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Price: US$313.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: . . . . 8vo, hardcover. No dj, green decorative cloth. Vg- condition. Moderate soiling to covers; all edges gilt. Contents clean, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. 68 pp., 12 "fairy-fancies" Plates. 19th, British, Century, English, Literature, Poetry,
Seller: Tiber Books, Cockeysville, MD, U.S.A.
Carroll, Lewis [Dodgson, Charles]. Three Sunsets and Other Poems. Macmillan & Co. Ltd, London, 1898.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing. Very Good with fading to spine cloth and unevenly to covers, light edge wear. Several small patches of light lifting to cloth at edge of front cover. Offsetting to free end papers and previous owner gift inscription at front.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Carroll, Lewis.:. Three Sunsets And Other Poems.. Macmillan, London, 1898., 1898.
Price: US$614.54 + shipping
Description: xii + 68pp + 2p ads. 'With twelve Fairy-Fancies by E. Gertrude Thomson' (black and white drawings). Green cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration. Spine and edges of boards little faded. Boards and spine little marked. All edges gilt. Contents time stained and little fingered. A good tight copy. 21x17cms.
Seller: Jane & John Kinnaird, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Lewis Carroll. Three Sunsets and Other Poems. Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1898.
Price: US$704.16 + shipping
Description: The first edition of this scarce to see collection of magical poetry by Lewis Carroll, a smart copy complete with illustrations by E. Gertrude Thomson. A scarce work.The first edition, first impression.An anthology of fifteen magical poems by Lewis Carroll, many of which had been previously published in the 1869 volume 'Phantasmagoria'.Including 'Three Sunsets', 'The Path of Roses', 'The Valley of the Shadow of Death', 'Solitude', 'Far Away', 'Beatrice', 'Stolen Waters', 'The Willow-Tree', 'Only a Woman's Hair', 'The Sailor's Wife', 'After Three Days', 'Faces in the Fire', 'A Lesson in Latin', 'Puck Lost and Found', and 'A Song of Love'.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and eleven plates, by E. Gertrude Thomson.Two pages of adverts to the rear.Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Spine, front board, and head of the rear board are faded. A few very light marks to the boards. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, title page a little age-toned to the margins. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$765.76 + shipping
Description: London, Macmillan and Co.; 1898. 6 Bl., 67 Seiten, 2 Bl. Dreiseitiger Goldschnitt. Mit Frontispiz und 11 anderen 'Fairy-Fancies' von Gertrude Thomson. Blaßgrünes OLeinen mit goldgeprägter bildlicher Darstellung Vorder- und Rückendeckel. Erste Ausgabe. - Die meisten Gedichte sind schon 1869 in 'Phantasmagoria' erschienen, allerdings sind dieser Ausgabe sieben neue beigefügt. - Dodgsons's Schwestern vermuteten, daß die Gestalt der "Schöne(n) Unbekannte(n)" in einem der Gedichte von der Schauspielerin Ellen Terry inspiriert sei. - Ein schönes Exemplar in sehr gutem Zustand. - Large 8vo. Original pale green cltoh prettily decorated with an art noveau design of a crouching angel enclosed by a serpent border. Illustrated with "twelve fairy fancies by Gertrude Thompson", which consist of fine fairy engravings. First edition thus and scarce, more available editions being later impressions. Although a good portion of this book appeared first in "Phantasmagoria", five new pieces are added here. Two originate from "Sylvie and Bruno", one is dran from the journal "Jabberwock" of 1888 and two are acrostic poems which had been presented to child friends of Dodgson. A crisp copy in excellent condition. Sprache: Englisch. *** Bitte kontaktieren Sie mich immer BEVOR Sie bestellen! Für ausführliche Beschreibungen und Bilder sowie günstigere Versandoptionen kontaktieren Sie mich bitte per Email! Please contact me always BEFORE you order! For detailled descriptions and photos as well as cheaper shipping options please send an email! ***
Seller: Antiquariat CoBrA, Oberrohrbach, Austria
Price: US$960.22 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Edition 1898. With twelve black and white drawings of Fairy-Fancies by E. Gertrude Thomson. Bookplate Gerald Walter Erskine Loder to end paper. Gerald Walter Erskine Loder, 1st Baron Wakehurst, 1861-1936 was a British barrister, businessman and Conservative politician. He is best remembered for developing the gardens at Wakehurst Place, Sussex. He was also the founder of Wakehurst, Kew’s wild botanic garden and an energetic plant collector. Along with Alfred Coates, his Head Gardener, he laid down the framework for the amazing Living Collection that lies in the heart of Sussex. Book is very good and bright. Light edge rubbing. Cloth a little age toned and marked, Contents good. More digital images can be taken upon request. Ref18408
Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United Kingdom