Author: Lewis Carroll
Title: The Story of Sylvie and Bruno
Description: London, Macmillan and Co. 1932. Cloth. A lovely copy of one of Lewis Carroll's lesser known children's novels, with illustrations by Harry Furniss. A later edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding.Previous owner's ink inscription to the front free end paper.Illustrated with a frontispiece and forty-six in-text illustrations by Harry Furniss (1854-1925).This work was written by the celebrated children's novelist Lewis Carroll, best known for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The last novel to be published during the author's lifetime, this work is set both in the real world (during the Victorian era) and in Fairyland. The inspiration for this novel came from two short stories he wrote called 'Fairy Sylvie' and 'Bruno's Revenge', which both appeared in 'Aunt Judy's Magazine' in 1867. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, smart. Small remnant of a label to the rear board. Spine is a little cocked. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Small hole to the gutter of pages 84 to 100. Near Fine . Ill.: Harry Furniss. Near Fine .

Keywords: Lewis Carroll Children's fiction Sylvie & Bruno Children's literature Children's fiction Fantasy Harry Furniss


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