Description

• Exquisite example of the Alice books, beautifully bound and housed in a custom-made slipcase
• Being the 63rd Thousand of Wonderland & 49th Thousand of Looking-Glass
• With 92 illustrations by John Tenniel [42 in Wonderland, 50 in Looking-Glass]
• Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland [Macmillan & Co, London, 1880]; [xii, inc frontis], 192, [2 blank, ads] pages, original cloth covers bound in at rear; three-quarter crushed morocco over cloth, five raised bands, gold decorations & titling to spine, all edges gilt, gift inscription to half-title, very occasional light spotting & signs of handling, offsetting from bookmark pp 136-7, an excellent copy
• Through The Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There [Macmillan & Co, London, 1881]; [xii, inc frontis], 224, [4 blank, ads] pages, original cloth covers bound in at rear; three-quarter crushed morocco over cloth, five raised bands, gold decorations & titling to spine, all edges gilt, gift inscription to half-title, offsetting from tissue guard to frontis & title page, very occasional light spotting & signs of handling, foxing to final [blank] page, an excellent copy
• Two volumes housed in custom cloth-covered slipcase with fabric inlay, bumped bottom corner else fine