Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (The Scarce Second Edition). With the charming bookplate of noted mystery writer Carolyn Wells on the front paste-down.

Carroll, Lewis

Published by Lee and Shepard, Boston, 1870

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Attractively bound in pebbled green cloth stamped brightly in gilt on the front and rear boards and on the spine. With 3 bright gold rectangular rules to the edges of the front and rear boards which feature gilded cameos of Alice holding a supine pig on the front boards; and the Cheshire Cat on the rear boards; both are encircled by three concentric gilt circles. Rubbing to the extremities and along the spine. With top corners bumped and worn. Clean chocolate endpapers and tight hinges. With all 42 wonderful black and white illustrations by John Tenniel throughout. A vintage, collectible copy with the classic illustrations by Tenniel. Re: The Illustrations The manuscript was illustrated by Carroll himself who added 37 illustrations printed in a facsimile edition in 1887.[21] John Tenniel provided 42 wood-engraved illustrations for the published version of the book.[63] The first print run was destroyed (or sold to the US[64]) at Carroll's request because he was dissatisfied with the quality. There are only 22 known first edition copies in existence.[63] The book was reprinted and published in 1866.[21] Tenniel's detailed black-and-white drawings remain the definitive depiction of the characters.[65] Tenniel s illustrations of Alice do not portray the real Alice Liddell,[42] who had dark hair and a short fringe. Alice has provided a challenge for other illustrators, including those of 1907 by Charles Pears and the full series of colour plates and line-drawings by Harry Rountree published in the (inter-War) Children's Press (Glasgow) edition. Other significant illustrators include: Arthur Rackham (1907), Willy Pogany (1929), Mervyn Peake (1946), Ralph Steadman (1967), Salvador Dalí (1969), Graham Overden (1969), Max Ernst (1970), Peter Blake (1970), Tove Jansson (1977), Anthony Browne (1988), Helen Oxenbury (1999),[66] and Lisbeth Zwerger (1999). (Wikipedia) The second edition with a title page date of 1870 and "Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son." On the undated copyright page. Seller Inventory # 1236

Bibliographic Details

Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (The ...

Publisher: Lee and Shepard, Boston

Publication Date: 1870

Binding: Hardcover