Accession number
PML 352029
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Published
New York : D. Appleton and Co. ..., 1866.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Notes
First edition, second issue [Appleton].
1865 sheets, printed by Oxford University Press.
Signatures: [a]⁴ [b]² B-N⁸.
On the title page, the E of Alice's is above W of Wonderland; B of By is above T of Tenniel.
In the prefatory poem, the first line of the last verse reads, "Alice! a childish story take,"; last line: "Plucked in a far-off land." "Rabbit-hole" hyphenated on contents page.
The first issue of the first ed. (July 1865), printed at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, was withdrawn by the author because of defective printing. The Goodacre/Schiller census (1990) reports 23 copies. A second edition, printed by R. Clay, London, was issued in November of the same year though dated 1866 for the Christmas trade. The defective Clarendon Press sheets were issued with a cancel title page dated 1866 for publication in America by D. Appleton & Co.
1865 sheets, printed by Oxford University Press.
Signatures: [a]⁴ [b]² B-N⁸.
On the title page, the E of Alice's is above W of Wonderland; B of By is above T of Tenniel.
In the prefatory poem, the first line of the last verse reads, "Alice! a childish story take,"; last line: "Plucked in a far-off land." "Rabbit-hole" hyphenated on contents page.
The first issue of the first ed. (July 1865), printed at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, was withdrawn by the author because of defective printing. The Goodacre/Schiller census (1990) reports 23 copies. A second edition, printed by R. Clay, London, was issued in November of the same year though dated 1866 for the Christmas trade. The defective Clarendon Press sheets were issued with a cancel title page dated 1866 for publication in America by D. Appleton & Co.
Description
[12], 192 p. : ill. ; 19 cm
Provenance
From the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll Collection.
Binding
Purplish-brown morocco, gilt, with ornamental figures in corners of upper and lower covers; all edges gilt; green morocco and brown watered silk doublures.
Classification
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