Alice's adventures in Wonderland and Through the looking glass by Carroll, Lewis - 1984

London: Bibliophile Books, 1984. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. John Tenniel. First edition thus later Dent printing 1964. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards are clean with softened corners. Text block clean, with light toning to edges. Gift inscription to verso of colour frontispiece. Feels gently read, and still firmly bound. Expected bumps to head and foot of spine. Near fine condition. Price clipped jacket nice and tidy crimping to edges, with occasional light rubbing. There are a couple of small rubs to the foreedges. The spine has some sunning and toning. The rear panel has a couple of small dark marks to the lower portion, the top edge has 5mm closed tear. Overall a very good volume. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a quality addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A nice and solid vintage example of both the classic Alice stories, with the original Tenniel illustrations, including eight plates coloured by Diana Stanley.