![CARROLL, Lewis [i.e. Charles Lutwidge DODGSON (1832-1898)]. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan and Co., 1869. 8vo. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed [to the Drury sisters] on half-title in black ink 'For three puzzled little Girls - from the Author', and on verso of frontispiece with A TEN-LINE AUTOGRAPH POEM, in Dodgson's print hand, (occasional light soiling to outer margins). Original pictorial red and gilt cloth (rubbed).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/1999/CKS/1999_CKS_06222_0208_000(122309).jpg?w=1)
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CARROLL, Lewis [i.e. Charles Lutwidge DODGSON (1832-1898)]. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan and Co., 1869. 8vo. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed [to the Drury sisters] on half-title in black ink 'For three puzzled little Girls - from the Author', and on verso of frontispiece with A TEN-LINE AUTOGRAPH POEM, in Dodgson's print hand, (occasional light soiling to outer margins). Original pictorial red and gilt cloth (rubbed).
The presentation of the book was in fulfillment of a promise made at Dodgson's first meeting with the Dury sisters in the railway carriage, as the dedicatory verses make clear:
'Three little maidens, wear of the Rail -
Three pairs of little ears, listening to a tale [...]
Three little mouths, that thanked an unknown friend
For one little book he undertook to send -
Tho' whether they'll remember the friend, or book, or day,
For three little weeks, is more than I can say'.
The presentation of the book was in fulfillment of a promise made at Dodgson's first meeting with the Dury sisters in the railway carriage, as the dedicatory verses make clear:
'Three little maidens, wear of the Rail -
Three pairs of little ears, listening to a tale [...]
Three little mouths, that thanked an unknown friend
For one little book he undertook to send -
Tho' whether they'll remember the friend, or book, or day,
For three little weeks, is more than I can say'.