Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

London: Macmillan and Co., 1874. Cloth. Good Only. 7.5" by 5". John Tenniel. An early edition of Lewis Carroll's monumental fantastical tale in Wonderland, complete with John Tenniel's illustrations. An early edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Forty-second thousand printing. Illustrated with a frontispiece and forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel. Collated and complete. One page of adverts to the rear. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, is one of the best known children's books of all time, and has become the favourite to children and adults alike. It follows Alice as she falls through a rabbit role into a strange world with talking animals and magical potions.An early example of this monumental piece of Victorian children's literature. Containing a previous owner's ink inscription to the front pastedown, dated 1874. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, cloth splitting to the joints, and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Shelf wear to the boards. Internally, hinges are starting. Pages from the front free-endpaper to page 8 are held by a single cord, and will likely detach with further handling. Remaining binding is very tender. Rear advert is detached but present. A few spots to the pages, more prominent to the first and last few pages, though pages are otherwise generally bright and clean. Good Only