1899 Scarce McKibbin First Color Edition - ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND by Lewis Carroll.
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Author: Lewis CARROLL. (John Tenniel, illustrator).
Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. With Illustrations in Color.
Publisher: New York, Gilbert H. McKibbin, no date (1899). First McKibbin Color Edition. The Manhattan Young People's Library.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7 " X 5.5 ".
Pages: 179 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good original full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed, soiled and worn - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. A rare find in any condition!
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, first endpaper inner hinge slightly worn but still tight - as shown, gift note of a previous 1905 owner on the first endpaper - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the forty-two wonderful illustrations by John Tenniel, here in color.
The book: Scarce and Attractive First McKibbin Color Edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll beautifully illustrated by John Tenniel. A rare find in any condition for this very early American color edition!
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 enjoying and promoting his works and investigating his life.
The illustrator: Sir John Tenniel (28 February 1820 – 25 February 1914) was an English illustrator, graphic humourist and political cartoonist prominent in the second half of the 19th century. An alumnus of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, he was knighted for artistic achievements in 1893, the first such honour ever bestowed on an illustrator or cartoonist.