Some Scarce Music, Plays and Calendars

In 2005 I found a number of scarce ephemeral things. One was The Songs from Through the Looking Glass with music written by William Boyd, complete (as in WMGC 690), stitched white wrapper, lithographed and printed in gold. First edition, 1872, London Weekes and Co. This was a bargain that I “won” for £38 on EBay. There’s a copy of the equivalent Wonderland Songs for sale today on ABE for over £800!

In catalogue from Aleph-Bet books I found and bought Alice in Wonderland a Dream Play for Children, 1886 second edition. Any copies of this are scarce and collectible. I was happy to pay £260 for this lovely item. A later edition 1888 followed later in 2012 from Dominic Winter, in very good condition with no chips or loss to the wrapper.

Shown here also are two scarce calendars, the 1933 Delgado compiled by Langford Reed and the 1901 Looking Glass Simpkin and Marshall, the latter also from Dominic Winter in Dec 2005