Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Carroll, Lewis - 1872

This item is currently on reserve; please contact dealer for more details. London: Macmillan and Co, 1872. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 224pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] in original red cloth, with spine titles in gilt, and gilt ruling and Red and White Queen devices to covers, all edges gilt. Original blue-black endpapers. Spine quite darkened and slightly cocked, spine gilt largely effaced, some darkening to boards; hinges cracked (but holding), ink inscription dated "Xmas 1871" on front free endpaper verso (1871 was the actual year of publication although the title page reads 1872), small binder's label on rear pastedown, occasional instances of light soiling to text. Williams, Madan, Green 84. With the misprint 'wade' on p21.