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  • First edition, first printing, first issue of Alice's Adventures Under Ground, by Lewis Carroll, with an inscription from the author to half-title page
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  • First edition, first printing, first issue of Alice's Adventures Under Ground, by Lewis Carroll, with an inscription from the author to half-title page
  • First edition, first printing, first issue of Alice's Adventures Under Ground, by Lewis Carroll, with an inscription from the author to half-title page
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  • First edition, first printing, first issue of Alice's Adventures Under Ground, by Lewis Carroll, with an inscription from the author to half-title page
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CARROLL, Lewis.

Alice's Adventures Under Ground.

Alice's Adventures Under Ground.

being a facsimile of the original ms. book afterwards developed into 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'. With thirty-seven illustrations by the author.

Stock Code 121402

London, Macmillan and Co., 1886.

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presentation inscription by Lewis Carroll

A rare, inscribed copy, this title offers the reader an opportunity to make a comparison between Tenniel's illustrations with those by the author.

First edition, first printing, first issue with black coated endpapers, inscribed by the author; 8vo (190 x 135 mm); thirty-seven engravings based on illustrations, in-line drawings and full-page plates, inscription in ink to half-title; publisher's red cloth triple ruled in gilt, gilt-embossed vignette depicting mock-turtle to lower board, all edges gilt, toned spine, minor marks to boards, otherwise very good indeed; [viii], 96pp, [1], [2]ads.

Provenance

Provenance: Mary James (Inscription to half-title 'Mary James, from the author, December 3rd, 1892')<br />Robert Rutson James (bookplate to front pastedown)

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