[CARROLL, LEWIS (Dodgson, Rev. Charles Lutwidge)]. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. With Forty-Two Illustrations by John Tenniel. London: Macmillan and Co., 1868.
Fifth edition [stated eleventh thousand]. Cloth-bound. Hardcover. Octavo (190 x 130 x 20 mm.), pp. (12), 192. Publisher's original red cloth covers with gilt titles and designs, all page edges gilt, black coated endpapers, illustrated frontispiece with tissue-guard, b&w illustrations throughout. Printed by R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor of London. Burn & Co. sticker to rear pastedown. Condition: GOOD to VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure with very slight lean, the hinges intact with tiny nibble to lower joint cloth. Points and spine ends slightly rubbed. Minor soiling and marking to cloth. Contents largely clean with a touch of foxing to endleaves, corner crease to one leaf, and contemporary inscription to half-title. Scarce early edition in complete and unrestored state.
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