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Dodgson, Charles (1832 - 1898)
A four-page autograph letter signed "Lewis Carroll", 12th August 1879. Written to "Mabel" [Burton], making reference to mistaken gender and identity. Written on one folded sheet of paper. Dodgson states that he was "puzzled... the other day at the Langham Hall..." The recipient of the letter was wearing "a funny sort of cap" and Dodgson therefore took her for a boy ("...only somehow I couldn't quite make you into either of the little boys... who had been acting with the MacDonalds...") Dodgson continues, "if only your face had been a little longer, and not quite so rosy, you would have been Ernest Nicholls..." and then lists the results of being Master Nicholls concluding "...altogether, it would have been very awkward if your face had been half-an-inch longer: I'm glad it wasn't." Dodgson then asks the recipient to come to Eastbourne. He states "...it is so lovely here. And I would speak to you, once a month or so - so that you wouldn't be really dull for want of company..." George MacDonald's amateur theatricals were much appreciated by Dodgson. A diary entry for 17 June 1879 states "The whole MacDonald family perform... and two little boys who are living with them, Willie and Ernest Nicholls..." Very slight spotting at the folds, otherwise in very fine condition.
Price: £3,750.00
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