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DODGSON (CHARLES LUTWIDGE) 'Lewis Carroll'
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland... With Forty-Two Illustrations by John Tenniel, SECOND (FIRST PUBLISHED) EDITION, Macmillan & Co., 1866

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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DODGSON (CHARLES LUTWIDGE) 'Lewis Carroll'

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland... With Forty-Two Illustrations by John Tenniel, SECOND (FIRST PUBLISHED) EDITION, first issue with page 30 correctly numbered and the inverted 'S' in the last line of the Contents page, half-title (short tear without loss), frontispiece and numerous illustrations by Dalziel after Tenniel, pictorial red cloth gilt in close imitation of the original binding, covers with gilt-stamped medallion vignettes of Alice holding a pig (front) and the Cheshire Cat (rear) within triple gilt ruled borders, gilt lettered spine, g.e., pale blue endpapers with Burn's binder's ticket at rear, preserved in red cloth chemise and morocco-backed slipcase with gilt lettered spine, FINE COPY, 8vo, Macmillan & Co., 1866

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Provenance: Alfred G. Balfour, faded inscription on title.

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