Synopsis
Reprint of the 1964 edition. Cloth, 8vo.pp.x.147. Weaver's work is not only a history of translations of Dodgson's Alice In Wonderland, but a bibliography of all the foreign editions that Weaver was able to locate.
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Alice in Many Tongues : The Translations of Alice in Wonderland [new, in publisher's shrinkwrap]
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Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre, Connecticut, 1999
ISBN 10: 1578981573
ISBN 13: 9781578981571
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: in publisher's shrinkwrap. First Martino printing, Limited to 150. Mansfield Centre, Connecticut: Martino Publishing, 1999. Brand New in perfect condition. STILL SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. No date (but 1999, First Martino printing which, according to the prospectus would be limited "to no more than 150 copies"). Facsimile reprint of the 1964 University of Wisconsin Press original. A study of the publication history of many early translations and a checklist of nearly 800 translated editions. With 9 pages of illustrations. Bound in the original gilt-stamped gray cloth. From the original publisher: "Warren Weaver, Vice President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, has had a distinguished career as teacher, mathematician, foundation executive, writer, and world traveler Mr. Weaver owns one of the largest and most complete Lewis Carroll collections in existence and the largest collection of translations[H]is Carroll library, which includes a copy of the excessively rare true first edition of ALICE IN WONDERLAND [includes] about 160 foreign-language editions in 42 languages, comic strips, plays, poems, parodies, games, dolls, toys, and novelties based on Wonderland characters. Deeply interested in Carroll and his works for over forty years, he has studied the translations for the past twenty-five, and has visited all the important Carroll collections, both public and private.". First Martino printing, Limited to 150. Hardcover. New/in publisher's shrinkwrap. 8vo. (xiii), 147pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Seller Inventory # 018511