First edition, first impression. 192pp, with 63 illustrations. Burnt umber cloth-covered boards, with gilt decoration and gilt lettering to spine. 8vo. Cloth very slightly pushed in at the base of the spine else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original dust wrapper, illustrated, which is unevenly faded and very slightly bumped on extreme edges. Dust wrapper now protected in an archival-quality Mylar sleeve, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives.
The Raven and the Writing Desk offers a completely new approach to the examination of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and nonsense literature.