Feeding the Mind, Lewis Carroll — 1st Edition

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Feeding the Mind, Lewis Carroll — 1st Edition

Name: Feeding the Mind, Lewis Carroll — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 6409
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Publication: London, Chatto & Windus, 1907

Formatting: Small 8vo, pp. 31.

Condition Report: Very Good. The original grey card wrappers remain highly attractive and crisp, presenting with only minute rubbing to the extreme corners and a minor faint mark to the rear panel. The red cloth spine is firm, vibrantly coloured, and free from any fraying or shelf-wear. Internally, the binding remains perfectly tight and square. The text block is exceptionally clean, with the pages retaining a bright, fresh appearance completely free from age-toning, foxing, or handling marks.

Catalogue Note: This first edition is presented in its original grey card wrappers with distinctive red and black ornate gothic typography and floral borders on the upper cover.

The volume features a prefatory note by William H. Draper and was issued posthumously. It contains the text of a lecture Carroll originally delivered to a public audience at a Derbyshire vicarage in October 1884.

As a softcover pamphlet-style publication from the Edwardian period, copies in such an unblemished, structurally sound state are increasingly uncommon on the open market.

A charming and witty essay by Lewis Carroll, the brilliant mind behind Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Originally delivered as a lecture to a small parish audience, this delightfully philosophical piece argues that we must be as rigorous and selective about the literature we feed our minds as we are about the food we feed our bodies, warning against the dangers of "mental gluttony."

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Lewis Carroll

Book Publisher: Chatto & Windus

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Antiquarian

Genre: Criticism & Essays

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 31

Book Publication Year: 1907

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Softcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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