Lewis Carroll's Alice through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (Pennyroyal Edition)

Carroll, Lewis; Moser, Barry (Illustrator); Kincaid, James R. (Preface, Notes); Goodacre, Selwyn H. (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0530053098 / ISBN 13: 9780530053097

Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, California, 1983

About this Item

The First Trade (California) Edition, First Printing, from 1983 of the lovely Pennyroyal Edition designed & illustrated by Barry Moser (proprietor of the Pennyroyal Press in West Hatfield, MA) with his stunning woodcuts throughout the book's 167 pages, endpapers, & DJ. Preface & textual notes throughout by James R. Kincaid. Ultra-large 4to (8.75" x 13.75") hardcover has blue paper-covered boards backed with a darker blue cloth wrapping the spine, lettered there in shiny blue script. Condition is Near Fine, marred only by light foxing to outside page edges & slight fading/mottling to cloth, rubbing to upper & lower extremities. The interior is bright & crisp, unmarked save for a large gift inscription covering the entire ffep. Pages creamy white, woodcuts sharp. The top-clipped DJ (with $24.50 price intact to lower front flap) is also Near Fine, with slight darkening/tanning to white areas; beautifully protected in new clear mylar cover free! A lovely edition in like condition! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lewis Carroll's Alice through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (Pennyroyal Edition)
• Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley, California
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0530053098
• ISBN 13: 9780530053097
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Moser, Barry
• Edition: First Thus
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Children-Young Adult (YA)::Illustrated & Pictur...
  • Children-Young Adult (YA): Literature, Fiction,...

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