Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There

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The first edition, first issue with 'wade' for 'wave' on p.21. In attractive full brown polished calf (by Riviere & Son), gilt edge tooling, corners rubbed. Re-spined, old laid down, gilt title & tooling raised bands. Internally, half title, [2] chess play, B&W frontis, title, [12], [1], 2-224 pp, [1], [1] adverts, 50 B&W illustrations by Tenniel, page 98 un-numbered, original red cloth boards & spine tipped in at rear, decorative gilt turn ins & edges, red endpapers, bookplate to fpd (William Crampton by ELM), some light edge browning occasional spotting, heavier to endpapers, a.e.g. Probably 9,000 copies issued & although dated 1872 was printed in December 1871. (183*122 mm) (Madan p61/68. 84/67). Williams p28/32. 21. Lovett p59, A.42. Lindseth p291, 3232. 5.1)