1920 Rare Book - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Illustrated in color by Frank Adams.
Author: CARROLL, Lewis. (Frank Adams, illustrator).
Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Stories old and new).
Publisher: London, Glasgow, Bombay, Blackie & Son, Ltd., no date (circa 1920).
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7 " X 5 ".
Pages: 126 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good original decorated cloth binding (overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. A rare find in any condition!
Content: Good content (bright, tight, and clean, some foxing mainly on the outer edges - as shown, small gift note dated 1927 at the back of the frontispiece illustration).
Illustrations: Complete with all the 4 beautiful full-page color plates by Frank Adams.
Estimate: (USD 150 - USD 200)
The book: Scarce and attractive Blackie color edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with the illustrations by Frank Adams.
The illustrator: Frank Adams (1871-1944) established himself as a picture book illustrator in the early 1900s with crisp and witty color images. These, and later illustrations for Blackie, show the influence of London Sketch Club members, especially Cecil Aldin and John Hassall.
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.