Book Search Results

1892. ("C.L. Dodgson"), in black ink on blue one penny letter card, Christ Church, Oxford, June 3, 1892, with 13 Canterbury Road (in Carroll's hand on the verso). 6 1/4" x 5". 1 page. Fine fresh example. To Winifred Stevens: "My dear Winnie: Have you ever seen the Vernon Gallery, & the rest of the South Kensington Museum? If not, it will fit in with our plans on Wed. very nicely. Please let me know, that I may arrange with my cousin where to meet. Please bring some of your music to Guildford - and songs too, if you sing. . . The Key of the portmanteau is in that inner pocket." Winifred Stevens [later Lady Hawke] (1872-1958), had a friendship with Carroll that lasted over ten years. See Cohen, Letters, p. 679. This letter is not published there; but see the subsequent letter of June 4, 1892 to Winnie's mother, Mrs. H.N. Stevens, Cohen, pp. 906-07. On Wednesday June 8, Dodgson and Winifred went up to London, visited the So. Kensington Museum, saw Henry Irving and Ellen Terry in Lord Lytton¿s "Richelieu," and then went down to Guildford for two nights (Diaries pp 401-02). Carroll was age 50 at the time, Winnie was 20. [Attributes: Signed Copy]

Macmillan, London, 1886. Octavo, 4 volumes. "Through the Looking-Glass" is the stated "tenth thousand," but the other volumes are first printings. A handsome set, uniformly bound by Riviere and Son in full rich blue polished calf, with all edges gilt, tilt edges and borders, elaborate spine compartments, reddish-brown morocco spine labels, marbled andpapers, and the original cloth bound in at rear in all four volumes. A very near fine set, with the spines gently and evenly faded to lighter blue, but with gilt still vibrant. A few leaves trivially bumped at the bottom edge of "Through the Looking-Glass;" entirely forgiveable. A most pleasing set. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

London: The Macmillan Company, 1889 & 1893. First Edition. Signed. 2 Volumes. First edition, first printings. Both inscribed by Lewis Carroll. Volume I inscribed "Mrs. Burton with kindest regards / Dec. 12. 1889," and Volume II inscribed to the same recipient, "Mrs. Burton with the Author's kind regards. Dec. 28. 1893." Very Good, with darkening to spine panels and light bruising to spine ends. Sylvie and Bruno Concluded boards bowed a bit; in a Very Good dust jacket, with shadow of removed over-price sticker, likely supplied, lightly edge worn and with a toned spine. A lovely set, inscribed by Lewis Carroll. Very Good. [Attributes: Signed Copy]

London: Macmillan and Co., 1867. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original plum-brown cloth with spine lettered in gilt, with black endsheets. Very Good. Cloth worn at extremities, unevenly sunned, and wormed. Contents toned, with foxing to preliminary and terminal pages. A scarce mathematical work by Dodgson, better known under his pen name, Lewis Carroll. Very Good. [Attributes: First Edition]

Macmillan and Co, London and New York, 1893. Titles for both volumes continue: "With Forty-Six Illustrations by Harry Furniss." Two 8vo volumes. Pp. xxi, [4], 2-400, followed by three page of publisher ads, [1]; [4], x-xxxi, [1], 2-423, [2], followed by four pages of publisher ads, and then a facsimile of one page of Alice's Adventures Under Ground. Frontis. illustration to each, with tissue guards. Original red cloth, gilt. All edges gilt. General index in Vol. Ii. Light scattered foxing on first and last few leaves of both volumes. Both volumes a bit cocked, with spines faded; first volume with a few small spots on the front board. Armorial bookplate (Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester) on front pastedowns. Both volumes inscribed to "Mrs. Stevens" (Edith Stevens), the mother of Dodgson's last "child-friend," Enid Stevens.Both volumes presented in cloth chemises within three-quarter red morocco clamshell boxes, felt-lined, within a red linen slipcase. Inscriptions read, respectively, "Mrs. Stevens, from the Author. Feb. 28, 1891" and "Mrs. Stevens, with sincere regards, from the Author. Dec. 27, 1893."Edith Stevens (1841-1919) was the mother of Enid Stevens, considered by Dodgson to be the last of his "child-friends." On the very day of the first inscription Dodgson wrote to Edith, stating, "I have lost a considerable fraction (say .25) of my heart to your little daughter: and I hope you will allow me further opportunities of trying whether or no we can become real friends. She would be about my only child-friend in Oxford" (The Letters of Lewis Carroll, p. 825). Dodgson's warm feelings of his friendship with Enid was reciprocated by Enid who, later in life, wrote "we were the very greatest friends," and "I don't think anybody else ever had so much of him as I had . I was the last child-friend."The introductory poem in Sylvie and Bruno contains a double acrostic of the name "Isa Bowman", who was another of Carroll's child-friends; the dedicatory poem in Sylvie and Bruno Concluded contains a single acrostic, "enidstevens" using the third letters of each line. Provenance: Edith Stevens (née Headland, 1841-1919); Sotheby's, 1929; Christies; Christies, 2006. Original cloth with both vols. housed in a morocco slipcase with chemises [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1932. Hardcover. Very light rubbing to the spine tips and corners, spine a bit sunned. Near Fine in a somewhat darkened, Very Good slipcase. John Tenniel. In publisher's heavily gilt-decorated full red morocco leather. With the original illustrations by John Tenniel. Copy #1327 of 1500 with typography and binding by Frederick Warde who has SIGNED the colophon page. Additionally SIGNED for the publisher on a separate page bound in before the title page by Alice Hargreaves, "the original Alice," one of only about 500 copies of the total edition of 1500 copies that were signed by her a few years before her death. Alice refused to sign other editions of this famous book in her lifetime, written by Carroll for her when she was young Alice Liddell, but she was convinced with the help of monetary compensation to sign these copies. She would also sign two years later copies of THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS by the same publisher. A rare opportunity to acquire one of the most famous children's books ever published here signed by the subject of the book. Many have praised this book, but perhaps novelist Sir Walter Besant's remark is the most insightful: "It admits us into a state of being which, until it was written, was not only unexplored but undiscovered." [Attributes: Signed Copy]

The Hours Press, Chapelle-Réanville - Eure, 1929. First edition in French. Quarto. Unpaginated. Red boards printed in black. The translator's two-page introductory text is printed in red. Out of a total edition of 360 copies signed by the translator this is one of 300 numbered copies.Presentation copy from the translator, inscribed on the first blank: ''à Louis Hay - qui me met dans l'obligation de continuer au jeu du Boojum, lequel est de longtemps mort, mais, j'espère, bientôt moi aussi - amicalement Aragon.'' The recipient was a French literary theorist and one of the founders of genetic criticism. In 1976 he established the Centre d'Analyse des Manuscrits under the aegis of the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique to which Aragon bequeathed his archive, together with that of his wife Elsa Triolet.Some rubbing to spine. Very good. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

London Folio Society 2016. Limited Edition. Quarto (13" X 9.75"). Quarter vellum binding with vellum tips and decorative paper covered boards in a deep shade of red; 24-carat gold gilt lettering stamped to the spine and illustrations on the front board blocked in four foils. Gilded top edge. Illustrated endpapers. Limitation spread blocked in two colours on two shades of laid paper, inset with an etching hand-printed under the artist's supervision on Somerset Velvet Buff hand-made paper; signed and numbered by Van Sandwyk, out of an edition of 1000. Eleven plates printed in full colour with gold borders on art paper, tipped into the text within ornamental gold borders; nine "scraps" printed in full colour, individually cut out and tipped in place. Approximately 50 line-drawings throughout the text and hand drawn initials. Clamshell case bound in Paradise cloth with spine titling label blocked in two colours on laid paper. In as new condition. An immensely detailed and gorgeously bound limited edition of Alice in Wonderland, with new illustrations by the acclaimed artist Charles van Sandwyk. With a vellum binding blocked in real gold, exquisite typography and a hand-printed etching signed by the illustrator; this is in series with the limited edition of the Wind in the Willows, which was also illustrated by Van Sandwyk. Van Sandwyk created 11 wonderful new colour illustrations, all tipped in by hand within elaborate gold borders. Added to these are a multitude of pen-and-ink drawings, incorporating his charming calligraphy and portraying the book's memorable characters with unfailing wit and tenderness. Tipped into the book just after the etching is a wonderful full page watercolour illustration of the white rabbit and the cat! Please see illustration. A unique copy of this iconic title. This item also comes with a set of six blank cards. Each of the cards feature different illustrations from The Folio Society's limited release of "Alice in Wonderland" and are signed by the artist. [Attributes: Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

London, Chatto and Windus 1880. First edition, Lewis Carroll's copy with ownership inscription "C. Dodgson 1886". 8vo., original dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. A very good copy. A pleasing association. In April 1865, Carroll (real name: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) recorded a visit to Dante Gabriel Rossetti thus: 'We went to call on Rossetti. We found him at home, and his friend Swinburne also in the room, whom I had not met before." Elsewhere Carroll is noted for his passion for Swinburne's sensual and 'scandalous' poetry. Stuart Dodgson Collingwood in "The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll" makes the comment, "Another excellent parody 'Atalanta in Camden-Town' exactly hit off the style of that poet who stands alone and unapproached among the poets of the day, and whom Mr Dodgson used to call "the greatest living master of language". [Attributes: First Edition]

1930. MARIE LAURENCIN'S STUNNING ALICE IN WONDERLAND BY THE BLACK SUN PRESS

SIX BEAUTIFUL COLOR LITHOGRAPHS BY AVANT GARDE ARTIST MARIE LAURENCIN
Ltd Edition: #298 of 350 copies printed on Rives paper of the European Edition. (In English). Paris: BLACK SUN PRESS,1930. Ltd 1st ed, thus.
Lithographs printed by Desjobert of Paris. Oblong, 4to lettered wrappers with Black Sun Logo on back cover. The book is complete with glassine dust wrapper. The SIX LITHOS have tissue guards with the artist's facsmile signature. The page numbers printed in red. Accompanied by the ORIGINAL Cardboard SLIPCASE and CHEMISE. The book is in VG+ cond. The glassine dj has a tear at bottom spine & a few very tine tears at edges. Silver gilt edges to the slipcase which has some wear at edges and a few small chips on the paper over the cardboard, o/w the slipcase is tight & good. The pink chemise has faded. It has wear at the hinges at the spine - which had been re-attached with archival tape from the inside.

A UNIQUE LOOK AT LEWIS CARROLL'S ALICE IN WONDERLAND.

London: Macmillan and Co Ltd, 1892. Book. Illus. by Arthur B. Frost and Henry Holiday. Near Fine. Full Leather. 5th or later Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Full Red Morocco with gilt raised bands (5) on spine and dentelles with attractive marbled endpapers. Gilt edges. Signed binding by BAYNTUN-RIVIERE. This copy a presentation from the author "Muriel Edith Midwinter from the author Oct 12, 1894 " with a characteristic Carroll swirl on the half title. Ads and original cloth cover bound in at rear. some mild foxing o/w a fine copy beautifully bound.

Macmillan and Co., London, 1887. 12mo, publisher's gilt-lettered red cloth in custom cloth folding box. First edition (after the very rare private issue). Rear hinge cracked; long tear to publisher's printed envelope; otherwise a very good copy. The spine is a little darkened, and there is some use to its extremities. There is a small ink spot to the rear panel. Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title in purple ink: "R. Brodie / From the Author [flourish] Mar. 87." The recipient may be the Oxford professor referred to in the Carroll ABC ditty: "B is for Brodie who swears by the gasses." Game board and 5 (of 9 -- 3 pink and 2 gray) original counters in publisher's envelope at rear. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

London and New York: Macdonald & Co., 1892. Book. Illus. by Arthur B. Frost. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full red leather, gilt, beautifully rebound and signed by the binder, Bayntun-Riviere. All edges gilt. First edition and presentation copy, inscribed in the author's hand. Title page has a little spotting, o/w crisp and clean, with 3pp publisher's adverts at the rear. The binders included the original bindings. Contains 65 illustrations. .

Macmillan & Company, 1911. Carroll, Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND and THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. London: Macmillan and Co., 1911. First Edition, thus. The first Alice printed with John Tenniel's original illustrations in colour, sixteen in total, plus 92 line drawings. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good priced (10/-) ORIGINAL 1911 DUST JACKET. The book is unworn with tight hinges, some offsetting to endpapers, a touch of edge-wear and some slight dulling to the spine gilt. Previous owner's Christmas 1911 gift inscription to front free endpaper. The dust jacket is nearly complete with rubbing, small closed tears, a few tiny chips. It has also been reinforced on the inside with archival tape. In dust jacket, this edition is EXCEEDINGLY RARE. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover; In Dust Jacket]

London: Macmillan & Co., 1885. FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., inscribed on the half-title "Lilie Salle from the Author Feb. 1886." Bound in the publisher's original gilt stamped red cloth, all edges gilt, bookplate to front endpaper, light general handling, small stain to upper corner of rear cover, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, back corners square, overall A VERY GOOD copy. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

London: Macmillan & Co., 1896. SECOND EDITION PRESETATION COPY. 1 vol., illustrated with diagrams, inscribed by Dodgson on the half-title "D. G. Ritchie, from the Author. June 13, 1896.", bound in the publisher's original black lettered brick red cloth, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, ink notes to last blank endleaf possibly in the hand of Ritchie, overall VERY GOOD. Not located in "Dodgson at Auction" David George Ritchie (1853-1903) was a Scottish philosopher who was a fellow of Jesus College, Oxford before becoming a tutor at Balliol College. in 1894 he left Oxford having been elected Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at St. Andrews. He must have been at St. Andrews by the time that Carroll inscribed this book to him. [Attributes: Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

London: William Heinemann, 1907. LIMITED EDITION. 1 vol., 11-1/4" x 9-1/2", limited to 1100 numbered copies this being copy #508, illustrated with numerous tipped in color pates with titled tissue guards and B&W illustrations in text, bound in full blue morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spine, covers ruled and paneled in gilt, gilt corner pieces, gilt dentelles, top edge gilt, others uncut, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine ever so slightly sunned, internally clean and bright, no previous ownership marking, inscriptions, or bookplate, A VERY GOOD COPY. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

London: Macmillan & Co., 1889 & 93. FIRST EDITIONS PRESENTATION COPIES BOTH INSCRIBED TO THE SAME PERSON. 2 vols., illustrated by Harry Furniss, vol. 1 inscribed on the half-title in purple ink "Mrs. Nash/ with Sincere regards/ from the Author/ Dec. 12. 1889", vol. 2 inscribed on the half-title in black ink "Mrs. Nash/ with the Author's/ Sincere regards./ Dec. 27, 1893". Each volume bound in the original gilt stamped red cloth, spine of volume one neatly relined, both volumes uniformly sunned, all edges gilt, housed in a fleece lined open ended slipcase. Both volumes inscribed pre-publication.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1927. Octavo. Half-title, Color frontispiece, 299(1)pp., (continous pagination) with 92 illustrations by John Tenniel including 8 in color. This was the book that made Lewis Carroll famous. Soon after writing Alice, he went on to write Through the Looking Glass which became another best seller. Alice (Liddell), was the little girl he wrote the story for. This is a beautiful copy bound by Riviere in full blue crushed morocco, elaboratly decorated in gilt, inlaid on the upper board is Alice and the Dodo bird, the lower board inlaid with Alice and the Queen., marbled paper doublures and endpapers signed by Riviere, all edges gilt, raised bands with compartments lettered and decorted in gilt, page 281 has a small marginal closed tear otherewise a fine, fresh and lovely copy housed within a lined cloth covered slipcase.

London: Macmillan and Co. 1867. First edition. First edition. 4to. Publisher's original burgundy cloth, border ruled in blind, titles in gilt to the spine. Edges speckled red. Blue coated endpapers, binder's ticket of Burn to the rear pastedown. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with some rubbing at the spine tips and corners with minor fraying at the upper spine fold. The contents with a previous owner's name to the reverse of the front endpaper and a little spotting to the prelims, are otherwise clean and bright throughout. Housed in a quarter red morocco slipcase and cloth chemise.One of the key mathematical works by the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In addition to his celebrated, beloved books for children, Dodgson produced almost a dozen works in the fields of geometry, linear and matrix algebra, mathematical logic, and recreational mathematics, all published under his real name, whilst in his role as lecturer in mathematics at Christ Church, Oxford. The present work concerns determinants; these "are the sum of of the products of a square block of quantities. Their condensation, or reduction to simpler forms, facilitates the solution of simultaneous linear equations, and other similar problems" (Williams, The Lewis Carroll Handbook). Although seemingly far removed from his fictional fantasies, Dodgson's academic work and his children's novels exercised a mutual influence. As Professor Francine Abeles has written, "many of the ideas involving inversions and mirror images that are so prevalent in the Alice books found their way into Dodgson's more serious work as well," for example Alice's shrinking, which is something like the shrinkage - or condensation - of a set of numbers to a single number, as explored in the present work. Dodgson's paper on the subject was read to the Royal Society on 17th May 1866, with the production of the text itself the result of a great deal of time and intellectual exertion on the author's part: "this little book has given me more trouble than anything else I have ever written: it is such entirely new ground to explore". Only around 750 copies of this first edition were printed, although the exact number is unknown. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. [Attributes: First Edition]

UK: The Folio Society, London, 2016. The First UK printing of this illustrated edition, published by The Folio Society, London in 2016. Number '295' of only 1000 copies issued. The BOOK is in Fine condition and appears unread with the original publisher's tissue paper covering still present. Quarter vellum binding with vellum tips and decorative paper covered boards in a deep shade of red; 24-carat gold gilt lettering stamped to the spine and illustrations on the front board blocked in four foils. Gilded top edge. Illustrated endpapers. Limitation spread blocked in two colours on two shades of laid paper, inset with an etching hand-printed under the artist's supervision on Somerset Velvet Buff hand-made paper; signed and numbered by Van Sandwyk, number '295' out of an edition of 1000. Eleven plates printed in full colour with gold borders on art paper, tipped into the text within ornamental gold borders; nine 'scraps' printed in full colour, individually cut out and tipped in place. Approximately 50 line-drawings throughout the text and hand drawn initials. The clamshell case bound in Paradise cloth with spine titling label blocked in two colours on laid paper is in almost as new condition. An immensely detailed and gorgeously bound limited edition of 'Alice in Wonderland', with new illustrations by the acclaimed artist Charles van Sandwyk. With a vellum binding blocked in real gold, exquisite typography and a hand-printed etching signed by the illustrator; this is in series with the limited edition of 'The Wind in the Willows', which was also illustrated by Van Sandwyk. Van Sandwyk created 11 wonderful new colour illustrations, all tipped in by hand within elaborate gold borders. Loosely inserted is the publisher's 'Order Form', fold out 'Prospectus' and 'Proclamation' (the latter states : 'The drawings in this letter were made especially for it, and have never been printed anywhere else'). The order form letter is to a named subscriber and he has written some details on the actual order form. All housed in the original publisher's envelope (which is very slightly edge-worn where opened). Together with a complete set of six greeting cards reproduced from the original watercolour paintings in this edition, with their original envelopes. The cards and envelopes are all in Fine unused condition and each has been signed (without dedication) by the illustrator. These cards are very scarce in their own right. An extremely handsome production and highly collectible. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy]

London: Macmillan and Co., 1886. First Edition. First and only edition; later issue with white endsheets, consisting of remaindered sheets put into covers perhaps as late as 1931. Bound in publisher's red cloth stamped in gilt. Very Good with fading/mottling to cloth, contents toned and with several hinges slightly exposed. In a Very Good dust jacket with light soiling, spine toning, edge wear and a closed tear at the bottom front spine joint. A facsimile of Carroll's manuscript which would be developed into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Very Good / Very Good. [Attributes: First Edition; In Dust Jacket]

Heinemann, London. Pp.xi,161; 13 coloured plates. Numbered edition of 1130 copies. Original white decorated gilt buckram. Alice in Wonderland fine editions are extremely rare. A very good copied of the scarce numbered beautifully illustrated edition. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

Macmillan, 1893. FIRST EDITION, tissue-guarded frontispiece, this and title-page faintly spotted, the half-title likewise, pp.xxxi, 423, [5, ads], 8vo, original red cloth with gilt triple fillet border and illustrations stamped in gilt to both boards, backstrip lettered in gilt and faded, some light soiling to cloth with a couple of small waterspots and a very faint graze to upper board, tiny pinhole incursion to lower joint, a.e.g., black endpapers, with the Advertisement leaf issued with the book loosely inserted following the Preface, good. Inscribed at the head of the title-page, to 'Lady Eustace Cecil, with the Author's sincere regards. Dec. 28, 1893'. The recipient, née Gertrude Scott, was the wife of Lord Eustace Cecil, a Tory M.P. (like his father-in-law) - with whom Dodgson spent time at the family seat of Hatfield House, residence of Cecil's brother, the Marquess of Salisbury. Both Lady Eustace Cecil and her niece, Maud, have been suggested as models for the character of 'Lady Muriel' in this work. Carroll's 'Advertisement' (Williams 219), issued with this edition, is generally discarded. It reflects his admirable, nearly obsessive, concern with the production qualities of his books: 'I am deeply annoyed to find that the last issue of "Through the Looking-Glass,". has been put on sale without its being noticed that most of the pictures have failed so much, in the printing, as to make the book not worth buying.' He asked that copies be returned to the publisher in return for copies of the next issue. Those returned he proposed giving to 'Mechanics' Institutes, Village Reading-Rooms, and similar institutions, where the means for purchasing such books are scanty'. Subsequent issues of Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, his final work of fiction, had white endpapers. (Williams 216: Parrish Catalogue 51) [Attributes: First Edition]

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1932. Signed Limited Edition. First edition thus, limited to only 1500 numbered copies and published for the members of the Limited Editions Club of New York. 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; additionally signed at the rear limitation page by Warde. Bound in publisher's original red full leather decorated heavily in gilt, with all edges gilt; in publisher's original blue cloth slipcase. Near Fine, with blemish to rear cover, in Very Good slipcase with light edge wear, light toning and light soiling. A lovely copy. Near Fine. [Attributes: Signed Copy]