ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND [with] THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

by CARROLL, Lewis; pseudonym of DODGSON, Charles Ludwige; illustrated by TENNIEL, John:

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London: Macmillan and Company. 1877 and 1878. Two volumes. Author s presentation bindings of white textured paper-covered boards, imitating vellum, with gilt titles to the spines, gilt triple-ruled borders and gilt illustration motifs to the upper and lower boards. Inscribed presentation copies. Signed by the author. All edges gilt. Alice s Adventures in Wonderland , fifty-eighth thousand, with 42 black and white illustrations; Through the Looking Glass , forty-fourth thousand, with 50 illustrations by John Tenniel. Tissue guard to the frontispiece of Looking Glass . Very good copies, the bindings firm, both with the spines slightly rolled. The lightly marked paper-covered boards are dusty and darkened, more so to the spines, Wonderland with a clean square to the top corner of the upper board and the bottom corner of the lower board (from brass corner guards, since removed). Some light bumping and wear to the corners and spine tips of both volumes, and Looking Glass has minor splitting at the bottom of the spine where it meets the front board, although in both cases the binding remains firm. Wonderland bears the recipient s ownership name to the top right corner of the half title, above the author s presentation inscription, and has some creasing at the upper corner of the front endpaper. Both volumes are spotted to the prelims, with occasional finger marks and light spotting throughout. Looking Glass is cracked (but holding firm) at the gutter of the half-title and has an au

• Publisher: London: Macmillan and Company. 1877 and 1878
• Binding: hardcover

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