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The Raven and the Writing Desk: Available Copies

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail

Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

dust jacket is mylar wrapped, title page has name and initials impressed on the title page

Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

(1976), 191pp, illus., owner's stamp to fep, slight staing to bottom edge of rear cover (affects no pages), light edgewear to dj.

Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light toning. Complete DJ with faded spine.

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Harper & Row 1976-01-01 00:00:00 Binding: Hardcover

Stated 1st edition. 8vo. brown cloth covered boards, hardcover; black & white illustrations; intriguing and humorous investigation of the riddle, "Why is a raven like a writing -desk,?" asked by the Mad Hatter at the Tea-Party; many puzzles, codes and lots of information about Lewis Carroll; a very good clean, tight copy in a dust jacket that has a sunned spine else very good.

NY: Harper & Row, (1976). First U.S. Edition. 8vo. 191pp, Index and List of Illustrations. Title of inquiry comes from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Cloth, fine in ner fine dj. ISBN 0060121130; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 191 pages

First American edition ed. hardback very good condition in a very good (price clipped) dust jacket

by Francis Huxley. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, (1976). First American edition, first printing. "First U.S. edition" statement to the copyright page, $8.95 to the jacket's flap. Generously illustrated throughout. A fascinating study of the ALICE IN WONDERLAND riddle with loads of clues and literary answers including correlations and influences given from Lewis Carroll's own personal attire and style, and from the real Alice. Nice collectible gift. Fine, and very tight in brown linen with gilt embossed titles to the spine; in fine dust jacket. Octavo; 191 pages; list of illustrations; index.

Illustrated in black and white. 191 pages, slim 8vo, brown cloth, dust wrapper, very good. New York: Harper & Row, (1976). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Musings on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and on Lewis Carroll.

Carroll, Lewis 1st. ed.not read or opened. new. d.j. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.

Very Good+ dust jacket, a mylar dust jacket has been added. The Very Good+ binding is brown cloth over boards, gilt stamping on the cover and on the spine. The binding is tight and pages are clean. About the book: (from the dust jacket) THE RAVEN AND THE WRITING-DESK by Francis Huxley. As all readers of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland will know, when Alice sat down (uninvited) at the Mad Tea-party, the Hatter opened his eyes very wide and asked, "Why is a raven like a writing-desk? " The riddle is famous because when Alice in turn asked "What's the answer? the Hatter replied that he hadn't the faintest idea. It has provoked ingenious possible answers from many Great Minds, but in this utterly engaging Enquiry," Francis Huxley has undertaken the first investigation in depth. In his pages we learn a number of essential facts: that Lewis Carroll always wore black or gray gloves and usually wore a top hat but never a top coat; that he stuttered, especially on words beginning with P; that he created a private code in which numbers were represented by certain eccentrically chosen letters of the alphabet; that Nonsense which is game played with feeling by at least two people. expresses universal principle of convertibility and that Carroll is, therefore, a favorite author of people studying nuclear physics, Time, mirror-imagery logic and semantics, We also come to know certain Rules, i.e.: Rule 1. You can come and go simultaneously, as long as there are two of you; Rule 5. Players are obliged to create an appearance, but they score only if it deceives; and Rule 42 (or 20). All persons more than a mile high to leave the court. Alice addicts, puzzle-fanciers, code-breakers and readers who like to laugh will find here hours of unqualified delight.

The Raven and the Writing Desk by Francis Huxley (First U.S. Edition) A firm square copy with slight bumping to bottom corners otherwise sharp. A sharp bright dust jacket. Not price-clipped. First U.S. Edition, stated. Clothbound in pictorial dust jacket.

Fine cloth copy in a fine, slightly edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 191 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, genealogical tables, map, portraits ; 23 cm. Subjects; Carroll, Lewis (1832-1898) Alice's adventures in Wonderland. Carroll, Lewis (1832-1898) Through the looking-glass. Fantasy literature, English History and criticism. Symbolism in literature. Literary criticism. 1 Kg.

first edition, red cloth, 191pp illus, VG+(v sl wear & sunning to extrems, prev owners inscr to ffep, v sl soiled ep's) d/w VG+(v sl internal foxing, v sl wear to extrems, v sl sunned spine)

Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). As new. 191 pps.

Fine cloth copy in a fine, slightly edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 191 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, genealogical tables, map, portraits ; 23 cm. Subjects; Carroll, Lewis (1832-1898) Alice's adventures in Wonderland. Carroll, Lewis (1832-1898) Through the looking-glass. Fantasy literature, English History and criticism. Symbolism in literature. Literary criticism. 1 Kg.

First Edition. First US edition / printing. Very mild shelfwear to jacket. First edition. I note every flaw I find, so buy with confidence.