Alice in Wonderland [bound together with;] Through The Looking-Glass. And what she found there. by CARROLL, Lewis - 1937-39

London: Macmillan and Co, Limited,, 1937-39. Bound with wonderful onlaid illustrations Late 1930s issues of the Alice books, in a handsome contemporary binding by Bayntun-Rivière bound in a single volume. Octavo (180 x 114 mm). Finely bound by Bayntun-Riviere in dark red crushed morocco, titles and elaborate decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, multi-coloured pictorial onlay of Alice with the Dodo to the front board and multi-coloured pictorial onlay of Alice with the Queen of Hearts to the back board, both onlays framed within gilt fillets and corner-pieces, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. With the original Tenniel illustrations. Some expert restoration to the joints, book block slightly bowed, some gilt loss to fore-edge. A very good copy.