A Scarce Uniform Set In Very Good Unrestored Condition
[CARROLL, LEWIS (Dodgson, Rev. Charles Lutwidge)]. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. With Forty-Two Illustrations by John Tenniel. London: Macmillan and Co., 1877.
Hardcover. Reprint; fifty-fourth thousand. Octavo (190 x 130mm), pp. (12), 192, (2). Publishers original red cloth covers with gilt titles and designs; all page edges gilt; coated pastedowns and endpapers; half-title with printers device to verso; illustrated frontispiece with tissue-guard; illustrations in the text; adds to rear. Imprint: 'Richard Clay, Sons, and Taylor, London'.
Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Binding secure and square. Hinges strong. Covers largely clean with small mark to rear. Slight bumping to spine ends. Points sharp. Couple of small bubbles in the cloth. Contents clean with a touch of foxing to front endpaper and half-title. Without inking or bookplates.
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[CARROLL, LEWIS (Dodgson, Rev. Charles Lutwidge)]. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. With Fifty Illustrations by John Tenniel. London: Macmillan and Co., 1877.
Hardcover. Reprint; fortieth thousand. Octavo (190 x 130mm), pp. [12], 224, (4). Publishers original red cloth covers with gilt titles and designs; all page edges gilt; coated pastedowns and endpapers; half-title; illustrated frontispiece; in the text illustrations; adds to rear. Imprint: 'Richard Clay and Sons'.
Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Binding secure with slight lean. Slight bumping to spine ends. Covers clean. Contents clean with a touch of foxing to front endpaper and half-title. Neatly inked signature to half-title. Without bookplates.
