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London: Macmillan & Co., 1876. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition, First Issue, with "Baker" not "Butcher" at p. 83. Marvelouly bound by Kelliegram (stamp-signed on rear turn-ins) in hunter green crushed morocco featuring The Baker at ship's railing in the center of the front cover, with gilt floral decorations at corners of covers, spine, and turn-ins, red silk end papers, ribbon marker, all edges gilt. Bound with the original First Edition cloth covers and spine at rear. Fine in all regards in a gorgeous and whimsical Kelliegram Fine binding.. [Attributes: First Edition; In Dust Jacket]

Pennyroyal Press, West Hatfield, 1982. 145 pages. Folio, 42.5 x 27.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 67 of 350 printed on Pulegium paper specially made for Pennyroyal by Strathmore Paper Company, and signed by Moser, accompanied with an extra suite of signed plates in a separate portfolio each plate signed in pencil by Moser. Seventy-five wood-engravings, including one double-page, by Barry Moser. Text printed in red, blue and black, title calligraphy by G. G. Laurens. Moser's skill and eloquence as an artist, as well as a fine craftsman presented here. One of the most well-regarded productions from an important press. Illustrated by Barry Moser with a Preface and Notes by James R. Kincaid. Text edited by Selwyn Goodacre. PENNYROYAL 26. Publisher's half purple morocco, ruled in gilt, over marbled boards. Smooth spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt. Decorative endpapers in yellow and white. The additional suite of prints in a linen portfolio. Housed together in the publisher's quarter purple morocco clamshell case. Components in fine condition, slipcase front cover toned. Very good [Attributes: Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

London: William Heinemann; New York: Doubleday, Page & Co,: , [1907]. London: William Heinemann; New York: Doubleday, Page & Co,, [1907]. With an original ink drawing First trade edition, first impression, with an original pen and ink drawing on the half-title of the White Rabbit in dressing gown and striped slippers, signed lower right ("Arthur Rackham"). In 1907, the copyright of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland expired, and many publishers issued newly illustrated editions. Arthur Rackham's edition is one of the few that has endured, and his illustrations stand comparison with the original drawings by John Tenniel. This copy includes the Leicester Galleries Exhibition announcement slip for 1913 loosely inserted. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine and front cover lettered in dark green, front cover with pictorial decoration in gilt, rear cover with publisher's device in dark green, illustrated endpapers, top edge yellow. Colour frontispiece and 12 colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, black and white illustrations in the text, all by Rackham. Ownership signature of a Hobart Fordy to half-title. Extremities a little worn, spine sunned, minor marks to rear cover, some light foxing and browning, occasional finger-soiling, front hinge cracking: a very good copy. Latimore & Haskell p. 29; Riall p. 77. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy]

London: Macmillan & Co., 1876. FIRST EDITION & PREPUBLICATION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., illustrated by Henry Holiday, inscribed in black ink on the half-title "James Hessey from the Author. Mar. 19. 1876". Bound in the publisher's special prepublication binding of red cloth, spine relined, inner hinges renewed, back corners rubbed, general overall handling, all edges gilt, 'Burn' binders ticket to rear pastedown, not as bad as it may sound, still a GOOD copy. Pencil note to half-title stating "Given to Gillian in 1952 by her grandfather, James Dodgson Hessey, son of James Hessey above." The Rev. James Augustus Hessey (1814-1892) was Headmaster and Church of England Clergyman, was born in London, and was the son of a bookseller and printer. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

London: Macmillan and Co., 1879. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Original red publisher's cloth paneled in blind, gilt title on upper cover, slight soiling. An excellent presentation copy inscribed in purple ink, "Mrs. Neate from the Author." Preserved in a modern burgundy cloth box with red morocco sides, gilt lettered.

Dutton, 1929. Carroll, Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dpdgson). Willy Pogány (Hungarian/American, 1882-1955). ORIGINAL PEN-AND-INK PORTRAIT OF THE MAD HATTER (From his illustrated 1929 Alice's Adventures In Wonderland published by E. P. Dutton). These marvelous drawings illustrate "The Mad Tea Party" chapter and grace pages 102 and 103. The images are both 4.75" x 3.5" situated in two corners of a large sheet of 11" by 14" heavy art paper. Pogány has printed his name in full on the March Hare drawing at the top right and initialed the Mad Hatter drawing at the lower left. His lightly penciled outline and notations can also be seen. The details of the drawings is spectacular in comparison to the actual printed book (see published drawing for comparison). Unique. [Attributes: Signed Copy]

Oxford: Christ Church, July 4, 1893. A FINE LETTER TO SIR JOHN GIELGUD'S MOTHER. 3 pages (folded), minor remnants of mounting to rear fold, otherwise in EXCELLENT CONDITION, autograph letter signed, 6-13/16" x 5-1/2", in black ink, Christ Church dated July 4, 1893 to Kate Terry Lewis which reads: "My dear Katie, Though I am quite distracted with business, & am making desperate efforts to get things settled here, & get off to my usual quarters at Eastbourne, still I must find a few minutes to offer you the very sincere wishes of an old friend that your married life may be a bright & peaceful one, and that you and your chosen husband may love each other with a love, second only to your love of God, & far above your love of any other object. For that is, I believe, the only essential for a happy married life: all else is trivial compared with it. You surely do not expect a "love lorn creature" like me - a wretched old bachelor - to cloud the happy day by his sombre presence? You might as well expect a screech-owl to come out in the noon-day, & disport himself in your beautiful garden! With an old man's love, I am, Affectionately yours, C. L. Dodgson" Kate Terry Lewis married Frank Geilgud on July 18, 1893. She was the mother of Val and the actor Sir John Gielgud. As her mother, Florence, had been before her, 'Katie' became one of Dodgson's favorite young friends. As with other favorites, marriage marked the end of his dominion, and he studiously avoided attending his favorite's weddings. (See Cohen p.469). This letter is published on p.964 of "The Letters of Lewis Carroll" An important and poignant letter with excellent association.

1882. 3 pages petit in-12 (153 x 96 mm), à l encre bleue. Lewis Carroll se penche sur le théâtre et sur Shakespeare. Jolie lettre au cours de laquelle Carroll évoque une production londonienne du Rob Roy de Walter Scott - il approuve le jeu de la comédienne qui interprète le rôle de Diane Vernon et partage l'opinion de son correspondant au sujet de la compagnie - puis expose son projet d un voyage à Londres pour assister à une production récente de Much ado about nothing de Shakespeare au Lyceum, avec Henry Irving et Ellen Terry, dont le Daily News dit le plus grand bien. « I think I must go up and see it. I could not bring myself to see Irving attempt to young a part as Romeo, but Benedict is another thing altogether, and I think he might be good in it: while Miss Terry is sure to be a delightful Beatrice » Carroll assistera à une représentation de la pièce quelques semaines plus tard, le 8 novembre 1882, ainsi que nous l'apprennent les Lewis Carroll Diaries. Enthousiasmé par la production et ses interprètes - il entretenait d ailleurs une correspondance plus qu'amicale avec Ellen Terry, interprète du rôle de Béatrice - Carroll assista à six représentations de Much ado about nothing. Elle Terry (1847-1928) « est restée la plus célèbre personnalité d une famille de comédiens qui se poursuit au XXe siècle avec le grand John Gielgud. Elle est également célèbre en raison d une hypothèse, dépourvue de tout fondement objectif mais sans cesse rappelée par les divers biographes ou commentateurs de Carroll, selon laquelle il aurait été amoureux d'elle et aurait même demandé sa main. Elle eut, et cela seul est prouvé, trois maris et, de surcroît, un compagnon qui lui donna deux enfants » (cf. L. Carroll, Oeuvres, éd. J. Gattégno, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, p. 1969). Ellen Terry a brossé dans ses mémoires un charmant et malicieux portrait de ce fou de théâtre qu'était Lewis Carroll : « He was a splendid theatre-goer, and took the keenest interest in all the Lyceum productions, frequently writing to me to point out slips in the dramatic s logic which only he who ever have noticed! He did not even spare Shakespeare. I think he wrote these letters for fun, as some people make puzzles, anagrams, or Limericks! » (Cf. Ellen Terry s Memoirs, ed. Edith Craig and Christopher St John, 1933, pp. 12-14.) Document très bien conservé. Références : R. Foulkes, Lewis Carroll and the Victorian Stage, Theatricals in a Quiet Life, Londres, 2005.

Guilford, 29. XI. 1896. Oblong-8vo. 2 pp. To My dear Minnie" [Milicent Horatia Murdoch] regarding the play "Two Little Vagabonds,": Two Little Vagabonds" is a capitally acted play, + well worth seeing. I would advise you not to take the children, though: the murders + deaths are too sensational for children. But you should get your husband to take you + Miss Moore. I'm sure you would enjoy it. I'm going to venture to give you a hint (being an old friend) that you might do a real kindness to my niece Menella Dodgson (always called ,Nella') who is very near you, if you would take notice of her, + perhaps ask her to yur house, + thus brighten a little the rather dull-life of a school-teacher. She is teaching at a school kept by Mrs. Buchnell, [] Shis is about 19 : + I don't think you would find her at all disagreable. []"

Ch[rist]. Ch[urch]. Oxford, 20. XI. 1889. Small-8vo. 2 1/2 pp. Double sheet. Slightly age toned. Charming letter in which Lewis Carroll explains how to operate a music box that he has just gifted to his friend. My dear Louie, I am very glad the musical box gives you so much pleasure. There is a little Knob which can be moved backwards and forwards when it is in its present position, the box plays the same tune over and over again: and when it is moved into the other position, the box plays its 4 tunes through, and then begins them again, and so on. It will not play them in any other order. If you want to have any tune repeated, you must move the knob, to make it repeat, before finishing the tune. If you wait till the end of the tune and then move it, the box will go on to the next tune. Believe me always yours affectionately. C. L. Dodgson."

WHITE INK, 1975. Book. Illus. by RALPH STEADMAN. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). FIRST. Title page, limitation page, and 6 etched plates interleaved with archival tissue in black cloth portfolio. 32x47 cm (12x18"). No. 17 of 65 copies. First Edition. Title page and each plate signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. Superb limited edition suite of Steadman's etchings, which were reproduced as illustrations in the 1975 Studio Vista edition of Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark. Etchings printed on 140 lbs. J. Green Mould made rag paper..

1970s-2006, 1972. Full description on application or on my website. ABE inventory omits substantial end section. A small (ish) archive of material from MNC's London residence (he divided his time between America, England and Puerto Rico), mostly relating to Lewis Carroll (hereafter LC), beginning with a tiny fragment in the hand of the author of 'Alice in Wonderland', and including typescripts, proofs and offprints of his own work (including the edition of LC's letters), incoming correspondence, ephemera, copies of professional papers, illustrations. The collection is in good condition, with light aging and wear.Born in Alberta, Canada in 1921, Morton Norton Cohen (1921-2017) emigrated with his family to the United States at a young age. He obtained his doctorate in English from Columbia University, and went on to a professorship at the City University of New York. Among other positions, he was also a Fellow of Christ Church, Oxford, and a member of the Royal Society of Literature. In addition to his numerous works on Lewis Carroll, chief among which was a two-volume selection of 1400 of Dodgson's more than 100,000 letters (Oxford University Press, 1979), Cohen produced a landmark biography of the writer in 1995. His hunt for Lewis Carroll material led him to become acquainted with a wide range of individuals, including several women who as children had known the author of 'Alice in Wonderland' personally. Cohen was also the author of a 1960 biography of H. Rider Haggard, and an authority on Rudyard Kipling. In 1989, in recognition of the high standard of his scholarship, the Modern Language Association of America established the Morton N. Cohen Award for a Distinguished Edition of Letters. See the obituaries of Morton Norton Cohen (hereafter MNC) in the New York Times, 4 July 2017 (Richard Sandomir, 'Morton Cohen, Scholar of Lewis Carroll and His Wonderland, Dies at 96') and on the website of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America (Mark Burstein, 28 June 2017).Among the thirty-three entries below, Items 2-15 are by or about MNC; Items 16 and 17 are miscellaneous collections of incoming material; Items 18-28 are incoming material, arranged under author or subject; Items 29-32 comprise material photocopied by MNC. Much of the material is in envelopes, addressed to MNC or his 'Cherished life partner' Professor Richard Newton Swift (1924-2002).ONE: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), 'Lewis Carroll': Torn fragment of envelope, with bottom right-hand corner of the cover, carrying a part of the address in his autograph, including the word 'Dublin'. It seems appropriate, considering the fact that MNC devoted much of his life to LC's correspondence, to begin the present description with this evocative item.TWO: MNC's edition of LC's letters: page proofs and other material, lettered A to GA and B: Two large envelopes, the first annotated 'India paper proofs / unmarked' and the second 'Vol II / Extra p proofs'. The first envelope contains loose page proofs on India paper of what seems to be the entire text of vol.1 (prelims and pp.1-614), with duplicates of a few pages, some of them with emendations. Crude photocopies of the illustrations are laid down throughout and the pages of 'Acknowledgements' are left blank (see next). The second volume contains loose page proofs on India paper of what seems to be the main text of the volume (pp.617-1166), without appendix, index or illustrations.C: A third (smaller) envelope with a second set of India paper page proofs for the second volume, with a few pencil corrections.D: Text of the 'Acknowledgements' of the first volume. 7pp, A4. With a few emendations in pencil and ink.E: A set of the dustwrappers for the two volumes.F: Oxford University Press press release for MNC's edition of the letters. 2pp, folio, on blue paper, nice-produced with illustrations.G: For full description please consult my website entry (or request it).

Oxford: James Parker and Co, 1874. First collected edition. Publisher's green cloth titled in gilt to the upper cover. Issued with the collective title page and contents leaf. Author's presentation copy, inscribed on the front pastedown, "H. A. Barclay with the Author's sincere regards Ap. 27 1875". Two later notes of provenance are written on the free endpaper. All edges gilt. A near fine copy, with a little wear to the spine ends, else clean and bright. A rare collection of Dodgson's famous 'Oxford Squibs', good natured satires, usually of a local political nature disguised in the sort of 'nonsense' writing popularised in the author's fiction writings. The first section, The New Method of Evaluation as Applied to , for instance is not part of Dodgson's noted work on number theory, but a comment on religion within the Oxford University with such reasoning as, "let H=High Church, and L=Low Church, then the geometric mean = HL: call this 'B' (Broad Church). . . HL=B2" The other parts comprise, The Dynamics of a Particle; Facts, Figures, and Fancies; The New Belfry, of Christ Church Oxford; The Vision of the Three T's; The Black Cheque, A Fable. The pamphlets were published individually between 1865 and 1874 and collected here for the first time. Presentation copies are rare with only two others offered at auction in the last forty years. The recipient of this copy, the Reverend Henry Alexander Barclay, was a life-long friend of Dodgson's, having been at Christ Church with him, and Dodgson would often visit him in Brighton during the summer. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

London: Macmillan and Co, 1866. Second (First Published) Edition. Very good. John Tenniel. 192pp. Duodecimo [22 cm] rebound in gilt-stamped dark red morocco with raised spine bands. Binding pristine. Includes original pale blue free endpapers, now serving as flyleaves. Calligraphic ink name dated May 1st, 1866 on original front free endpaper, reinforcements to the edges of several leaves, light to moderate foxing throughout. With forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel.The first published edition, re-set from a copy of the recalled first issue. Williams, Madan, Green 46. The publication of Carroll's work appeared at a time when children's literature was produced primarily to teach moral lessons. Carroll's tale was, by contrast, wonderfully fantastical and nonsensical, and the book baffled critics at first. By the close of the 19th century, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" had become the most popular children's books in England. Two decades later, the Alice story grew to be one of the most celebrated works of fiction in the English language throughout the world. [Attributes: First Edition]

Macmillan & Co., London, 1876. First Edition, First Issue, with "Baker" not "Butcher" at p. 83. Marvelouly bound by Kelliegram (stamp-signed on rear turn-ins) in hunter green crushed morocco featuring The Baker at ship's railing in the center of the front cover, with gilt floral decorations at corners of covers, spine, and turn-ins, red silk end papers, ribbon marker, all edges gilt. Bound with the original First Edition cloth covers and spine at rear. Fine in all regards in a gorgeous and whimsical Kelliegram Fine binding. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover; In Dust Jacket]

Pennnyroyal Press, West Hatfield MA, 1982. Moser's Alice joins the ranks of the earlier spectacular Alices: Tenniel, Rackham, Dali: not only do the 75 images dance and sprawl across the pages, but they reflect new visions of the text. These images range from marginalia to images merged into the text, to full page and on to two page spreads. The text is printed in black, with highlighted words in red or blue. Moser's signature is in purple, as is the limitation number, 157 of 350. The book is half bound in purple morocco with boards covered in a coordinating hand marbled paper, from the workshop of Gray Parrot. The type was cast and composed by Michael and Winifred Bixler. Further hand composition was done by Arthur Larson. Text and blocks were printed by Harold McGrath on Puligeum, a paper specially made for Pennyroyal by the Strathmore Paper Company. The clamshell case is quarter bound in morocco with cloth covered sides. The extra set of 75 prints, each signed by Moser, is enclosed in a matching cloth covered portfolio. A cover letter to the Reader from Moser explains the status of the prints in the portfolio. The prints produced for the copies of the book are fine, but some of the blocks cracked when they were put through the press for a second run. At this point, Moser decided to continue to print the second set as is--there was no time to re-do the blocks. The book and portfolio are fine, the box fine, with some discoloring and rubbing to the spine of the box (see the photographs). Gray Parrot binding half bound in purple Morocco with boards covered in a coordinating hand marbled paper [Attributes: Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

Izdatel'stvo literatury na inostrannykh iazykakh, 1967.

Signed and inscribed by the translator: 'L'vu Abramovichu Kassiliu / s blagodarnostiu za schastlivye / chasy "Konduita" i "Shvambranii" / i s samymi serdechnymi / pozhelaniiami / N. Demurova / 10 ianvaria 1970 goda' [To Lev Abramovich Kassil with gratitude for happy hours with The Black Book and Scрwambrania and with the warmest wishes. N. Demurova. January 10th, 1970].

First publication of classical Russian translation by Nina Demurova. First Russian edition of both novels in one book.

Lewis Carroll's works, 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found', were almost unknown to Russian readers until 1967, despite having been published in Russian several times.
The story of how this edition came about is quite amusing. A Bulgarian publishing house issued an edition of Carroll's novels in 1965, which caught the attention of Soviet authorities in the International Book Organization, who then ordered a translation of the novels... from Bulgarian into Russian, as they believed it to be a Bulgarian story. The translator, Nina Demurova (1930-2021), said in an interview: 'I am very grateful to the director of the Bulgarian publishing house, Angel Stoyanov, for finding a way to circumvent the obtuse Soviet system. It was he who consulted his Soviet colleagues and finally suggested that I translate the book. After the publication, I had to collect my fee at the central bank in Sofia, and the director could not understand why I was getting Bulgarian levs for translating an English book into Russian'.
This version of Demurova's translation was intended for children. Later, Demurova revised her translation for an academic series called 'Literary Landmarks'.
This book was signed by Nina Demurova to the prominent writer of juvenile and young adult literature Lev Kassil (1905-1970). Demurova mentioned Kassil's bestsellers and autobiographical novels for young people dealing with student life before the Revolution - 'Konduit' (1929; tr. as 'The Black Book') and 'Shvambraniya' (1931; tr. as 'The Land of Shvambrania').
Petar Chuklev (b. 1936), a Bulgarian artist, is best known for his illustrations in the Bulgarian edition of 'The Hobbit' (1975).

Christ Church, Oxford: , 1890. ("C.L. Dodgson"), in purple ink on bifold leaf, 4 pages, 3 1/2" x 5 1/2", Christ Church, Oxford, November 2, 1890. Fine fresh example. To Elizabeth Wordsworth**: Carroll apologizes for having caused her to explain in some detail "Your Rules". He then goes on at great length to try and arrange for his nice Edith Alice Dodgson to attend a concert of The Oxford Musical Union on November 11th*. *Dodgson was not feeling well, suffering from "ague, cystitis and lumbago (back pain). See "Diaries" entries for October 31 & December 6, 1890. **Dame Elizabeth Wordsworth (1840-1932), was the great-niece of the poet William Wordsworth. Founder in 1878 of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford as a college for female undergraduates. In 1886 she also founded St. Hugh's College as a college for poor female undergraduates. She was a prolific author, writing poetry, plays, biographies and religious articles. She was the most important leader of women's education in the nineteenth century and a legend in her own time. Not in Cohen: The Letters of Lewis Carroll. [Attributes: Signed Copy]

London & New York: Macmillan and Co., 1896. FIRST EDITION, PRE-PUBLICATION PRESENTATION COPY. Original publisher's cloth over boards, cut flush, front cover lettered and ruled in black; presentation inscription, "G.E. Jelf, with the Author's sincere regards. Feb. 22, 1896." Preserved in a red morocco-backed slipcase and chemise. First edition of Carroll's early work of logic, the first issue with the introduction dated January 1896. Intended to supply "for a most interesting mental recreation," this work anticipates his later Game of logic (1897), and introduces his inventive use of square Venn diagrams to represent original syllogisms.

London: Macmillan, 1867. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary (publisher's?) cloth, author and title in gilt on spine, head and foot a bit worn. Overall a wonderful copy from the libraries of John S[turgeon] Mackay (1843-1914), Scottish mathematics teacher who was first president of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society and J. Steele of the Coldstream Guards, the oldest continuing regular service regiment in the British army, with their separate book labels on the front paste-down. LEWIS CARROLL'S ONLY TEXTBOOK DODGSON, Charles L. An elementary treatise on determinants with their application to simultaneous linear equations and algebraical geometry. London: Macmillan, 1867. 4to. Contemporary (publisher's?) cloth. Overall a wonderful copy from the libraries of John S[turgeon] Mackay (1843-1914), Scottish mathematics teacher who was first president of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society and J. Steele of the Coldstream Guards, the oldest continuing regular service regiment in the British army, with their separate book labels on the front paste-down. First edition of Dodgson's only full mathematics textbook, which presents his ingenious method for computing the determinant of a square matrix, greatly simplifying what was until then a tedious process of multiple computations. $ 5500.00.

1930. Hardcover Dust Jacket Included Illustratedw with 6 original colored lithographs by Marie Laurencin 4to Original printed wrappers, glassine dust wrapper slightly torn, in publisher's box The Black Sun Press, Paris 1930 One of 350 numbered copies for the United States, printed on Rives paper Minkoff A-39 Fine [Attributes: Hard Cover]

London: Macmillan, 1890. Nursery version of the classic story conceived to be read and 'cooed over' by younger readers. The two additional 'puzzle-pictures' or sketches that complement this copy are rare and precious examples of a game Carroll used to play with children - the object being to guess the animal before Carroll had finished drawing it. Presentation copy of the first published edition - inscribed by Lewis Carroll on the half title - with two original ink puzzle-pictures by Lewis Carroll tipped in. Quarto, bound in original pictorial boards, preserved in a deep blue, folding, cloth box, 257 mm x 200 mm., 75 pages, colour frontispiece and 3 full-page colour illustrations, numerous illustrations throughout; water damage affecting pages at front and end, endpapers browned and corners worn, otherwise a very good copy. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy]

- Macmillan and co, Londres 1889, 12,5x19cm, reliure de l'éditeur. - Edition originale ornée de 46 illustrations d'Harry Furniss. Reliure de l'éditeur en plein cartonnage rouge, dos lisse, discrètes et légères restaurations sur les mors, médaillons dorés sur les plats, gardes et contreplats de papier noir, tranches dorées. Envoi autographe daté et signé de Lewis Carroll à Mrs Cole. [ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] Sylvie and Bruno Macmillan and Co | Londres 1889 | 12.5 x 19 cm | publisher's binding First edition with 46 illustrations by Harry Furniss. Publisher's binding over flexible paper boards, discreet and light repairs on the joints, all edges gilt. Autograph inscription dated and signed by Lewis Carroll to Mrs Cole. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1932, 1935. Signed Limited Edition. Two volumes. First editions thus, limited to only 1500 numbered copies and published for the members of the Limited Editions Club of New York. Both books signed in ink by "The Original Alice" in Wonderland, Alice Hargreaves (née Liddell); Reportedly only about 1,000 copies of this title were signed by her, a few years before her death. With original illustrations by John Tenniel re-engraved by Frederic Warde and Bruno Rollitz; the first volume is signed at the rear limitation page by Warde. Bound in publisher's original red and blue (respectively) full leather heavily decorated in gilt, with all edges gilt; in publisher's original blue and red cloth slipcases. Near Fine with light rubbing to leather at spine ends and light fading to spine. In Very Good spotted, toned and edge-worn slipcases. A beautiful set. Near Fine. [Attributes: Signed Copy]

Oxford, 1873. Oxford: 1873.

Full Description:

CARROLL, Lewis. Autograph Letter Signed "C L Dodgson." . Ch[rist] Ch[urch] [Oxford]: Mar. 4/[1]873.

Autograph letter, signed "C L Dodgson." Three manuscript pages in his characteristic purple ink on a single folded sheet of octavo mourning stationary. Folded size: 6 1/4 x 4 inches; 159 x 100 mm. Open size: 6 1/4 x 8 inches; 159 x 201 mm. With two light creases from mailing, otherwise near fine. This letter is addressed to Mrs Kitchin, the mother of Alexandra (Xie) Kitchin, one of Carroll's most used models in his photography.

The letter reads:

Ch Ch Mar. 4/73 Dear Mrs Kitchin, Many thanks, but/ I must beg you to ex-/use me tomorrow. My/ work is seldom over/ much before 3, so I/refuse all luncheon/ invitations, & thus offend/no one friend more than/another, or (perhaps I/should say) offend all/alike! I am often/so weary when 3 comes/that I am loath to/inflict my company on/any children. But some/day, when I do feel alive/enough, I shall much /enjoy having them down/here for a short time./I will call, & take my/ chance as to whether/they are available or not,/presuming that I may/carry them off whenever/you have not left orders/to the contrary./If I could obtain/them, and a fine after-/noon, simultaneously,/I should like to try a/photo of the two faces side/by side, for a vignette,/ (which you might call/"Love-Birds" or some such/sentimental name!) As I /got such a good one of /Mrs Feilder's little girl nearly 3 weeks ago, & the /light is getting better/every day. With love to my dear/little friends, I am

Sincerely yours, CL Dodgson

"Dodgson was a close friend of the Kitchin family, and Alexandra (Xie) Kitchin was one of his favorite photographic models. George William Kitchin attended Christ Church, Oxford where he took a Double First in Classics and Mathematics in 1850. In 1854, Kitchin was an examiner in Mathematics at Christ Church. " (Lewis Carroll Society of North America).

"Alexandra "Xie" Rhoda Kitchin (29 September 1864 - 6 April 1925) was a notable 'child-friend' and favourite photographic subject of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll). She was the daughter of Rev. George William Kitchin (1827-1912), who was Dodgson's colleague at Christ Church, Oxford, and later became Dean of Winchester and Dean of Durham, and his wife, Alice Maud Taylor... Xie had three younger brothers: George Herbert, Hugh Bridges, and Brook Taylor, and a younger sister, Dorothy Maud Mary. All were featured in Dodgson's photographs. Dodgson photographed her around fifty times, from age four until just before her sixteenth birthday. The works they made together, often in tableau form, are commonly known to collectors, curators, and the contemporary artists who are inspired by them as the 'Xie' (pronounced 'Ecksy' -- a diminutive form of Alexandra) pictures." (Wikipedia)

"Lewis Carroll became interested in photography in the infancy of this scientific art form. He was a man of infinite patience and one who paid attention to the smallest detail. These qualities were mandatory to be a photographer in the 1850's. The wet collodion process was demanding indeed. It is thought that he gave up photography when the dry developing process came to the fore, because he felt it made photography so easy that almost anyone could do it (like the introduction of digital photography in our own time?). He is considered one of the best amateur photographers of his time, particularly in his images of Victorian children, but he also photographed friends, family, fellow scholars, and noted figures of his day, including Alfred Lord Tennyson, and members of the Rossetti family." (Lewis Carroll Society of North America).

HBS 69125.

$5,000.