Alice's adventures in Wonderland : an 1865 printing re-described and newly identified as the publisher's "file copy" : with a revised and expanded census of the suppressed 1865 "Alice" compiled by Selwyn H. Goodacre : to which is Added. ....
by Justin G Schiller; Mary Graham Bonner; Selwyn H Goodacre; John Tenniel
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0962711004
- ISBN 13
- 9780962711008
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About This Item
Kingston, N.Y: Privately printed for the Jabberwock : For obtaining copies, Battledore, Ltd, 1990. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed Copy. 8 vo, (26cm.). dec covers, 109 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, facsimiles, CONTENTS: Introduction: A chronicle of episodes -- Description of the newly-identified Macmillan & Co. file copy of the 1865 Alice -- The bicissitudes of an 1865 Alice -- Past exhibitions of the 1865 Macmillan file copy -- Alice on exhibition, Philadelphia 1928 -- Alice in America / by Mary G. Bonner, New ork 1929 -- Further notes on the original publication of Alice -- The 1865 Alice: a revised and augmented census / by Selwyn H. Goodacre -- A census attempting to locate the original preliminary drawings by John Tennief for "Alice" and "Looking glass" -- A select bibliography. catalogued by Justin G. Schiller. With an errata slip. "The type face selected for this monograph is a modern interpretation of the 'Scotch' face used for the original printing of 'Alice's adventures in Wonderland'."--Colophon. Signed by Cataloguer Justin Schiller with an 8 line ink inscription: " For Helen & Peter Thomas- With Eternal Thansk for helping to convince meback in Graduate School 1966 that I quit my efforts to become an Academic & instead pursue a career with antiquarian books, from their old classmate Justin G. Schiller 19 XII, 04".
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- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
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- Title
- Alice's adventures in Wonderland : an 1865 printing re-described and newly identified as the publisher's "file copy" : with a revised and expanded census of the suppressed 1865 "Alice" compiled by Selwyn H. Goodacre : to which is Added. ....
- Author
- Justin G Schiller; Mary Graham Bonner; Selwyn H Goodacre; John Tenniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0962711004
- ISBN 13
- 9780962711008
- Publisher
- Privately printed for the Jabberwock : For obtaining copies, Battledore, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Kingston, N.Y
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 8 vo, (26cm.)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Carroll, Lewis, -- 1832-1898. -- Alice's adventures in Wonderland.,Carroll, Lewis, -- 1832-1898. -- Alice's adventures in Wonderland -- Bibliography.,Carroll, Lewis, -- 1832-1898. -- Alice's adventures in Wonderland -- Illustrations., Fantasy
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- Children's /Juvenile's;
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About Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
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