Alice s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, First Edition (359 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. In 1865 Macmillan printed this book in England and recalled it because John Tenniel, the illustrator considered the printing of the illustrations unsatisfactory. After consulting with Tenniel, Lewis Carroll authorized Macmillan to sell 1,952 bound copies to Appleton in New York with a new title page replacing Macmillan with D. Appleton and dated 1866. The new title page was tipped onto the excised stub of the Macmillan 1865 edition. Top edge and fore edge gilt. A few small waterspots on the front cover. The half title page has some writing on it and the lower fore edge corner has had a professional repair of the lower fore edge corner not affection the text. Spine a little darkened otherwise a tight copy. Michael Hancher, author of The Tenniel Illustrations to the "Alice" Books was in the shop this summer and examined our copy of this book. There is a census of the extant copies of the 1866 Appleton Alice as announced by John Lindseth in PBSA some time ago that is still a work in progress. He goes on to say, "Extant copies of what has become known as "The Appleton Alice" have turned out to become quite elusive. The British Library is the only institutional holder found in the UK. Some seventy institutional holders are found in the United States and Canada and one in Switzerland. Fewer than twenty private holders have been identified. Our copy may add one to that small number. In his note Lindseth distinguishes four different states of the text, which apparently have no priority. Hancher goes on in his email to write, "I also attach two pages from the new chapter about "Printing" in the revised edition of my Tenniel book. Apparently the image quality for the illustrations of the suppressed Macmillan printing of 1865 (which got recycled as the Appleton edition of 1866) varies from copy to copy and image to image, depending on how much ink leaked through from the printing on the other side of a particular leaf. Tenniel must have been given - and rejected - one of the worse copies. Had he been given your copy he might not have balked." 1st American edition / Ist edition, second issue.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition, 1866 First Published Printing, FIRST STATE: A very good, and internally clean hardcover copy, with the original red cloth covered boards with the original tissue guard. FIRST STATE with the Inverted S;on the last line of the contents page, and;page 30 numbered as page 3. The 1866 edition is the unofficial second edition, but is considered the official first published edition of the book, as the 1865 edition was recalled.;Of the copies showing 1865 on the title page, only 23 copies survived and only 5 of those are in private hands, the rest are in public institutions.Macmillan quickly reprinted the book using this 1866 title page, with copies available as early as November 1865, making this the first edition available for purchase at bookstores. This copy is the First printing, First issue with page 30 numbered as page 3, FIRST STATE with the inverted S; in the last line of the Contents page.It is in a very good condition. The book has been recased some time ago, with all the original cloth laid back down. The original tissue guard remains present but the light blue end papers were replaced with period brown coated end papers. The copy is extremely clean internally withOUT the often found handling marks, withOUT foxing or stains, and withOUT the cracked or broken hinges. The book has no owner names and no inscriptions. Accompanied by a red morocco and marbled clamshell box. ADDITIONAL SET OF IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our store for other landmark titles.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. First American issue. A beautiful copy. The book is bound in the publisher's RED cloth and is rich in color with some repair. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean, with no writing marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy housed in a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation. We buy Lewis Carroll First Editions.

First editions. Two volumes. Finely bound by Charles Elsden Gladstone in elaborately decorated full brown morocco, the spines with five raised bands and titles in gilt. Gilt decorated inner boards, marbled endpapers. Binder's initials stamped in gilt to the lower inner front board. All edges gilt. The publisher's cloth bound in as the front and rear pastedown of Through the Looking Glass. Illustrated with frontispieces and 90 illustrations across the two volumes by John Tenniel. The four page leaflet 'To All Child Readers of Alice In Wonderland', originally issued loosely laid in to first editions of Through the Looking Glass, has been retained and bound in. Some spotting and a couple of tiny closed tears to the margins of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, otherwise a fine set. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is the first published edition, the second overall: the book was originally printed in Oxford at the Clarendon Press in June 1865, but was suppressed when Carroll heard that the book's illustrator was dissatisfied with the quality of the printing. He recalled the few pre-publication copies he had sent out to his friends and donated them to hospitals, where most perished. Only 23 of those original "1865 Alices" are now extant, mostly in institutional holdings, thus creating one of the most famous black tulips of book collecting. The book was entirely reset by Richard Clay for the present authorized Macmillan edition, the earliest edition that can be realistically obtained. Although dated 1866, the edition was in fact ready by November 1865, in time for the Christmas market, and was published in a print run of 4,000 copies. The copy of Through the Looking-Glass is the first edition; like its predecessor, it was published for the Christmas market and bears the following year's date in its imprint. It was actually published in December 1871, in an edition of 9,000 copies. Charles Elsden Gladstone (1855-1919), the creator of these exquisite bindings, had a long and distinguished naval career, during which he rose through the ranks from Midshipman to Commander. Service papers record his expertise in advanced submarine weaponry and photography. That he was reportedly engaged in covert intelligence gathering recently prompted P. J. M. Marks, the British Library's Curator of Western Bookbindings, to refer to Gladstone as "a bookbinding James Bond", 007 another ex-Navy Commander with access to cutting edge technology and working undercover. Gladstone's bookbinding activities his overcover work, if you will appear to have been a labour of love, there being no evidence that he profited, or sought to, from such work (his navy salary and pension were both generous). While researching Gladstone, Marks was unable to uncover the origins or development of his impeccable craftsmanship, skills ordinarily requiring years of apprenticeship under an established binder. Marks did, however, find Gladstone's name "included in the annals of specialist societies relating to microscopy and optical magic lanterns, interests which suggest he had a keen eye and feeling for accuracy." And an eye for accuracy was clearly imperative for the intricacy and precision of Gladstone's elaborately tooled book designs, each stamped discreetly with the initials C. E. G. in gilt to the verso (undercover) of their upper boards. (P. J. M. Marks, 'The mysterious Captain Gladstone, RN a bookbinding James Bond?' The British Library 'Untold Lives' blog, 28 May 2020) Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Early edition with sixty-second thousand stated on the title page of this classic work, boldly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Edith Mary Alice Berkeley from the Author, May 15/80." Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, all edges gilt, publisher's cloth s, all edges gilt, housed inÂa modern scarlet morocco slipcase and chemise. 7 1/8 x 4 1/2Âinches (18 x 12 cm); 192 pp., [2] pp. ads, half-title; electrotyped frontispiece, and 42 illustrations from the woodcuts by Dalziel after John Tenniel. In near fine condition. From the library of actor William E. Self, with his book label on the front pastedown. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and slipcase. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed. Alice's Adventures were "born on a golden afternoon" in July 1862, when the Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) took the three small daughters of Dean Liddell of Christ Church on a boating trip up the Isis. Carroll delighted the three children by relating Alice's adventures, and eventually promised his favorite among the three, Alice Liddell, to write the story down for her. Through the Looking-Glass can be seen as a mirror image of the Alice's Adventures. For example, the latter begins outdoors in the warmth of May 4 and uses the imagery of playing cards, while the former begins indoors on a snowy, cold November 4 and uses the imagery of chess. "The two Alice books completed the reinstatement of the imagination, so long disapproved of by the opponents of fairy stories, to its proper place. 'Alice is, in a word, a book of that extremely rare kind which will belong to all the generations to come until the language becomes obsolete'" (Carpenter & Prichard, 102).

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Some foxing. Original cloth professionally and neatly re-cased, slightly darker on spine. All edges gilt. First edition, first issue with page '30' as '3' A very good copy of the extremely rare first edition.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Tenniel, John (illustrator). First Edition. With 42 black and white illustrations by John Tenniel. First edition, second issue (with suppressed first UK sheets and new title page); with variant B title page with the 'b' in 'bye' directly above the "T" in "Tenniel." Finely bound in red morocco by Bayntun-Riviere (signed by binder to front turn-in), with an illustration of Alice to the front board in gilt, illustration of the Cheshire Cat to the rear board in gilt, spine with five raised bands, lettered, decorated, and ruled in gilt, all edges gilt, wide turn-ins, and marbled endpapers. About fine, with minimal spotting to some pages, and contemporary gift inscription to verso of half-title page. Overall, a magnificently bound copy of the earliest obtainable issue of Alice. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland tells the story of a young and exceedingly rational girl who falls through a rabbit hole into a surreal world filled with strange and fanciful characters, including the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, and Mock Turtle. The story culminates in a court trial at the behest of the bloodthirsty Queen of Hearts, with Alice being called as a witness. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote the nonsensical story under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll for 10-year-old Alice Liddell, who was a frequent subject of his revolutionary portrait photography. A well of inspiration and fascination for readers for more than 150 years, the book was ranked number two on the BBC's 100 Greatest Children's Books of All Time poll in 2023. The true first issue of Alice was published by Macmillan in London in a print run of 2,000 copies, but was quickly suppressed because neither author nor artist approved of the quality of the reproductive illustrations. Macmillan sold its remaining pages to Appleton in New York, who bound this second issue with a cancel title page. Aside from the new title, the Appleton Alice agrees with all textual issues of the 1865 Alice, including the slight variants on page [5] and [6], which neither indicate collecting priority nor earlier printing. Similarly, the slightly different Appleton title pages are the result of the book being "printed in pairs from two nominally identical settings of type." Only a handful of the true first issues survived (many were donated to children's hospitals), making the Appleton Alice highly sought after by collectors.

With forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel (illustrator). Octavo. [xii], 192, [iv]. 7"x 5.25" Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was first published in 1865 by Macmillan and Co, but after only a few of the two thousand copies were fully published, the edition was suppressed when John Tenniel complained about the poor paper quality and their effect on the printings of his illustrations. Macmillan sold the remaining sheets to the American publisher Appleton, which they used to make this edition and which definitively precedes the second edition, printed in the UK by Macmillan in 1866. All points of issue mentioned in Williams confirms. The story was inspired by a boat trip on the 4th of July with Robinson Duckworth and the three young daughters of Henry Liddell: Lorina, Alice, and Edith. Under the insistence of Alice, Carroll wrote down the story he told them while they were rowing on the river. Carroll received further encouragement to seek publication of his story by George Macdonald's family, whose children enjoyed the story. In honor of the original audience of Alice's adventure, Carroll based characters on them. Aside from Alice as her namesake throughout the book, in chapter three, A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale, the Duck represents Duckworth, the Lory Lorina, the Eaglet Edith, and the Dodo Carroll himself, stemming from his real name Charles Dodgson. This copy includes a period inscription on the front fly, dated two years after publication: "Little Laura from Aunt Lizzie on her fifth birthday, Staten Island 1868." [Williams 10. Williams, Madan, Green, & Crutch 44]. Slight bow to boards, minor spots rubbing to text block edges with small nick to fore edge effecting pp 75-108 but not the text, small chips to upper corners pp 43-50, closed tear middle of pp 65-66, faint spots of darkening sparsely throughout text, overall a near fine, tight copy in beautiful binding with bright gilt, in custom mylar. Rebound in 20th-century full crushed red morocco with gilt rules and decorations, raised spine bands decoratively gilt, inner and outer dentelle, with marbled endpapers and text block edges First edition, second issue (comprising the sheets of the suppressed 1865 printing, with cancel title page dated 1866).

First UK edition to be regularly published of ALICE IN WONDERLAND (after the suppressed 1865 edition) and first edition of THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS with correct first-issue/printing point present on p.21, "wade" for "wabe" [Williams 10 & 21, respectively]. Each volume finely bound in gilt-stamped full red leather with Alice-themed tooling to front covers and spines; leather turn-ins; marbled endpapers; and all edges gilt. First volume shows faint name at head of title page, occasional finger smudge to margins, shadows of old tape repairs to half title and several other small tape repairs to margins throughout; the second volume shows a very faint name to head of half-title but is otherwise fine. Altogether a very good to near fine set that is beautifully presented in bindings that are quite fine. Housed together in red cloth-covered slipcase with ribbon pull.

First published edition of this timeless work. The edition comprised 4,000 copies issued in November 1865 with a post-dated title page. Dodgson suppressed the original edition of 2,000 copies due to poor printing quality, and those sheets, printed in June 1865, were sold to Appleton's for publication in America one year later with a cancel title page. The volume has the inverted "S" on the last line of the contents page and page 30 correctly numbered. Grolier Children's 100, 35; Lovett A22.1; Magill I, pp. 7-16; Printing and the Mind of Man 354; Williams, Madan, Green, & Crutch 46. Octavo (185 x 115 mm). Frontispiece, line drawings in the text, by John Tenniel. Late 20th-century red morocco, spine lettered and framed in gilt, twin gilt rule to covers and turn-ins, corners of board edges decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Contemporary gift inscription on half-title. Occasional finger-soiling and light foxing, some repaired marginal tears, upper outer corner of pp. 163/4 renewed. A very good copy.

First edition in German, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title, "Margaret Evelyn Hardy, from the Author". The first foreign language translation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was published in February 1869 before a French translation of August 1869. The original English text was first published in 1866. Williams, Madan, Green, and Crutch praise the illustrations in this edition and note "the reproductions of the woodcuts in this German edition are excellent, and bear comparison with those in any other issue of Alice in Wonderland". The contents listing exactly copied the pagination of the English edition so that for every chapter except the first, the page numbers are incorrect. Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook, (1814-1906) became known to Carroll's Oxford circle in 1865 when he was nominated to stand in the Oxford University constituency. There were three candidates: William Gladstone, William Heathcote and Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy. Carroll records signing a voting paper in his diary for 10 July and Jackson's Oxford Journal for 15 July notes that "Dr Dodson [sic], of Christ Church" voted for Gladstone. The final result was Heathcote 1331, Gathorne-Hardy 767, and Gladstone 735 votes. The election prompted Carroll to write his Dynamics of a Particle (1865) comprising a satirical pamphlet masquerading as a mathematical treatise in which chapter two refers to the contest between Gathorne-Hardy and Gladstone. The politician was responsible for Carroll's admittance to the public area of the House of Commons on 8 April 1867, and when Gathorne-Hardy visited Oriel College, Oxford, Carroll invited him to Christ Church to have his photograph taken. Carroll noted in his diary on 10 June 1867 "He had not long to spare, but I succeeded in taking two pictures of him, neither of them, I fear, particularly successful". Gathorne-Hardy had married Jane Orr in 1838 and they were to have four sons and five daughters. On 24 June 1867 the politician wrote to Carroll stating "my little girl's names are Margaret Evelyn, and I am sure she would dearly treasure Alice in English and French, but has no right to tax you for both". At the time of writing, there were no foreign language translations. A correspondence between the two men commenced and, in time, Carroll certainly sent both English and French editions of Alice. This inscription in an unrequested German translation is previously unknown (unrecorded by Carlson and Eger). Another hand other than Carroll's has added the date of 1871. Carroll continued to send copies of his books to Margaret: she also received an inscribed copy of Through the Looking-Glass dated Christmas 1871 and a copy of The Hunting of the Snark with an inscription dated 24 April 1876. Carroll's diary entry for 12 September 1877 records a visit by the author to the Hardy family to "meet Evelyn again (she is now 'Miss Evelyn')" when he "walked on the Parade with Mrs. Hardy and Misses K. and E." Williams, Madan, Green, and Crutch 71; Carlson and Eger, Dodgson at Auction 1893-1999, 1999. Octavo. Frontispiece and 42 illustrations by John Tenniel. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial roundels and triple-line borders to covers in gilt, brown coated endpapers, binder's label ("Burn & Co") to rear pastedown, all edges gilt. Some fading and bubbling to covers, spine slightly soiled, corners slightly bumped, minor restoration to spine and hinges, some browning and foxing throughout; a very good copy.

Limited edition, number 496 of 1,130 copies, signed by the illustrator together with a miniature drawing of the Mad Hatter. The majority of copies of this issue are unsigned, as Rackham was out of the country while it was in preparation. This was the first Rackham book with the plates distributed at the appropriate places throughout the text, rather than gathered at the end. Many illustrated editions swiftly entered the market after the copyright for Carroll's classic expired in 1907. Although the book was "so completely identified with the drawings by John Tenniel that it seemed to many critics almost blasphemous for anyone to attempt to prepare alternatives" (Hudson, pp. 70-2), Rackham's edition immediately lived up to expectations and is one of the few that has endured. Latimore & Haskell, p. 29; Riall, p. 77. Derek Hudson, Arthur Rackham, His Life and Work, 1975. Quarto. Frontispiece and 12 plates, all in colour and tipped to brown art paper, with tissue guards captioned in brown, as issued, uncoloured illustrations in the text all by Arthur Rackham. Original white cloth, spine and front cover lettered and with vignettes in gilt, illustrated endpapers, top edge gilt. Housed in a custom black morocco backed folding green cloth box. Spine a little toned, slight soiling to rear cover, browning to free endpapers (as usual): a near-fine copy.

First edition, first printing, first issue with black coated endpapers, inscribed by the author; 8vo (190 x 135 mm); thirty-seven engravings based on illustrations, in-line drawings and full-page plates, inscription in ink to half-title; publisher's red cloth triple ruled in gilt, gilt-embossed vignette depicting mock-turtle to lower board, all edges gilt, toned spine, minor marks to boards, otherwise very good indeed; [viii], 96pp, [1], [2]ads. A rare, inscribed copy, this title offers the reader an opportunity to make a comparison between Tenniel's illustrations with those by the author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. TENNIEL John 1820-1914 (illustrator). 1st Edition. The second, first published edition, 1866 In the original publishers gilt red cloth, 3 circular lines containing a picture of Alice holding the Pig on the upper cover with the Cheshire Cat to the back cover, a little rubbed & soiled, cloth worn at some extremities. Professionally re-spined, old laid down, gilt titles. Internally, half-title, frontispiece, [10], [1], 2-192 pp, frontis, with tissue guard, + 42 illustrations by John Tenniel, a couple of short tears, some foxing, pale blue endpapers (earliest state), hinges with signs of repair, a.e.g. Housed in a custom red half morocco over red cloth drop-back- box, gilt titles to spine, gilt titles to morocco label to upper cover. (193*126 mm). (Crutch 46. Madan 33. Williams 10). A better than usual copy of Alice with an ownership inscription on half-title dated in the year of publication ( M.A. Watson Binfield 1866) + a bookplate to fpd (Latham). The contents 'S' is normal whilst page 30 is correctly numbered. Dodgson, author, mathematician, and photographer, whose writing meant a great deal to him; writing was the main course by which he could do something for others, to fulfil a deep religious desire to contribute something to humanity-it was his offering to God. After resigning his mathematical lectureship in 1881, at the age of forty-nine (he retained his studentship and resident privileges at Christ Church to the end), he devoted himself primarily to his writing. Often standing at his upright desk (he calculated that he could stand and write for ten hours a day), he turned out a myriad of works. See ODNB.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST LONDON EDITION. 1 vol., 7-11/16" x 5-1/2", final 'S' on the contents page inverted, page '30' numbered '3', illustrated by John Tenniel. Bound in fine full red morocco, in the style of the original cloth, gilt Alice and pig to front cover and the Cheshire cat to rear cover, covers ruled in gilt, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, both blue endpapers bound in, the front blue endpaper with a gift inscription dated Christmas 1866, original cloth covers and spine bound in the rear, by Bayntun. Internally clean and bright, A FINE COPY.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing, first issue with black coated endpapers. Inscribed by Lewis Carroll on the half-title page, "Mabel Marriott, from the Author. Dec. 3/92." [xvi], 96, [3, ads] pp with 37 illustrations by the author. Bound in publisher's red cloth tripled ruled and lettered in gilt with circular portrait of the Mock Turtle stamped at the rear board; all edges gilt. Very Good with slight shelf lean, darkening to spine, light wear to extremities and light soiling to cloth. Small abrasion to front pastedown, tape ghosts to prelims and terminals, several hinges slightly exposed. A lovely signed copy of Carroll's facsimile manuscript that inspired the author to pen Alice in Wonderland. The original manuscript, bound and illustrated by Carroll, was gifted to Alice Liddell and her two sisters, Edith and Lorina. Alice kept the original manuscript until 1928 when she was forced to sell it to cover her husband's funeral costs. Excludes several iconic segments, including the tea party scene that wasn't added until the first published edition. Signed. Herbert-Williams 194.

Condition: Near Fine. First Published British Edition. First published edition, second overall which follows the suppressed British edition. First issue with the inverted "S" in the last line of the Contents page. Bound in dark blue morocco with five raised bands and spine lettered in gilt; gilt dentelles with marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Housed in a quarter leather over buckram cloth slipcase. With 42 illustrations by John Tenniel. Near Fine with light sunning to spine and modest wear at extremities. Armorial bookplate at front pastedown, light foxing to preliminaries, and small repair to edge of 97-98 p. Light toning and faint age staining to contents; vintage auction record tipped in at rear blank. Light rubbing and foxing to slipcase. A lovely first authorized edition of the fantasy classic, arguably the most important and most read work of children's literature. This edition was entirely reset by Richard Clay for this authorized Macmillan edition which, although dated 1866, was in fact ready by November 1865, in time for the Christmas market. The unused Oxford sheets were sold to Appleton's for use in their New York edition, published the following summer. Williams10.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. HARDBACKNODJ, 1ST EDITION , 1866 ON TITLE PG, .FIRST LONDON EDITION. SECOND 1ST PUBLISHED EDITION SINCE 1865 WAS RECALLED. VG-, AS -IS, Final 'S' on the contents page is correctly printed, page '30' numbered '3'. 192 PGS NO ADS IN BACK, ORIGINAL Red Cloth binding 3 circular lines containing a picture of Alice holding the Pig on the upper cover with the Cheshire Cat to the back cover, REBACKED, Preserving Original covers with small stain and spine which has tears chips wear. Wear to exterior with some marks/stains. All edges GOLD gilt. RECENT endpapers, half-title with pencil name. Pages are complete with illustrations throughout. Age toning and the odd mark/spot here and there, otherwise pages are generally clean , TINY CORNER STAIN WEAR FRONT BTM RIGHT , The first published edition, re-set from a copy of the recalled first issue. 3 circular lines containing a picture of Alice holding the Pig on the upper cover with the Cheshire Cat to the back cover, a little rubbed , 192 PGS,

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. In-folio, en feuilles, couverture toilée marron souple. Le plus fameux roman de Lewis Carroll illustré par le maître Salvador Dali. Il est orné d'une gravure originale en frontispice signée dans la planche et de 12 héliogravures en couleurs de Salvador Dali. Signé au crayon sur la page de titre et numéroté au colophon. Bel exemplaire. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Full leather. John Tenniel (illustrator). This is the first printing of the first published edition in a magnificent fine binding by Morrell. The exceptional full red Morocco goatskin binding closely echoes but dramatically improves upon the original publisher's cloth. The covers feature the same triple gilt rule borders with the same triple gilt circled portraits of Alice cradling a pig on the center front cover and the Cheshire Cat on the center rear cover. The spine features raised, gilt-decorated spine bands. The second and third compartments, each single gilt rule bordered, are respectively printed with the title and author. The first, fourth, fifth, and sixth panels are double gilt rule bordered and decorated with alternating gilt rabbit and gilt card hand illustrations (the latter featuring the Queen of Hearts, Ace of Clubs, and Five of Diamonds). The cover edges are gilt decorated. The foot of the spine is gilt-printed "1866" within a single gilt-ruled border. The spine ends are gilt-hatched. The contents are bound with all edges gilt, red and gold silk head and tail bands, and marbled endpapers framed by elaborately gilt-ruled and tooled turn-ins. Condition of the binding is near fine, unfaded and sharp-cornered, with only incidental hints of shelf wear and a few trivial blemishes.The lower turn-in of the rear pastedown is gilt-stamped "BOUND BY MORRELL". The bookbinding firm Morrell was originally founded by W.T. Morrell in 1861 and taken over by his son, W.J. Morrell, in 1887, who subsequently brought his brother, John Morrell, into partnership. Soon thereafter, the firm reportedly employed 50 people, binding all their work by hand, with gilding and marbling also done in house. The lovely contents are equal to their binding, bright, clean, and complete, including all forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel, with no appreciable soiling, spotting, or toning. First printing is confirmed by no notation of further printings on the title page present (found from the third printing on), as well as presence of three characters missing in the second printing: p.21, line 10 has the opening quote before the word "Come"; p.30 is correctly paginated rather than being misnumbered "3"; p.37 has the close quote after the word "breath". Lovett speculates the differences are attributable to "missing type, likely to have fallen out" between the first and second printings. First state is indicated by the inverted "S" in "ALICE'S" on the final line of the contents page. This is the first edition published, even though it is the second actually printed. The first edition printed, "familiarly known to book-collectors as the '1865 Alice', was printed at the Oxford University Press" in May and June 1865 and "at the last moment cancelled by the author. because of what was considered the poor printing of Sir John Tenniel's almost equally famous illustrations. The few early copies sent out were recalled. The book was then reprinted, by Clay, with the title-page re-dated 1866 [though published on 18 November 1865, rendering the '1865 Alice' moniker a bit confusing], and this constitutes the first regularly published edition." Sheets of the suppressed 1965 printing were given new title pages for publication by Appleton's of New York and did not go on sale until December 1866, a year after publication of this first published edition.Lewis Carroll, the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898) made numerous published contributions to mathematics and politics, publishing his first book at the age of 28. Exhaustively titled A Syllabus of Plane Algebraical Geometry, Systematically Arranged, with Formal Definitions, Postulates, and Axioms, this work may have inadvertently triggered Carroll's gift for encapsulating the plausibly ridiculous. Despite his scholarly career and publications, it was Alice's Adventures in Wonderland that would introduce and define him to posterity. Akin to how the fictional story begins, the real one started when Carroll had to come up with an impromptu tale to entertain a child while sitting along a river bank. Carroll's famous protagonist was based on the young Alice Pleasance Hargreaves, nee Liddell (1852-1934), whose father Henry George Liddell became the new dean of Christ's Church, where Carroll lectured on mathematics. Alice's adventures "abound in characters the White Knight, the Red Queen, the Mad Hatter, Humpty Dumpty who are part of everybody's mental furniture. And the philosophic profundity of scores, if not hundreds, of these characters' observations, long household words wherever English is spoken, gains mightily from the delicious fantasy of their setting."Reference: PMM 354; Lovett A22; ODNB; MFLIBRA First printing of the first published edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. One of 2500 numbered copies signed by Dali on the title page. With original color etching frontispiece and 12 color plates. Folio, measuring 17 x 11 1/2 inches. Loose signatures housed in a cloth folder within a morocco-backed cloth box. Light wear to the box. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Maecenas Press/Random House, New York, 1969. Illustrations by Salvador Dali.of a signed limited edition of 2500 copies , issued as a portfolio containing 12 color wood engravings and a color etching. Signed by the illustrator on the title page. Signed by Dali on the title page, with an original etched frontispiece in four colors signed in the plate, and 12 color heliogravures each with an original remarque. Press/Random House, New York, 1969. Illustrations by Salvador Dali. 1147 of a signed limited edition of 2500 copies , issued as a portfolio containing 12 color wood engravings and a color etching. Signed by the illustrator on the title page. twelve full page color heliogravures. Interior contents bright, clean and fresh. Spine of morocco case lovely copy to beige cloth of folding case. Loose as issued in original brown cloth chemise, quarter morocco folding case original bone closures. Signed by Author(s).

Limited illustrated edition of Lewis Carroll's beloved children's classic, signed by and with twelve illustrations by Salvador Dali. Folio, loose portfolio as issued in original brown silk chemise decorated in gilt, illustrated with an original three-color etching as aÂfrontispiece and 12 striking full-page color photogravures (heliogravures) after DalÃ's original gouache paintings. One of 2500 numbered copies signed by Salvador Dali on the title page. Housed in the original tan leather-backed clamshell case, lacking imitation bone clasps. In very good condition. âDalÃâs images have become icons of the fantastic, signposts (not maps) that point the way inward to that realmâ (Clute & Grant, 246). This magnificent production, printed on Mandeure paper, contains an original three-color etching as a frontispiece and 12 striking full-page color photogravures (heliogravures) after Daliâs original gouache paintings (Michler & LÃ psinger).

192 pp. With Forty-two Illustrations by John Tenniel. 12mo, in a modern designer binding in full inlaid morocco, a.e.g. by Starr Bookworks. Preserved in a custom quarter morocco slipcase and chemise. First American edition, first printing; second issue with the cancel Appleton title page. 1 x 2" section of the upper right corner of the title page expertly replaced (owner's name removed?) This copy has the title page with the "B" in the second "By" above and slightly to the right of the "T" in "Tenniel," and the hyphen in "Rabbit-hole" on the Contents page. No priority for these variants has been reliably established.

Finely bound early printing of Carroll's beloved children's classic. Octavo, bound in full dark green crushed levant morocco by Kelliegram with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, yellow silk endpapers. Mutli-colored pictorial morocco onlay to the front panel with the Mad Hatter at the center surrounded by four smaller depictions of Father William's Son, the Dodo, the Mock Turtle and the Duchess. Mutli-colored pictorial morocco onlay to the rear panel with the White Rabbit at the center surrounded by four smaller depictions of the Mouse, the Duck, the Eaglet, and the Cheshire Cat. With 42 black and white illustrations by John Tenniel including the tissue-guarded frontispiece. In near fine condition, inscription to the second free endpaper. An exceptional presentation. Alice's Adventures were "born on a golden afternoon" in July 1862, when the Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) took the three small daughters of Dean Liddell of Christ Church on a boating trip up the Isis. Carroll delighted the three children by relating Alice's adventures, and eventually promised his favorite among the three, Alice Liddell, to write the story down for her. "The two Alice books completed the reinstatement of the imagination, so long disapproved of by the opponents of fairy stories, to its proper place. âAlice is, in a word, a book of that extremely rare kind which will belong to all the generations to come until the language becomes obsoleteâ" (Carpenter & Prichard, 102).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. John Tenniel (illustrator). First edition. The sixth thousand of Lewis Carroll's highly influential work of Victorian children's literature, illustrated throughout by John Tenniel. An exceptionally early impression of Lewis Carroll's beloved children's tale.The sixth thousand of this work, published two years after the first impression.With forty-two charming illustrations from John Tenniel, depicting the many much-loved scenes including The Mad Hatter's Tea Party and The White Rabbit looking at his pocket watch. Frontispiece retaining the original tissue guard. Collated, complete.Upon the original publication of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1865, Tenniel was far more well-known than Carroll, owing to his successful career as an illustrator and cartoonist, including many pieces for the satirical periodical 'Punch'.Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) was a mathematician and author best known for this work, and its sequel 'Alice Through the Looking-Glass'.Rebacked, with endpapers renewed.Former owner's inscription to half title head.The work is credited as perhaps the greatest example of literary nonsense. Whilst the work was meant for children (indeed the tale was originally told to a friend's daughter, Alice Liddell) the word play, logic and fantastical themes present have interested and delighted scholars since its publication. Rebacked, in the publisher's original cloth binding, retaining the original boards. Endpapers renewed. Externally, exceptionally lovely. Inscription to half title head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and exceptionally bright, with the odd spot, most concentrated to perimeters of first few leaves. Very Good Indeed. book.

First Rackham edition. Edition de Luxe, one of 1100 copies printed on handmade paper. Large 4to. Publisher's full white buckram, with gilt titles and vignettes. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Housed in publisher's original card slipcase. A very near fine, clean copy, with just a hint of toning to the spine and the odd spot to contents, but exceptionally clean by the standards of this book. The book protected by the slightly edge worn original slipcase. Pictorial endpapers. Thirteen colour plates mounted onto brown art paper and protected by captioned tissue guards. In addition there are lots of charming line drawings. The story of Alice had a special resonance with Rackham, as he wrote, "My experiences of the book are absolutely delightful. it was read aloud to us (3 about the same age, 11, 10, 9) sat by my father & and at once became a household word. It is possible that my father's appreciation of it helped us children too. It was read with full dramatic effect, the songs sung and so forth". Certainly Rackham's Alice is beautifully drawn, fresh faced and rosy-cheeked, her sense of wonder clearly apparent. Carroll's fantasy world is perfectly suited to Rackham's humour and vivid imagination, making this a most appealing interpretation of Alice.

Full Leather Binding. First Trade Edition, Second Printing. First edition, second printing with "FIFTH THOUSAND" and the year 1867 on the title page. Measuring approximately 7.5" x 5", with 192 numbered pages. Recently bound in a fine leather binding. This book is in very good condition. The recent fine binding is very well preserved. Textblock has scattered soiling and foxing. It details the story of a girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatures. It is seen as an example of the literary nonsense genre. The artist John Tenniel provided 42 wood-engraved illustrations for the book. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # (P2-2).

Octavo, two volumes, uniformly bound in full red morocco, all edges gilt, gilt titles and tooling to the spines, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, original cloth bindings tipped in to rear of each volume. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is an early printing. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There is an early printing. Illustrated by John Tenniel, text illustrated. A very nice set. Alice's Adventures were "born on a golden afternoon" in July 1862, when the Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) took the three small daughters of Dean Liddell of Christ Church on a boating trip up the Isis. Carroll delighted the three children by relating Alice's adventures, and eventually promised his favorite among the three, Alice Liddell, to write the story down for her. Through the Looking-Glass can be seen as a mirror image of the Alice's Adventures. For example, the latter begins outdoors in the warmth of May 4 and uses the imagery of playing cards, while the former begins indoors on a snowy, cold November 4 and uses the imagery of chess. "The two Alice books completed the reinstatement of the imagination, so long disapproved of by the opponents of fairy stories, to its proper place. 'Alice is, in a word, a book of that extremely rare kind which will belong to all the generations to come until the language becomes obsolete'" (Carpenter & Prichard, 102).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The First UK printing of this illustrated edition published by Cassell and Company, Ltd, London in 1907. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. 179 pages, b/w plates and text illustrations, 8 colour plates. Top edge gilt. All of the pages and colour plates are present Light wear at the top and bottom of the spine, with mild rubbing at the corners and edges. The gilt decoration to the front cover and spine remains very bright. Free from bookplates and inscriptions. Some spotting and age related marking to the prelims, text block and page edges due to the quality of the paper stock used. The plates remain clean and vibrant. Wonderfully illustrated throughout by Charles Robinson. The book is protected in a removable Mylar archival cover. An extremely elusive title to find as the first issue and complete. The reprints of this work (from 1913 onwards) were issued in a much smaller format. Collectible. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.