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1881 Macmillan Sixty-Eighth Thousand 68,000 printing
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
With Forty-Two Illustrations by John Tenniel
An attractive early Victorian Macmillan printing of one of the defining works of nineteenth-century children’s literature and literary nonsense. This 1881 “Sixty-Eighth Thousand” edition preserves the classic Macmillan format, with Tenniel’s celebrated black-and-white illustrations throughout, including the White Rabbit, the Caterpillar with his hookah, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Tea-Party and the Queen’s courtroom.
Bound in the publisher’s red cloth gilt, with gilt rule borders and central gilt Alice vignette to the upper board. A highly displayable example of the enduring Macmillan Alice tradition, retaining strong shelf presence and the visual character that made Tenniel’s interpretation of Wonderland definitive.
By Lewis Carroll
Format: Hardcover, Small/Crown octavo (8vo 5 3⁄8 × 8 in 137 × 203 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Language: English
Published By: Macmillan and Co.,
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Very Good - A sound and attractive Victorian Macmillan printing in the original red cloth gilt. Binding with age-related rubbing, handling marks, light soiling to cloth, wear to corners and spine ends, and some bumping to boards and extremities. Gilt decoration to upper board remains appealing, with the central Alice vignette and ruled border still clearly visible.
Text block with general age-toning, occasional spotting, small marks from use and some handling wear consistent with a nineteenth-century children’s book. Contents leaf shows visible staining to the fore-edge/lower corner area. The illustrated leaves shown remain clear and attractive, with strong impressions of Tenniel’s designs. A few gutters show age-related stress but the book presents well overall.
A pleasing collectible copy of an early Macmillan Alice, complete with Tenniel’s forty-two illustrations and retaining the charm of the original red gilt binding.
Collation: pp. [10], 192, [2]; frontispiece and illustrations throughout by John Tenniel; original red pictorial cloth gilt; all edges gilt.
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
References:
Williams, Madan, Green & Crutch, The Lewis Carroll Handbook, no. 46d, for the Macmillan Alice edition sequence.
Macmillan’s long-running nineteenth-century “thousand” printings form an important part of the publishing history of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
Author Bio: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, photographer, inventor and Anglican deacon. He is best remembered for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, two works that transformed children’s literature through their inventive wordplay, dream logic, fantasy and comic absurdity.
Carroll’s literary nonsense, including poems such as “Jabberwocky” and The Hunting of the Snark, remains among the most influential writing of the Victorian period. His combination of mathematical play, linguistic wit and surreal imagination gave Alice a unique appeal to both children and adults.
Illustrated By: John Tenniel
Illustrator Bio: Sir John Tenniel was one of the most important illustrators and political cartoonists of the nineteenth century. Long associated with Punch, where he became chief cartoonist in 1864, Tenniel brought to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland a sharply detailed and highly memorable visual language.
His illustrations for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass remain the classic visual interpretation of Carroll’s characters. The White Rabbit, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts and Alice herself are still widely imagined through Tenniel’s designs.
Synopsis: Alice’s adventures begin when she follows a hurried White Rabbit down a rabbit-hole and enters the strange, shifting world of Wonderland. There she encounters talking animals, impossible logic, size-changing food and drink, riddling conversations, a grinning Cheshire Cat, a mad tea-party, a furious Queen and a courtroom trial that dissolves into dreamlike chaos.
Playful, unsettling and endlessly inventive, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland remains one of the great landmarks of fantasy literature. This edition includes Tenniel’s full suite of forty-two illustrations, including the Caterpillar smoking a hookah, the White Rabbit checking his pocket watch, the Mad Tea-Party and the Queen’s court.
SKU: BTETM0001605
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
1881 Macmillan Sixty-Eighth Thousand 68,000 printing
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
With Forty-Two Illustrations by John Tenniel
An attractive early Victorian Macmillan printing of one of the defining works of nineteenth-century children’s literature and literary nonsense. This 1881 “Sixty-Eighth Thousand” edition preserves the classic Macmillan format, with Tenniel’s celebrated black-and-white illustrations throughout, including the White Rabbit, the Caterpillar with his hookah, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Tea-Party and the Queen’s courtroom.
Bound in the publisher’s red cloth gilt, with gilt rule borders and central gilt Alice vignette to the upper board. A highly displayable example of the enduring Macmillan Alice tradition, retaining strong shelf presence and the visual character that made Tenniel’s interpretation of Wonderland definitive.
By Lewis Carroll
Format: Hardcover, Small/Crown octavo (8vo 5 3⁄8 × 8 in 137 × 203 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Language: English
Published By: Macmillan and Co.,
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Very Good - A sound and attractive Victorian Macmillan printing in the original red cloth gilt. Binding with age-related rubbing, handling marks, light soiling to cloth, wear to corners and spine ends, and some bumping to boards and extremities. Gilt decoration to upper board remains appealing, with the central Alice vignette and ruled border still clearly visible.
Text block with general age-toning, occasional spotting, small marks from use and some handling wear consistent with a nineteenth-century children’s book. Contents leaf shows visible staining to the fore-edge/lower corner area. The illustrated leaves shown remain clear and attractive, with strong impressions of Tenniel’s designs. A few gutters show age-related stress but the book presents well overall.
A pleasing collectible copy of an early Macmillan Alice, complete with Tenniel’s forty-two illustrations and retaining the charm of the original red gilt binding.
Collation: pp. [10], 192, [2]; frontispiece and illustrations throughout by John Tenniel; original red pictorial cloth gilt; all edges gilt.
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
References:
Williams, Madan, Green & Crutch, The Lewis Carroll Handbook, no. 46d, for the Macmillan Alice edition sequence.
Macmillan’s long-running nineteenth-century “thousand” printings form an important part of the publishing history of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
Author Bio: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, photographer, inventor and Anglican deacon. He is best remembered for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, two works that transformed children’s literature through their inventive wordplay, dream logic, fantasy and comic absurdity.
Carroll’s literary nonsense, including poems such as “Jabberwocky” and The Hunting of the Snark, remains among the most influential writing of the Victorian period. His combination of mathematical play, linguistic wit and surreal imagination gave Alice a unique appeal to both children and adults.
Illustrated By: John Tenniel
Illustrator Bio: Sir John Tenniel was one of the most important illustrators and political cartoonists of the nineteenth century. Long associated with Punch, where he became chief cartoonist in 1864, Tenniel brought to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland a sharply detailed and highly memorable visual language.
His illustrations for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass remain the classic visual interpretation of Carroll’s characters. The White Rabbit, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts and Alice herself are still widely imagined through Tenniel’s designs.
Synopsis: Alice’s adventures begin when she follows a hurried White Rabbit down a rabbit-hole and enters the strange, shifting world of Wonderland. There she encounters talking animals, impossible logic, size-changing food and drink, riddling conversations, a grinning Cheshire Cat, a mad tea-party, a furious Queen and a courtroom trial that dissolves into dreamlike chaos.
Playful, unsettling and endlessly inventive, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland remains one of the great landmarks of fantasy literature. This edition includes Tenniel’s full suite of forty-two illustrations, including the Caterpillar smoking a hookah, the White Rabbit checking his pocket watch, the Mad Tea-Party and the Queen’s court.
SKU: BTETM0001605
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
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