in paper covered pictorial boards and cloth spine, there was also a deluxe issue in dark blue heavy beveled cloth boards illustrated and with titles in gilt to the upper board. This example appears to be an in-between state, the boards not beveled and without the illustration to the upper board, but here present on the spine. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
More imagesPublished by London: The Nonesuch Press, 1939, 1939
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketFirst Edition. [Children's] FIRST NONESUCH EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 1165 [3]. With Tenniel's original in-text illustrations to the Alice books. Bound in red half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to red morocco label, marbled sides, sewn endbands. Contents and edges clean, exterior unmarked. Attractively presen…ted in a recent leather binding. The complete works of one of the greatest authors of the nineteenth century, enhanced by the addition of the most influential of Alice illustrators, John Tenniel. Bleiler; Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Williams and Madan, p.223. Book Collector No.271, 'The Great Illustrators'.
More imagesPublished by London: The Nonesuch Press, 1939, 1939
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basket[Children's] FIRST NONESUCH EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 1165 [3]. With Tenniel's original in-text illustrations to the Alice books. Bound in red half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to black morocco label, matching cloth sides, t.e.g., original cloth spine preserved at rear. Contents and edges clean, minor tonin…g to half title, exterior unmarked. Attractively presented in a recent leather binding. The complete works of one of the greatest authors of the nineteenth century, enhanced by the addition of the most influential of Alice illustrators, John Tenniel. Bleiler; Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Williams and Madan, p.223. Book Collector No.271, 'The Great Illustrators'.
More imagesAlice's Adventures Under ground (Alice in Wonderland). Being a facsimile of the original manuscript book afterwards developed into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
CARROLL, Lewis [DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge, pseudonym] (1832-1898)
Published by London: MacMillan and Co., 1886, 1886
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Add to basketFirst Edition. [Children's fantasy] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[xvi], 91, [9], endmatter. Bound in modern half red calf, over marbled paper-covered sides, red calf gilt-lettered title label to spine, original cloth covers preserved at rear, all edges gilt with black endpapers. A few light reading marks el…se clean within, exterior unmarked. Smartly presented in an attractive new leather binding. The published version of the 'Alice' manuscript. 5000 copies printed. Bleiler; Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Lewis Carroll Handbook (Crutch) 194. Williams & Madan [158].
More imagesAlice's Adventures in Wonderland [and] Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
CARROLL, Lewis [pseudonym of DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] (1832-1898), [TENNIEL, John, illustrator]
Published by London: Macmillan and Co., 1867 [and] 1873, 1873
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Add to basket[Children's illustrated] EARLY PRINTINGS, the seventh thousand and 37th thousand respectively. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[10] 192; pp.[10] 224 [4]. With in-text illustrations and a frontispiece by Tenniel to each volume. No ads at rear of first volume; one leaf to second volume. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, and…gilt devices to boards. All edges gilt; dark navy endpapers. Bound by Burn, Kirby Street, with label on rear pastedown of first volume. An attractive, clean copy of 'Alice', showing a bit of a reading lean, and a little weakness at the centre of the binding. Cloth shows moderate general wear. Black ink ownership to 'Looking-Glass' dated 1876; recently re-backed, with the original cloth spine laid over, and the original boards. Repairs to hinges; spine toned and worn, with moderate general wear to boards. Very good. An early printing of the 1865/66 children's classic, featuring Tenniel's original illustrations.
More imagesAlice's Adventures in Wonderland [and] Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
CARROLL, Lewis [pseudonym of DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] (1832-1898), [TENNIEL, John, illustrator]
Published by London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1881 [and] 1885, 1885
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Add to basket[Children's fantasy novels] VINTAGE COPIES, the sixty-fourth thousand and fifty-fifth thousand respectively. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[xii]; 192; [2]; pp.xii; 234; [4]. With in-text illustrations and a frontispiece by Tenniel to each volume. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, and gilt devices to boards. All edges gil…t; black endpapers to each. A used yet presentable and serviceable pair; some reading marks within, ink inscriptions to half title of first vol., some subtle ink colouring/highlight to several illustrations in second volume, ink name to final blank of same, covers carefully handled with minor rubbing, inside paper joint to same has cracked, both text blocks with a few proud leaves. Shows well. An attractive pair in very good condition. Early printings of the classic childrens pair, featuring Tenniel's original illustrations.
More imagesAlice's Adventures in Wonderland [and] Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
CARROLL, Lewis [pseudonym of DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] (1832-1898), [TENNIEL, John, illustrator]
Published by London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1932, 1932
- Hardcover
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Add to basketdj. [Children's illustrated] VINTAGE COPIES, the 98th thousand and 70th thousand respectively. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[10] 195 [1]; pp.[2] xvi; 227 [5]. With in-text illustrations and a frontispiece by Tenniel to each volume. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, and gilt devices to boards, and all edges gilt. Both vo…lumes with the grey illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. Exceptionally crisp, clean copies. Rubbing and toning to jacket spines, otherwise near fine. Rarely found in jackets. Vintage printings of the classic children's pair, featuring Tenniel's original illustrations.
Published by Albert Bonniers förlag, Stockholm, 1966
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Octavo, illustrations in color and black and white by Tove Jansson, publisher's brown cloth stamped in gold, green endpapers. First edition with the Tove Jansson illustrations, first printing. Tove Jansson is the creator of the Moomins. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with 10 mm closed tear at upper front spine fold. A lovely co…py. (#178201).
More imagesALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND [with] THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
CARROLL, Lewis; pseudonym of DODGSON, Charles Ludwige; illustrated by TENNIEL, John
Published by London: Macmillan and Company. and 1878, 1877
- Hardcover
- Signed
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Add to basketTwo volumes. Author's presentation bindings of white textured paper-covered boards, imitating vellum, with gilt titles to the spines, gilt triple-ruled borders and gilt illustration motifs to the upper and lower boards. Inscribed presentation copies. Signed by the author. All edges gilt. 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', fifty…-eighth thousand, with 42 black and white illustrations; 'Through the Looking Glass', forty-fourth thousand, with 50 illustrations by John Tenniel. Tissue guard to the frontispiece of 'Looking Glass'. Very good copies, the bindings firm, both with the spines slightly rolled. The lightly marked paper-covered boards are dusty and darkened, more so to the spines, 'Wonderland' with a clean square to the top corner of the upper board and the bottom corner of the lower board (from brass corner guards, since removed). Some light bumping and wear to the corners and spine tips of both volumes, and 'Looking Glass' has minor splitting at the bottom of the spine where it meets the front board, although in both cases the binding remains firm. 'Wonderland' bears the recipient's ownership name to the top right corner of the half title, above the author's presentation inscription, and has some creasing at the upper corner of the front endpaper. Both volumes are spotted to the prelims, with occasional finger marks and light spotting throughout. 'Looking Glass' is cracked (but holding firm) at the gutter of the half-title and has an autograph letter from the author, loosely laid in. An exceptional inscribed set of Lewis Carroll's Alice books, in the notably rare presentation bindings, and with a wonderful single family owned provenance. 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' is inscribed in purple ink on the half-title "Ada Frost / from the author / Jan. 29. 1888."; 'Through the Looking Glass' is inscribed in black ink on the half-title "Mrs Dixon, / from the author. / July 18, / 1892". The recipient Ada Dixon, (née Frost, 1874-1964), was a professional child model who sat for sketches made by Dodgson in Mrs Shute's studio in 1888 (Letters 2: 692-93), where presumably this copy of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' was presented. 'Through the Looking Glass', inscribed some four years later was presented in celebration of Ada Frost's, (now Dixon) marriage, the accompanying letter, dated the same day as the author's inscription in the book, reads "Dear Mrs Dixon, I am so very much obliged to you for writing to me, and was very glad indeed to get your letter and to know that you still remember me as a friend, and that you have turned over another leaf in the book of the story of your life, and have found such pleasant reading on the other side! I wish, to your husband and you, all possible happiness. As you already have "Alice in Wonderland" I want you now to accept the sequel "Through the Looking Glass", which I will send you by parcel-post, bound in "bridal white", which I think is more appropriate, this time, than scarlet. If ever I find myself near enough to Chalk Farm, I will give myself the pleasure of calling. With very kind regards to your husband, I am sincerely yours, C. L. Dodgson". Dodgson had white, gilt-stamped copied bound exclusively for his use as presentation copies for his close friends and cherished acquaintances, typically keeping a few on hand to give as gifts as and when he needed them, naturally making this variant notably scarce. Whilst Dodgson is known primarily for his writing, he was also a keen amateur photographer and artist. He created thousands of photographs in the Victorian symbolist tradition formed by the likes of Julia Margaret Cameron and Oscar Gustave Rejlander, and illustrated his own written drafts, including a precursor to what would become 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', a hand written manuscript titled 'Alice's Adventures Under Ground'. Ada Dixon was among many models who posed for Dodgson's photographs and sketches, and it was not uncommon for him to form friendships with them, exchanging letters and even attending their weddings. The most famous of his models is undoubtedly Alice's namesake herself, Alice Liddell, a daughter of Henry Liddell, who was the Dean of Christ Church College, Oxford, where Dodgson was a lecturer of mathematics. As well as employing them as photographic subjects, Dodgson would take the Liddell children out on rowing trips, and it was on one such trip that he first told a tale of the fantasy world through the rabbit hole, which Alice Liddell enjoyed so much that she begged him to write it down. Provenance: presented by the author to Ada Dixon (nee Frost) in 1888 and 1892, thence by family descent. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Signed by Author(s).
More imagesSylvie and Bruno. Together with Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. With illustrations by Harry Furniss
CARROLL, Lewis [pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge DODGSON] (1832-1898) [FURNISS, Harry, illustrator]
Published by London: Macmillan and Co., 1889, 1893, 1893
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- First Edition
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Add to basketFirst Edition. [Children's Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xxiii [1], blank; 400; [3], ads; [1], blank; pp.xxxi; [1], blank; 323; [2], blank; [5], ads; [1], blank. Two volumes. Illustrated frontispieces, with in-text illustrations throughout. Publisher's red cloth decoratively blocked in gilt, coated black endp…apers, all edges gilt. This copy with the RARE loose slip recalling the poorly printed edition of 'Alice Through The Looking-Glass'. Contents clean and fresh, covers bright. Some trivial handling and bubbling to cloth on rear cover of firts vol. An unquestionably fine set. Outstanding. A lesser-known fantasy from the creator of Alice in Wonderland, concerning two eponymous fairy children. Williams & Madan. Provenance: Joan Whitney (1903-1975), American philanthropist, collector, co-founder and owner of New York Mets MLB (discreet engraved bookplate).
The Hunting of the Snark An Agony in Eight Fits
Lewis Carroll; (Pseudonym Of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) ; Illustrated by Henry Holiday
Published by E-098
- Hardcover
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo. Macmillan and Company, London, UK. 1876xi, 83 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in decorated paper covered cloth boards. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities . Previous owner's gift inscription present to the reverse of the FFEP and the half…-title page. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Hunting of the Snark is Lewis Carroll's wonderful nonsense poem that follows a ship's crew trying to hunt the Snark which may turn out to be a highly dangerous Boojum instead. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
More imagesALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND and THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE
CARROLL, Lewis; pseudonym of DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson; illustrated by TENNIEL, John; binding by GLADSTONE, Charles Elsden
Published by London: Macmillan and Company. and 1872, 1866
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketFirst editions. Two volumes. Finely bound by Charles Elsden Gladstone in elaborately decorated full brown morocco, the spines with five raised bands and titles in gilt. Gilt decorated inner boards, marbled endpapers. Binder's initials stamped in gilt to the lower inner front board. All edges gilt. The publisher's cloth bound in…as the front and rear pastedown of Through the Looking Glass. Illustrated with frontispieces and 90 illustrations across the two volumes by John Tenniel. The four page leaflet 'To All Child Readers of Alice In Wonderland', originally issued loosely laid in to first editions of Through the Looking Glass, has been retained and bound in. Some spotting and a couple of tiny closed tears to the margins of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, otherwise a fine set. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is the first published edition, the second overall: the book was originally printed in Oxford at the Clarendon Press in June 1865, but was suppressed when Carroll heard that the book's illustrator was dissatisfied with the quality of the printing. He recalled the few pre-publication copies he had sent out to his friends and donated them to hospitals, where most perished. Only 23 of those original "1865 Alices" are now extant, mostly in institutional holdings, thus creating one of the most famous black tulips of book collecting. The book was entirely reset by Richard Clay for the present authorized Macmillan edition, the earliest edition that can be realistically obtained. Although dated 1866, the edition was in fact ready by November 1865, in time for the Christmas market, and was published in a print run of 4,000 copies. The copy of Through the Looking-Glass is the first edition; like its predecessor, it was published for the Christmas market and bears the following year's date in its imprint. It was actually published in December 1871, in an edition of 9,000 copies. Charles Elsden Gladstone (1855-1919), the creator of these exquisite bindings, had a long and distinguished naval career, during which he rose through the ranks from Midshipman to Commander. Service papers record his expertise in advanced submarine weaponry and photography. That he was reportedly engaged in covert intelligence gathering recently prompted P. J. M. Marks, the British Library's Curator of Western Bookbindings, to refer to Gladstone as "a bookbinding James Bond", 007 another ex-Navy Commander with access to cutting edge technology and working undercover. Gladstone's bookbinding activities his overcover work, if you will appear to have been a labour of love, there being no evidence that he profited, or sought to, from such work (his navy salary and pension were both generous). While researching Gladstone, Marks was unable to uncover the origins or development of his impeccable craftsmanship, skills ordinarily requiring years of apprenticeship under an established binder. Marks did, however, find Gladstone's name "included in the annals of specialist societies relating to microscopy and optical magic lanterns, interests which suggest he had a keen eye and feeling for accuracy." And an eye for accuracy was clearly imperative for the intricacy and precision of Gladstone's elaborately tooled book designs, each stamped discreetly with the initials C. E. G. in gilt to the verso (undercover) of their upper boards. (P. J. M. Marks, 'The mysterious Captain Gladstone, RN a bookbinding James Bond?' The British Library 'Untold Lives' blog, 28 May 2020) Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF LEWIS CARROLL (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, M.A.)
Carroll, Lewis [Pseudonym]; Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge; Williams, Sidney Herbert
Published by The Bookman's Journal, London, 1924
- First Edition
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Add to basketFirst Edition. Pp. xiv+142+[4](advertisements), 8 full page facsimiles, addenda, index; roy. 8vo; qr. dark brown buckram, spine lettered in gilt, lighter brown cloth boards, corners a trifle rubbed, spine faintly creased; top edges brown, others uncut and partly unopened; upper hinge starting, lower free endpaper offset, occasio…nal slight soiling; The Bookman's Journal, London, 1924. First edition, limited to 700 numbered copies.
