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Lewis Carroll

The Wasp in a Wig

London: Macmillan, 

1977. First printing. 


A trivial episode from Through the Looking-Glass that was cut by Carroll at the suggestion of the illustrator, John Tenniel.


Later discovered and re-issued by the Lewis Carroll Society of North America, this is the first UK edition, with comments by the noted Alice expert, Martin Gardner.  


A peevish wasp gets his own poem in which he complains about his ill-advised adoption of an unflattering wig. As always, there are hidden allusions to College politics and Victorian Church squabbles


Hardcover.

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