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CARROL,LEWIS [Dodgson,Charles

Lutwidge].

Through the Looking Glass.

50 illustrations by John Tenniel. 1 page of

advertisements at end. 8vo, publisher’s red

cloth with central gilt vignettes of the

Red and White Queens on covers, all

edges gilt, slight lean, corners soft, scattered

soiling; bookplates to front pastedown and

contemporary ownership signature on

front flyleaf, bound by Burn, with their

ticket.

FIRST EDITION

,

FIRST ISSUE

, with

“wade” for “wabe” on page 21.

London: Macmillan, 1872

[700/1,000]

50

DENSLOW, W.W.

Denslow’s

Mother Goose: Being the Old Familiar

Nursery Rhymes and Jingles.

Illustrated

by Denslow throughout in color; lettering

by Frederick W. Goudy. 4to, publisher’s

pictorial cloth-backed boards, minor sur-

face wear, lower corners soiled and

bumped; corresponding soft corner creas-

ing, booklabel to rear pastedown, rear

flyleaf partly separated.

FIRST EDITION

,

SECOND STATE

, with four pages of illustra-

tions between the title page and the start

of Humpty Dumpty. Green/Hearn 24.

NewYork: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1901

[500/750]

WITH

-

Another copy. Crude repair to spine

head; occasional smudging to contents. First

English edition. London and Edinburgh,

1902.

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COX, PALMER.

The Brownies:

Their Book.

Illustrated throughout. 4to,

original glazed pictorial boards, rubbing to

board and spine extremities; dust jacket,

dampstaining, some wrinkling and creasing,

few small chips; marginal dampstaining

through majority of leaves, ownership

inscription,

1

/

4

morocco slipcase.

FIRST

EDITION

,

FIRST STATE

, with the De Vinne

Press seal immediately below the copy-

right notice; in the scarce dust jacket.

NewYork:The Century Co., (1887)

[400/600]

50

49

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