{"product_id":"1923-first-edition-illustrated-by-edwin-john-prittie-alice-in-wonderland","title":"1923 First Edition illustrated by Edwin John Prittie - Alice in Wonderland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA particularly attractive 1923 first edition illustrated by Edwin John Prittie, combining his four evocative color plates with John Tenniel’s celebrated original illustrations throughout.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Lewis Carroll.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Chicago, Philadelphia \u0026amp; Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, 1923.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e First edition illustrated by Edwin John Prittie. Copyright 1923. Complete with eighty-nine illustrations by John Tenniel and four color plates by Edwin John Prittie.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e English.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 8.5 x 6 inches.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 319 pages, followed by publisher’s advertisements.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBinding:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Very good original publisher’s blue cloth binding, with gilt lettering to the spine and a large color pictorial onlay to the upper board depicting Alice and the White Rabbit. Binding remains bright, firm and attractive, with only light rubbing and minor signs of age and handling, as shown. Protected in a removable mylar cover. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContent:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Very good content throughout. Pages are clean and well preserved, with light age toning and occasional minor spotting consistent with age. The book remains tight and complete.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Profusely illustrated with eighty-nine of John Tenniel’s celebrated black-and-white illustrations throughout the text, together with four full-page color plates by Edwin John Prittie. The Prittie plates provide a particularly attractive early twentieth-century interpretation of Alice’s world, contrasting beautifully with Tenniel’s iconic Victorian imagery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEstimate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e USD 225–250\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e A handsome first edition illustrated by Edwin John Prittie, bringing together Lewis Carroll’s two Alice classics, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. First published in 1865 and 1871 respectively, the two books transformed children’s literature through their extraordinary combination of fantasy, wordplay, logic, satire, and dreamlike invention.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis 1923 Winston edition is especially appealing as the first edition to feature Edwin John Prittie’s distinctive color illustrations alongside John Tenniel’s original and now inseparable drawings. The four richly colored plates offer a romantic, early twentieth-century interpretation of Alice’s world, while the striking pictorial cover showing Alice and the White Rabbit gives the volume considerable decorative appeal. A highly attractive collectible edition of one of the most enduring works of nineteenth-century children’s literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832–1898), an English mathematician, photographer, clergyman, and writer whose \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e books became landmarks of literary fantasy. Their peculiar blend of linguistic invention, nonsense, parody, logic, and unforgettable characters has influenced generations of writers, artists, filmmakers, and illustrators.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe illustrator:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Edwin John Prittie (1879–1963) was an American illustrator particularly known for his work in children’s books during the early twentieth century. His colorful, romantic interpretation of Alice provides a distinctive complement to John Tenniel’s original Victorian drawings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67480091459833,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0953\/3348\/files\/20261024aliceprittie_01.jpg?v=1792832759","url":"https:\/\/mflibra.com\/products\/1923-first-edition-illustrated-by-edwin-john-prittie-alice-in-wonderland","provider":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}