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Sylvie and Bruno [with] Sylvie and Bruno Concluded - PRESENTATION Copies Inscribed to the Mother of Enid, Dodgson's Last Child-Friend

Sylvie and Bruno [with] Sylvie and Bruno Concluded - PRESENTATION Copies Inscribed to the Mother of Enid, Dodgson's Last Child-Friend by CARROLL, Lewis [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]

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Title
Sylvie and Bruno [with] Sylvie and Bruno Concluded - PRESENTATION Copies Inscribed to the Mother of Enid, Dodgson's Last Child-Friend
Author
CARROLL, Lewis [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]
Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London and New York: Macmillan and Co, 1893. First Editions. Original cloth with both vols. housed in a morocco slipcase with chemises. Very Good/Case: Fine. Harry Furniss. Titles for both volumes continue: "With Forty-Six Illustrations by Harry Furniss." Two 8vo volumes. Pp. xxi, [4], 2-400, followed by three page of publisher ads, [1]; [4], x-xxxi, [1], 2-423, [2], followed by four pages of publisher ads, and then a facsimile of one page of Alice's Adventures Under Ground. Frontis. illustration to each, with tissue guards. Original red cloth, gilt. All edges gilt. General index in Vol. Ii. Light scattered foxing on first and last few leaves of both volumes. Both volumes a bit cocked, with spines faded; first volume with a few small spots on the front board. Armorial bookplate (Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester) on front pastedowns. Both volumes inscribed to "Mrs. Stevens" (Edith Stevens), the mother of Dodgson's last "child-friend," Enid Stevens.Both volumes presented in cloth chemises within three-quarter red morocco clamshell boxes, felt-lined, within a red linen slipcase. Inscriptions read, respectively, "Mrs. Stevens, from the Author. Feb. 28, 1891" and "Mrs. Stevens, with sincere regards, from the Author. Dec. 27, 1893."Edith Stevens (1841-1919) was the mother of Enid Stevens, considered by Dodgson to be the last of his "child-friends." On the very day of the first inscription Dodgson wrote to Edith, stating, "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" (The Letters of Lewis Carroll, p. 825). Dodgson's warm feelings of his friendship with Enid was reciprocated by Enid who, later in life, wrote "we were the very greatest friends," and "I don't think anybody else ever had so much of him as I had ... I was the last child-friend."The introductory poem in Sylvie and Bruno contains a double acrostic of the name "Isa Bowman", who was another of Carroll's child-friends; the dedicatory poem in Sylvie and Bruno Concluded contains a single acrostic, "enidstevens" using the third letters of each line. Provenance: Edith Stevens (née Headland, 1841-1919); Sotheby's, 1929; Christies; Christies, 2006.
[Belladonna Poisoning] Strychnomania Explicans Strychni Manici Antiquorum, Vel Solani Furiosi Recentiorum, Historiae Monumentum, Indolis Nocumentum, Antidoti Documentum. Quam. Occasione Stragis, Qua Augustae Vindelicorum

[Belladonna Poisoning] Strychnomania Explicans Strychni Manici Antiquorum, Vel Solani Furiosi Recentiorum, Historiae Monumentum, Indolis Nocumentum, Antidoti Documentum. Quam. Occasione Stragis, Qua Augustae Vindelicorum by FABER, August M. D. Johannes Matth. [Johann Matthaeus]

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[Belladonna Poisoning] Strychnomania Explicans Strychni Manici Antiquorum, Vel Solani Furiosi Recentiorum, Historiae Monumentum, Indolis Nocumentum, Antidoti Documentum. Quam. Occasione Stragis, Qua Augustae Vindelicorum
Author
FABER, August M. D. Johannes Matth. [Johann Matthaeus]
Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Augsburg: Theophili Gobelij, 1677. First Edition. Half-Leather Binding. Very Good. 4to. Pp. [4, A-04, P2, Q4, R2: [8], 107, [17] followed by four index pages and errata. Engraved frontis. With 12 engraved plates with printed side-notes. Recent half-calf over marbled boards with gilt title on spine. Mild foxing at title and occasionally throughout; text somewhat limp. A very presentable copy, attractively bound. The only edition. Obscure author Johann Matthias Faber (1626-1702), physician to the Duke of Wurttemberg, discusses the cases of a group of children (the youngest age three) who died of nightshade poisoning in 1667. He then describes 13 similar cases and describes and compares the effects of several classes of Solanaceae and Belladonnae and suggests remedies for poisoning. A natural history, citing the observations of Galen and Pliny, includes a terminological discussion with Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, Ethiopic and Persian sources (all rendered in Hebrew type). With a fine occult frontispiece. WARING, 1677; HIRSCH II, p. 322. VD17 39: 144027F.
Elevation of the North Front of Kenwood, towards the Court... Elevation of the South Front of Kenwood, towards the Gardens

Elevation of the North Front of Kenwood, towards the Court... Elevation of the South Front of Kenwood, towards the Gardens by ADAM, After Robert (1728-1792) & James (d.1794)

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Elevation of the North Front of Kenwood, towards the Court... Elevation of the South Front of Kenwood, towards the Gardens
Author
ADAM, After Robert (1728-1792) & James (d.1794)
Seller
Donald Heald Rare Books (United States)
Description
London, 1774. Engraving, by T. Miller (expert repairs to old fold touching image area). A fine architectural engraving of Kenwood House, in Hampstead, London, re-modelled in 1761-1773, and now home to the Iveagh Bequest picture collection. Robert and his brother James Adam forever changed the face of British architecture by introducing innovative Classical design ideas. From 1754-57, Robert lived in Italy where he had a long productive friendship with Piranesi, which was inspirational for both men. Adam's first book, on Diocletian's palace in Dalmatia, is clearly very like the archaeological investigations Piranesi was making at the same time of similar ruins. Piranesi's friendship and passion for Roman Classicism were seminal influences on Adam, and the greatest single factor, other than his own talent, in the work Adam produced on his return to England. Upon his return, the brothers launched their career by building the Adelphi from the Thames to the Strand in London, which although not a commercial success at the time, included one of London's most cherished buildings, the Adlephi Theatre. Together, the Adam brothers designed and built some of the most famous buildings in England, including such bastions of English architecture as Kenwood House, Keddlestone Manor, and Syon House. To the interiors of their English country houses, the Adams brought wonderful ornamental elements in niches, lunettes, festoons and reliefs. Their classically designed buildings were so numerous in London that they changed the prevailing feel of the city and established their brand of neo-Classicism as the model of elegance and importance. It is asserted that the brothers originated the concept of the uniform facade attached to the typical English row house, an architectural device that distinguishes London buildings. This monumental contribution is evidenced in the Adams' designs for Portland Place and Fitzroy Square, and these were used as architectural models for the whole city. The brothers brought their talents into other areas by designing furniture to complement their beautiful interiors and by creating and publishing a treatise of design entitled 'Works in Architecture'. The work was published in three volumes over an extended span of time, beginning in 1773, with the final volume being published posthumously in 1822. Cf. Brunet I.47; cf. Lowndes I, p.8.
THE PYGMY'S ARROW

THE PYGMY'S ARROW by Fleming, Waldo

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THE PYGMY'S ARROW
Author
Fleming, Waldo
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Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1938. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Frank Dobias. NY: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Company, 1938. First Edition. 310pp, illustrated Frank Dobias, illustrated end papers. 8vo. Yellow cloth with illustrated front cover, black titles on spine. Scattered light spotting on outer edges of textblock, else fine bright hardcover in near fine d/j with only minor edgewear on d/j.

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