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

ont> Macmillan and Co : London, 1872 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition.. An exquisite copy of Lewis Carroll's influential work of children's literature, 'Through the Looking Glass'. Being the sequel to his famous 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'. The fifteenth thousand of this work, printed in the same year as the first edition. With the correction of 'wabe' to page 21. In a fine half crushed morocco binding, with cloth covered boards. With the binder's stamp of 'Hatchards, Piccadilly' to the verso of front endpaper. With the bookplate of one 'Mac Shimi' to the front pastedown. 'Through The Looking-Glass' is set six months after the first work and contains the much loved poems 'The Jabberwocky' and 'The Walrus and the Carpenter' and the first appearance of Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) was a mathematician and author best known for this work, and its sequel 'Alice Through the Looking-Glass'. The work is credited as perhaps the greatest example of literary nonsense and whilst the work was meant for children (indeed the tale was originally told to a friend's daughter, Alice Liddell) the word play, logic and fantastical themes present in the work have interested and delighted scholars since its publication. With fifty illustrations by John Tenniel, depicting many famous characters such as Tweedledum, Tweedledee and Humpty Dumpty. Upon the original publication of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1865, Tenniel was far more well-known than Carroll, owing to his successful career as an illustrator and cartoonist, including many pieces for the satirical periodical 'Punch'. Tenniel also illustrated the coloured revised illustrations for 'The Nursery Alice'. A fine copy of this work. Condition: In a half crushed morocco binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, in an excellent condition. The binding remains extremely bright. Bookplate to the front pastedown, 'Mac Shimi'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright. Scattered spots to the endpapers, otherwise, just the odd spot. Overall Condition: Fine.