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1939 Rare 1stED - Complete Works of Lewis Carroll including Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, etc.
Author: Lewis Carroll. John Tenniel, illustrator.
Title: THE COMPLETE WORKS OF LEWIS CARROLL. With an introduction by Alexander Woollcott and the illustrations by John Tenniel. (Including Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; Through the Looking Glass; Sylvie and Bruno; Sylvie and Bruno Concluded; The Hunting of The Snark; Puzzles From Wonderland; Phantasmagoria; Acrostics, Verse, Stories and A Miscellany).
Publisher: London, The Nonesuch Press, 1939. FIRST EDITION of THE COMPLETE WORKS OF LEWIS CARROLL.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 8 " X 5 ".
Pages: xiv-1165 pages.
Binding: Fine binding. Handsomely bound in a fine red full Morocco leather binding with gilt decorations on the spine (hinges fine) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges are gilt. A fine and beautiful copy in a wonderful binding!
Content: Very good, near fine content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing - as shown).
Illustrations: Profusely and beautifully illustrated by John Tenniel.
The book: Attractive and rare in such a nice binding. A beautifully bound first edition of Carroll's complete works!
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.
The illustrator: Sir John Tenniel (28 February 1820 – 25 February 1914)[ was an English illustrator, graphic humorist, and political cartoonist prominent in the second half of the 19th century. An alumnus of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, he was knighted for artistic achievements in 1893, the first such honor ever bestowed on an illustrator or cartoonist.