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([DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.) TENNIEL, John.

Gryphon. 1865

£50,000

Tenniel's original preliminary drawing for the illustration of the Gryphon which appears on page 138 of the 1865 first edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland....

Original artwork in pencil. Approx. image size 85 × 60 mm with large margins all round. John Tenniel's monogram to the lower right. Mounted, glazed and framed.... Read more

[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 1866

£20,000

First published edition, in the earliest state with pale blue endpapers (rather than the more usual dark green), with inverted "S" in the last line of contents page. Famously, the...

Octavo. Original red cloth, gilt-stamped, spine gilt-lettered, edges gilt, Burn & Co binder's ticket on rear endpaper. Custom quarter red morocco solander box.... Read more

Through the Looking-Glass, and what Alice found there.

[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.

Through the Looking-Glass, and what Alice found there. 1872

£12,500

First edition, first issue. Presentation copy to his sister, inscribed by the author in purple ink on the half-title: "Mary Charlotte Collingwood, with the Author's best love,...

Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine and ruling and pictorial designs to boards gilt, dark green coated endpapers, all edges gilt. Housed in a burgundy cloth... Read more

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [together with] Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.

[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [together with] Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. 1866 & 72

£12,500

First editions. A handsomely bound set.

2 volumes, octavo (187 × 120, 180 × 120 mm). Recent red morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, spine gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, pictorial decorations to... Read more

[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 1866

£12,500

First edition, second issue: the first practically obtainable issue of the original sheets, with the Appleton cancel title page. Macmillan printed around 2,000 copies of the book in...

Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine, triple-line rules to boards, and pictorial roundels to each board gilt, green coated endpapers, all edges gilt. Housed in... Read more

[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.

The Nursery Alice. 1890

£9,750

Second (First Published) Edition. With "PRICE FOUR SHILLINGS" on the title page. With the author's presentation inscription to the half title page, "For Margery, from the author,...

Small quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in red morocco, decorations to boards gilt, two raised bands, titles to spine gilt, with inset coloured onlay to... Read more

[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 1866

£9,500

First edition, second issue: the first practically obtainable issue of the original sheets, with the Appleton cancel title page. Macmillan printed around 2,000 copies of the book in...

Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, triple gilt rules at head and tail of spine and on covers, covers with round devices in gilt at centre, Alice on... Read more

[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 1866

£8,500

First published edition. Famously, the 1865 first printing of Alice was withdrawn on account of Dodgson's objections to the printing of Tenniel's engravings. The book was re-set by...

Octavo. Original red cloth, gilt-stamped, spine gilt-lettered, edges gilt, Burn & Co. binder's ticket on rear endpaper. Illustrations throughout by John Tenniel. Spine... Read more

(RACKHAM, Arthur) [DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. [1907]

£7,500

Limited edition of 1,130 numbered copies. Rackham was travelling when this book was published, and so it was issued as a limited edition but not signed. However this copy belonged to...

Large quarto. Original white cloth, with title and pictorial decoration to spine and front board gilt, decoration to back board blind, pictorial endpapers, top edge... Read more

[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 1866

£7,500

First edition, second issue. This is the first obtainable issue with the Appleton cancel title page. Macmillan printed around 2,000 copies of the book in 1865, but both artist and...

Octavo, pp. [x] + 192. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf in recent burgundy full morocco, title and decorations to spine gilt, triple line rule and centre... Read more

[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

£7,500

Inscribed copy

Octavo. Original red cloth, gilt-stamped, spine gilt-lettered, edges gilt, Burn & Co binder's ticket on rear endpaper. Electrotyped frontispiece, and 42 illustrations... Read more

[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 1866

£6,000

First London edition.

Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles to spine gilt on green morocco lables, double rule, Alice and the Cheshire Cat motifs to boards... Read more

Autograph letter signed, regarding photographing children.

[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.

Autograph letter signed, regarding photographing children. 1877

£5,000

An extraordinary letter, in Dodgson's most elusive ironic mood, which provides a number of teasing hints for those seeking to understand the nature of his relationships with the...

2 pages, small octavo (155 × 102 mm), written in purple ink. Name of recipient blocked out, short split at foot of fold, creased where folded twice for posting,... Read more

[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.

Alice's Adventures Under ground. 1886

£4,750

First edition. With the author's presentation inscription on the half title leaf, "Marion Quin with the Author's love July 13th 1897". Presentation copies of this title are very scarce.

Octavo. Original red cloth, titles and decorations to spine and boards gilt, black coated endpapers, all edges gilt. In a red cloth chemise. With 37 illustrations by... Read more

[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.

Phantasmagoria and Other Poems. 1869

£3,500

First Edition. With the author's holograph inscription in his customary purple ink: "Helen Arbuthnot Feilden / from the Author. / March 3. 1873." Feilden was a friend of Carroll for...

Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt, cosmic designs to upper and lower boards gilt, brown coated endpapers, all edges gilt. Housed in a half blue morocco... Read more

(LAURENCIN, Marie) [DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.

Alice in Wonderland. 1930

£3,250

First Black Sun Press edition, a total of 790 copies, this copy from the American issue of 420 copies, this is one of 50 printed on Japanese vellum. A major association copy, that of...

Oblong quarto (242 × 285 mm). Contemporary Art Deco inspired red three-quarter morocco by Whitman Bennett for Harry F. Marks, titles to spine, rabbit design to... Read more

[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.

The Game of Logic. 1886

£3,000

First edition, first impression, with the original paper counters and game card in their original envelope. A lovely copy of the book that was Carroll's attempt to introduce formal...

Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine and upper board gilt, black coated endpapers. With the original counters. Housed in a red quarter morocco slipcase and... Read more