Accession number
PML 352728
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Published
Oxford : Published by Emberlin and Son , 1890-1893.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Notes
Album contains: The Wonderland postage-stamp case (PML 352728.1). Stamp case includes twelve separate pockets for stamps of different values, and two colored illustrations (AAH 889). On page [4] of stamp case: "Invented by Lewis Carroll MDCCCLXXXIX." Stampcase contains 12 contemporary stamps. -- Folder for postage-stamp case (AAH 889). Folder is illustrated and first edition, with no publisher's name. At foot: "price one shilling." -- Bright pink envelope (AAH 888, copy 1). First edition, printed horizontally, opening across top measures 87 mm x 115 mm, includes "Invented by Lewis Carroll, Oct. 29, 1888" and second line of contents note ends with "Coloured." -- Second-hand books (AAH 815), [4] pages, dated May 1, 1893. With annotation in black ink besides the entry for Miller's Chemistry "(recent edition)"; mark across Collins' "Cruise upon Wheels" in black ink. -- Autographed envelope by Carroll in purple ink addressed to: "Rev. C.L. Dodgson, 7 Lushington Road, Eastbourne (AAH 528), to accompany the "Second-hand books" pamphlet to booksellers.
Description
1 album ([1] page, [5] leaves of plates) ; 23 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Author's inscription in purple ink on pages [2-3] of stamp case: M.A.A.D. from C.L.D. Mar. 1890; author's annotation in black ink on "Second-hand books" pamphlet: "(recent edition)" besides the entry for Miller's Chemistry and a mark across Collins' "Cruise upon Wheels."
Provenance
Inscribed to Margaret Anne Ashley Dodgson; bookplate of Jerome Kern; bookplate of Thomas & Jania Erwin; from the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll Collection.
Binding
Teal morocco; red and gilt onlays; marbled endpapers; edges gilded. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
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