LIMITED EDITION OF 525 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 503. QUARTO BOUND IN HALF VELLUM OVER BLUE BOARDS. T.E.G. GILT ARMORIAL CREST TO FRONT BOARD GILT TITLES TO THE SPINE. FRONTIS. PLUS 7 PLATES AND A FACSIMILIE LETTER. ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE TO FRONT PASTEDOWN OF GODFREY STAFFORD BOSTOCK HIGH SHERIFF OF STAFFORDSHIRE. THE VELLUM SPINE HAS DARKENED BUT VERY GOOD AND VERY CLEAN. SCARCE.
SERIES 1 2 AND 3. VOL. 3 IS A FIRST EDITION THE OTHERS LATER EDITIONS. IN ORIGINAL DARK GREEN CLOTH GILT TITLES. SERIES 1: ON THE CHOICE OF A GUN. SERIES 2: THE PRODUCTION PRESERVATION AND KILLING OF GAME. SERIES 3: A SHORT NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH WILDFOWL FOXING TO PRELIMS ONLY. SLIGHT WEAR TO BOARDS BUT VERY GOOD SET.
LIMITED TO 300 COPIES SMALL OCTAVO QUARTER LEATHER OVER RED MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS TOP EDGES GILT. THE TOP 4 CM OF THE SPINE HAS LOSS OF LEATHER AND THE SPINE RUBBED OTHERWISE A VERY GOOD COPY. RATHER SCARCE.
VERY GOOD COPY – DUSTWRAP IS SLIGHTLY WORN. LEWIS CARROLL HAS BEEN A POPULAR AUTHOR FOR A LONG TIME. HIS ALICE BOOKS ARE AMONG THE WORLD`S MOST READ MOST FREQUENTLY QUOTED AND MOST REGULARLY TRANSLATED WORKS. DESPITE THIS POPULARITY STUDIES OF CARROLL WERE INFREQUENT UNTIL 1960 THE YEAR MARTIN GARDNER PUBLISHED HIS ANNOTATED ALIVE. SINCE THEN CARROLL SCHOLARSHIP HAS BURGEONED.
Author:
GUILIANO EDWARD
Place, Publisher, Date:
1980 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA AND THE LEWIS CARROLL SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA BY THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF VIRGINIA, CHARLOTTESVILLE.
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