Lot 165
Garrett (Frank, binder).- [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1932
Hammer Price: £1,400
Description
Garrett (Frank, binder).- [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, half-title, frontispiece, plates and illustrations by Sir John Tenniel, bookplate of Denton Jenner-Furst to front free endpaper verso, pictorial endpapers, black calf by Frank Garrett with his initials to rear turn-in, 5 inset roundel illustrations after Tenniel to upper cover and decorated in gilt, Jenner-Furst's initials in gilt to lower cover, 5 raised spine bands, leaf motifs in gilt to spine, gauffered gilt edges, 8vo, 1932.
⁂ A beautiful example of a binding by Frank Garrett, who taught at the Birmingham Municipal School of Art, and regularly exhibited at Arts and Crafts exhibitions.
Description
Garrett (Frank, binder).- [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, half-title, frontispiece, plates and illustrations by Sir John Tenniel, bookplate of Denton Jenner-Furst to front free endpaper verso, pictorial endpapers, black calf by Frank Garrett with his initials to rear turn-in, 5 inset roundel illustrations after Tenniel to upper cover and decorated in gilt, Jenner-Furst's initials in gilt to lower cover, 5 raised spine bands, leaf motifs in gilt to spine, gauffered gilt edges, 8vo, 1932.
⁂ A beautiful example of a binding by Frank Garrett, who taught at the Birmingham Municipal School of Art, and regularly exhibited at Arts and Crafts exhibitions.
