Lot 119
Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, second (first published) edition, 1866; and Through the Looking-Glass, first edition, 1872 (2)
Hammer Price: £3,500
Description
[Dodgson (Rev. Charles Lutwidge)] "Lewis Carroll". Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, second (first published) edition, first issue, 1866; Through the Looking-Glass, and what Alice found there, first edition, 1872, together 2 vol., half-titles, frontispieces and illustrations by John Tenniel, occasional foxing and soiling, original cloth covers and spines bound in at end, later red crushed morocco by Riviere & Son, gilt, g.e., joints cracked, [Crutch 46 and 84], Macmillan and Co., 8vo
⁂ The first work is of the first issue with the inverted 'S' in the last line of the contents leaf.
Provenance: William Garth (bookplate in first work); 'H.R.S.Jr.' (leather book label to both works).
Description
[Dodgson (Rev. Charles Lutwidge)] "Lewis Carroll". Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, second (first published) edition, first issue, 1866; Through the Looking-Glass, and what Alice found there, first edition, 1872, together 2 vol., half-titles, frontispieces and illustrations by John Tenniel, occasional foxing and soiling, original cloth covers and spines bound in at end, later red crushed morocco by Riviere & Son, gilt, g.e., joints cracked, [Crutch 46 and 84], Macmillan and Co., 8vo
⁂ The first work is of the first issue with the inverted 'S' in the last line of the contents leaf.
Provenance: William Garth (bookplate in first work); 'H.R.S.Jr.' (leather book label to both works).