1889 1ed Sylvie & Bruno + Concluded Lewis Carroll Illustrated Fantasy Humor 2v
“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 edition 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”.
1889 1ed Sylvie & Bruno + Concluded Lewis Carroll Illustrated Fantasy Humor 2v
“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 edition 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: #15391
Price: $599
CARROLL, Lewis
Sylvie and Bruno …Sylvie and Bruno Concluded
London; New York: Macmillan, 1889 / 1894. 1st edition
Details:
- Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
- ‘Sylvie and Bruno’
- xxiii, [1], 400
- First edition
- ‘Sylvie and Bruno Concluded’
- xxx, 423, [11]
- each with 46 illustrations
- ‘Sylvie and Bruno’
- Language: English
- Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
- Decorative cloth
- Size: ~7.5in X 5.25in (19cm x 13.5cm)
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15391
Category
Literature
Authors
CARROLL, Lewis
Printing Date
19th Century
Language
English
Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete