Lot 110
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"Lewis Carroll" [Dodgson, Charles Luttwidge]
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
Through the Looking Glass. London: Macmillan and Co., 1872 [i.e. December 1871], First edition, 8vo., first issue with misprint "wade" for "wabe" in the second line of "Jabberwocky" on p.21, wood-engraved illustrations, original red cloth with central gilt vignettes of the Red and White Queens on covers, dark green coated endpapers, g.e., extremities slightly rubbed, light spotting to spine, previous owner's signature on front free endpaper, [Lovett and Lovett 13; Williams, Madan and Green 84]; Sylvie and Bruno, 1889; Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, 1893, 8vo, first editions, illustrated by Harry Furniss, original red cloth gilt, g.e, spines slightly rubbed and faded, small perforation mark to spine of the latter, small light stain to spine of the former; [Dodgson, C.L.] The Hunting of the Snark. London: Macmillan, 1876. First edition, 8vo, illustrations by Henry Holiday, half-title, original pictorial cloth, g.e., lightly soiled and rubbed; [Dodgson, C.L.] Three sunsets and other poems. London: Macmillan, 1898. First edition, 8vo, 12 plates after Gertrude Thompson, original pictorial cloth, spotted, binding discoloured (5)
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire