Alice s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Alice Hargreaves, Signed, limited editions (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine condition. First edition thus. 669/1500. Large Octavo. xi [ii], 182 [1,1]pp. Original gilt-stamped red Morrocco with gilt border fillets on covers, gilt lettering and decorative ruling on spine; protected by modern mylar. Housed in green cloth slipcase with decorative, lettered and illustrated tan paper laid to spine. Gilt edges. Engraved frontispiece and vignette on title page. Signed by the real Alice from Alice in Wonderland, Alice Hargreaves (n?e Liddell) on front free endpaper and Frederic Warde on the colophon. Carroll had told the stories to Hargreaves and her sisters during the infamous boat ride with Rev. Duckworth rowing the boat and later convincing Carroll to write these stories down. This is one of only 500 copies signed on free endpaper. Illustrations by John Tenniel and engraved on wood by Bruno Rollitz. Printed by at the Printing House of William Edwin Rudge, typography and binding by Frederic Warde. Small chip at head of spine and minor wear along edges. Tiny hole just below indented frame with Hargraves' signature, possibly burn from ashes. Slipcase with some suning of spine and along edges.

Hardcover. John Tenniel (illustrator). In publisher's heavily gilt-decorated full red morocco leather. With the original illustrations by John Tenniel. Copy #1327 of 1500 with typography and binding by Frederick Warde who has SIGNED the colophon page. Additionally SIGNED for the publisher on a separate page bound in before the title page by Alice Hargreaves, "the original Alice," one of only about 500 copies of the total edition of 1500 copies that were signed by her a few years before her death. Alice refused to sign other editions of this famous book in her lifetime, written by Carroll for her when she was young Alice Liddell, but she was convinced with the help of monetary compensation to sign these copies. She would also sign two years later copies of THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS by the same publisher. A rare opportunity to acquire one of the most famous children's books ever published here signed by the subject of the book. Many have praised this book, but perhaps novelist Sir Walter Besant's remark is the most insightful: "It admits us into a state of being which, until it was written, was not only unexplored but undiscovered." Very light rubbing to the spine tips and corners, spine a bit sunned. Near Fine in a somewhat darkened, Very Good slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Illustrated by John Tenniel. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1932. Limited to 1,500 numbered copies, both numbered #166, signed by Frederic Warde. This copy is one of a few of which were also signed by the "Original Alice," Alice Hargreaves. Octavo. [4], xi, [2], [1, blank], 182, [1], [1, blank], [1, colophon], [1, blank] pp. With the original text illustrations by Tenniel re-engraved on wood by Bruno Rollitz. Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club by the Printing House of William Edwin Rudge, Mount Vernon, N.Y. Typography and binding design by Frederic Warde. Introduction by Henry Seidel Canby. Publishers full red morocco (by George McKibbin & Son, New York). Covers decoratively bordered in gilt, smooth spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Bookplate on front free endpaper and some offsetting on endpapers. A near fine copy. Housed in the original blue cloth slipcase (some browning and light wear). [Together with:] CARROLL, Lewis. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. Illustrated by John Tenniel. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935. Limited to 1,500 numbered copies, signed by the "Original Alice," Alice Hargreaves. Octavo. [4, blank], xii, [8], 211, [2], [1, blank], [1, colophon], [1, blank] pp. With the original text illustrations by John Tenniel re-engraved (in metal) by Frederic Warde. Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club by the Printing House of William Edwin Rudge, Mount Verson, N.Y. Introduction by Carl Van Doren. Publishers full blue morocco (by George McKibbin & Son, New York). Covers decoratively bordered in gilt, smooth spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, all edges gilt. Bookplate on front free endpaper. A near fine copy. Housed in the original red cloth slipcase (fine). LEC Bibliography 36 and 65. Lovett and Lovett 90a and 94a. "Alice Hargreaves was the married name of Alice Liddell, for whom Lewis Carroll originally wrote the book. In 1932, during the celebrations of the centenary of Carrolls birth, Alice, who had lived a peaceful life in the south of England for many years, suddenly became a public figure. Her most notable and watched action was a trip to New York to receive an honorary degree from Columbia University" (Lovett and Lovett). Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

Limited Edition. One of 1,500 numbered copies signed by typographer and binder Frederic Warde on the colophon, this being copy no.295. This copy is one of a smaller complement (ca.500 copies) signed by Alice Hargreaves (the "original Alice") on a preliminary leaf. Octavo (22.5cm); full dark red morocco, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt on spine and covers; all edges gilt; [iii],xiv,182,[6]pp; illus. Hint of sunning to spine, a few lightly rubbed spots toward spine ends, a gentle bump to crown, resulting in a 1.25cm crack to upper front joint; contents fresh; about Near Fine, lacking the publisher's original slipcase. An attractive production of Carroll's beloved novel, signed by the woman who was the inspiration for the main character. Lovett 90a; Bibliography of the Fine Books Published by The Limited Editions Club, No.36.