JONKERS RARE BOOKS
23. Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland CARROLL, Lewis; RACKHAM, Arthur [illus.] William Heinemann, [1907]. First Rackham edition. Edition de Luxe, one of 1100 copies printed on handmade paper. Large 4to. Publisher’s full white buckram, with gilt titles and vignettes. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Housed in publisher’s original card slip- case. Pictorial endpapers. Thirteen colour plates mounted onto brown art paper and protected by captioned tissue guards. In ad- dition there are lots of charming line drawings. A very near fine,
24. Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass CARROLL, Lewis; PEAKE, Mervyn [illus.] Wingate, 1954. First hardback edition with Peake’s illustrations. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and vignette on the spine, in a pictorial dustwrapper. Inscribed on the free front endpaper, ‘For Clare Smart/ With best wishes/ from/ Mervyn Peake’. Sixty-five black and white illustrations, some full page, where
Peake visualises the creations of Car- roll through his own eyes. A near fine copy, in a very good dustwrapper, with a couple of short edge tears and minor wear. [46458] £950 The recipient of the book, Clare Smart, was a childhood friend of Peake’s daughter, Clare Peake, and a frequent visitor to their household. This book was first published in paperback, the dustwrapper illustrations were then drawn specially for this hardback edition. Lewis Carroll’s classic children’s book with the wonderful and unusual illustrations by Mervyn Peake. PROVENANCE: From the collection of Clare Smart, ownership inscription to front endpaper.
clean copy, with just a hint of toning to the spine and the odd spot to contents, but exceptionally clean by the stand- ards of this book. The book protected by the slightly edge worn original slip- case. [45289] £4,000 The story of Alice had a special resonance with Rackham, as he wrote, “My experienc- es of the book are absolutely delightful... it was read aloud to us (3 about the same age, 11, 10, 9) sat by my father & and at once became a household word... It is possible that my father’s appreciation of it helped us children too. It was read with full dramatic effect, the songs sung and so forth”. Certainly Rackham’s Alice is beautifully drawn, fresh faced and rosy cheeked, her sense of wonder clearly apparent. Carroll’s fantasy world is perfectly suited to Rack- ham’s humour and vivid imagination, mak- ing this a most appealing interpretation of Alice.
22
Made with FlippingBook - Online Brochure Maker