Jun 15, 2023 - Sale 2641

Sale 2641 - Lot 134

Unsold
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
(CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) Carroll, Lewis. Group of 5 works. Comprising: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 8vo, original red cloth gilt by Burn with their ticket, rebacked with original spine laid down, all edges gilt, scattered soiling, joints split; rear hinge starting, bookplate. Second (first published) edition (later printing with correct "S" in final line of Contents listing). London, 1866 * Through The Looking Glass. 8vo, original red cloth gilt, all edges gilt, soiling, cloth lifting slightly in a few areas, corners soft; front hinge cracked and separating, rear hinge starting. First edition, first issue with "wade" for "wabe" on page 21. London, 1872 * The Hunting of the Snark. 9 illustrations by Henry Holiday. 8vo, publisher's pictorial boards, all edges gilt. First edition, first printing, with "Baker" for "Banker" on page 83. London, 1876 * A Tangled Tale. 6 illustrations by Arthur B. Frost. 8vo, original red cloth gilt, all edges gilt; hinges starting. First edition. 1885 * Alice's Adventures Under Ground. Being A Facsimile Of The Original MS. Book Afterwards Developed Into "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland." 37 illustrations by the author. 8vo, original red cloth gilt, all edges gilt. First edition. 1886. Each with Ray Slater Murphy bookplate to front pastedown. Housed in two separate cloth clamshell boxes (worn). Also includes partly-printed Autograph Letter Signed (Dear "Daniel" date Aug "21" 1885, one sheet, folded): "Ms. Daniel's little Tennis-pupil, Phoebe Carlo, is now playing 'Kit' (a boy of 5 years old!) in 'Hoodman Blind' at the Princesses'" and is signed "Sincerely yours / C.L. Dodgson." London: Macmillan, vd