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Carroll, Lewis. The Harp of a Thousand Strings. Dick & Fitzgerald, 1858.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition hardcover in publisher's original brown pebble grained cloth decoratively stamped in blind, front cover and spine pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt. Backstrip darkened but title still legible. Extremities bumped and lightly rubbed, one packet of sewn text detached at foot but attached at head, sticks out just a tad more from the page block. Occasional light finger smudge on margin here and there, inner hinges fine. Illustrated with wood-engraved title vignette and numerous wood-engravings in the text after Leech, Phiz, Doyle, Cruikshank, and others by S.[amuel] P.[utnam] Avery. 368 pp. This book, one of the most popular collections of humor of the 19th century, went into an unknown number of re-printings from the original plates (BAL). The first printing contains the first reprinting (unsigned and unauthorized) of any of Lewis Carroll's writings, Novelty and Romancement (pp. 188-194), which had first appeared in the monthly magazine The Train in March of 1856, with only one illustration. Here there are three illustrations.
Seller: HORSE BOOKS PLUS LLC, Boston, VA, U.S.A.
. The Harp of a Thousand Strings, or, Laughter for a Lifetime. Dick & Fitzgerald, 1858.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: This is Lewis Carroll's first feature/appearance in book form (Novelty and Romancement) without permission or payment. Acceptable. Chip to top of spine, binding is shaken, signature loose. NO markings in text. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Lewis Carroll. The Harp of a Thousand Strings. Dick & Fitzgerald, New York, 1858.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good. First edition. Cloth 8vo. Preferred Gilt Green pebbled cloth covers with raised floral decorations gilt lettering and design element with man hoisting up a harp on his back. [viii] 9-368 numbered pages followed by 16 pp of advertisements. Engraved frontis with most of tissue guard still present. A collection of humorous writings that includes the first appearance in book of any of Lewis Carroll's writings "Novelty and Romancement A Broken Spell". Slightly shaken but firm and tight, clean and . A sound copy overall. Less
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cloth 8vo. Dark brown pebbled cloth covers with raised floral decorations gilt lettering and design element with man hoisting up a harp on his back. [viii] 9-368 numbered pages followed by 16 pp of advertisements. Engraved frontis with most of tissue guard still present. A collection of humorous writings that includes the first appearance in book ofmr of any of Lewis Carroll's writings "Novelty and Romancement A Broken Spell". Unusual personalized bookmark on the first endpaper, else a very good example with light, but even wear to cloth covers. Interior paper has occasional smudges. A sound copy overall.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.