CHESHIRE CAT PRESS: CARROLL, Lewis.

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. With Ninety-Six Wood Engravings by George A. Walker. First edition, limited issue, number 144 of 177 copies, signed by the artist on the hand-coloured woodcut frontispiece. The work is richly illustrated with 96 woodcuts by George A. Walker, and the woodcut initials and vignettes are printed in seven colours. The text of page 17 is also printed in shape of "mouse's tail", replicating the first printing in 1866.Walker (b. 1960) established the Cheshire Cat Press in 1981 and it operated until 1998. The press was revived in 2015 and continues to produce fine hand-printed works.

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