Rackham, Arthur (Illus.). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, first edition thus, London: Heinemann, [1907]. Octavo, publisher's gilt green cloth, 12 colour plates (all but one with captioned tissue-guards) plus further black & white illustrations within the text, publisher's advertisement for Rip Van Winkle at front, advertisement for The Children & The Pictures at rear, poem by Austin Dobson. Contents with occasional marks, spots, erased pencil; gift inscription for Christmas 1907 on verso of front free endpaper, pencil bookseller's to the inside front endboard; binding with discolouration to spine, wear and loss to cloth at headcaps/corners
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Rackham, Arthur (Illus.). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, first edition thus, London: Heinemann, [1907]. Octavo, publisher's gilt green cloth, 12 colour plates (all but one with captioned tissue-guards) plus further black & white illustrations within the text, publisher's advertisement for Rip Van Winkle at front, advertisement for The Children & The Pictures at rear, poem by Austin Dobson. Contents with occasional marks, spots, erased pencil; gift inscription for Christmas 1907 on verso of front free endpaper, pencil bookseller's to the inside front endboard; binding with discolouration to spine, wear and loss to cloth at headcaps/corners
Auction: The Collectors Sale, 27th Jan, 2022