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DODGSON, Charles ('Lewis Carroll'). Doublets. London: Macmillan, 1880.
12° (182 x 122mm). (A few spots on half-title.) Original red cloth, blind ruled and gilt-lettered (covers stained, extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Edith Mary Miller (1870-1929, inscription from the author).
PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY DODGSON 'Edith Mary Miller from the Author. Aug. 15/81', nine days after first meeting Edith. Enlarged third edition, with an additional 12 pages in the Doublets and Glossary, and reflecting Dodgson's new method for scoring, affecting rules 1 and 2 in the marks forfeited for each link beyond the least possible number. This edition is also larger in size and type than the first. Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch 138.
12° (182 x 122mm). (A few spots on half-title.) Original red cloth, blind ruled and gilt-lettered (covers stained, extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Edith Mary Miller (1870-1929, inscription from the author).
PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY DODGSON 'Edith Mary Miller from the Author. Aug. 15/81', nine days after first meeting Edith. Enlarged third edition, with an additional 12 pages in the Doublets and Glossary, and reflecting Dodgson's new method for scoring, affecting rules 1 and 2 in the marks forfeited for each link beyond the least possible number. This edition is also larger in size and type than the first. Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch 138.
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