Lewis Carroll. First American edition. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1926. No dust jacket. Hardcover in Very Good condition. Has some foxing on some pages. Edited by Langford Reed. Illustrated by H.M. Bateman. Former owner (Frances Bacon) stamp on inside cover in addition to a small bookstore stamp on flyleaf. No writing or markings in this well preserved book, 140 pp.
A collection of Lewis Carroll’s poems and short tales, collated from his previously-published works, accompanied with hilarious black-and-white sketches by cartoonist H. M. Bateman. Each story or poem is prefaced by the background and explanation of the work, written by the editor of the book, Langford Reed.
Carroll's most notable works are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass (1871).
