The Nursery "Alice"

by Lewis Carroll

$12,377 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · Signed

London: Macmillan and Co, 1890 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 10.5" by 8". E. Gertrude Thomson; John Tenniel. A signed presentation copy of the first edition, second issue of this unique abridgement of Lewis Carroll s beloved tale, illustrated throughout with vibrant chromolithographs. Inscribed to a personal friend of Carroll s. One of 100 copies Carroll reserved to present to personal friends. Inscribed by Carroll himself to the half title, in his customary purple ink. Carroll s inscription, Florence Jebb, from the Author. Mar. 25. 1890. . Florence Jebb made friends with Caroll when still a child. He photographed Florence and her sister Edith in Whitby on the 25th September 1866, and in the afternoon of the same day went up to Ruswarp in a little boat with Mr. Jebb, Florence and Edith, and had a very enjoyable day. Mr. Jebb and I rowed most of the way, but Florence also took a part (The Diaries of Lewis Carroll, edited by Roger Lancelyn Green, Cassell, 1953, page 247).He presented a number of signed works to members of the Jebb family.The first edition, second issue. Williams, Madan, Geen, 216 [186]. With no People s Edition to title page head, and Price Four Shillings to title page tail.The first, unpublished edition of 1889 had 10,000 sets of sheets printed, before Carroll rejected them for being too bright and gaudy , with this second issue being the first to be widely circulated.Illustrated with a chromolithographic frontispiece, and chromolithographic illustrations

• Publisher: Macmillan and Co
• Year: 1890
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: hardcover

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