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DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll"). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan & Co., 1866. 8o. Half-title. Electrotyped frontispiece, and illustrations from the woodcuts by Dalziel after John Tenniel. Modern red morocco gilt, original cloth covers bound in at end. First Published English Edition, First Issue with inverted "S" in last line of contents. The first edition of 2,000 was recalled by Dodgson, following the unsatisfactory printing of Tenniel's illustrations, and was never offered for public sale. Williams-Madan-Green-Crutch 46.
DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll"). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan & Co., 1866. 8o. Half-title. Electrotyped frontispiece, and illustrations from the woodcuts by Dalziel after John Tenniel. Modern red morocco gilt, original cloth covers bound in at end. First Published English Edition, First Issue with inverted "S" in last line of contents. The first edition of 2,000 was recalled by Dodgson, following the unsatisfactory printing of Tenniel's illustrations, and was never offered for public sale. Williams-Madan-Green-Crutch 46.

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DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll"). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan & Co., 1866. 8o. Half-title. Electrotyped frontispiece, and illustrations from the woodcuts by Dalziel after John Tenniel. Modern red morocco gilt, original cloth covers bound in at end. First Published English Edition, First Issue with inverted "S" in last line of contents. The first edition of 2,000 was recalled by Dodgson, following the unsatisfactory printing of Tenniel's illustrations, and was never offered for public sale. Williams-Madan-Green-Crutch 46.

DODGSON, C.L. Through the Looking-Glass, and what Alice found there. London: Macmillan & Co., 1872. 8o (174 x 115 mm). Half-title and one-page publisher's advertisement for Dodgson's works on Q1v. Electrotype frontispiece and illustrations, 3 full-page, from the woodcuts by Dalziel after John Tenniel. Bound uniformly with the preceding. FIRST EDITION, first state with the misprint "wade" on p. 21; without the foliation for p. 98 and p. 95 (no priority known). Williams-Madan-Green-Crutch 84. (2)

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