1920 Scarce Edition - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Illustrated in color by Frank Adams.
Author: Lewis Carroll. (Frank Adams, illustrator).
Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Publisher: London and Glasgow, Blackie & Son, Ltd., no date (circa 1920). (Stories Old and New Series). First thus.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7 " X 5 ".
Pages: 130 pages.
Binding: Attractive and near fine original decorated full-cloth binding (hinges fine - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. A rare find in any condition!
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with all four wonderful full-page color illustrations by Frank Adams.
Estimate: (Scarce with no or few other copies of this edition for sale worldwide).
The book: Scarce and attractive Blackie color edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with beautiful 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.