1935 Riviere Binding - Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There

A refined collector’s binding elevating Carroll’s dreamlike masterpiece.

Author: Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by John Tenniel.
Title: Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.
Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co., Limited, St. Martin’s Street, 1935.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 6 x 4 inches.
Pages: xi, 228 pages.
Binding: Near fine, finely bound in full red morocco by Riviere & Son (stamp to front endpaper), the renowned London bindery; spine with raised bands and richly gilt floral tooling; covers ruled in gilt and decorated with a central gilt vignette of the Red Queen; all edges gilt; an elegant and finely executed binding of high craftsmanship (hinges fine) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Fine; exceptionally clean, crisp, and bright throughout; no markings; a remarkably well-preserved copy with fresh paper and sharp impressions.
Illustrations: Complete with fifty illustrations by John Tenniel.

Estimate: (USD 600–800).

The book: First published in 1871, Through the Looking-Glass remains one of the most imaginative continuations in literary history, transporting Alice into a chessboard world governed by logic and fantasy. This 1935 Macmillan edition is enhanced by a distinguished Riviere & Son binding, transforming a classic Victorian text into a refined collector’s volume. Compact in format yet luxurious in execution, it represents the enduring appeal of finely bound literary classics.

The author: Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, 1832–1898) was an English writer, mathematician, and logician whose Alice books revolutionized children’s literature through their inventive language and playful logic.

The illustrator: Sir John Tenniel (1820–1914), principal cartoonist for Punch, created the definitive visual interpretations of the Alice stories, his illustrations now inseparable from the text itself.