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Rare Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, aka Lewis Carroll, autograph letter signed and poem collection, ''Rhyme? and Reason?'' first edition published by MacMillan: London: 1883. The ''Alice in Wonderland'' creator writes to Charlotte Yonge, editor of ''The Monthly Packet.'' In this 3pp. card-style letter dated 5 May 1880, penned in Dodgson's typical purple ink on his Christ Church stationery, Carroll writes: ''My dear Miss Yonge, Here is the summary of the 27 replies. If you haven't room for it, please return it & tell me how much it must be abridged. I have treated the poet as one person, & ignored the second name 'Money Spinner.' You can correct this, if necessary, before sending it to your printer. Please ask him to send me 2 proofs, and the M.S. [manuscript] -- I will return him one proof corrected for Press -- when I do this, may I ask him to work me off a dozen proofs of the slip, before he sets it up in pages with the rest of the 'M.P.' [Monthly Packet]? C L Dodgson''. The periodical published the short stories of Carroll that were ultimately compiled into his ''A Tangled Tale'' (1885). Carroll's ''Rhyme? and Reason?'' is a collection of poems in his literary nonsense style and includes his longest poem, the celebrated ''Phantasmagoria.'' The 3.25'' x 5.25'' letter is taped to the fly-leaf of the book measuring 4.75'' x 7.25'' and running 214pp. The volume, in original pictorial cloth, is housed in a turquoise case. Slight soiling to green cloth boards and some cracking to endpapers at hinges. Moderate fading and wear to case. Overall very good condition.
Rare Lewis Carroll ''Rhyme? and Reason?'' First Edition and Autograph Letter Signed -- ''...how much it must be abridged. I have treated the poet as one person, & ignored the second name 'Money...
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