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6 CLARKE, Harry (illus.); POE, Edgar Allan. Tales of Mystery and Imagination. New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1933 First Tudor edition. Harry Clarke’s illustrations for Tales of Mystery and Imagination were first published in 1919, and established his reputation as an illustrator. The book was subsequently reissued in 1923 with additional colour plates, which the present edition reproduces. Clarke (1889–1931) was a leading figure in the Irish arts and crafts movement, particularly noted for his work as a stained-glass artist. Quarto. Finely bound in black morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, raised bands, covers ruled in gilt, pictorial title block on front cover in gilt, turn-ins twin-ruled in gilt, black and white patterned endpapers, gilt edges. Colour frontispiece, 7 tipped-in colour plates, and 24 monochrome plates. Couple of minor creases to frontispiece otherwise an excellent copy in a fine binding. £1,875 [147497] 7 DAHL, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964 dahl’s most enduring and popular work for children First edition, first printing. This US edition precedes the UK edition by three years. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has been made into two musical films, in 1971 and in 2005; a film exploring Willy Wonka’s origins, entitled simply Wonka , is to be released in December 2023, with the character of Willy Wonka played by Timothée Chalamet. Octavo. Finely bound in purple morocco, spine lettered in gilt, decorative multicoloured lettering and chocolate bar onlay on front cover, turn-ins twin-ruled in gilt, dark green endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy. ¶ Grolier Children’s 98. £3,750 [150012]
copy of The Hunting of the Snark with an inscription dated 24 April 1876. The present set is unrecorded by Carlson and Eger. Carroll’s diary entry for 12 September 1877 records a visit by the author to the Hardy family to “meet Evelyn again (she is now ‘Miss Evelyn’)”, where he “walked on the Parade with Mrs. Hardy and Misses K. and E.” Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is the first published edition, the second overall: the book was originally printed in Oxford at the Clarendon Press in June 1865, but was suppressed when Carroll heard that John Tenniel, the book’s illustrator, was dissatisfied with the quality of the printing. It was withdrawn before publication and now survives in tiny numbers. The book was entirely reset by Richard Clay for the present authorized Macmillan edition, the earliest edition that can be realistically obtained. Although dated 1866, the edition was in fact ready by November 1865, in time for the Christmas market, and was published in a print run of 4,000 copies. The copy of Through the Looking-Glass is the first edition; like its predecessor, it was published for the Christmas market and bears the following year’s date in its imprint. It was actually published in December 1871, in an edition of 9,000 copies. 2 works, octavo (176 × 117 mm). Finely bound in red morocco, spines lettered and with motifs in gilt, raised bands, covers with pictorial roundels replicating the original binding design and single rule in gilt, elaborate turn-ins in gilt, gilt edges. Housed in a custom morocco entry slipcase. Illustrated frontispieces, with tissue guards, and illustrations to the text, all by John Tenniel. Occasional finger-soiling and foxing; near-fine and attractive copies. ¶ Carlson & Eger, Dodgson at Auction 1893–1999 , 1999; Williams, Madan, Green, & Crutch 46, 84. Edward Wakeling, ed., Lewis Carroll’s Diaries , 1993–2007. £95,000 [150957]
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5 CARROLL, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; [together with] Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There. London: Macmillan and Co., 1866 & 1872 a matching set of presentation first editions First published editions of both Alice books, presentation copies inscribed by the author to Margaret Evelyn Hardy, the daughter of Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy. She is recorded in Carroll’s listing of recipients of presentation copies of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland as noted in his diary. The inscriptions comprise “Margaret Evelyn Hardy from the Author” on the half-title of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and “Margaret Evelyn Hardy from the Author. Christmas 1871” on the half-title of Through the Looking-Glass . Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook, (1814–1906) became known to Carroll’s Oxford circle in 1865 when he was nominated to stand in the Oxford University constituency. There were three candidates: William Gladstone, William Heathcote, and Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy. Carroll records signing a voting paper in his diary for 10 July and Jackson’s Oxford Journal for 15 July notes
that “Dr Dodson [ sic ], of Christ Church” voted for Gladstone. The final result was Heathcote 1331, Gathorne-Hardy 767, and Gladstone 735 votes. The election prompted Carroll to write his Dynamics of a Particle (1865), a satirical pamphlet masquerading as a mathematical treatise in which chapter two refers to the contest between Gathorne-Hardy and Gladstone. The politician was responsible for Carroll’s admittance to the public area of the House of Commons on 8 April 1867, and when Gathorne-Hardy visited Oriel College, Oxford, Carroll invited him to Christ Church to have his photograph taken. Carroll noted in his diary on 10 June 1867, “He had not long to spare, but I succeeded in taking two pictures of him, neither of them, I fear, particularly successful”. On 24 June 1867 the politician wrote to Carroll stating “my little girl’s names are Margaret Evelyn, and I am sure she would dearly treasure Alice in English and French, but has no right to tax you for both”. Gathorne-Hardy had married Jane Orr in 1838 and they were to have four sons and five daughters. A correspondence between the two men commenced and Carroll continued to send copies of his books to Margaret: we know she received the 1869 German and French translations of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and her inscribed copy of Through the Looking-Glass is dated Christmas 1871. She also received a
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