Alice's adventures in Wonderland / by Lewis Carroll ; with forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel.

Author
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : Macmillan and Co., 1877 (London : R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor, Printers)
Description
10, 192 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.

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    Notes
    • "Fifty-third thousand."
    • "R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor, Printers, London"--Colophon
    • "London" set in Black Letter on t.p.
    • Reprint of the 1866 1st ed., also with Macmillan's device on half-t.p. verso; Clay's device on t.p. verso; Clay's imprint at foot of p. 192.
    • Contents page (incorrectly) lists ch. VI as starting on p. 67 (vs. p. 76), and p. 116 incorporates Carroll's corrections on l. 17 ("backs" for "back" and "the" for "their") made for the 1870 impression (cf. Williams & Madan).
    • Illustrations: Engraved fronts. of the King, Queen, and Knave of Hearts, signed by Dalziel, with Tenniel's illustrations throughout.
    • Cotsen copy: "Bound by Maclaren & Macniven, Edinb."--Binder's stamp on verso of front marbled endpaper.
    • Cotsen copy: "Lizzie Stret (?), from her friend, 25th July 1877"--Inscribed on front free endpaper.
    Binding note
    Red morocco by Maclaren & Macniven, gilt-stamped on spine (with raised bands) with title and blind-ruled on covers; gilt-tooled dentelles; all edges gilt, with fore-edge painting of the Mad Hatter's Tea Party (cf. Tenniel's ill. on p. 97); marbled endpapers.
    References
    Williams & Madan Lewis Carroll, 1979 46a
    OCLC
    155534606
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