1935, ISBN: 0b694b85f543b907549f2972d5c719b7

Hardcover

Limited Editions Club, 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated by John Tenniel. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1932. Limited to 1,500 numbered copies, signed by Freder… More...

Limited Editions Club, 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated by John Tenniel. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1932. Limited to 1,500 numbered copies, signed by Frederic Warde. This copy is one of a few of which were also signed by the "Original Alice," Alice Hargreaves. Octavo. [4], xi, [2], [1, blank], 182, [1], [1, blank], [1, colophon], [1, blank] pp. With the original text illustrations by Tenniel re-engraved on wood by Bruno Rollitz. Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club by the Printing House of William Edwin Rudge, Mount Vernon, N.Y. Typography and binding design by Frederic Warde. Introduction by Henry Seidel Canby. Publishers full red morocco (by George McKibbin & Son, New York). Covers decoratively bordered in gilt, smooth spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Bookplate on front free endpaper and some offsetting on endpapers. A near fine copy. Housed in the original blue cloth slipcase (some browning and light wear). [Together with:] CARROLL, Lewis. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. Illustrated by John Tenniel. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935. Limited to 1,500 numbered copies, signed by the "Original Alice," Alice Hargreaves. Octavo. [4, blank], xii, [8], 211, [2], [1, blank], [1, colophon], [1, blank] pp. With the original text illustrations by John Tenniel re-engraved (in metal) by Frederic Warde. Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club by the Printing House of William Edwin Rudge, Mount Verson, N.Y. Introduction by Carl Van Doren. Publishers full blue morocco (by George McKibbin & Son, New York). Covers decoratively bordered in gilt, smooth spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, all edges gilt. Bookplate on front free endpaper. A near fine copy. Housed in the original red cloth slipcase (fine). LEC Bibliography 36 and 65. Lovett and Lovett 90a and 94a. "Alice Hargreaves was the married name of Alice Liddell, for whom Lewis Carroll originally wrote the book. In 1932, during the celebrations of the centenary of Carrolls birth, Alice, who had lived a peaceful life in the south of England for many years, suddenly became a public figure. Her most notable and watched action was a trip to New York to receive an honorary degree from Columbia University" (Lovett and Lovett). Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase., Limited Editions Club, 1932, 5<

1932, ISBN: 0b694b85f543b907549f2972d5c719b7

Hardcover

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 56.03], [PU: Limited Editions Club], Illustrated by John Tenniel. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1932. Limited to 1,500 numbered copies, signed by Fre… More...

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 56.03], [PU: Limited Editions Club], Illustrated by John Tenniel. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1932. Limited to 1,500 numbered copies, signed by Frederic Warde. This copy is one of a few of which were also signed by the "Original Alice," Alice Hargreaves. Octavo. [4], xi, [2], [1, blank], 182, [1], [1, blank], [1, colophon], [1, blank] pp. With the original text illustrations by Tenniel re-engraved on wood by Bruno Rollitz. Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club by the Printing House of William Edwin Rudge, Mount Vernon, N.Y. Typography and binding design by Frederic Warde. Introduction by Henry Seidel Canby. Publishers full red morocco (by George McKibbin & Son, New York). Covers decoratively bordered in gilt, smooth spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Bookplate on front free endpaper and some offsetting on endpapers. A near fine copy. Housed in the original blue cloth slipcase (some browning and light wear). [Together with:] CARROLL, Lewis. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. Illustrated by John Tenniel. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935. Limited to 1,500 numbered copies, signed by the "Original Alice," Alice Hargreaves. Octavo. [4, blank], xii, [8], 211, [2], [1, blank], [1, colophon], [1, blank] pp. With the original text illustrations by John Tenniel re-engraved (in metal) by Frederic Warde. Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club by the Printing House of William Edwin Rudge, Mount Verson, N.Y. Introduction by Carl Van Doren. Publishers full blue morocco (by George McKibbin & Son, New York). Covers decoratively bordered in gilt, smooth spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, all edges gilt. Bookplate on front free endpaper. A near fine copy. Housed in the original red cloth slipcase (fine). LEC Bibliography 36 and 65. Lovett and Lovett 90a and 94a. "Alice Hargreaves was the married name of Alice Liddell, for whom Lewis Carroll originally wrote the book. In 1932, during the celebrations of the centenary of Carrolls birth, Alice, who had lived a peaceful life in the south of England for many years, suddenly became a public figure. Her most notable and watched action was a trip to New York to receive an honorary degree from Columbia University" (Lovett and Lovett). Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.<