Alice's Adventures in Wonderland CARROLL Lewis [ie DODGSON Charles Lutwidge] 1832-1898 Publisher: William Heinemann. Doubleday Page & Co. Publish Year: 1907 Publish Place: London. New York. Illustrator: RACKHAM Arthur 1867-1939 Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 006218 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: Limited Edition Inscription: Unknown £1,325 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information VG, Ltd Ed, 1907 Rackham illustrated, 13 pls, complete. In quarter green cloth over green printed boards, gilt titles, corners a little bumped. Spine, gilt titles, edges bumped & worn. Internally, half title, limitation to verso, frontis, [4], (v-xi), [1=], 161 pp, [1], 13 pls (coloured & tipped in), lettered tissue guards, numerous illustrations within text, t.e.g, remainder uncut, an edition limited to 550 copies for the US and signed by the publisher Doubleday Page Co, bookplate to fpd (Francis Kettaneh) with off-setting to half title, printed endpapers, ink ownership signature to base fep. But a VG copy. (Folio, 228*282 mm). (Williams A5. Madan p215). With a poem by Austin Dobson. First published by Carroll with illustrations by Tenniel in 1865. The Alice books and The Hunting of the Snark have had an impact upon the English language as well, and after Shakespeare and the Bible are the most frequently quoted round the world. These works grow more popular with time even as the fascination with the life of their begetter increases. See ODNB.
