Useful and Instructive Poetry by Lewis Carroll - 1954

LONDON: GEOFFREY BLES, 1954. SECOND IMPRESSION . Hardcover. Very Good/NoNE. PHOTOS. WRITTEN WHEN THE AUTHOR WAS 13 AS A GUIDE FOR HIS YOUNGER SIBLINGS SOLID CLEAN BRIGHT AND UNMARKED PHOTOS OF THE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BOUND IN WHITE WITH GREEN RED AND GOLD LETTERING AND DESIGN FAINT AREA OF DISCOLORATION ON BACK COVER

NY:: Macmillan,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1955. Hardcover. Illustrated by the author. Introduction by Derek Hudson. Second printing. Very good in a very good (age toning and dust soiling, one small chip) dust jacket. .

The MacMillan Company, New York, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First printing. Verse written by Carroll at the age of 13. Browning to paper boards, primarily to edges, and some small chipping to both ends of spines. Front flap of dust jacket is clipped (but not price clipped), and the jacket also shows browning/soling, especially to spine, and a few blue streaks across panels. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in nature writing and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1954. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 45 pages of text. Hardcover binding is moderately browned at extremities. Dustjacket is not price-clipped, with heavy browning to spine, and slight browning and soiling to extremities of front and rear panels; protected in archival mylar. No chips or tears. Illustrated with black & white facsimiles of the author's original manuscript and drawings..

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1954. Hardcover. Good. First edition. With an introduction by Derek Hudson. A good only copy with moderate wear and splits on the spine, lacking the dustwrapper. Binding is holding and text is clean.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1954. First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Lewis Carroll. 45pp. Tan paper covered boards. Age-toning to cover, unworn, contents clean. Dust jacket is clipped, but curiously original price ($2.50) still shows, darkened along spine and folds. Authhor's first book written at age 13, a remarkable work.

London, England: Geoffrey Bles Ltd. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. VG, light tanning to lower spine in acetate/paper DJ with chips; Originally written when Carroll was 13, facsimile reprod. Of some pages. A nice copy in acetate DJ with large chip at front. ; Stated First; Ivory decor. boards; Small 8vo; 45 p.; DJ .

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1954. Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 5 x 7.5in. 45pp. Publisher's printed boards. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows a hint of shelf rubbing along the edges, else Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows marginal rubbing and toning, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining bright, colorful, and distinct. As pictured.

Geoffrey Bles, London, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Author. Introduction by Derek Hudson. The text is illustrated with black-and-white drawings by the author. Cream coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured embossed decoration to the front panel; with, green and red coloured titles edged with gilt to the front panel and green and red coloured titles to the back strip. Transparent dustwrapper, with the front fold over panel in paper, to describe the book's contents. Written and drawn by the author as a precocious 13-year-old, the title says it all. Rubbing of the book edges with sunning to the back strip edges. There is a discolouration of the top right hand corner of the front panel commensurate with loss of dustwrapper. Offset tanning and foxing of the end pages with very light age toning of the pages. Gift inscription to the top edge of the free front end page. The top right hand corner of the front dustwrapper panel… Read More

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