1886 Rare First Edition - Alice's Adventures Under Ground illustrated by Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Author: Lewis Carroll. (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson).
Title: Alice's Adventures Under Ground. Being a Facsimile of the Original MS. Book Afterwards Developed into "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".
Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co, 1886. First Edition. This book is the first edition, limited to 5000 copies, of the facsimile of Dodgson's original manuscript.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7.5 " X 5 ".
Pages: viii-95 pages + publisher's catalog.
Binding: Attractive and very good original Victorian full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges are gilt.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown). 
Illustrations: Complete with the thirty-seven nice illustrations by Lewis Carroll.

Estimate :  (USD 1200 - USD 1700)

The book: This attractive First Edition is an enchanting facsimile of Lewis Carroll’s original manuscript, Alice's Adventures Under Ground, which he created in 1864 as a personal gift for Alice Liddell. It represents the genesis of Carroll’s later famous work, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This 1886 First edition captures the original charm and intimacy of the manuscript with Carroll’s handwritten text and sketches, offering readers insight into the early development of one of literature's most beloved tales. Lewis Carroll hand-wrote, illustrated, and bound this copy himself and later gave it as a gift to Alice Liddell and her two sisters, Lorina and Edith. A rare find in any condition! With "An Easter Greeting." in type at the end.

The author:  Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, which includes the poem "Jabberwocky", and the poem The Hunting of the Snark – all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. He is noted for his facility with wordplay, logic and fantasy. There are societies in many parts of the world dedicated to the enjoyment and promotion of his works and the investigation of his life.