THROUGH The LOOKING GLASS: HUMPTY DUMPTY
by CARROLL, LEWIS
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- NEAR FINE-/N/A
- Seller
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Amenia, New York, United States
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TRULY RARE! TRUE FIRST PRINTING, FIRST SERIES (CHILDREN'S STORIES THAT NEVER GROW OLD) ! -- REILLY & BRITTON -- RELEASED JUST BEFORE THE 2-STORY RED-BOOK SERIES... WIZARD of OZ ILLUSTRATOR, REILLY & BRITTON , FIRST EDITION / ONLY PRINTING!! Very Delicate Book, Nice Blue cover surround, with Circular inset of Alice & Humpty on the Wall -- Very Good+/Near Fine- Condition, with slight edge and corner wear & a bit of spine cover paper scuffing, but Stapled Binder holding well. Complete in 29 pages plus those wonderful Full Color illustrated end papers, with several Fairy Tale & Nursery Rhyme characters, even Little Black Sambo. ( Belongs too block completed with faint inscription -- only Marks). NO DAMAGE, NO REPAIRS! Reilly & Britton's FIRST, PRINTING, having 8 Full page Color Illustrations, plus Color Illustrated Title page. . TRULY RARE in this First Series / FIRST PRINTING!! No Examples that I could find elsewhere!! Here's your chance to BUY A TRULY RARE BOOK in COLLECTIBLE CONDITION -- NO OTHERS ON THE NET!
Synopsis
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) is a work of children's literature by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), generally categorized as literary nonsense. It is the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865).
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- Bookseller
- RARE KIDS BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 584
- Title
- THROUGH The LOOKING GLASS
- Author
- CARROLL, LEWIS
- Illustrator
- J.R. NEILL
- Format/Binding
- NEAR FINE-
- Book Condition
- Used - NEAR FINE-
- Jacket Condition
- N/A
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST / FIRST
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- REILLY & BRITTON
- Place of Publication
- CHICAGO
- Date Published
- 1908
- Pages
- 36
- Size
- 4" x 6"
- Weight
- 2.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ALL COLOR, BLUE COVER, ONLY PRINTING, SINGLE TITLE
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RARE KIDS BOOKS
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