Hinde Thomas Selected (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. TEXT UNMARKED.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st American edition. NYC: Rizzoli, 1992. 1st USA edition, F/F. Book and dust jacket have very little wear. Illustrated throughout with paintings, sketches, cartoons and photos, mostly by Carroll. Some are in color. Includes chronology, short bios of some of the recipients of the letters and index. Carrol once explained: "Man is an animal that writes letters." He wrote many thousands, this is a good introduction to them. Nice copy.…

H/c. Condition: Very Good. Very Good and Protected. First Great Britain Edition. pages 160, colour and b/w illustrations Carroll wrote many thousands of letters, to his family, friends and colleagues - jokey nonsense letters to Alice Liddell, the inspirations behind the original 'Alice', and all the other young girls he befriended; curt notes to Alice's father, the Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, about matters of college business; deferential letters to eminent comtemporaries such as Tennyson, and Rosetti, introducing himself into Pre-Raphaelite circles; and letters of meticulous and detailed instruction to his illustrator, Tenniel. Biographical notes are provided above the recipents of the letters, and the book is illustrated throughout with paintings, sketches, cartoons and photographs, many taken by Carroll himself.…

Oblong super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 160 pp., bound in black boards with photo-pictorial dust Jacket has tear and edges rubbed, very good copy. Ills. in colour and black and white. 20 x 26 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION 1991, oblong 4to, 195 x 255 mm, 7¾ x 10 inches, black boards, gilt spine, 160 pages. Illustrated throughout with paintings, sketches, cartoons and photographs, many taken by Carroll himself, coloured frontispiece of the Tenniel Teaparty. Letters on a huge variety of subjects with biographical notes about the recipients. No inscriptions, a Fine crisp clean copy in almost Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped, tiniest blemish on spine near tail. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. A heavy book which may require extra postage.…