ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND and THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS, AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE
Book Details + Condition: Lovely two-volume set of Lewis Carroll's fantastical adventures with Alice and her anthropomorhic companions, with illustrations by John Tenniel. "Alice's Adventures" is an early American edition, and "Through the Looking Glass" is a first American edition. Includes interior antique slipcase, with an additional second exterior hard case. Please see below for more information on each volume.
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. Lee and Shepard (Boston). Early American Edition, 1870. Hardcover with dark red boards, gilt decoration to front & rear, with gilt titling to spine; all edges gilt. 192 pages. With 42 illustrations by John Tenniel. All illustrations present. Interior hinges cracked, but binding remains firm; rubbed corners and edges; light wear to boards; darkening to spine, with fading to gilt; chafed spine ends, with chipping to upper spine; inked name to front endpaper; age-toning to pages, with a few darkened spots present; interior is otherwise clean and free of markings. Light shelf wear to outer hard case.
THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS, AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE. Lee and Shepard (Boston and New York). First American Edition, 1872. Hardcover with dark red boards, gilt decoration to front & rear, with gilt titling to spine. 224 pages. With 50 illustrations by John Tenniel. All illustrations present. Written several years after Carroll released "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", this follow-up book includes the famous nonsensical poem "Jabberwocky". Interior hinges cracked, but binding remains firm; rubbed corners and edges; light wear to boards; darkening to spine, with a bit of fading to gilt; chafed spine ends, with chipping to upper spine; inked name to front endpaper; age-toning to pages, with a few darkened spots present; interior is otherwise clean and free of markings.
