Alices Adventures in Wonderland Book Blue Cloth Cover

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First edition, second issue (i.e. the first published edition of the original sheets). Original red cloth lettered in gilt with triple gilt ruled borders and gilt vignettes to covers. Dark green endpapers, all edges gilt. A very good copy indeed which shows a little wear to the spine ends, but is bright and clean and most unusually, completely free from repair. Internally fresh with a bookplate to the front endpaper and the front hinge starting. An exceptionally well preserved copy. Forty two illustrations after John Tenniel. An original printing of Alice was undertaken by the Clarendon Press in Oxford in early 1865 and famously recalled because John Tenniel considered the printing unsatisfactory. In April 1866 Dodgson (having consulted Tenniel) authorised Macmillan to sell some of the recalled 1865 sheets to the New York publisher, D. Appleton with a new title page printed at the Clarendon Press and bound in London. Thus, although distributed in America, this edition represents the earliest practically obtainable issue of the original printing of Alice in Wonderland. The success of the book was immediate, its influence far reaching and opened the floodgates to a regular procession of successful children's novels to follow. PMM 354 (note); Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch 44.

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hardcover. Condition: Very good. First US edition. The first US edition, with the original sheets from the UK printing, and a US title page. Very good in original cloth boards with repairs on spine. and front and rear gutters. Piece of rear fee end paper missing at top. Previous owner's name and date on front free end paper. Housed in a handsome clamshell case.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st published edition, 1st issue with inverted "s" on last line of table of contents, but second issue endpapers -- dark green instead of light blue. Very good in original cloth, with original cloth of spine laid on new cloth underneath. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

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First edition, second issue. The Appleton 1866 edition of "Alice" is comprised of the sheets of the suppressed first English issue (1865) with a cancel title page for D. Appleton & Co, New York, 1866. This edition is then the first printing, second issue. The illustration of the White Rabbit on page one is seen against a muddy background of text from page two. It is clear why the author and Tenniel rejected the printing of these sheets. However, the resulting sale of the inferior but first edition sheets to Appleton have made available to posterity the earliest obtainable sheets from the first edition of this children's masterpiece. There are two variants of the Appleton cancel title page. In this copy, the "B" of By is directly over the "T" of Tenniel. There are also two variants of the last stanza of the prefatory poem and the Contents page. This is Variant a. According to Selwyn Goodacre "In Variant a, the first line of the last stanza of the prefatory poem reads "Alice! A.", in the list of Contents, RABBIT-HOLE has a hyphen, the "9" in page numbers 29 and 59 is oval, is round in 95, and the 5 in page 95 is undamaged."* 8vo, [x], 192pp, publisher's dark green endpapers, all edges gilt. Wood-engraved frontispiece and 41 vignette illustrations after Sir John Tenniel. Beautifully rebound by Courtland Benson in dark red half morocco, spine in six compartments, gilt decorated and marbled papered boards. The original red cloth from the boards bound in the back of the book. They are bordered with gilt triple fillet lines and a central gilt vignette (of Alice & the Cheshire Cat) also within three gilt-stamped circles. Small repair on page 1. The minutest of tidemarks on the upper corners of page 1-15. Otherwise an extraordinarily bright copy magnificently rebound with the original cloth bound in. *Goodacre, Selwyn H. "The 1865 Alice", p. 29 (&) "Lewis Carroll comes to America", p. 113.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION SECOND ISSUE. 1 vol., frontispiece & 42 illustrations by John Tenniel. Bound in 1/2 red morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spine, gilt lettered blue and tan morocco spine labels, gilt green morocco floral onalys in each panel, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, by Krumin of Boston, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, internally clean and bright, a VERY GOOD copy. This is the earliest obtainable issue with the Appleton cancel title page. Macmillan printed around 2,000 copies of the book in 1865, but both artist and author were unhappy with the poor quality printing and insisted it was reprinted before being published. Macmillan sold the rest of the print run to Appleton in New York who published a US edition using a new title page but with the first printing sheets from the 1865 London edition. "Krumin of Boston" is a reference in a 1922 Boston trade directory that he Henry Krumin, registered as a binder and lived and or worked at 88 Moody St. in Boston. According to Allen H. Eaton who wrote "Handcrafts Of New England" in a Worcester Exhibition the Harcourt Bindery of Boston displayed a large number of books by various New England binders. There was a special group of books by Henry T. Krumin of Boston, a binder of unusual taste who was born in Russia, and his son, Harold A. Krumin, an excellent craftsman who learned to do fine binding from his father. We were also able to locate a clamshell box in the British Library also noted as stamped "Krumin of Boston".

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST LONDON EDITION. 1 vol., illustrated By John Tenniel. Bound in full green morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spine, covers triple ruled in gilt, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, original clothe covers and spine bound in rear, by Ringer & Hertzberg, hinges fine, head of spine renewed, internally clean and bright, overall VERY GOOD. Ernst Hertzberg was born in Gramzow, Germany in 1853. At age thirteen Ernst made a decision to leave Germany and move to Chicago, Illinois. It wasn't long before he used his apprenticeship talents to get a job at Ringer Bookbindery as a finisher. He progressed rapidly with his talent for designing and finishing fine bindings. In the next four or five years Ernst married and started a family of his own. He also became a partner in the Ringer Bindery, and it became known as the Ringer & Hertzberg Bindery. Ernst had five sons and two daughters. As the years went on, all of his sons and daughters worked at the bookbinding trade. Under their father's teaching, most learned the skills and craftsmanship of the bookbinding art. Ernst bought out his partner, who wanted to retire, and was able to establish a new bindery. He called it the Monastery Hill Bindery.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. FIRST LONDON EDITION. 1 vol., illustrated By John Tenniel, inverted "s" to last line of contents page. Bound in the original gilt stamped red cloth, pale blue pastedowns and endpapers, all edges gilt, spine expertly relined, back corners renewed, small paper repair to foredge of half-title and frontis, closed tear to 3 pages expertly repaired, general handling to binding, much better then it may sound overall still a GOOD+ copy. Housed in a full red morocco clam shell slipcase, raised bands, gilt paneled and lettered spine.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST LONDON EDITION. 1 vol., with the inverted "S" to last line of contents page, illustrated by John Tenniel. Bound in fine full red morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spine, covers ruled and paneled in gilt, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, housed in a matching red morocco edged open ended slipcase, by John Vivian. Internally clean and bright, 5 pages with closed tears expertly repaired, foredge of 1 leaf (p.111) strengthened on verso, still a VERY GOOD copy. Included with this item is a letter from a Richard to a Mr. Evans on Dept. of Zoology Univ. College London letterhead. The first paragraph states in part that "your Alice reached our head binder safe and sound. He is going to do it in full scarlet morocco, all edges gilt,.".

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Condition: Very good. John Tenniel (illustrator). Second (First Published) Edition. 192pp. Duodecimo [22 cm] rebound in gilt-stamped dark red morocco with raised spine bands. Binding pristine. Includes original pale blue free endpapers, now serving as flyleaves. Calligraphic ink name dated May 1st, 1866 on original front free endpaper, reinforcements to the edges of several leaves, light to moderate foxing throughout. With forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel. The first published edition, re-set from a copy of the recalled first issue. Williams, Madan, Green 46. The publication of Carroll's work appeared at a time when children's literature was produced primarily to teach moral lessons. Carroll's tale was, by contrast, wonderfully fantastical and nonsensical, and the book baffled critics at first. By the close of the 19th century, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" had become the most popular children's books in England. Two decades later, the Alice story grew to be one of the most celebrated works of fiction in the English language throughout the world.

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London: Macmillan And Co. 1870 and 1872. 8vo.; 2 vols.; both finely and handsomely bound in late twentieth-century full rich red morocco, gilt extra, both spines with 5 raised gilt-ruled bands, panelled gilt in compartments, enclosing appropriate gilt centres of rabbits, playing cards etc., both volumes lettered direct in gilt to 2 panels with single gilt fillet to all sides surrounding a striking and decorative gilt vignette of the White Rabbit and the Red Queen respectively, with an embellished gilt fillet to all board edges, all edges gilt, decorative gilt dentelles, and Cockerell marbled endpapers, with original cloth covers and spines expertly laid down and bound in to the rear of both books, both volumes neatly housed in a custom-made red cloth-covered slipcase with fleece lining and ribbon-pull, by Bayntun-Rivi� re of Bath; pp. [xii] + 192 + [ii], original publisher's printed tip-in advertising the first French edition of Alice and [xii] + 224 + [ii], publisher's advert.; with a total of 92 fine illustrations after John Tenniel's original wood-engravings; fine, crisp and unmarked copies, with an early ownership inscription to half-titles of both volumes expertly bleached to erasure by the binder. Early edition, (twenty-first thousand) of Wonderland, published 5 years after the first published edition and the first edition, first printing of Through The Looking-Glass, with the famous misspelling of "wade" for "wabe" in the second line of the Jabberwocky verse on page 21.

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Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. London: Macmillan & Co., 1870-1872. First Edition. Leather Bound. H: 7.25 D: 5 W: 1. 2 Volumes. Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through The Looking Glass. Bound in full tan calf. Raised bands.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. John Tenniel (illustrator). 1st Edition. First UK edition, 1867 (Fifth Thousand) Printing A Very Good hardcover copy, with the original red cloth covered boards with the original tissue guard and original end papers present. A very very early, (probable second printing), Very Good hardcover with the original red cloth covered boards with some of the mottling, discoloration, and with a touch of slight bubbling to the cloth. All Edges in full gilt. The book still maintains the original slightly scuffed dark slate blue end papers. The book has a faint inscription in pencil dated December 1866 so this may have been published in 1866. The spine was rebacked with the original cloth lay back down so the binding is tight and quite readable. The scarce original tissue guard is present. All pages and illustrations are present. Overall clean interior, but with scattered faint handling marks, and faded soiling. No bent pages, no tears, and no writing. Exceedingly scarce very early copy, probable second print in the rare original boards! This important copy still retains both the original dark slate blue papers and the original tissue guard. Highly collectible. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other important Childrens titles.

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Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First and only edition; later issue with white endsheets, consisting of remaindered sheets put into covers perhaps as late as 1931. Bound in publisher's red cloth stamped in gilt. Very Good with fading/mottling to cloth, contents toned and with several hinges slightly exposed. In a Very Good dust jacket with light soiling, spine toning, edge wear and a closed tear at the bottom front spine joint. A facsimile of Carroll's manuscript which would be developed into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Rountree, Harry (illustrator). 1st Edition. Carroll, Lewis. ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND with ninety-two coloured illustrations by Harry Rountree. London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1908]. FIRST EDITION. 8vo - 7-1/4" x 9-5/16". TEG. Dark green cloth covered beveled boards with an elaborate and extensive color illustration and gilt lettering to upper board, and gilt lettering and design to spine with just the lightest touches of wear at the corners for what is an incredible copy of the book. Also, a few light spots to fore edge and top of text block, not effecting the open pages, with the rest of the book being as good as one could ever hope to find. Pictorial endpapers with a neatly written gift inscription dated May 25, 1916 on FFE. 246, [2] pp. Extensively illustrated with color frontispiece, many color drawings within text and eleven full page color plates; all in marvelous condition. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE. VERY SCARCE.

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Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First edition thus. Copy number 139 of 1500 copies signed by Alice Hargreaves in the front and by designer Frederic Warde on the limitation page in the back. Full crushed morocco ornately stamped in gilt. All edges brightly gilt. A Very Good+ copy in like original slipcase. Book with minor chipping to the spine ends and some rubbing to the rear hinge, otherwise in excellent condition. In a slipcase that shows wear at the extremities, some joints just starting and cloth soiled. However, complete and unrestored. Carroll's Alice in Wonderland is as memorable for its riddles and rhymes as it is for its rich cast of characters. Notable among them is Alice herself, an exceptionally curious and brave little girl who follows the White Rabbit down his hole and into the fantastical world of Wonderland. Ruled by the temperamental Queen of Hearts, Wonderland pushes Alice to push past logic and work toward creative and humorous solutions to social problems. Very Good + in Very Good + dust jacket.

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First Edition. AVENTURES D'ALICE AU PAYS DES MERVEILLES, Macmillan, 1869, first French edition, some wear to the spine extremities, inner hinges just barely starting, else a tight, bright vg or better copy in the publishers original blue cloth binding with all page edges gilt, spine lettering gold-gilt, triple rules to both covers likewise in gold-gilt as well as the circle encased Alice avec cochon on the front cover and the similar circle encased Cheshire Cat on the rear cover.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The first French edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, very good in original cloth, housed in a custom-made case with a leather spine.

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Condition: Very good. Lewis Carroll (illustrator). First Edition, First Issue. 12mo; 7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches (185 x 126 mm); pp. xvi + 96 + [4], p. [i]; Illustrated with 37 illustrations by the Author. Red cloth, as issued, with gold lettering along the spine "Alice's Adventures Under Ground". The front cover has three gold lines around the border, and in the center of the cover Alice's Adventures Under Ground in manuscript letters. Back cover has three gold lines around the border, and three circular lines in the center containing a picture of the mock Turtle in profile. All edges gilt, black (first issue) end papers. Spine darkened and some soiling to edges, corners bumped; ex libris George Francis Lovell. Previous owners names penciled in on half-title (1923 and 1979) Half title: Alice's Adventures Under Ground; p. [ii], blank; p. [iii], Title "Alice's Adventures Under Ground / Being a facsimile of the Original MS. book afterwards developed into "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" / by Lewis Carroll / with thirty-seven illustrations by the author / Price Four Shilling ; p. [iv], Imprint: Richard Clay and Sons, London and Bungay. Dedication page reads "A Christmas Gift to a Dear Child in Memory of a Summer Day." The last 3 pages include "An Easter Greeting to Every Child Who Loves "Alice." by Lewis Carol, Easter 1876, followed by a poem Dated Christmas 1869, "Christmas Greetings. [From a Fairy to a Child], a blank page with only "turn over" printed at the bottom, and a page of Macmillans' advertisement of Lewis Carrol's works. ** Contains a RARE LOOSE SHEET CIRCULAR, dated Christmas 1893, by the author ASKING FOR THE RETURN OF COPIES OF "THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS" . Some creasing and edgewear to the Circular. [Williams 1979, 194 & 249]. This is an exact replica of the first draft (1864) of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", in the Author's hand, and bearing 37 illustrations by him (14 are full page). The tale of Alice was first told to Miss Alice Liddell during a river expedition at Oxford in 1862 and Dodgson had promised her to write out the story and to include illustrations. There are about 12,715 words in this volume, as compared to over twice that in the fuller form which was published in 1865, with engraved illustrations by John Tenniel, who most probably saw the illustrations from Dodgson's manuscript and drew inspiration from them. This first and only edition of the facsimile was of 5000 copies, as evidenced in a letter from Dodgson to Macmillan on 21 Nov. 1886. (Williams 1979, p. 145) In regards to the CIRCULAR, Sidney Williams wrote, "It is an ordinary composition enough, but interesting on account of its rarity; also because it so finely illustrates the character of Lewis Carroll, his almost meticulous care and pride in his work and its production, as well as his generosity and thought for the poorer members of his public, who could not afford to buy his books." [Williams 1924, no.52 & no.68]. The CIRCULAR reads: "ADVERTISEMENT | For over 25 years, I have made it my chief object, with regard to my books, that they should be of the best workmanship attainable for the price. And I am deeply annoyed to find that the last issue of "Through the Looking-Glass," consisting of the Sixtieth Thousand, has been put on sale without its being noticed that most of the pictures have failed so much, in the printing, as to make the book not worth buying. I request all holders of copies to send them to Messrs. Macmillan & Co., 29 Bedford Street, Covent Garden, with their names and address, and copies of the next issue shall be sent them in exchange. | Instead, however, of destroying the unsold copies, I propose to utilise them by giving them away, to Mechanics' Institutes, Village Reading-Rooms, and similar institution, where the means for purchasing such books are scant. Accordingly I invite applications for such gifts, addressed to me, "Care of Messrs. Macmillan." Every such application should be signed by some responsible person, and should state how far they are able to buy books for themselves, and what is the average number of readers. | I take this opportunity of announcing that, if at any future time I should wish to communicate anything to my Readers, I will do so by advertising in the 'Agony' column of some of the Daily Papers, on the first Tuesday of the month. LEWIS CARROL | Christmas 1893" The circular is reproduced in the 1924 edition of Williams' bibliography, p. 124, and the title page of this reviled edition, stamped "Presented by the Author for the use of Mechanics' Reading Room, &c., Jan 1894" is reproduced in Williams 1979, p. 164.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST CHARLES ROBINSON EDITION. Large 8vo. (8.9 x 7 inches). 8 full colour plates and 112 line drawings, many within the text and a few printed in red and black. Illustrated endpapers printed in mustard brown on beige paper. Publishers blue cloth with gilt lettering and illustration to the front board and spine. Top edge gilt. There is some minor foxing to the first and last few pages and previous owners neat gift inscription, dated November 25th 1907, to the front blank endpaper. The text block is a little loose in the binding and all edges of the boards are a little bumped but the gilt is still very bright and overall this is a very good copy of this scarce edition of Alice. ------ A notoriously difficult Alice to find in this First edition format. The reprints of this work (issued from 1913 onwards) were issued in a smaller format and the proportions of the images in the text doesn't have the same effect as the engraved plates for the illustrations were not reduced. This edition is notable for, apart from Charles Robinson's masterful and beautiful illustrations, being the first Illustrated edition to feature Alice with short hair, possibly as a result of the publication of Lewis Carroll's now famous photograph of Alice Liddell aged 7, showing her with a bob haircut as opposed to the long flowing locks more commonly portrayed by other artists. This decision by Robinson apparently caused a minor disagreement between him and the Publisher.

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Condition: Very Good. First Edition in Italian. First edition in Italian, first issue. [12], 189, [3] pp. With 42 illustrations by John Tenniel in text. Bound in publisher's remainder binding of red cloth ruled in blind and stamped in gilt; top edges gilt, plain endpapers. Very Good with rubbing and light soiling to boards, faint sunning to spine.

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Hardcover. First Edition Printed In America. Octavo, [10], 192 pages; G; in publisher's gilt decorated pebbled green cloth; scarcely visible older rebacking with spine preserved, only head and tail noticable; original brown endpapers preserved; all edges of text block gilt; pencil name on ffep; tide-marks along top edge of all pages, does not impact text; The first edition printed in the US, following the extremely scarce 1865 British sheets given to Appleton from the suppressed version; With forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel; MF consignment; shelved case 2. 1319550. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

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Hardcover. Sabuda, Robert (illustrator). SIGNED with a print. First limited edition, first printing. Fine/As New clothbound hardcover in the original plastic sleeve in the Fine/As New matching slipcase in the publisher's shipping box; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. There were two limited editions of this book. Our copy is of the limited edition issued in only 50 copies. It has the extra pop-up to the front cover, SIGNED and numbered by Sabuda, in this case #25/50, as well as the slipcase. This edition has an envelope inset to the front of the slipcase with a tissue guard and an ORIGINAL PRINT laid-in, also SIGNED BY SABUDA and numbered 25/50. Illustrations and paper engineering by Robert Sabuda; original story by Lewis Carroll. Unpaginated [12 pages] with pop-ups, flaps, and pull-tabs throughout; color illustrations; 8.5 x 10.5 inches. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is Sabuda's most amazing creation ever, featuring stunning pop-ups illustrated in John Tenniel's classic style. The text is faithful to Lewis Carroll's original story, and special effects like a Victorian peep show, multifaceted foil, and tactile elements make this a pop-up to read and admire again and again.".

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Hardcover. First Trade Edition. Two-Volume Set. Tall quarto. 9 x 13.75 in. 150; 167 + [5] pp. Fully illustrated with black & white reproductions of artworks by Barry Moser, illustrated endpapers. Both copies inscribed affectionately by Moser to NC artist George Cress. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is inscribed on the title page, "for my dear friend George Cress"; Through the Looking Glass, and what Alice Found There is inscribed on the title page, "for my mentor, George Cress, dear friend, splendid artist," with a pencil drawing of a horse chess-piece opposite on frontispiece. Very handsome set with kind association. Volume I: Near fine in original red quarter-cloth over lavender boards, lettering on spine in purple, mild sunning to top and especially bottom of boards, light spotting to fore- and bottom edge; near fine pictorial dust jacket. Volume II: Near fine in original blue quarter-cloth over light blue boards, lettering on spine in blue, subtle sunning to top and bottom of boards, light spotting to fore- and bottom edge. Near fine pictorial dust jacket. Overall, both volumes square, clean and bright.

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Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Tenniel, John (illustrator). First Edition Thus. 1890 at title page; no other indications. Large 7 1/2" x 9 3/4" design. Smooth wrap-around pictorial boards, some corner, edge wear, spine chip. Classic late nineteenth century cover design features rich subdued hues of gold, red, green and blue, Alice lounging with open book and looking into distance where the magical creatures and characters of Wonderland wrap around to back cover with fogged silhouette of London in b.g. Pages generally very good with moderate toning; few w/moderate discoloration. Stylish antiquarian inscription pencilled at front endpaper: "To, Nellie Grace Elizabeth Scott, from her big brother, Garrie B. Scott". Bind good; front hinge starting. This edition is charmingly illustrated by John Tenniel with enchanting imagery woven into the wondrous tale. Forty-two designs enchant the viewer throughout. Sir John Tenniel was an English illustrator, humorist and political cartoonist prominent in the second half of the nineteenth century and knighted in 1893. He was principal political cartoonist for Punch magazine for over half a century and well known for his influential imagery. He largely adapted from Lewis Carroll's own personal designs for this book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and also the following Alice books. His dynamic cheeky illustrations are exemplified in this volume and portray the extent of his talent. Lewis Carroll's classic begins on a boring summer afternoon when the bright and inquisitive Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole. At the bottom, she finds herself immersed in a bizarre world full of strange creatures and bizarre goings-on. She tries pills and potions, and attends a very strange tea party and croquet match. An immensely witty mix of satire, puzzles, and drama and one of literature's most astute depictions of the experience of childhood. 168 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7� - 9�" Tall.

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. Limited Edition (New York The Limited Editions Club, 1932). Illustrated by John Tenniel. One of 1500 copies to be signed and numbered by designer Frederic Warde, of which this is number 1011. Head and foot of spine a little rubbed; light foxing and marginal browning to front pastedown with very faint foxing to endpaper and to rear pastedown. Illustrated frontispiece and title-vignette with several in-text illustrations; all edges gilt; original red morocco gilt. An excellent, near fine example.

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Hardcover. First American Edition. 192 pages. 19 x 14 cm. This beloved children's book is filled with fantastical tales and riddles, and illustrated by British artist John Tenniel. Laid in: Paper Program from Friday, January 20th 1888 - Alice's Adventures. A Mad Tea Party, The Lion And The Unicorn, And The Two Kings of Orkadal. Covers worn, hinges cracked but holding. Foxed and stained at edges with 2 lower corners torn at bottom of pages 19 & 21. Green boards with gilt illustrated vignette on cover. Good.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated by Peter Newell. Complete in the issued jackets. Very Good in Very Good jackets, lightly rubbed at the edges, toned. White and red boards with gilt lettering and designs on the spines and front boards. Square, front hinge weak and starting on Looking Glass, gilt top edges, clean internally. An attractive set of the first printings of the first edition to feature the Newell illustrations.

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Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Pogany, Willy (illustrator). First Edition. Beautifully signed by Willy Pogany at limitation page: "This large paper edition is limited to 200 copies each signed by the Artist. This is number '175. Willy Pogany.'" Pogany illustration adjacent limitation page of the long garden table set with teacups, Alice down at the far end, and animated White Rabbit gesticulating at the Mad Hatter. 1929 at copyright page. Wavy striped boards in hues of mauve and fuchsia, cloth spine w/horizontal titles on paper label, moderate shelf, corner wear, rub. Pages near fine. Deep colored top-stain. Textured endpapers. Antiquarian signature in fountain pen inside cover: "Blair Williams". Pogany's delightful illustrations present Alice as a definite child of the '20's, including bobbed hair and a mid-thigh length checked skirt, knee sox, and a "sailor" blouse. Prior to introduction is a five-stanza poem by Lewis Carol dated 1867 entitled: Christmas Greetings (From a Fairy to a Child). Larger 6 1/2" x 9 1/2" design. Rare near very good example of this signed and limited larger edition. A surreal work of literary nonsense composed by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson utilizing his pseudonym of Lewis Carroll. It tells the story of a young Alice who falls down a hole into a realm of fantasy populated by peculiar and anthropomorphic creatures. The yarn is filled with allusions to Dodgson's friends, and enemies, and to the lessons that British schoolchildren were expected to memorize. Carroll plays with logic in ways making pushing the story to lasting popularity with adults as well as children and is a characteristic example of the literary nonsense, and its narrative and structure enormously influential. Willy Pogany (1882-1955) was a prolific Hungarian book illustrator best known for his pen and ink drawings of myths and fables such as Alice in Wonderland. A large portion of Pogany's work can be termed Art Nouveau. Pogany's artistic style is heavily fairy-tale orientated and often features motifs of mythical animals such as nymphs and pixies. His dreamy illustrations are exemplified in this volume and his pen and ink drawings also portray the extent of his talent. Lewis Carroll's classic begins on a boring summer afternoon when the bright and inquisitive Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole. At the bottom, she finds herself immersed in a bizarre world full of strange creatures and bizarre goings-on. She tries pills and potions, and attends a very strange tea party and croquet match. An immensely witty mix of satire, puzzles, and drama and one of literature's most astute depictions of the experience of childhood. 192 pages. Printed in USA. Insured post. Size: 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Signed by Illustrator.

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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Tarrant, Margaret W. (illustrator). First Edition Thus. No date; circa 1916. Large 7 1/2" x 10" x 1 3/4" design. Charming pictorial boards, dark green cloth spine wrap and black spine titles, moderate shelf wear, bow. Front boards depicts Alice at table with hare and mad hatter gesticulating at her. Back board depicts bright yellow-orange stream of rays around 'The Sunshine Series'. Thick heavy stock leaves, near fine, clean; no writing. Moderate fox to exterior text block. Rare original pictorial wrapper, moderate edge wear, rub, toning; unclipped 3/6, protected in acid-free clear sleeve. Front panel mirrors front board imagery, back panel w/red rays; front and back flap list available titles in The Sunshine Series and Wonder Books from Ward, Lock & Co. Sharp near very good illustrated rarity in original wrapper. This classic edition is charmingly illustrated w/color plates by Edwardian artist, Margaret Tarrant, regarded as one of the finest illustrators of children's books. Twenty-four colour plates on smooth coated paper enchant the viewer throughout. Margaret Tarrant was a prolific children's book illustrator and author best known for her imagery applied to myths and fables such as Alice in Wonderland and Andersen's fairy tales. Tarrant's artistic style is heavily fairy-tale orientated and often features motifs of mythical animals and beings. Her soft dreamy illustrations are exemplified in this volume and portray the extent of her talent. Lewis Carroll's classic begins on a boring summer afternoon when the bright and inquisitive Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole. At the bottom, she finds herself immersed in a bizarre world full of strange creatures and bizarre goings-on. She tries pills and potions, and attends a very strange tea party and croquet match. An immensely witty mix of satire, puzzles, and drama and one of literature's most astute depictions of the experience of childhood. Made in England. Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London. 175 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall.

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Pink Slipcase with Paper Label Of Alice with Short Hair & Rabbit with Long Ears Standing on HindLegs in B/W at an Entrance, Signed By Willy Pogany, Limited Numbered Edition

By Lewis Carroll, ; Willy Pogany, (Illustrator) , SIGNED By Pogany, Pink Endpapers, B/W Frontispiece of Alice Seated in Chair End Table & Animated Rabbit & Man Wearing Several Hats Seated at Side at Other End of Table in B/W, Introduction, with Numero

Published by E.P. Dutton NY, 1929

First Edition Signed

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. HBDJ, Original Yellowed Clear Mylar DJ some wrinkling & Cropped Top & Bottom approx 1/2 in. & has some Pink Fade from Book on Spine part of Mylar DJ GOOD- Condition, 1929, Large Paper Edition, 1st Edition Limited #73/200 Copies, BOOK VG- Condition, AS-IS, GOOD+ SLIPCASE nice Condition with Small Round stain at Label Edge & light stains Extremities, Pink white & Grey Designed Boards with Pink Cloth spine with Paper Label of Title & Author on Spine, Interior Nice tight Clean some Light Wrinkling Pages, light FOX, Top Edges pages Stained Pink by Publisher has Faded onto top edges of some pages ever so Slightly, 192 pgs, with a faint water stain line on top edge. 8 vo, . with numerous b&w illustrations by William Andrew ( Willy ) Pogany (1882-1955) prolific illustrator of children's and adult books, Born Vilmos Andreas Pogany in Szeged, Hungary in 1882, came to America via Paris and London. Signed by Illustrator.

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