CARROLL, LEWIS [=REV. C. L. DODGSON] Alice's Adventures Underground . London: Macmillan and Co., 1886. First edition, inscribed by Dodgson on the half-title "Margaret Langton Clarke/from the Author/Feb. 1887" in purple ink. Later three-quarters calf, cloth sides. 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.5 x 12 cm); viii, [8], 96 pp. Small bump to head of boards not affecting text, else an attractive copy. Margaret Frances Langton Clarke was one of Dodgson's "child friends," and the subject of a well known photograph showing the child reclining in a chair, apparently in a daydream, eyes open. Presentation copies by Dodgson to his models are rare. Avery 29. C Estates of M. Michael Eisenberg and Barbara Yetka-Eisenberg
CARROLL, LEWIS [=REV. C. L. DODGSON] Alice's Adventures Underground . London: Macmillan and Co., 1886. First edition, inscribed by Dodgson on the half-title "Margaret Langton Clarke/from the Author/Feb. 1887" in purple ink. Later three-quarters calf, cloth sides. 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.5 x 12 cm); viii, [8], 96 pp. Small bump to head of boards not affecting text, else an attractive copy. Margaret Frances Langton Clarke was one of Dodgson's "child friends," and the subject of a well known photograph showing the child reclining in a chair, apparently in a daydream, eyes open. Presentation copies by Dodgson to his models are rare. Avery 29. C Estates of M. Michael Eisenberg and Barbara Yetka-Eisenberg
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