1909 Scarce "Miniature Edition" - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.
(Description)
Author: CARROLL, Lewis. (John Tenniel, illustrator).
Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1909. Early edition of the "Miniature Edition" first printed in 1907.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 6 " X 4 ".
Pages: 204 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good original red full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown, name of a previous 1910 owner on the first endpaper - as shown, light toning of endpaper - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the 42 beautiful illustrations by John Tenniel.
The book: Scarce and attractive early "miniature edition" of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The miniature editions published in 1907 (Alice) and 1908 is similarly appealing as they followed the same design style of covers to the original editions, just smaller.
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.
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