1916 Rare 1st Edition - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland illustrated by Albert Edward Jackson.
Author: Lewis Carroll (Albert Edward Jackson, illustrator).
Title: ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND Illustrated in Colour by A. E. Jackson.
Publisher: New York, Hodder & Stoughton, no date (1916). First edition illustrated by Albert Edward Jackson.
Language: Text in English.
Size : 9.5 " X 7 ".
Pages: 199 pages.
Binding: Attractive and Very good original illustrated full cloth binding (hinges fine overall slightly worn and scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown, gift note of a previous owner dated December 1916 on the first endpaper - as shown).
Illustrations: Beautifully illustrated with 16 full-page colour plates by Albert Edward Jackson.
Estimate : (USD 350- USD 500)
The book : Attractive and very good edition of Alice in Wonderland beautifully illustrated with 16 full-page colour plates by Albert Edward Jackson (1873-1952).
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 wordplay, 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.