THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE
by LEWIS CARROLL. ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN TENNIEL
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
MACMILLAN & CO, LONDON, 1908 HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL GILT DECORATED CLOTH BINDING, NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 X 5 INCHES. FEW FAINT PEN LINES TO FRONT BOARD, SPINE SLIGHTLY FADED WITH LIGHT WEAR AT TOP & BOTTOM OF SPINE, COUPLE OF SMALL MINOR TEARS TO CLOTH AT EDGES OF SPINE, CORNERS BUMPED, A NUMBER OF PENCIL NOTES WRITTEN BY A CHILD WITH A NAME & ADDRESS TO FRONT ENDPAPERS, ENDPAPERS FOXED & BROWNED WITH SOME OCCASSIONAL LIGHT FOXING TO PAGES BUT FOXING IS HEAVIER TO THE OCCASIONAL PAGE AT THE FRONT & REAR OF BOOK, OCCASIONAL PENCIL UNDERLINING OR CORRECTIONS BY A CHILD, THE VERY OCCASIONAL PAGE WITH A SMALL CLOSED TEAR BUT WITH ONE LARGER TEAR, REAR BLANK ENDPAPER STAINED & HAS SOME LOSS TO CORNER. OVERALL A COPY WITH SEVERAL FAULTS BUT STILL A GOOD ACCEPTABLE COPY. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.
Synopsis
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) is a work of children's literature by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), generally categorized as literary nonsense. It is the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865).
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- Bookseller
- Elder Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006104
- Title
- THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE
- Author
- LEWIS CARROLL. ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN TENNIEL
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- MACMILLAN & CO, LONDON
- Date Published
- 1908
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Ross on Wye, Herefordshire
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