Accession number
PML 352022
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Published
London ; New York : Macmillan and Co., 1886.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Notes
"Price four shillings ... (the right of translation and reproduction is reserved.)"
"Richard Clay and Sons, London and Bungay"--T.p. verso.
"Who will riddle me the how and why?"--p. [i].
Postscript, p. [1]: "The profits, if any, of this book will be given to children's hospitals and convalescent homes for sick children: and the accounts, down to June 30 in each year, will be published in St. James's Gazette, on the second Tuesday of the following December"; followed by a verse by Longfellow.
"A Christmas gift to a dear child in memory of a summer day."--p. [4].
"An Easter greeting to every child who loves 'Alice.'"--p. [93].
"Christmas greetings (from a fairy to a child)"--p. [1] following main sequence.
Publisher's advertisement (p. [3]-[4] following main sequence), listing Lewis Carroll books.
"Richard Clay and Sons, London and Bungay"--T.p. verso.
"Who will riddle me the how and why?"--p. [i].
Postscript, p. [1]: "The profits, if any, of this book will be given to children's hospitals and convalescent homes for sick children: and the accounts, down to June 30 in each year, will be published in St. James's Gazette, on the second Tuesday of the following December"; followed by a verse by Longfellow.
"A Christmas gift to a dear child in memory of a summer day."--p. [4].
"An Easter greeting to every child who loves 'Alice.'"--p. [93].
"Christmas greetings (from a fairy to a child)"--p. [1] following main sequence.
Publisher's advertisement (p. [3]-[4] following main sequence), listing Lewis Carroll books.
Description
viii, 95, [5] p., 2 p. of leaves : ill., facsim. ; 19 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in pen, half t.p.: "Emma Grün, from the Author. Dec. 2/92".
Provenance
Emma Grün; from the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll Collection.
Binding
Publisher's original red cloth, gilt-stamped on covers and spine; all edges gilt; dark gray endpapers.
Classification
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