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The Letters of Lewis Carroll (In Two Volumes)
by Morton N. Cohen, Editor
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 019520090X
- ISBN 13
- 9780195200904
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1979 Oxford University Press, New York. 1979. Hardcover. First Edition. Books are tight, square, and unmarked. 2-volume set in printed slipcase. Volume I: ca.1837-1885; Volume II: ca.1886-1898. Book Condition: Fine. DJ (slipcase): VG; light wear to edges; repaired paper tears on top front. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on spine. Pink printed paper over board slipcase with title on both sides and ISBN and price on rear. 1245 continuous pagination 4 to. "...a magnificent collection of delightful and entertaining letters reflecting all that was embraced in that remarkable character...all his charm, inventive fun, wisdom, generosity, kindliness and inventive mind" Oxford Times. "Carroll's letters to children are often just as good as the Alice books precisely because they stick the knife in; as you read them you sense that he was imagining and enjoying what the parents might be thinking. Playfulness is shadowed by danger and perversion, which is one reason you might want to play." London Review of Books. A clean pristine set of books.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004558
- Title
- The Letters of Lewis Carroll (In Two Volumes)
- Author
- Morton N. Cohen, Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 019520090X
- ISBN 13
- 9780195200904
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, letters, biography, collected letters, literary history, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman, photographer, Alice Under Ground, photography, pedophile
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies; Adolescent/Childrens Books;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Fine
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