1901 Rare Edition - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll illustrated by Peter Newell.
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Author :Lewis Carroll. (Peter Newell, illustrator).
Title : Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with and introduction by E S. Martin.
Publisher : New York and London, Harper & Brothers Publishers, no date (circa 1901).
Language : Text in English.
Size : 9 " X 6.5 ".
Pages : xvii-187 pages.
Binding : Very good original decorated cloth binding (overall slightly worn and scuffed, upper and lower part of spine worn - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content : Very good content (bright, tight and clean).
Illustrations : Complete with all the illustrations by Peter Newell.
Estimate : (USD 150 - USD 225)
The book : Attractive and Uncommon illustrated edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland illustrated by Peter Newell.
The illustrator: Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell (March 5, 1862 – January 15, 1924) was an American artist and writer. He created picture books and illustrated new editions of many children's books.
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.