Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [and] Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.

CARROLL, Lewis [pseudonym of DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] (1832-1898), [TENNIEL, John, illustrator].

London: Macmillan and Co., 1867 [and] 1873. [Children's illustrated] EARLY PRINTINGS, the seventh thousand and 37th thousand respectively. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[10] 192; pp.[10] 224 [4]. With in-text illustrations and a frontispiece by Tenniel to each volume. No ads at rear of first volume; one leaf to second volume. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, and gilt devices to boards. All edges gilt; dark navy endpapers. Bound by Burn, Kirby Street, with label on rear pastedown of first volume. An attractive, clean copy of 'Alice', showing a bit of a reading lean, and a little weakness at the centre of the binding. Cloth shows moderate general wear. Black ink ownership to 'Looking-Glass' dated 1876; recently re-backed, with the original cloth spine laid over, and the original boards. Repairs to hinges; spine toned and worn, with moderate general wear to boards. Very good. An early printing of the 1865/66 children's classic, featuring Tenniel's original illustrations. Item #67448

Price: £2,250.00