Accession number
PML 352195
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Published
Edinburgh : Pallans and Wilson, 1930.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Notes
Cover title; imprint from colophon.
Leaves are folded and sewn together at the fold.
"From Hugh Sharp with best wishes, Hill of Tarvit, Cupar-Fife, Xmas 1930"--Printed inside card, left side.
According to footnote inside card, the poem on the inside right is a "facsimile of a poem inscribed on the fly-leaf of a copy of 'The hunting of the Snark,' given by the author to Miss Marion Terry, 16th August, 1876. The initial letters of each line form an acrostic upon her name."
"50 copies"--Colophon.
Leaves are folded and sewn together at the fold.
"From Hugh Sharp with best wishes, Hill of Tarvit, Cupar-Fife, Xmas 1930"--Printed inside card, left side.
According to footnote inside card, the poem on the inside right is a "facsimile of a poem inscribed on the fly-leaf of a copy of 'The hunting of the Snark,' given by the author to Miss Marion Terry, 16th August, 1876. The initial letters of each line form an acrostic upon her name."
"50 copies"--Colophon.
Description
2 leaves (folded) ; 21 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
"For Ellerin Mathews"--Inside card, upper left corner.
Provenance
Ellerin Mathews; from the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll Collection.
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