"A book worth reading is worth buying."
— John Ruskin

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1888-9. [Children's classics] Fifteenth thousand and Twelfth thousand respectively. THE PEOPLE'S EDITION. Two volumes, octavo (20 x 14cm). With illustrations by John Tenniel. Handsomely bound in modern half dark green morocco over original mid-green cloth covers pictorially stamped in black and red, with 'Mad Hatter' and 'Playing Card' characters tooled in gilt to the spine. A few minor marks with but generally clean and bright in an attractive recent leather binding. A fine presentation of these evergreen titles. Item #58744
Price: £650.00