London:: Macmillan and Co.,, 1869.. First edition, first state, with a reference to Alice in Wonderland on the title page. . 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. . Light foxing to the half-title. Spine a bit soiled and worn; tight and sound. . 12mo,.

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Bookseller: Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 77404
Title: Phantasmagoria and Other Poems.
Author: CARROLL, Lewis
Format/Binding: Publisher's blue gilt-ruled cloth with gilt vignettes on front and rear covers; a.e.g. Expertly rebacked retaining the orig
Book Condition: Used - Light foxing to the half-title. Spine a bit soiled and worn; tight and sound.
Edition: First edition, first state, with a reference to Alice in Wonderl
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan and Co.,
Place of Publication: London:
Date Published: 1869.
Pages: viii, 202 pp.
Size: 12mo,

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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
First State: used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
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12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...