Lot 63 , Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge (‘’Lewis Carroll’’) - Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, 1st edition, illustrated by Harry Furniss, advertisements at end, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, all edges gilt, half title inscribed, ‘’Mrs Fall

° Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge (‘’Lewis Carroll’’) - Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, 1st edition, illustrated by Harry Furniss, advertisements at end, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, all edges gilt, half title inscribed, ‘’Mrs Falle with the Author’s sincere regards, Dec. 27, 1893’’. Macmillan and Co., London, 1893 Note: Dodgson was a friend of the Falle family. Joshua Falle, a Jersey judge and his wife and children, lived in St. Saviour. His diary entry for 21st July, 1871 records that ‘’Mr Falle gave me a photo of his second girl, Albina (Lily)’’. He had previously written to the judge, requesting if he could buy a print, stating ‘’if you have ever had a good one taken of your little daughter (a vignette of the head and shoulders would be the best form’’, advising that he had ‘’a very large collection of photographs (many of my own doing) including many portraits of my young friends’’.

Lily Falle never married and was in her late nineties when she died in 1957.
£600-900

Condition:
Spine a little dull, fly leaves, half title, tissue guard and title spotted, text and illustrations good.

Sold for £550