Alice in Wonderland by Carroll, Lewis - [1932]: Centenary Edition

Hodder and Stoughton Limited for Boots, [1932]. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Gwynedd Hudson. 12 fabulous colour plates by Gwynedd Hudson, who must be one of the enjoyable Alice illustrators, together with black/white/orange wood-cut decoration and illustrations on the other pages. Each colour plate is protected by a tissue guard that has a short quotation and small illustration. This edition was published to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of Lewis Carroll's birth. With the original and hard to find dust jacket that has a colour illustration pasted on to it. The scarlet cloth binding is decorated with heavy gilt illustration. End papers have small black and orange vignettes. Dedication block on prelim is not signed. 255x200mm. 180pp. Condition: DJ complete but tears have been repaired with archival tape from the underside. Upper cloth board has some fading which seems to have bled through around the colour illustration pasted on to the dj. Previous owner's name in discrete writing on top of ffep. All colour plates in fine condition.