1880 Rare Book - Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll

 

Author : CARROLL, Lewis (John Tenniel, illustrator).
Title : Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. 
Publisher : London & New York, Macmillan & Co, 1880. Forty-second thousand.
Language : Text in English.
Size : 7.5 " X 5 ". 
Pages : 224 pages.
Binding : Attractive and very good original Victorian decorated cloth binding (overall slightly worn and scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover. 
Content : Very good content (bright, tight and clean, gift note on first endpaper as shown). 
Illustrations : With 50 illustrations by John Tenniel.

Estimate : (USD 400 - USD 700)

The books : Rare and attractive edition of "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There" by Lewis Carroll.

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 at word play, 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.