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DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE 19. Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland CARROLL, Lewis (DODGSON, Charles L.) Macmillan, 1866. First published UK edition. 8vo. Handsomely bound in full red morocco with raised bands to the spine and gilt titles. All edges gilt. Illustrations in black and white by John Ten- niel. A very good copy, attractively bound, some finger marking to text and a corner repair at page 163, which does not affect the text. [45679] £8,500
HANDSOMELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN RIVIERE 20. Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland CARROLL, Lewis; TENNIEL, John Macmillan and co., 1868. Fourth edition (tenth thousand). 8vo. Finely bound in full red calf by Bayntun Riviere with gilt rules and five gilt vignettes of characters from the story on each cov- er. Raised bands to spine with gilt titles on two morocco title labels and four further gilt vignettes. Gilt dentelles to turn-ins and marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Original red cloth covers
and spine bound in at the rear. Black and white frontispiece under tissue guard. Forty-one further illustrations by John Tenniel in line. A near fine copy, with a small chip to the lower title label, in- ternally bright and clean with only two tape marks to the verso of the front free endpaper. [46149] £2,000 Published only two years after the first print- ing in 1866, in an exquisite Bayntun Riviere binding. This classic story was thought up by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (pseudonym Lewis Car- roll) on a summer’s day on the river Isis near Oxford. Williams, Madan and Green 46c.
This classic story was thought up by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (pseudonym Lewis Car- roll) on a summer’s day on the river Isis near Oxford. During the day on the river with friends he told the tale of Wonderland to three little girls from the Liddell family. Later, Al- ice Liddell begged Dodgson to write the story down for her. He did this and added a few of his own illustrations. Before giving the book to Alice, Dodgson showed the book to sev- eral friends, including fantasy writer George MacDonald, who encouraged him to have the book published. In order to get the tale ready for publication it was enlarged and Punch illustrator, John Tenniel, was commissioned to do the drawings. Macmillan then printed around 2,000 copies of the book in 1865, but both artist and author were unhappy with the poor quality printing and insisted it was reprinted before being published. Using a different printer, this 1866 version is the first published edition. It is now considered to be one of the finest children’s books ever written.
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