1889 1st ed Sylvie & Bruno Lewis Carroll Illustrated
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1889 1st ed Sylvie & Bruno Lewis Carroll Illustrated Fantasy Humor Harry Furniss
“Be sure the safest rule is that we should not dare to live in any scene in which we dare not die.”
― Lewis Carroll, Sylvie and Bruno
A rare first edition of the first volume of Lewis Carroll’s final novel published in his lifetime – “Sylvie and Bruno”. This work showed the evolution of Carroll as a writer, in that, he ventured into multiple plots within the same story. This book is set in a fairy tale timeline as well as a real-world setting and is beautifully illustrated by Harry Furniss. The story of “Sylvie and Bruno” was complete in 1893 with the conclusion entitled “Sylvie and Bruno Concluded”.
Item number: #4651
Price: $350
CARROLL, Lewis
Sylvie and Bruno by Lewis Carroll ; with forty-six illustrations by Harry Furniss
London ; New York : Macmillan, 1889.
Details:
Collation complete with all pages:
xxiii, [1], 400
46 illustrations by Harry Furniss
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
Size: ~7in X 5in (17.5cm x 12.5cm)
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4651
“Be sure the safest rule is that we should not dare to live in any scene in which we dare not die.”
― Lewis Carroll, Sylvie and Bruno
A rare first edition of the first volume of Lewis Carroll’s final novel published in his lifetime – “Sylvie and Bruno”. This work showed the evolution of Carroll as a writer, in that, he ventured into multiple plots within the same story. This book is set in a fairy tale timeline as well as a real-world setting and is beautifully illustrated by Harry Furniss. The story of “Sylvie and Bruno” was complete in 1893 with the conclusion entitled “Sylvie and Bruno Concluded”.
Item number: #4651
Price: $350
CARROLL, Lewis
Sylvie and Bruno by Lewis Carroll ; with forty-six illustrations by Harry Furniss
London ; New York : Macmillan, 1889.
Details:
Collation complete with all pages:
xxiii, [1], 400
46 illustrations by Harry Furniss
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
Size: ~7in X 5in (17.5cm x 12.5cm)
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.
Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation!
4651
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1889 1st ed Sylvie & Bruno Lewis Carroll Illustrated
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