Accession number
PML 352463
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Published
London : Macmillan & Co., 1873.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Notes
The wood engraved illustrations are engraved by the brothers Dalziel after John Tenniel.
"Thirty-eight thousand"--Printing statement from title page.
First edition, later issue with "wabe" on page 21 spelt correctly, pages 95 & 98 numbered. Cf. Lovett & Lovett.
Publisher's advertisements ([1] page) at end.
Richard Clay's printing device as colophon.
"Thirty-eight thousand"--Printing statement from title page.
First edition, later issue with "wabe" on page 21 spelt correctly, pages 95 & 98 numbered. Cf. Lovett & Lovett.
Publisher's advertisements ([1] page) at end.
Richard Clay's printing device as colophon.
Description
[12], 224, [1] pages : illustrations (wood edngravings) ; 19 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Author's inscription in purple ink on half title page: Alice Maud Duckworth, from the Author, Sep. 18, 1876.
Provenance
Inscribed to Alice Maud Duckworth; from the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll Collection.
Binding
Red cloth with pictorial vignettes of the Queen of Hearts and the White Queen in gilt on covers; stamped in gilt on spine; edged gilded; with black endpapers.
Classification
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