Alice’s adventures in Wonderland. Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice found there. Illustrated by John Tenniel. by CARROLL, Lewis [pseud. of DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] - [1941].

New York: Pocket Books # 835 2nd Printing, 1951. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1889. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. TENNIEL John 1820-1914. Thirteenth Thousand, 1889, Peoples Edition. G. In printed green cloth, black ink titles, corners bumped. Spine, edges worn & bumped, black ink titles. Internally, half title, tissue guarded frontis, [12], [1], 2-208 pp, [1], [3] adverts, 50 B&W illustrations by Tenniel, occasional spotting, ink inscription to fep ('89), (182*121 mm).

London: Cassell and Company, 1932. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION. Octavo (22 x 19cm), pp.[xvi]; 193; [3]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and upper, decoration to upper, top edge tinted black. Illustrations throughout. Occasional spotting to textblock edge, a neat ownership inscription to front endpaper in black ink, else internally fine. Wearing to spine edges and head/tail, light wearing to board corners, minor marking to rear board. An attractive, very good copy. These two early manuscript books by Lewis Carroll originated as a family effort but quickly became the young man's independent project.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A collection of nonsense verse, including "Phantasmagoria" and the complete "Hunting of the Snark". 12mo: xii, 214, [1], [1] p. with 65 illustrations by Arthur B. Frost and 9 by Henry Holiday. Original green cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Typical toning to the frontispiece and title page, with some light foxing to the prefatory and concluding leaves. Period bookplate and previous owner's pencil signature to the front endpaper, with a clipped bookseller's description (Goodspeed, 1941) tipped in on the front flyleaf. The spine is darkened a touch, with some mild wear to the corners and tips; otherwise very good.

London: Raphael Tuck and Sons, Ltd. [c.1920]. Early edition with these illustrations. Early edition with these illustrations. Publisher's original blue cloth boards with titles in gilt to the upper board, illustration and titles in gilt to the spine. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with 12 full page colour plates and line drawings throughout the text by Mabel Lucie Attwell. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm with a little wear to the spine tips and corners. The cloth with just a few light marks is otherwise bright and fresh. The contents, with an ink inscription to the blank front endpaper and mild foxing to the prelims and text block edge, are otherwise clean and bright. All of the colour plates are present as called for and in fine condition. Publisher's catalogue to the rear. An attractive example of this beautifully illustrated Alice in an uncommon cloth binding. Commonly seen in paper covered pictorial boards and cloth spine, there was also a deluxe issue in dark blue… Read More

Stockholm: Zephyr Books, Continental Book Co. 1946. First Mervyn Peake illustrated edition. First Mervyn Peake illustrated edition. Original grey pictorial card covers printed in blue and red, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with line drawings by Mervyn Peake throughout. A superb near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a little rubbing to the spine tips and some minimal wear to edges and corners. The contents, with a few very tiny spots to the text block edges and a little dustiness to the bottom corner of the text block, are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper, the lettering to the lightly toned spine moderately faded. A lovely copy. A beautiful example of the first Mervyn Peake illustrated edition preceding the UK Alan Wingate issued edition by eight years. Upon publication of this edition, Frances Sarzano, biographer of John Tenniel, wrote that "[e]ven Tenniel-charmed eyes should be captivated by the unfamiliar… Read More

London: William Heinemann. 1907. First edition with these illustrations. First edition with these illustrations. Deluxe limited edition, large paper issue. Publisher's original white cloth with gilt titles to the upper board and spine. Top edge gilt. Illustrated endpapers, 13 tipped-in colour plates, each with a captioned tissue guard and 15 black-and-white line drawings by Arthur Rackham. A lovely near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and gilt fresh with just a few small marks and mild darkening to the spine. The contents, with a little toning to the enpapers and only the occasional finger mark to the margins of a couple of pages are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. All illustrations are present ('The Mad Tea Party' whilst called for opposite page 84 in the illustration list is bound, as issued, opposite page 79) and in fine condition. An attractive example of this finely illustrated Alice. This large paper issue of the first Arthur… Read More