Accession number
PML 352454
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Published
London : Macmillan and Co., 1872.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Notes
The wood engraved illustrations by the brothers Dalziel are after John Tenniel.
First edition, with printer's error on page 21, "wabe" spelt incorrectly as "wade," page 95 is unnumbered, and page 98 is numbered. Cf. Lovett & Lovett.
"Macmillan & Co." printed in gilt on spine.
First edition, with printer's error on page 21, "wabe" spelt incorrectly as "wade," page 95 is unnumbered, and page 98 is numbered. Cf. Lovett & Lovett.
"Macmillan & Co." printed in gilt on spine.
Description
[12], 224 pages : illustrations (wood engravings) ; 19 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Author's inscription in purple ink on half title page: Mary Dorothea Wilcox -- from the Author -- Christmas. 1871.
Provenance
Bookplate of and inscribed to Mary Dorothea Wilcox; from the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll Collection.
Binding
Crimson cloth with pictorial vignettes of the Queen of Hearts and the White Queen in gilt on covers; with white endpapers, and sprinkled edges in red.
Classification
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