1900 Rare Donohue Edition - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.
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(Description)
Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. With Ninety-two illustrations by John Tenniel.
Publisher: Chicago, M. A. Donohue & Co., no date (circa 1900).
Language: Text in English.
Size : 7.5 " X 5.5 ".
Pages: 190-198 pages.
Binding: Attractive and Very good original illustrated full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. A rare find in any condition!
Content: Very good content (tight, and clean, light toning of pages - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the 92 beautiful illustrations by John Tenniel.
The book: Scarce and attractive edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll published in Chicago in early 1900 by Donohue.
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.
The publisher: M. A. Donohue & Co., was a publisher of children's books in the late 1800s and the first half of the 20th century. They had offices in Chicago and New York.
According to the information compiled by Sid Huttner on The Lucile Project web pages:
M.A. Donohue & Co. based in Chicago, Illinois was established in 1861, initially known as Cox and Donohue, Bookbinders. The publisher's original location was 407-429 Dearborn St. in Chicago's South Loop. The company was known for inexpensive editions of popular works of fiction. It focused on publishing sets and series of books (i.e. "libraries.") Around 1880, the name of the company was changed to Donohue & Henneberry, and in 1901 to M. A. Donohue & Company. It continued in business to the 1960s at 711-727 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.