1932 Nice Whitman Edition - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Author: Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by John Tenniel.
Title: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
Publisher: Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company, 1932 (Third Printing).
Language: Text in English.
Size: 8.25" × 6".
Pages: 160 pages.
Binding: Attractive and near fine publisher’s bright red textured cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine, and the iconic illustration of Alice and the Cheshire Cat printed in color on the upper board (hinges fine - as shown) complete with the very good rare original illustrated dust jacket (light wear at extremities and small chips at the spine ends - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Near fine content. The pages are bright, clean, and well-preserved.
Illustrations: With numerous black-and-white illustrations by John Tenniel, including a frontispiece and title-page vignette framed within a decorative border. (Complete).

The book: A charming early American edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, published by Albert Whitman as part of their “Illustrated $1.00 Classics” series. This 1932 printing preserves the full suite of Sir John Tenniel’s timeless illustrations that defined Carroll’s fantastical world — from the White Rabbit’s hurried dash to the grin of the Cheshire Cat. The crisp typography, clean paper, and vibrant red binding make this edition particularly appealing among 20th-century reprints, encapsulating the enduring charm of Carroll’s masterpiece for generations of young readers.

The author: Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, 1832–1898) was an English mathematician, logician, and writer best known for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass (1871). His works blend linguistic wit, dreamlike imagination, and logical paradox, influencing countless authors and artists across literature and visual arts.

The illustrator: Sir John Tenniel (1820–1914) was a celebrated British illustrator and political cartoonist for Punch magazine. His collaboration with Carroll produced some of the most iconic images in literary history—graceful, satirical, and finely detailed drawings that became inseparable from the text. His interpretation of Wonderland’s peculiar inhabitants continues to define their visual identity to this day.