Useful and Instructive Poetry

London: Geoffrey Bles 1954. 8vo.Illustrated. 45 pp., Gilt decorated paper boards with protective plastic wrapper. Plastic wrapper is torn at the head with loss. Minor spotting to the boards. Minor scattered spotting. Illustrated with black and white photographs of Lewis Carroll's own writing and illustrations when he was just 13 years old. . Very Good. Paper Covered Boards. First Edition.… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

London: Geoffrey Bles, (1954). First edition. Composed in 1845 when Carroll was thirteen for his younger brother and sister. Includes a few facsimile pages of text and reproductions of seven of the original illustrations. Light damp staining to boards and page top edges, otherwise very good in the original acetate dust jacket with printed paper front flap (small piece… Read more about this item

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1954 First printing of the first edition, pictorial cream cloth decorated and lettered in gilt, red and light green in publisher's original acetate ["transmatic"] dust jacket, patented in 1930, complete with printed paper front flap. Book with mild toning to spine and edge of boards and upper corners lightly bumped, else fine; dust jacket with a… Read more about this item

London:: Geoffrey Bles,, [1954].. First edition.. publisher's gilt illustrated boards in publisher's clear mylar wrapper with integral printed front flap (price-clipped, with a few tiny chips).. Tiny 1954 ink gift inscription; old retailer's ticket on front pastedown; very slight dust-soiling to the black rear board, and very slight tanning at the extremities of the spine, matching tiny chips to… Read more about this item

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: 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… Read more about this item

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. .

New York:: The Macmillan Company,, 1954.. First US edition.. publisher's gilt illustrated boards in dust jacket.. A laid in newspaper review of this book laid in, causing a tanned stain on the front endsheet and jacket flap; spine and edges of boards lightly tanned; light soiling to the dust jacket, which has a tanned backstrip.. 12mo,. Illustrations… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First U.K. edition. With an introduction by Derek Hudson. Gilt decorated boards, in a clear acetate dust jacket with paper front flap. Light wear, with some toning along the edges, still near fine in a very good dust jacket with moderate staining on the paper flap.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1954. First American edition. Review copy with review slip laid in. "The first of his writings although the last to be published." Written in 1845, when Carroll was just thirteen, for his younger brother and sister. Includes a few facsimile pages of text and reproductions of seven of the original illustrations. Covers somewhat tanned, otherwise… Read more about this item

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1954., 1954. First American edition, first printing (so stated). Thin 8vo. Introduction by Derek Hudson. Illustrations by the author. Dust jacket (unclipped; few nicks). Very good. Ink inscription on the front free endpaper, 1954. Written in 1845 at age 13 (11 years before adoption of his famous pseudonym), but never previously published in book form..… Read more about this item

London: bles, 1954. First. hardcover. very good. Introduction by Derek Hudson. 45pp., white boards, lettered in red, green & gilt. London: Geoffrey Bles, (1954). First Edition.<br/> <br/> A reprint of Carroll's first book, written & illustrated by him at the age of 13. First flap[ of the dust wrapper has been preserved.<br/> <br/>

geoffrey bles 1954 london. first edition thus octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

Geoffrey Bless, London, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Previous owner's name ffep. Unusual glassine dust jacket has a couple of closeable tears to the back. It is unusual because the front fold over flap is printed paper stuck on to the glassine . 45 pages. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight:… Read more about this item

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1954. First Edition. Bookstore ink stamp. About fine in the original acetate and paper dust jacket with two large sections missing and a couple small chips and tears.

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… Read more about this item

Geoffrey Bles London 1954. first edition, white illus cloth, 45pp illus, G+(upper front corner scuffed, boards soiled & sunned, booksellers stamp to front pastedown, ep's soiled but text clean) lacks d/w but front flap is present

geoffrey bles london 1954. first edition 45pp ills. VG+ (in dec.vellum,mod.soiled w.sl.sunned spine,eps sl.foxed)