Accession number
PML 352436
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 Kate Terry-Lewis and her husband Arthur James Lewis. Before Ms. Terry-Lewis retired from her career on the London stage to marry Arthur, Lewis Carroll frequented the Terry household to photograph the children, including Kate.
Includes Lewis family bookplate with cyphered initials "AWL".
Housed in red cloth clamshell slipcase with 1/4 red morocco.
"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 Kate Terry-Lewis and her husband Arthur James Lewis. Before Ms. Terry-Lewis retired from her career on the London stage to marry Arthur, Lewis Carroll frequented the Terry household to photograph the children, including Kate.
Includes Lewis family bookplate with cyphered initials "AWL".
Housed in red cloth clamshell slipcase with 1/4 red morocco.
Description
viii, 202, [2] p. ; 17 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
"A. Lewis, Esq. and Mrs. Lewis, with the Author's kind regards. Jan. 1869"--Brown ink on half-title page.
Provenance
Arthur Lewis and Kate Terry-Lewis; 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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