ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. -- And -- THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS,AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE. by CARROLL. LEWIS. ; Tenniel. John. Illustrates

Country Life,Ltd.London. 1926. FIRST EDITION.8vo.(8.5 x 7 inches).Decorated initial letters to each chapter.A very good copy in a fine early binding by Bumpus of London.Half tan calf,spine with raised bands and twin light and dark brown labels,gilt.Marbled paper on boards.Circular brown calf label,with owners initials,on front board.Marbled endpapers.Top edge gilt,others untrimmed.Previous owners small neat inscription "C.M.H from K.M.H" on front blank endpaper.Some minor rubbing to extremities but overall a very good copy of this interesting book.In the introduction the author reveals his thoughts on dining. "Really intense and progressive people count the calories in carrots and the vitamins in veal and advise us to live on raw cabbage.This book is not for them,but for the bad lots who openly admit that they like the pleasures of the table and who enjoy life".

John Major, London.,1824. SECOND MAJOR EDITION. Illustrated with 14 copper engraved plates and several woodcuts throughout the text. Two small patches of browning affecting the top outer corner of ten leaves, otherwise a very good copy in fine nineteenth century binding by Thomson of Exeter, with binders ticket on front paste down. Full tan calf, raised bands, compartments fully gilt. Red title label, gilt. Boards with double blind ruled and one gilt ruled borders. Marbled endpapers. School prize plate on front paste down shows that this copy was given as a prize in January 1842. Previous owners name(dated 1881) and ink name stamp on blank endpapers. Front hinge neatly repaired. Some minor rubbing to edges but generally a very good copy in an attractive nineteenth century binding.:

Boots the Chemist. ND.,(1927). NEW EDITION. 4to (10.1 x 8.1 inches). Sixteen full colour plates, mounted within a black ruled border. Each plate with the title printed below the border. 95 line illustrations throughout, some full page. Previous owners neat name on front blank endpaper otherwise a fine copy in original burgundy cloth with gilt illustrations and lettering to front board and spine. Front board with quadruple ruled black borders, spine ruled in gilt. In the scarce original publshers dustwrapper with colour illustration mounted onto the front panel, below black lettering and four line border. Flaps and other panels lettered in black. Original printed price (15/-) on spine has been blacked out neatly. Aside from a couple of tiny chips to the wrapper this is a beautiful fine example of this well produced edition. Scarce in this condition.:

Faber & Faber. London.,1933. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9 x 5.7 inches). 38pp. Fine copy, finely bound in recent full dark green calf, flat spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Single ruled gilt border on boards. Top edge gilt. :

Macmillan and Co, Limited. London. 1902. Reprint. Small 8vo. (6.1 x 4.2 inches). Neatly hand written in ink on the last six blank leaves at the end of the book, is all of Arnold's poem, The buried life, otherwise a fine and clean copy throughout. Finely bound by Riviere in early full blue calf. The spine with five raised bands, each with five gilt dots. Compartments with gilt floral decoration, wavy line borders and lettered in gilt. Gilt ruled line to board edges. Marbled endpapers. Turn ins with double ruled and single piped dot borders and floral corner pieces, all in gilt. All edges gilt. Just a hint of fading to the spine but overall a fine copy in a fine, attractive early twentieth century leather binding.

William Luscombe Publisher Limited. London.,1974. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo.(10.2 x 7.4 inches). Fully illustrated throughout with photographs, some in colour. Finely bound in recent leather binding of full red morocco. Spine with raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt. Single ruled gilt border on boards. Top edge gilt. A lovely copy of this classic book.:

Macmillan and Co. London. 1908. Reprint. 8vo.(7.7 x 5.3 inches). 40 full page line illustrations. A very good copy bound in fine quality early twentieth century leather binding. Half red calf. Spine with raised bands, twin brown labels and compartments fully gilt. Red cloth on boards. Red marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Binding by Young and Sons of Liverpool. Aside from some minor rubbing to the edges this is a very good, clean copy of this classic, beautifully illustrated, edition in an attractive fine early binding.:

Astolat Press. Leopold B. Hill. London. No date. circa 1910. FINE BINDING BY BUMPUS. 16mo. (5 x 4 inches). 90pp. Illustrated with a mono frontis of G. F. Watts' Love and Life, with a tissue guard. Fine full dark brown morocco, spine with raised bands. Compartments ruled in black and gilt. Boards with three gilt and one black ruled lines. Board edges with gilt ruled lines. Inner boards with double gilt ruled borders and previous owners inscription initials, dated 12th December 1927 in gilt. Plain endpapers. All edges gilt. Red silk bookmark. Small chip of loss to the top outer corner of the front blank free endpaper but Overall a lovely bright copy in a fine decorative binding.

Bernhard Tauchnitz. Leipzig. 1882. Tauchnitz edition. Small 8vo. (6.6 x 4.8 inches). A bright clean copy throughout, finely bound in late nineteenth century full deep red morocco. Spines with five raised bands, ruled in gilt. The compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Elaborate symmetrical design to both boards, all in gilt. Inner boards with triple line border decorated in gilt with two decorative rolls and one ruled line and corner devices. Off-white silk patterned paper endpapers. Top edge gilt. A lovely copy in a beautiful early fine leather binding.

J. M. Dent & Sons Limited. London. No date. Circa 1919. EARLY EDITION. 8vo. (7.2 x 5.3 inches). 128pp. Illustrated with 8 fine colour plates, plus 7 line drawings (chapter headpieces), and decorative title page by Cole and Anning Bell. A very good bright copy in the publishers green cloth biding with elaborate gilt decoration and lettering to the front board and spine. Colour illustration mounted onto the front board. Some minor offsetting to the blank endpapers from the dustwrapper and a small amount of bleed from the green dye used on the top edge of the text block to the very top of a few leaves, otherwise a lovely clean copy throughout. In the original dustwrapper with a colour plate mounted to the front panel. A few minor chips to the wrapper edges but generally a very good example. ---- The book is not dated but the adverts on the wrapper suggest a publication date of about 1919 and there is also a publishers advert slip loosely inserted which has the date 9.1919 at the bottom. -----… Read More