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Alice and the White Rabbit.

Alice and the White Rabbit.

by VAN SANDWYK, Charles (illustrator). [Lewis CARROLL].
A fine, original copperplate etching printed in sepia on cream, untrimmed artist's stock, image size 13 x 18 cm, exquisitely handcoloured by the artist, and signed in full, in pencil, below the image alongside "Artist's Proof", also in van Sandwyk's hand; fine. [Attributes: Signed Copy; Soft Cover]
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THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS (First American Edition, first state)

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS (First American Edition, first state)

by Carroll, Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)
Lee and Shepard; New York: Lee, Shepard, and Dillingham, 1872. DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll") (1832-1898). Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Boston: Lee and Shepard; New York: Lee, Shepard, and Dillingham, 1872. 8vo. 50 illustrations by John Tenniel. (139-144 pp. re-margined). VERY GOOD BRIGHT COPY WITH EYE APPEAL. Original gilt decorated green cloth, brown coated endpapers (spine a bit darkened with some wear at ends, rear top fore-corner and edge bumped, some small stains, rear joint cracked). Provenance: From the Lewis Carroll Collection of Philip Conklin Blackburn (book-label), a noted Carroll bibliophile and scholar. FIRST EDITION printed in America, FIRST STATE of p. 21, with the misprint "wade" for "wabe" in the second line of the poem "Jabberwocky". Lovett 19 [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND (Illustrated by JOHN R. NEILL who illustrated the original Wizard of Oz)

ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND (Illustrated by JOHN R. NEILL who illustrated the original Wizard of Oz)

by Carroll, Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)
The Reilly and Britton Company, 1908. Carroll, Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. 14 full page color illustrations and two-color title pages by John R. Neill. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Company, (1908). 58pp plus 3pp of ads at rear. First Printing, first binding, first issue. Original publisher's red cloth, decorated in dark green and black, with an illustration of Alice and The White Rabbit in a pasted circular onlay. NEAR FINE copy with excellent eye appeal of this rather scarce and highly desirable edition, illustrated by the same artist who created the original illustrations for THE WIZARD OF OZ. Previous owner's neat 1909 signature, extremities with just a touch of rub. Complete in two stories, both abridged, featuring portions of ALICES?S ADVENTURES and THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS (which has an emphasis on ? "Humpty Dumpty." In the first tale, illustrator John R. Neill has made Alice a blonde, but switched her to a brunette Alice for Through The Looking Glass. An odd Alice and altogether charming. Lovett & Lovett, 476. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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Through The Looking Glass, And What Alice Found There.

by CARROLL, Lewis.
London: Macmillan And Co., 1872. 8vo. pp. 6 p.l., 224, [2]ads. with half-title. frontis. & numerous text illus. by John Tenniel. new half morocco, original cloth sides bound in, all edges gilt (light foxing to first & last leaves). First Edition, First Issue (with misprint 'wade' for 'wabe' on p. 21). [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland : Signed by The Illustrator : With A Complete Set Of Six Greeting Cards With Their Original Envelopes, Each Signed By The Illustrator

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland : Signed by The Illustrator : With A Complete Set Of Six Greeting Cards With Their Original Envelopes, Each Signed By The Illustrator

by Carroll, Lewis & Van Sandwyk, Charles (Illus.)
UK: Folio Society, London, 2019. The First UK Trade printing published by The Folio Society, London in 2019. The BOOK is in Fine condition. Fully bound in red-cloth with floral gilt and Wonderland-themed decorations with inset colour litho of the White Rabbit and gilt spine titles. Endpaper maps of Wonderland, new to this edition. This is a reprint of the 2015 Special Limited Edition, now in a smaller format with a a new binding and slipcase, with watercolour added by the artist Charles van Sandwyk, to certain illustrations, and with an additional illustration. Full-page colour frontispiece, with 13 additional full-page colour plates and illustrations, as well as 2 double-page colour spreads. Signed (without dedication) by the illustrator to the half-title. 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. A very handsome production and increasingly scarce with such attributes. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy]
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Logical Nonsense: The Works of Lewis Carroll. Now, For the First Time, Complete

Logical Nonsense: The Works of Lewis Carroll. Now, For the First Time, Complete

by CARROLL, Lewis; BLACKBURN, Philip C. & WHITE, Lionel (eds.)
G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1934. xiii, 568 p. 26 cm. Burgundy leather with gold trim. Wrapped in clear mylar (removed for photo). Some wear to leather at spine head. Front hinge cracking internally. A few rough edges when pages cut. Pencil ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Small stain to inner margins of Preface-Introduction p. xi. This edition not in the Lewis Carroll Handbook (1979). The limitation is unusual; numbered copies are certainly available but this one is lettered, suggesting that the 125 copies might consist of 99 numbered copies for sale and 26 lettered copies for presentation. An excellent chronological arrangement of all of Carroll's writings collected into one volume. Biography, bibliography and index. 125 copies, signed by both editors, of which this is copy "L". [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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The Nursery 'Alice' Containing Twenty Coloured Enlargements from Tenniel's Illustrations to 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' with Text Adapted to Nursery Readers. The Cover Designed and Coloured by E. GERTRUDE THOMSON. Price One Shilling.

The Nursery 'Alice' Containing Twenty Coloured Enlargements from Tenniel's Illustrations to 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' with Text Adapted to Nursery Readers. The Cover Designed and Coloured by E. GERTRUDE THOMSON. Price One Shilling.

by CARROLL, Lewis [DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge].
Macmillan. London Second edition. 4to, 1890. pp. (viii), 56, (i) [TURN OVER], (iii) An Easter Greeting, (i) Christmas Greetings, (ii) Advertisements, (i) Specimen Page. Coloured frontispiece and 19 coloured text illustrations by TENNIEL. White cloth spine unlettered, coloured pictorial boards [the front board signed by Thomson, the rear board with a central vignette of the March Hare initialled by Thomson - in both cases the original owner has gone to the trouble of erasing the Thomson signatures very carefully but has left a portion of the letter 'E' on the front board and by the position of the erasures indicating what has happened], without the front free end-paper, the tissue guard to the frontispiece torn at attachment without loss, the first 8 pages have a few light pencil underlines and the odd marginal note, the covers are scuffed and worn at spine ends and corners, some margins have marks, clearly a used but decent copy. *This copy is printed on white, rather than toned, paper; the price of 'Four Shillings' above the imprint is changed to 'One Shilling' [though the Advertisement at the back of the book still announces 'Four Shillings'], the illustration on page 34 of Alice and the Cheshire Cat shows Alice with her back towards the reader and not in profile. [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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The Hunting of the Snark an Agony in Eight Fits. With nine illustrations by Henry Holiday.

The Hunting of the Snark an Agony in Eight Fits. With nine illustrations by Henry Holiday.

by CARROLL, Lewis.
Londra, MacMillan and Co., 1876. in-8, pp. XIV, 84, (2), con 9 tavole illustrate a piena pagina. Legatura in tela editoriale originale, color nocciola, finemente figurata in nero su entrambi i piatti, titolo sempre in nero al dorso, sguardie nere, tagli dorati. Prima edizione, prima tiratura, con "baker" a pagina 83, al posto di "butcher", errore che appare solo nella prima tiratura e fu poi corretto.  La caccia allo Snark (The Hunting of the Snark) è un poemetto umoristico e nonsense dello scrittore inglese Lewis Carroll, scritto nel 1874 e illustrato da Henry Holiday. Il poema racconta le improbabili avventure di un gruppo di personaggi impegnati nella caccia a un mostro chiamato "Snark".  Alcuni elementi dello Snark (in particolare la descrizione del mostro e l'uso del portmanteau) rimandano chiaramente alla poesia Jabberwocky del libro Dietro lo specchio, pur non avendo l'opera altre correlazioni con le avventure di Alice.  Le magnifiche illustrazioni di Holiday, come anche la legatura finemente figurata, impreziosiscono questo libretto assai particolare. Esemplare in eccellenti condizioni, raro a trovarsi così ben conservato e con la coperta originale  assolutamente perfetta.  [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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The Wonderland Postage-Stamp Case with Eight or Nine Wise Words About Letter-Writing

The Wonderland Postage-Stamp Case with Eight or Nine Wise Words About Letter-Writing

by Carroll, Lewis
Oxford: Emberlin Oxford, 1889. First Edition. Original wraps. Very good. Very good. Slipcase has a tiny chip and a closed tear. Except for a small closed tear on the back wrapper the "Eight or Nine Wise Words.." booklet is fine in tan printed wraps.
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ALICE IN WONDERLAND: A Play

ALICE IN WONDERLAND: A Play

by [Carroll, Lewis]; Delafield, Emily Prime; [Goodhue, Bertram]
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1898. Near fine.. First printing of this beautiful adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic, with illustrations inspired by early modern woodblocks - a scarce Goodhue work in exceptional condition. With woodcut illustrations that look like an incunable had a brief but inspiring friendship with Aubrey Beardsley, ALICE IN WONDERLAND is an attractive example of Bertram Godhue's Arts and Crafts sensibilities in book form. His bright, bold aesthetic is a perfect match for Emily Prime Delafield's interpretation of ALICE, which was first presented for The Society of Decorative Art with a cast of children. This is a very nice copy, rarely found so. 8'' x 5''. Original color pictorial boards. Red and yellow pictorial endpapers of Alice characters including the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, and Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee. Illustrated in black and red. 90 pages. Binding with light toning to spine, mild edgewear; one tiny spot of soil to title. Leaves with occasional faint finger soil. Bright. [Attributes: First Edition]
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Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There

Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There

by CARROLL, Lewis [pseud. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]; John Tenniel, [illus.]
Macmillan, New York, 1872. First printing, with the misprint "wade" for "wabe," p.21. Rebound in brown cloth, titled in gold on spine; salmon endpapers; [xiv], 224pp; with fifty wood engravings by John Tenniel. A straight and sound copy, rebound, with minor edge wear, discoloration to fore-edge of front board, and small perforations to rear upper joint; internally foxed, lacking 4 unnumbered pages at rear, but otherwise complete and clean: Good. First American issue of the sequel to Alice in Wonderland, preceding the Lee and Shepard edition. LOVETT & LOVETT 17. Not in WILLIAMS, MADAN, GREEN, and uncommon in the trade. [Attributes: First Edition]
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by CARROLL, Lewis; John Tenniel - illustrations
Macmillan, New York, 1877. Small octavo, 192pp., illustrated by John Tenniel. This is the first American edition under the Macmillan imprint (the true first American edition was published by Appleton). Spine gently cocked, mild discoloration to the outer joint gutters, and the page block is generally just a bit sprung. Mild wear at the crown, small area of toning to the title page at gutter (from a laid-in strip of paper), some pencil notations to title page and a few internally (all erasable with some dedication). Gift inscription dated Christmas 1877 on a front blank. With all flaws, still a near fine, better than usual copy of this early edition of Alice, which, in the same binding style and with the same illustrations, is nearly identical to the first edition. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. New Edition. With Forty-Two illustrations by John Tenniel.

ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. New Edition. With Forty-Two illustrations by John Tenniel.

by CARROLL. LEWIS. ; Tenniel. John. Illustrates.
Macmillan & Co. New York. 1889, 1889. New edition. 12mo. (7.5 x 5.2 inches). xii, 192, 12 pp publishers catalogue. Also an extra gathering bound in so that pages 117 to 124 appear twice. One gathering slightly sprung. Publishers dark green cloth with gilt and black decorative band across the top of the front board and the top and bottom of the spine. Black decorative roll to the bottom of the front board. Title on gilt to the middle of the front board. Spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Rear board with blind stamped floral roll to the top and bottom. Floral decorative endpapers. Neat two line inscription to the front free endpaper. The rear endpapers have an early previous owner's name and address written in red crayon to the free endpaper and a few short lines to the pastedown. Cloth a bit rubbed to the edges and a couple of small marks to the boards but overall a very good copy. An uncommon and attractive nineteenth century edition, printed in New York by J. J. Little and Co. This 1889 new edition was issued in several different coloured decoratve cloth bindings, with no priority established.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Copy belonging to author Richard Adams)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Copy belonging to author Richard Adams)

by Lewis Carroll (author); John Tenniel (illustrator)
London: Macmillan and Co., 1934. Later UK edition. Illustrated by John Tenniel. Copy belonging to "Watership Down" author Richard Adams, with Adams' rabbit bookplate on the front pastedown. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Slight lean, lightly bowed front board, and light taps at the bottom corners of the front and rear boards. Jacket has a few small chips on the spine ends and flap folds. A presentable copy. [Attributes: In Dust Jacket]
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Snarkjakten [The Hunting of the Snark].

Snarkjakten [The Hunting of the Snark].

by JANSSON, Tove (illustrator). Lewis CARROLL (author).
Stockholm; Albert Bonniers Forlag. 1959. 8vo. Original white card wrappers pictorially decorated in blue, black, and green to upper cover and in black to lower one, edges uncut; pp. [viii], 9-51 + [iv]; with title-page vignette, 8 bold and dramatic full-page black-and-white plates and 8 other drawings and decorations, all by Jansson; an uncommonly fresh, near fine, copy with mild external dusting, light toning to spine, and one small, and pale, mark to lower wrapper representing the untacky vestiges of a removed price label, internally near fine, crisp, and uninscribed with a minor, small, and pale, mark to lower margin of one leaf; scarce. First edition of Tove Jansson's enigmatic interpretation of Carroll's famous nonsense poem, with text in Swedish; unpublished in English until 2011. Only 4 copies listed on WorldCat (Malmo; Univ. of Texas; Nat. Lib. of Sweden and Princeton). [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]
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ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. With the original illustrations by John Tenniel.

ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. With the original illustrations by John Tenniel.

by Carroll, Lewis.
London: Philip Lee Warner Publisher to the Medici Society, 1914. Large 8vo. xi + [i] + 131pp. + [iv]. Profusely ills. Some very light browning, very light water stain to flyleaf, marbled e.ps., ex.-libris Paul Latcham, full gilt lettered vellum over boards, minor marking and warping, minor surface loss mainly to tail of upper joint, t.e.g. No. 428 of a Limited Edition of 1000 Copies of a larger Limitation of 1012 Copies. US$908 [Attributes: Hard Cover]
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Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There

by Carroll, Lewis; Dominguez, Angel [illus.]
London: Inky Parrot Press, 2015. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Archival Box. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Typeset in Breughel and printed by Northend Creative Print Solutions and bound by Ludlow Bookbinders. Issued in three editions, Standard (book alone); Special Edition (book and second volume, The Wasp in a Wig); and the Exemplary Edition (both volumes plus four giclée prints of Angel's paintings, two from the book and two completely new). Tight, bright, and unmarred. Burgundy leather spines, color printed paper wrapers, printed endpages; paper portfolio for prints; drop spine archival case. 4to. 160pp. Illus. (color plates). Numbered limited edition, signed by the artist.
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THE GAME OF LOGIC & THE MAGIC OF LEWIS CARROLL

by Carroll, Lewis
THE GAME OF LOGIC, Macmillan, 1887, first edition (trade issue after a privately published edition of 1886 of which only a few copies are known), some light wear to the spine extremities, else just about a vg copy with the gold-gilt lettering still nice and bright. The game board envelope (dated 1886) the game board insert and 8 of the 9 game markers are all still present. Rare thus. Along with THE MAGIC OF LEWIS CARROLL, Simon & Schuster, 1973, first edition, fine in like dust-wrapper. Illustrated. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover; In Dust Jacket]
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The Works

The Works

by Lewis Carroll
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1939. First Nonesuch Edition. Leather Bound. Very good/Very good. John Tenniel. John Tenniel. First Nonesuch Edition. Leather Bound. H: 7 1/2", D: 5", W: 2" 1 Volume. Lewis Carroll, The Works. First Nonesuch Edition. Bound in 3/4 green calf and linen boards. The covers and raised band spine are gilt-tooled with a tan morocco label. The top edge is gilt with marbled endpapers. Introduction by Alexander Wolcott and illustrated by John Tenniel. London: The Nonesuch Press, 1939.
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Phantasmagoria and Other Poems.

by CARROLL, Lewis.
Macmillan and Co., London, 1869. viii, 202 pp. 12mo, publisher's blue gilt-ruled cloth with gilt vignettes on front and rear covers; a.e.g. Expertly rebacked retaining the original gilt-lettered spine and endpapers. First edition, first state, with a reference to Alice in Wonderland on the title page. Light foxing to the half-title. Spine a bit soiled and worn; tight and sound. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]
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Symbolic logic. Part I: elementary

by CARROLL, Lewis [DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge]
London & New York: Macmillan and Co., 1896. SECOND EDITION. Original publisher's cloth with the author and title in black on the front cover.
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Jabberwocky (Original screenplay for the 1977 film)

by Terry Gilliam (director, screenwriter); Lewis Carroll (poem); Charles Alverson (screenwriters); Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Dave Prowse (starring)
London: Cinema 5, 1977. Revised Final (or "Revisedish Sort of Finalish" as it's styled on the title page) British script for the 1977 comedy directed by Terry Gilliam, based on the poem by Lewis Carroll from "Through the Looking Glass" (1871). Terry Gilliam's first solo directorial effort after co-directing "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" with Terry Jones. A comedy in the Python style--and with much of the Python cast--owing much to "The Holy Grail," but with evidence of Gilliam's unique touch, which would come into full bloom with "Time Bandits" (1981) and ultimately "Brazil" (1985). Red blank wrappers with die cut title window in the British style. Title page present, noted as Revised Final, with credits for screenwriters Charles Averson and Terry Gilliam. 148 leaves, with last page of text numbered 145. Mechanical duplication, with pink and white pages throughout, undated. Pages Near Fine, wrapper lightly faded and Very Good plus, bound internally with two silver brads.
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Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

by Carroll, Lewis
London: Macmillan, 1953. Tenniel, John. Charming Bayntun binding of Alice in Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass in one volume. Macmillan editions with Tenniel illustrations, the title pages dated 1953 and 1955 respectively. The front cover shows the white rabbit (with pocket watch), the back the White Queen, stamped in gold. Six compartments on the spine, with the titles, author, and appropriate emblems. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 'BAYNTUM.BINDER.BATH,ENG.' marked neatly on the verso of the free endpaper. [xii], [1]-177, [3]; [xii],[1]-208, [4]. 7.25 x 4.75". Minor scuffs to binding and gilt edges, wear to head of spine. Interior is bright. Very Good.
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The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony, in Eight Fits.

The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony, in Eight Fits.

by CARROLL, Lewis.
London: Macmillan and Co.,, 1876. First edition, attractively bound. The poem "describes with infinite humour the impossible voyage of an improbable crew to find an inconceivable creature. It has been called the 'Odyssey of the Nonsensical'... The poem is marked off from the two Alice books by not being written primarily for children" (The Lewis Carroll Handbook). Octavo (183 x 121 mm). Bound in recent full blue morocco, spine with raised bands, lettering to spine in gilt, buff endpapers. With the original covers bound in at the front and rear. Frontispiece and 8 illustrations by Henry Holiday, together with an 'Ocean-Chart'. Occasional foxing, slight crease to half-title: a near-fine copy. Williams, Madan, Green & Crutch 115. [Attributes: First Edition]
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Doublets, a Word-Puzzle.

Doublets, a Word-Puzzle.

by DODGSON, C. L. (CARROLL, Lewis)
London: Macmillan and Co., 1879. FIRST EDITION. 1 volume, original publisher's blind stamped red cloth over card, title gilt to front cover, inner and outer hinges fine, Harry Elkins Widner's copy with his bookplate on the front pastedown. It was first called "Word Links", but the word "doublets" was in use from the first. It consists in connecting two doublets (words with the same number of letters, usually 3, 4, or 5) by links in which each word differs from the preceding one by one single letter only, as HEAD, heal, teal, tell, tall, TAIL. The chain in which there are fewest links gains the highest marks. The game became very popular in private circles.
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