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DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ('Lewis Carroll'). Sylvie and Bruno [and:] Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. London: Macmillan, 1889-1893.
2 vols, 8° (184 x 126mm). Illustrations after Harry Furnis. (Light scattered spotting on first and last few leaves.) Original red cloth, gilt-stamped, spine gilt-lettered, gilt edges (front hinge of vol. I split, a few small spots on the front cover and endpaper of vol. I, light soiling). Provenance: Edith Stevens (née Headland, 1841-1919) -- Maggs (sale, Sotheby's, 11-14 February 1929, lot 757).
FIRST EDITIONS, PRESENTATION COPIES INSCRIBED BY DODGSON TO THE MOTHER OF ENID, HIS LAST CHILD-FRIEND : 'Mrs. Stevens, from the Author. Feb. 28, 1891', and 'Mrs. Stevens, with sincere regards, from the Author. Dec. 27, 1893'. Dodgson, on the day of the first inscription, wrote to Mrs. Stevens: 'I have lost a considerable fraction (say .25) of my heart to your little daughter: and I hope you will allow me further opportunities of trying whether or no we can become real friends. She would be about my only child-friend in Oxford' (Letters p.825). Enid's frienship with Dodgson during his last years 'was most gratifying to him, and her reminiscences of him are among the best. "We were the very greatest friends", she wrote. "I don't think anyobody else ever had so much of him as I had... I was the last child-friend"' (idem). Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch 217, 250. (2)
2 vols, 8° (184 x 126mm). Illustrations after Harry Furnis. (Light scattered spotting on first and last few leaves.) Original red cloth, gilt-stamped, spine gilt-lettered, gilt edges (front hinge of vol. I split, a few small spots on the front cover and endpaper of vol. I, light soiling). Provenance: Edith Stevens (née Headland, 1841-1919) -- Maggs (sale, Sotheby's, 11-14 February 1929, lot 757).
FIRST EDITIONS, PRESENTATION COPIES INSCRIBED BY DODGSON TO THE MOTHER OF ENID, HIS LAST CHILD-FRIEND : 'Mrs. Stevens, from the Author. Feb. 28, 1891', and 'Mrs. Stevens, with sincere regards, from the Author. Dec. 27, 1893'. Dodgson, on the day of the first inscription, wrote to Mrs. Stevens: 'I have lost a considerable fraction (say .25) of my heart to your little daughter: and I hope you will allow me further opportunities of trying whether or no we can become real friends. She would be about my only child-friend in Oxford' (Letters p.825). Enid's frienship with Dodgson during his last years 'was most gratifying to him, and her reminiscences of him are among the best. "We were the very greatest friends", she wrote. "I don't think anyobody else ever had so much of him as I had... I was the last child-friend"' (idem). Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch 217, 250. (2)
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