1922 1st Trade Edition ,
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
Lewis Carroll’s Alice needs no introduction: one of the foundational texts of literary nonsense and one of the most enduring children’s books in English. This 1922 Hodder & Stoughton edition is among the most attractive early twentieth-century illustrated Alices, with a full suite of plates and decorative in-text ornament by Gwynedd M. Hudson, the British painter, illustrator and poster artist who studied at Brighton School of Art and later designed posters for the London Underground. Her treatment of Wonderland is richly decorative, dreamlike and distinctly period in feeling, giving Carroll’s text an elegant post-Edwardian visual identity.
By Lewis Carroll
Author Bio: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer of children's fiction, notably Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass. He was noted for his facility with word play, logic, and fantasy. The poems "Jabberwocky" and The Hunting of the Snark are classified in the genre of literary nonsense. He was also a mathematician, photographer, inventor, and Anglican deacon.
Illustrated By: Gwynedd M. Hudson
Illustrator Bio: Gwynedd Hudson (1909-1935) was known for her work as a figure painter, illustrator and poster artist. Her Alice is features subdued colors and darker tones which are beautiful and slightly menacing at the same time. Gwynedd M. Hudson studied art at the Brighton School of Art. She was a figure painter, illustrator, and poster artist. She exhibited at the Royal Academy around 1912 (at least). She is best known for her editions of Barrie's Peter Pan and Wendy and Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, which received the lavish gift-book treatment (started with the books of Dulac and Rackham) being issued as a large, elaborate book in both a trade and a de luxe edition (featured in The Bookman's Christmas Portfolio for 1922). Her Alice is generally considered one of the finest and has been repeatedly reprinted. She illustrated perhaps a half dozen or so other books, mostly for poetry and religious published for Hodder in delicate Art Nouveau watercolors.
Synopsis: Alice follows the White Rabbit down the rabbit-hole into Wonderland, where ordinary logic gives way to dream-logic, unstable scale, linguistic play, and a procession of unforgettable figures: the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, the Duchess, the Hatter, the March Hare, the Mock Turtle, and finally the court of the Queen of Hearts. Hudson’s illustrations suit the book especially well, balancing fantasy, theatricality and a faint note of menace, while preserving the charm and narrative momentum of Carroll’s original.
Binding: Hardcover, Medium octavo (8vo 6 1⁄2 × 9 1⁄4 in 165 × 235 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Collation: 180 pp., with 12 tipped-in colour plates
Language: English
Published By: Hodder & Stoughton, London
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Very Good - Publisher’s pictorial cloth, lettered and decorated to upper board and spine. Binding sound and pleasing on the shelf, with the expected rubbing at extremities, a little bumping and general handling wear commensurate with age. Internally complete, with all twelve tipped-in colour plates present. Text pages generally clean, showing the usual age-toning and occasional light marking / spotting as commonly encountered in this edition. A solid, attractive and collectable copy of one of the most evocative illustrated Wonderland editions of the period.
Binding:
Hardcover, large quarto / small folio (approx. 10 1/4 × 8 inches; c. 260 × 205 mm).
Note: The 1922 Hodder & Stoughton trade issue of Hudson’s celebrated Alice; distinct from the limited white-cloth signed issue, and separate from the later Boots variants. The title page in this setting famously misprints the author’s surname as “Lewis Caroll.” Illustrated throughout with orange-and-black decorative devices and twelve tipped-in colour plates, all present. Title-page verso in this copy reads: “Printed in Great Britain for Hodder & Stoughton, Ltd., by Henry Stone & Son, Ltd., Banbury.”
Collation: 180 pp., with 12 tipped-in colour plates by Gwynedd M. Hudson; decorative in-text illustrations throughout. All plates present.
References:
Jisc Library Hub Discover
The Morgan Library & Museum, PML 352087 (related 1922 Hudson issue)
Williams, The Lewis Carroll Handbook (rev. ed., Folkestone: Dawson, 1979), item 319
Horne, The Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators (1994)
Riddell & Denton, By Underground to the Zoo (1995)..
SKU: BTETM0002526
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
1922 1st Trade Edition ,
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
Lewis Carroll’s Alice needs no introduction: one of the foundational texts of literary nonsense and one of the most enduring children’s books in English. This 1922 Hodder & Stoughton edition is among the most attractive early twentieth-century illustrated Alices, with a full suite of plates and decorative in-text ornament by Gwynedd M. Hudson, the British painter, illustrator and poster artist who studied at Brighton School of Art and later designed posters for the London Underground. Her treatment of Wonderland is richly decorative, dreamlike and distinctly period in feeling, giving Carroll’s text an elegant post-Edwardian visual identity.
By Lewis Carroll
Author Bio: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer of children's fiction, notably Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass. He was noted for his facility with word play, logic, and fantasy. The poems "Jabberwocky" and The Hunting of the Snark are classified in the genre of literary nonsense. He was also a mathematician, photographer, inventor, and Anglican deacon.
Illustrated By: Gwynedd M. Hudson
Illustrator Bio: Gwynedd Hudson (1909-1935) was known for her work as a figure painter, illustrator and poster artist. Her Alice is features subdued colors and darker tones which are beautiful and slightly menacing at the same time. Gwynedd M. Hudson studied art at the Brighton School of Art. She was a figure painter, illustrator, and poster artist. She exhibited at the Royal Academy around 1912 (at least). She is best known for her editions of Barrie's Peter Pan and Wendy and Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, which received the lavish gift-book treatment (started with the books of Dulac and Rackham) being issued as a large, elaborate book in both a trade and a de luxe edition (featured in The Bookman's Christmas Portfolio for 1922). Her Alice is generally considered one of the finest and has been repeatedly reprinted. She illustrated perhaps a half dozen or so other books, mostly for poetry and religious published for Hodder in delicate Art Nouveau watercolors.
Synopsis: Alice follows the White Rabbit down the rabbit-hole into Wonderland, where ordinary logic gives way to dream-logic, unstable scale, linguistic play, and a procession of unforgettable figures: the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, the Duchess, the Hatter, the March Hare, the Mock Turtle, and finally the court of the Queen of Hearts. Hudson’s illustrations suit the book especially well, balancing fantasy, theatricality and a faint note of menace, while preserving the charm and narrative momentum of Carroll’s original.
Binding: Hardcover, Medium octavo (8vo 6 1⁄2 × 9 1⁄4 in 165 × 235 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Collation: 180 pp., with 12 tipped-in colour plates
Language: English
Published By: Hodder & Stoughton, London
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Very Good - Publisher’s pictorial cloth, lettered and decorated to upper board and spine. Binding sound and pleasing on the shelf, with the expected rubbing at extremities, a little bumping and general handling wear commensurate with age. Internally complete, with all twelve tipped-in colour plates present. Text pages generally clean, showing the usual age-toning and occasional light marking / spotting as commonly encountered in this edition. A solid, attractive and collectable copy of one of the most evocative illustrated Wonderland editions of the period.
Binding:
Hardcover, large quarto / small folio (approx. 10 1/4 × 8 inches; c. 260 × 205 mm).
Note: The 1922 Hodder & Stoughton trade issue of Hudson’s celebrated Alice; distinct from the limited white-cloth signed issue, and separate from the later Boots variants. The title page in this setting famously misprints the author’s surname as “Lewis Caroll.” Illustrated throughout with orange-and-black decorative devices and twelve tipped-in colour plates, all present. Title-page verso in this copy reads: “Printed in Great Britain for Hodder & Stoughton, Ltd., by Henry Stone & Son, Ltd., Banbury.”
Collation: 180 pp., with 12 tipped-in colour plates by Gwynedd M. Hudson; decorative in-text illustrations throughout. All plates present.
References:
Jisc Library Hub Discover
The Morgan Library & Museum, PML 352087 (related 1922 Hudson issue)
Williams, The Lewis Carroll Handbook (rev. ed., Folkestone: Dawson, 1979), item 319
Horne, The Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators (1994)
Riddell & Denton, By Underground to the Zoo (1995)..
SKU: BTETM0002526
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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