Lot 98
Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, second (first published) edition, first issue, 1866.
Hammer Price: £3,500
Description
[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)] "Lewis Carroll". Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, second (first published) edition, first issue, half-title, frontispiece and illustrations by John Tenniel, some foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, recased, spine ends chipped, corners bumped, a little stained and soiled, g.e., endpapers renewed but also preserving original blue endpapers, the front with contemporary inscription dated Christmas 1866, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, 8vo, 1866.
⁂ The first issue with p.30 incorrectly numbered '3', an error which was corrected for the second issue.
Description
[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)] "Lewis Carroll". Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, second (first published) edition, first issue, half-title, frontispiece and illustrations by John Tenniel, some foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, recased, spine ends chipped, corners bumped, a little stained and soiled, g.e., endpapers renewed but also preserving original blue endpapers, the front with contemporary inscription dated Christmas 1866, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, 8vo, 1866.
⁂ The first issue with p.30 incorrectly numbered '3', an error which was corrected for the second issue.
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