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Lot 154

Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-410
Nov 8, 2022 9:00AM CT
Lots 411-717
Nov 9, 2022 9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll") (1832-1898). A group of 8 works, including:


A Tangled Tale. London: MacMillan & Co., 1885. -- Alice's Adventures Underground. London & New York: Macmillan and Co., 1886. FIRST EDITION of the facsimile of the original manuscript. Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch 194. -- The Lewis Carroll Picture Book. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1890. -- The Rectory Umbrella and Mischmasch. London: Cassell & Co., 1932. In dust jacket. -- The Hunting of the Snark. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1903. -- The Russian Journal. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1935. -- Useful and Instructive Poetry. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1954. -- The Wasp in a Wig. London: The MacMillan Company, 1977. -- Together, 8 works in 8 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, all in original cloth or boards, most FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally very good. Provenance: One book from the collection of Clarence B. Farrar, American Doctor & Chief Psychiatrist in the Canadian Army ca. 1916.


The Library of John Leonard Gillis Sold to Support the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto

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