The Wasp in a Wig: A "Suppressed" Episode of Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There

Overview:

  • Title: The Wasp in a Wig: A "Suppressed" Episode of Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
  • Author: Lewis Carroll
  • Year: 1977
  • ISBN-10: 0930326016
  • Publisher: Lewis Carroll Society of North America
  • Pages: xiv+21+[10]
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Chapter Book
  • Title Reference: The Wasp in a Wig
  • Notes:
    • 1st ed. The short fiction was first published in this edition, in two formats perhaps simultaneous.
    • "Preface, Introduction, and Notes by Martin Gardner"
    • "xiv, 21, [4] leaves (3 fold.) : facsims. ; 23 cm." --LCCN The printed text (with annotations or followed by notes) is followed by a facsimile of the purported original page proofs corrected by Carroll. --from newspaper coverage
    • Identification of this ISBN as the paperback format is from Amazon US/UK 2018-04-05 (no image); contrast ASIN B00224V7Y0 as limited edition (with image).
    • Cover pebbled card, blood red with black stamped lettering on the front (verification copy from library-bound Carroll Studies lacks the original spine).
    • Edited by {{a|Edward Guiliano}} See also the Pub. Series record. p.v, Acknowledgements, by Guiliano
    • p[xii] begins a 3-page facsimile of Tenniel's illustrated letter, with caption p.xiv "Figure 1. Facsimile of Tenniel's letter to Dodgson with a transcription." followed by a transcript of the letter, excluding the caption of its illustration.
    • p.12, caption "Figure 2. Where Carroll intended the episode to appear. Reproduction of the first edition.", shows a facsimile of original p183 marked by an arrow. It points to the word 'brook.' (full stop) immediately preceding Alice's exclamation "The Eighth Square at last!"
    • [10] represents the last five printed leaves of the work, listed in the Contents as "Figure 3. Facsimile of corrected galley proofs   23". Page 23 is unnumbered and displays the heading "The Wasp in a Wig", same as p13, with a caption paragraph that begins "Figure 3. Facsimile of corrected galley proofs ..."