Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; [With] Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There

Description

An early edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland with the first edition of Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll, in a decorative binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe of London.

Twelvemo, [two volumes], xii, 192pp; xii, 224pp, [2]. Finely bound in full red morocco. Features a gilt pattern on covers; card suits on Volume I and chess pieces on Volume II. Five raised bands, title in gilt with gilt devices on spines. All edges gilt, gilt turn-ins. Bright marbled endpapers. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe of London, with the bindery imprint on front endpaper in each volume. Both with half titles. Both volumes have the original red cloth covers and spine bound in at rear.

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is an early edition, with “Sixth Thousand” stated on title page and “backs” for “back” on Page 116. Solid text block, occasional foxing to leaves. Complete with forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel, including frontispiece.

Through the Looking-Glass is a first edition, early impression, with the corrected “wabe” on page 21. Solid text block, touch of foxing to front and rear leaves. Front hinge of binding professionally repaired. Complete with fifty illustrations by John Tenniel, including frontispiece and chess diagram at front of volume.

(Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch, 42) (Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch, 84)

Housed together in a custom gray cloth slipcase.

A beautiful set of children’s literature classics.