1898 Rare Two volumes in One - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll.
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Author: CARROLL, Lewis (John Tenniel, illustrator).
Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There.
Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co, 1898-1899. People's Edition. This Edition combines both books into one volume.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7.5" X 5 ".
Pages: 174-215 pages. Complete two volumes bound in one.
Binding: Attractive and near fine, original Victorian decorated full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. A rare find in such a nice condition!
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing - as shown, 1899 charming gift note on the first endpaper - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with all the classic illustrations by John Tenniel.
Estimate : (USD 450 - USD 600)
The book: Rare and attractive 1898 People's combined edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There.
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 wordplay, 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.
The illustrator: Sir John Tenniel (28 February 1820 – 25 February 1914) was an English illustrator, graphic humorist and political cartoonist prominent in the second half of the 19th century. He was knighted for artistic achievements in 1893. Tenniel is remembered mainly as the principal political cartoonist for Punch magazine for over 50 years and for his illustrations to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871).