Alice's Adventures in Wonderland -- With laid in John Tenniel Signature
by Carroll, Lewis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Sacramento, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan And Company, 1871. Hardcover. Very Good. John Tenniel. Early printing with "Twenty-Seventh Thousand" stated on title page. Very good plus in original light red cloth with gilt titles and decoration, and gilt page edges (with small dark abrasion/stain along fore-edge). A touch of soiling to boards and minor rubbing to rear board, with very slightly sunned. Hinges firm and binding tight. Small bookseller labels at lower corners of front and rear pastedowns; pages are bright and clean throughout. Laid in is a clipped inscription mounted to a card, SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR JOHN TENNIEL: "Yours very truly, John Tenniel. July 9th 1906." A very attractive early copy of this classic, with the added bonus of Tenniel's rather scarce signature.
Synopsis
Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There , tell the story of a young girl in a fantasy world filled with peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. The classic tale of literary nonsense takes the reader on an exploration of logic and absurdities. The Alice books — sometimes combined or referred to with the abbreviated title Alice in Wonderland — have been translated into at least 97 languages with over a hundred different editions. The books have also been adapted numerous times into films (both live-action and cartoon), plays, and musicals.
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- Bookseller
- Magus Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8026
- Title
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland -- With laid in John Tenniel Signature
- Author
- Carroll, Lewis
- Illustrator
- John Tenniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan And Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1871
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- Gilt
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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