THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF LEWIS CARROLL (REV. C. L. DODGSON)

New York: Published by the Century Co., 1899. xx,448pp. Cherry red cloth, decorated in gilt, t.e.g., others untrimmed. Portrait, photographs and illustrations. Binding somewhat dust and hand- soiled, pencil-erasure size hole in lower joint toward toe, a bit shaken, likely recased, with endsheets replaced, but a sound reading or reference copy. First US edition, published the year after the UK edition, of "a very readable and satisfactory Life, by one who had both an intimate acquaintance with the subject and access to his Diary and Correspondence" - Williams, et al. WILLIAMS, MADAN & GREEN (1962) 644 (UK edition). (Inventory #: WRCLIT80424)