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DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan and Co., 1870. -- Through the Looking-Glass, and what Alice Found There. London: Macmillan and Co., 1872.
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DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan and Co., 1870. -- Through the Looking-Glass, and what Alice Found There. London: Macmillan and Co., 1872.
2 volumes, 8o (179 x 120 mm). Half titles, 92 illustrations by John Tenniel (some scant spotting). Red crushed levant morocco, covers with double gilt fillet surrounding gilt vignettes encircled by a double gilt fillet border of Alice and The Cheshire Cat on Alice, and the Red Queen and the Red King on Looking-Glass, spines gilt in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the others with gilt vignettes of the Queen, the King, the Cat, Humpty Dumpty, the Mad Hatter and the Rabbit, turn-ons gilt with a border comprised of hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades, edges gilt, stamp-signed by binder, Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Provenance: Elton Linwood Puffer (bookplates).
Later edition of Alice's Adventures. FIRST EDITION of Through the Looking-Glass. Williams-Madan-Green-Crutch 84. (2)
2 volumes, 8o (179 x 120 mm). Half titles, 92 illustrations by John Tenniel (some scant spotting). Red crushed levant morocco, covers with double gilt fillet surrounding gilt vignettes encircled by a double gilt fillet border of Alice and The Cheshire Cat on Alice, and the Red Queen and the Red King on Looking-Glass, spines gilt in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the others with gilt vignettes of the Queen, the King, the Cat, Humpty Dumpty, the Mad Hatter and the Rabbit, turn-ons gilt with a border comprised of hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades, edges gilt, stamp-signed by binder, Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Provenance: Elton Linwood Puffer (bookplates).
Later edition of Alice's Adventures. FIRST EDITION of Through the Looking-Glass. Williams-Madan-Green-Crutch 84. (2)