Christmas greetings. [From a fairy to a child.] (offered with) An Easter greeting to every child who loves “Alice.”
Oxford: for the author, 1884; 1876. 16mo. I: Single leaf; II: 4 pp. (single leaf, folded), as issued. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION; FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. I: Printed on recto only within double-ruled border. In excellent condition.
II: Text printed within double borders on E. Towgood’s cream-laid large post fine paper, as watermarked. Issued without wrappers; other than some minor stain on the inner edge of the fourth (blank) page, an excellent copy. Item #18997
I: First separate edition. A short holiday poem, written in 1867 which was first included in Phantasmagoria in 1869.
II: First edition, first issue, with “Dear Child” on the second page and “gray-headed” and “Righteousness shall arise” on the third page. Williams at one time called this is “the rarest of the Carroll items with the exception perhaps of the first issue of the first edition of Alice in Wonderland. He was apparently referring to this first printing of Easter greeting. Copies were intended to be included with Hunting of the Snark and other books but Carroll decided to both distribute them to friends as well as sell them separately. This short pamphlet is a delightful and personal letter to his young fans reminding them that each day is new and worth looking forward while leaving behind the dreams of the past night.
Williams, Madan, Green 162; 116.
Price: $850.00