Macmillan's Coloured Wall Illustrations: Alice in Wonderland.

by CARROLL, Lewis; MACFARLANE, J. (illus.).

$20,553 · Offered by Biblio

London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd,, [c.1920]. First and only edition of this extremely uncommon and highly decorative set of posters First and only edition of this extremely uncommon and highly decorative set of posters. This complete set comprises possibly the first example of the original publishers of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland using illustrations to Carroll's fantasy other than those by John Tenniel. The set comprises: 1. Alice and the White Rabbit; 2. The Dodo presenting the Thimble to Alice; 3. The Cheshire Cat; 4. The Mad Tea-Party; 5. The Mock Turtle's Story, and 6. Trial of the Knave of Hearts. With the expiry of copyright on Alice in 1907, numerous publishers issued versions with colour illustrations. Macmillan, however, continued to rely on Tenniel's black and white illustrations. Nevertheless, there was evidently some requirement for the original publishers to update the appearance of the book which had been unchanged since 1865. A set of these posters in the Bodleian Library suggests their publication in 1921 (using the library's dated acquisition stamp). Six years later Macmillan published an edition which included Tenniel's drawings and 16 coloured plates (Williams, Madan, Green & Crutch, 322). The artist was John MacFarlane who, evidently, was instructed to keep as closely to Tenniel's originals as possible. The set was originally issued secured by a wooden bar at the top edge with a first sheet on paper reading "Macmillan's Coloured Wall Illustrations", the

• Year: 1920
• Binding: unknown

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