Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll - 1880

London: Macmillan, 1880. Second edition. Original Cloth. Very Good +. John Tenniel. The Lewis Carroll Through the Looking-Glass original binding is in Very Good condition with light dust staining to the front board, more prominent dust staining to the back board, darkening of the spine, knocks to the top and bottom of the spine, corner knocks, wear to the edges of the spine and very slight shelf lean. The faults with the binding that is over 130 years of age is relatively minor and makes this a very attractive and collectable vintage Lewis Carroll Alice book. This vintage Lewis Carroll Through the Looking-Glass second edition book has 224 numbered pages with black front endpapers and rear endpapers, with a page numbered “G-G” to the end of the book and a one-page advertisement of “Works By Lewis Carroll”. The pages are all edges gilt. The Lewis Carroll Through the Looking-Glass pages are in overall Very Good condition with a name for Robert Wylie rubber stamped to the Half Title Page, light age toning to the pages which is not very noticeable, and foxing to the blank page opposite the Half Title Page, offsetting onto the Half Title Page, and foxing to the two blank pages before the rear endpapers. Internally this is a very clean and attractive book with all the pages still firmly bound-in.

LC063