"A Wasp in a Wig"
by CARROLL, Lewis
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hadley, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
[London]: Telegraph Sunday Magazine. [1977]. An article by Morton Cohen about the discovery of the galleys for "A Wasp in a Wig," a story deleted from Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, and missing for more than 100 years, until appearing at auction in 1974. This article is the first published appearance of the galleys for a general audience (just ahead of a limited edition issued by The Lewis Carroll Society of America the same month). Reportedly, the episode had been dropped at the request of the illustrator John Tenniel, who thought drawing the character to be "altogether beyond the appliances of art." The task is completed here by Ralph Steadman. Five pages, taken from the Telegraph: Sunday Magazine, September 4, 1977. Folded in fourths; near fine. Laid into a 1966 Nonesuch Press reprint edition of Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. No Binding.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035099
- Title
- "A Wasp in a Wig"
- Author
- CARROLL, Lewis
- Format/Binding
- No Binding
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Telegraph Sunday Magazine
- Place of Publication
- [London]
- Date Published
- [1977]
Terms of Sale
Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA
All books are First Editions or First American Editions in dust jackets unless otherwise noted and are returnable within 30 days.
About the Seller
Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Hadley, Massachusetts
About Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA
We deal in rare books, specializing in modern literary first editions. We regularly issue catalogs of Modern Literature and less regularly issue catalogs of Native American Literature, the Literature of the Vietnam War and the 1960s, and Nature Writing. Ken is a former President of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America. We maintain an office in Hadley, Massachusetts and welcome visitors by appointment. We are always interested in buying rare books, manuscripts, or related material in any of our areas of specialty and are happy to hear from anyone offering such items to us.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Galleys
- A pre-publication state of a book. A galley proof edition has already undergone all basic edits for content and corrections, but...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.