{"product_id":"1907-rare-1sted-alice-in-wonderland-illustrated-by-bessie-pease-gutmann","title":"1907 Rare 1stED - Alice in Wonderland Illustrated by Bessie Pease Gutmann","description":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn uncommon 1907 Bessie Pease Gutmann edition of Carroll’s classic, complete with its charming color plates and distinctive decorated blue cloth binding.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e CARROLL, Lewis (Bessie Pease Gutmann, illustrator).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e New York, Dodge Publishing Company, 1907.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Edition illustrated by Bessie Pease Gutmann.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Text in English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 164 pages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8 x 6 inches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good original blue decorated cloth binding, lettered in white and red and featuring the White Rabbit on the front board. Light rubbing and minor marks consistent with age, with slight wear at the spine extremities, as shown. Binding remains sound and attractive. Protected in a removable mylar cover. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good. Complete and firmly bound, with foxing and age toning throughout as shown. The first endpaper shows offsetting from a paper clip which has since been removed. The inner hinge adjoining the frontispiece has been reinforced by a previous owner, as shown. No material loss affecting the completeness of the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e Complete with all ten color illustrations by Bessie Pease Gutmann, including the color frontispiece, together with decorative illustrations and borders printed throughout the text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEstimate: \u003c\/strong\u003eUSD 250–300.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe book:\u003c\/strong\u003e First published in 1865, \u003cem\u003eAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/em\u003e follows Alice after she tumbles down a rabbit hole into a world governed by dream logic, wordplay, curious creatures, and wonderfully eccentric characters. Its combination of fantasy, satire, linguistic invention, and nonsense has made it one of the most enduring works of children’s literature and one of the most frequently illustrated books in the English language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThis 1907 Dodge edition is particularly desirable for Bessie Pease Gutmann’s interpretation of the story. Her softly modeled, richly colored illustrations give Alice and the inhabitants of Wonderland a distinctly Edwardian character, while the recurring decorative borders and pictorial endpapers create an unusually cohesive and attractive production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe illustrator:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bessie Pease Gutmann (1876–1960) was an American artist and illustrator celebrated especially for her portraits of children and for her work in books and popular magazines. During the early twentieth century her illustrations appeared widely in publications including \u003cem\u003eWoman’s Home Companion\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMcCall’s\u003c\/em\u003e, making her one of the best-known American commercial illustrators of her generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eHer 1907 illustrations for \u003cem\u003eAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/em\u003e remain among her most collectible book illustrations. Their gentle, painterly character offers a marked contrast to the sharper Victorian imagery associated with earlier editions, giving Carroll’s Wonderland a warm and distinctly turn-of-the-century visual identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe author:\u003c\/strong\u003e Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832–1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer, mathematician, logician, photographer, and Anglican deacon. He is remembered above all for \u003cem\u003eAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThrough the Looking-Glass\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Hunting of the Snark\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eCarroll’s extraordinary facility with language, paradox, logic, and fantasy gave his work an enduring appeal far beyond children’s literature. The characters and imagery of Wonderland have become part of global popular culture, while the text continues to inspire artists, illustrators, writers, filmmakers, and collectors more than a century and a half after its first appearance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49109397340409,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0953\/3348\/files\/20260919alice_01.jpg?v=1789834293","url":"https:\/\/mflibra.com\/products\/1907-rare-1sted-alice-in-wonderland-illustrated-by-bessie-pease-gutmann","provider":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}