1932 Rare Centenary Edition with Dust jacket - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Author: Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by Sir John Tenniel.
Title: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1932 (Centenary Edition, first edition thus).
Language: Text in English.
Size: 6 x 4 inches.
Pages: xv, 200 pages + publisher’s advertisements.
Binding: Near fine original publisher’s green cloth binding, lettered in gilt with central decorative vignette. A particularly well-preserved example, bright and clean. Housed in the scarce original dust jacket, in good condition, with visible toning, soiling, and small losses at spine ends and corners, as shown under a protective, removable mylar cover.
Content: Near fine, clean and tight. Light natural toning, with an overall very fresh interior.
Illustrations: Illustrated throughout with the iconic black-and-white drawings by Sir John Tenniel, complete.
Estimate: (USD 300 – 350)
The book: A charming Centenary Edition issued in 1932 to commemorate one hundred years since the birth of Lewis Carroll. This delightful miniature format preserves the magic of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in a compact and elegant form, accompanied by a new preface by Hugh Walpole. Retaining Tenniel’s original illustrations, the edition bridges Victorian imagination and early 20th-century book design. Particularly desirable in its original dust jacket, seldom found intact, this example offers a rare opportunity to acquire a collectible and visually appealing iteration of one of the most beloved works in English literature.
The author: Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, 1832–1898) was an English writer, mathematician, and logician, best known for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel. His works are celebrated for their inventive wordplay, surreal humor, and enduring appeal to both children and adults.
The illustrator: Sir John Tenniel (1820–1914) was a British illustrator and political cartoonist, whose illustrations for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland have become inseparable from the text itself. His precise line work and imaginative compositions defined the visual identity of Carroll’s world and remain among the most recognizable illustrations in literary history.