SYLVIE AND BRUNO

by Lewis Carroll

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First edition · Signed

London: Macmillan, 1889. Inscribed first edition, with a purple-ink inscription by Carroll in the year of publication to the wife of the playwright who tried to take ALICE to the theater. Very good. Item #37639 This copy is inscribed to Mrs. Dubourg : the Dubourgs appear a number of times in the journals and letters of Lewis Carroll. Augustus William Dubourg was an author and playwright who attempted to get ALICE produced

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