Accession number
PML 352435
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Published
London : Macmillan and Co., 1869.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Notes
First edition, first issue. Cf. Williams, Madan & Green.
"Oxford: by T. Combe, M.A., E.B. Gardner, E.P. Hall, and H. Latham, M.A., printers to the University"--T.p. verso.
Last leaf a printer's blank.
"Bound by Burn & Co., Kirby St., E.C."--Binder's label inside back cover, lower left.
Lacking "Author of Alice's adventures in Wonderland" under author's name on title page.
This book is inscribed to Arthur Hughes, whose children Lewis Carroll frequently photographed.
"Oxford: by T. Combe, M.A., E.B. Gardner, E.P. Hall, and H. Latham, M.A., printers to the University"--T.p. verso.
Last leaf a printer's blank.
"Bound by Burn & Co., Kirby St., E.C."--Binder's label inside back cover, lower left.
Lacking "Author of Alice's adventures in Wonderland" under author's name on title page.
This book is inscribed to Arthur Hughes, whose children Lewis Carroll frequently photographed.
Description
viii, 202, [2] p. ; 17 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
"A. Hughes, Esq. with the Author's kind regards. Jan. 1869"--Brown ink on half-title page.
Provenance
Arthur Hughes; from the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll Collection.
Binding
Publisher's blue cloth stamped in gold, with rust-colored endpapers; all edges gilt.
Classification
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