Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Price: $275.00
Tenniel, John. Hard Cover. London: Macmillan and Co., 1927. Reprint. Near Fine.
With 42 black and white illustrations by John Tenniel. Reprint, Ninety-Sixth Thousand. Publisher's red cloth, front and rear boards with borders triple-ruled in gilt, illustration of Alice in gilt to front board, Cheshire Cat to rear board, spine lettered in gilt, and all edges gilt. Light offsetting to endpapers, and contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, else fine. Overall, a gorgeous copy, styled the same as the first edition. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland tells the story of a young and exceedingly rational girl who falls through a rabbit hole into a surreal world filled with strange and fanciful characters, including the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, and Mock Turtle. The story culminates in a court trial at the behest of the bloodthirsty Queen of Hearts, with Alice being called as a witness. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote the nonsensical story under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll for 10-year-old Alice Liddell, who was a frequent subject of his revolutionary portrait photography. A well of inspiration and fascination for readers for more than 150 years, the book was ranked number two on the BBC's 100 Greatest Children's Books of All Time poll in 2023. Item #LC142
