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The Complete Works.: With an Introduction by Alexander Woollcott.
by CARROLL, Lewis
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Nonesuch Press,, 1939. Pleasingly bound and illustrated First Nonesuch omnibus edition, released in the Compendious series, and presented here in a handsome binding. Reviewing the volume, Virginia Woolf declared that it leaves us "no excuse - Lewis Carroll ought once and for all to be complete. We ought to be able to grasp him whole and entire. But we fail, once more we fail...". Octavo, pp. 1293. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in red morocco, spine lettered in gilt, raised bands dotted in gilt, twin gilt rule on turn-ins, dark green endpapers, edges gilt. Illustrated by John Tenniel. An excellent copy. A History of the Nonesuch Press 115. Virginia Woolf, "The upside-down world of Lewis Carroll", New Statesman, 9 Dec. 1939.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140202
- Title
- The Complete Works.
- Author
- CARROLL, Lewis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: The Nonesuch Press,
- Date Published
- 1939
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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