charles lutwidge dodgson (lewis carroll) 1832 –1898 - Princeton ...

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Dark red decorated wrappers, printed in gold,
tied with a red silk cord.
Inscribed on p. [2]: For Mr Parrish.
210. Christmas Greetings. [1884.]
Single sheet, printed on one side. 13 cm.
Signed Lewis Carroll.
4 copies. Inscribed in purple ink in the author’s
hand at top of one copy: for Lucy. Inscribed in
purple ink at top of another copy: Muriel W.
Harrison from Lewis Carroll. A memento of
Xmas, 1889.
211. Circular Billiards, for Two Players. Invented,
in 1889, by Lewis Carroll. [1890.]
Single sheet, printed on both sides. 22 cm.
For description of issues, see Handbook, p. 166–
167.
Second issue. Rough thick paper. Dodgson’s
correspondence number, 69614, in purple ink
in upper right corner.
212. Copy 2.
Third issue. Rough thick paper.
213. Copy 3.
Identical to third issue, except that in line 2 of
the second paragraph on p. [2], “the 11 possible
modes of scoring” has been changed to
“the 12 possible modes of scoring.” The table
below, however, still has only 11 lines. Smooth
thin paper.
circular letters
Under this heading are listed only untitled circulars,
for which titles have been supplied. Circular letters
which have titles are listed alphabetically among the
other entries of the catalogue.
214. [Circular to mathematical teachers.]
Single sheet, printed on one side. 24 cm.
Circular requesting attention to the ‘accompanying
tables,’ and the proposal for a student’s
mathematical cycle, covering the whole of
Pure Mathematics. Dated Ch. Ch., Oxford,
June 1862, signed Charles L. Dodgson.
C. L. Dodgson
nos. 209–219
On verso is an undated handwritten reply by
G. Richardson, St. John’s College, Cambridge.
215. [Circular to ladies requesting recommendations
for plays to be included in an edition of Shakespeare
for girls.]
[4] p. 18 cm.
Printed in italics. Dated Ch. Ch., Oxford, 1882,
unsigned. Begins: “May I ask for your kind
co-operation. . . .” With space for signature at
end, and a postscript concerning a position for
a lady drawing teacher.
216. Copy 2.
Completed in purple ink in Dodgson’s hand.
Dated: Ap. 5. Begins: “Dear Mrs. Blakemore,
I trust when next you write, you may be able
to give me a better account of Mr. Blakemore
than was in Edith’s last.” Signed: “with love to
Edith Sincerely yours, C L Dodgson.”
The letter and a corresponding envelope, addressed
in purple ink in Dodgson’s hand, are
mounted in a bound volume entitled on spine:
Lewis Carroll to Edith Blakemore. Moderate
red buckram. 38.5 cm.
217. [Circular to lady readers concerning an expurgated
edition of Shakespeare’s plays suitable for
girls.]
Single sheet, printed on one side. 22 cm.
Begins: “The Editor kindly allows me. . . .” Undated
[1882], signed Lewis Carroll. A version
of the preceding item.
Offprint of a note in The Monthly Packet, June
1882, p. 602. See Handbook, p. 117–118.
On verso is a mathematical problem in purple
ink in the author’s hand.
218. Copy 2.
On verso is another mathematical problem in
purple ink in the author’s hand, dated May
29/85.
219. [Circular to the Dramatic Profession.]
[3] p. 18 cm.
Dated Ch. Ch. Oxford, 1882, signed Charles
L. Dodgson. Begins: “There is but little I can
add. . . .”