1920 Rare Book - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with 48 Coloured Plates By Margaret W. Tarrant

 

Author : Lewis Carroll, with 48 coloured plates by Margaret W. Tarrant.
Title : Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Publisher : London and Melbourne : Ward, Lock and Co Ltd, no date (circa 1920's).
Language : Text in English
Size : 8.5 " X 6 "
Pages : 332 pages
Binding : Attractive and very good decorated cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content : Very good content (bright and tight, rare foxing and staining, light crease on outer margin of few pages - as shown, gift note dated 1929 at the back of the frontis illustration). 
Illustrations : Illustrated with 48 beautiful color plates by Margaret W. Tarrant.

Estimate : (USD 160 - USD 200)

The book : Attractive edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland illustrated by Margaret W. Tarrant.

The illustrator : Margaret Winifred Tarrant (1888 – 29 July 1959) was an English illustrator, and children's author, specializing in depictions of fairy-like children and religious subjects. She began her career at the age of 20, and painted and published into the early 1950s. She was known for her children's books, postcards, calendars, and print reproductions.