Carroll, Lewis [i.e. Charles Dodgson]

Eight or nine wise words about letter-writing [cover title]

Oxford: Emberlin and Son, [1890, but 1907. 102 x 77 mm., pp. 39; white printed self wrappers (6 small, faint glue stains on back cover), near fine. With: "The Wonderland Postage-Stamp Case" in original envelope (edges tape-repaired), and consisting of a linen-lined paper case (103 x 79 mm.) containing a color-illustrated bifolium in which are 12 pockets for holding stamps, all but one pocket holding the corresponding stamp. Undated publisher's advertisements, pp. 36-39 advertising Chatto & Windus's publication of Carroll's 1884 lecture "Feeding the Mind," which first appeared in print in 1907. Williams 60 and 61; NCBEL III, 978. Item #41227

Price: $375.00