Accession number
PML 352775
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Published
London : Macmillan and Co., October 1932.
Credit line
Acquired for the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll Collection before 2010.
Notes
"Publishers' Note: The object of the publication of this special Centenary Edition, to which Mr. Hugh Walpole has so generously written a Preface, is to assist the Lewis Carroll Memorial Fun. The aim is to establish and to endow a Children's Ward at St. Mary's Hospital, London, W.2, in memory of Lewis Carroll"--Title page verso.
"Printed by ... Richard Clay & Sons"--Colophon.
Publisher's advertisements (2 pages) at end.
"Printed by ... Richard Clay & Sons"--Colophon.
Publisher's advertisements (2 pages) at end.
Description
xv, 200, [1], 2 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscription in black ink on front flyleaf: B.J. Collingwood (nephew of "Lewis Carroll"), Dec 1932, as issued; inscription by Collingwood in black ink below publisher's note on rear panel of dust jacket: And to fund a library at the Babies' Hospital, Medical Center, New York, City."
Provenance
From the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll Collection.
Binding
Green cloth stamped in gilt with vignette of Alice holding the Duchess's baby pig in gilt on front. Issued in white dust jacket printed and illustrated in green.
Classification
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