The Wasp in a Wig: A "Suppressed" Episode of Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.
de CARROLL, Lewis
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New York: Lewis Carroll Society of North America, 1977. First edition of this lost chapter. One of 750 numbered copies. Octavo. 21 pages of annotated text and the remainder of the book is a facsimile of the corrected galley proofs of the supressed portion of Through the Looking Glass. Publisher's scarlet cloth with triple gilt fillet borders, gilt spine lettering, marbled endpapers. Very slightly cocked, else a fine copy.
Sinopsis
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) is a work of children's literature by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), generally categorized in the fairy tale genre. It is the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865).
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- Librería
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 70261
- Título
- The Wasp in a Wig: A "Suppressed" Episode of Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.
- Autor
- CARROLL, Lewis
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Lewis Carroll Society of North America
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1977
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- Cocked
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
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- Fine
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- Facsimile
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