The Nursery Alice
$1,151 · Offered by Biblio
First edition
Macmillan and Co., 1890 1890. 1st Edition. Hardcover. G++. 1st Published Edition, 2nd produced edition. 19.3 x 25.7 cm cloth backed paper covered boards[x] 56 [viii] with addendum tipped in and 20 colour illustrations by E Gertrude Thomson including tissue guarded frontispiece. Priced at 'four shillings' on the title page and with Alice pictured from a back view on p34. The boards are dust marked and a little scratched with some drip marks on the rear. There is rubbing to the edges including some surface abrasion and rounded corners. The spine is n worn with small tears at the head of the spine and 2-3 cm holes in the cloth at the foot. There are two splits in the lower joint of 2 and 3.5 cm. Internally there is toning to the front free endpaper which has a gift inscription and spotting to the frontispiece, tissue-guard and title page. Page 35 has 3 full length creases and there are occasional handling marks and a few occasional pen dots. An interesting 1st Edition of this version of Alice aimed at younger children. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
- Publisher: Macmillan and Co.
- Year: 1890
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: hardcover
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