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is perfectly suited to Rackham’s humour and vivid imagination, making this a most appealing interpretation of Alice.
EDITION DE LUXE IN ORIGINAL SLIPCASE RACKHAM, Arthur; CARROLL, Lewis ALICE’S ADVEN - TURES IN WONDERLAND London, William Heinemann, [1907] [45289] First Rackham edi-
AUTHOR’S PRESENTATION COPY VICKERS, V.C. THE GOOGLE BOOK Written and illustrated by V.C.V. Medici Society, 1931 [46345] First trade edition. Large 4to. Green and gold dappled boards with a green cloth spine, lettered in red and with a large colour- ful illustration of a bird pasted on the upper board. Inscribed by the author on the front free end paper; “Poss./ from VCV. 1931.” “Lear-esque” style poems about rare birds, a black and white vi - gnette on the title page and twenty five colour illustrations. Illus - trations are in deep, striking colours, somewhat reminiscent of some of Detmold’s work. A fine, bright copy, with the slightest rubs to the fore-edge. Exceedingly uncommon in such nice con- dition. $1,800 Vincent Cartwright Vickers was Director of the Bank of England, who sadly died age 39. The Google is a magical bird creature that inhabits the Land of Google, visited by children in their dreams. Originally printed privately for the author in a limited edition of 100 copies in 1913, this is the first regularly published edition and remains a rarity, exceptionally so when inscribed by the author.
tion. 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 slipcase. Pictorial endpapers. Thirteen colour plates mounted onto brown art paper and protected by captioned tis- sue guards. In addition there are lots of charming line drawings. A very near fine, clean copy, with just a hint of toning to the spine and the odd spot to contents, but exceptionally clean by the standards of this book. The book protected by the slightly edge worn original slipcase. $5,750 The story of Alice had a special resonance with Rackham, as he wrote, “My experiences 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 be - came 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
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