Auction Date:2012 Nov 14 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
ALS in purple ink signed “C. L. Dodgson,” one page both sides, 4 x 6, August 26, 1885. Letter to the editor of Vanity Fair, Thomas Gibson Bowles. In part: “Your very kind offer to get the facts about ‘Hart’s Leap’ published in ‘Vanity Fair,’ ‘free, gracious, and for nothing,’ had to be reported to my friend (who is in France) before I could tell what to say. I now have her reply and accept your offer, with many thanks, leaving it to you to select what parts of it to print: of course it will bear considerable abridgment. Your description of domestic bliss is rather cruel to an old bachelor! Doubtless it is very nice: and even children are all very well in their way—but unfortunately they are sometimes in other peoples’ way, as well!” A crease and pencil notation to the upper left corner, some mild scattered creases, and light toning and soiling, otherwise fine condition. As his wealth and fame grew, Dodgson’s life remained quiet and somewhat solitary. Friendly with Thomas Bowles, founder and editor of Vanity Fair who made Dodgson’s word game Doublets (or Word Ladder) popular through publication, he occasionally contributed articles to the magazine. Addressing one such contribution in this letter, the old bachelor closes with a humorous comment that children are “sometimes in other peoples’ way.” A charming piece from the celebrated children’s author.
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