RARE 1869 Lewis Carroll ALICE ' S ADVENTURES In WONDERLAND John Tenniel ANTIQUE
Item History & Price
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by John Tenniel.
Publisher's red cloth, all edges gilt, dark-green endpapers, 42 illustrations (including frontispiece with tissue guard), 192 pages plus prelims (12 unnumbered pages). Approximate size 19 x 12.6 cm (7.5 x 5 inches).
Scarce early printing (14th thousand), published by Macmillan and Co., London, in 1869.
A well-loved, characterful copy – complete and unrestored.
Condition:
...Contents and binding as shown in photos (photos form part of description). Ten drawings painted in (most rather attractively), several small corner creases, three longer diagonal creases, some short tears (mostly to lower gutters), expected smudging, soiling, creasing and finger-marking, a little foxing, occasional stain, usual stretching between gatherings. Previous owner's name and date to half-title page ("Theodora Mary Crabtree, October 1914"); related inscription (in same family name) faintly to front free endpaper. Both endpaper hinges split. Binding loose, with lean. Boards and spine with discoloration and marks as shown, bumping and wear to extremities; cloth worn through to corners, and with chipping to head and foot of spine; upper joint partly split, lower joint completely (spine loose on one side).
Publisher's red cloth, all edges gilt, dark-green endpapers, 42 illustrations (including frontispiece with tissue guard), 192 pages plus prelims (12 unnumbered pages). Approximate size 19 x 12.6 cm (7.5 x 5 inches).
Scarce early printing (14th thousand), published by Macmillan and Co., London, in 1869.
A well-loved, characterful copy – complete and unrestored.
Condition:
...Contents and binding as shown in photos (photos form part of description). Ten drawings painted in (most rather attractively), several small corner creases, three longer diagonal creases, some short tears (mostly to lower gutters), expected smudging, soiling, creasing and finger-marking, a little foxing, occasional stain, usual stretching between gatherings. Previous owner's name and date to half-title page ("Theodora Mary Crabtree, October 1914"); related inscription (in same family name) faintly to front free endpaper. Both endpaper hinges split. Binding loose, with lean. Boards and spine with discoloration and marks as shown, bumping and wear to extremities; cloth worn through to corners, and with chipping to head and foot of spine; upper joint partly split, lower joint completely (spine loose on one side).
