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ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. With a Proem by Austin Dobson
[Rackham Illus]; Carroll Lewis
Published by London William Heinemann 1916
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Hardcover
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First edition, second impression with Rackham's illustrations. 13 color plates with captioned tissue guards, illustrated end-leaves and numerous black and white illustrations throughout the text, all by Arthur Rackham. Small 4to, publisher's original green cloth with pictorial design in gilt on the upper cover, lettered in dark green on the cover and spine. xi, 162 pp. A pleasing and well preserved copy of a book rarely found so, this copy is free of the typical foxing, the cloth with the lettering and gilt still bold, some light evidence of shelving or use. FIRST EDITION, EARLY IMPRESSION OF THIS SIGNIFICANT WORK, VERY SCARCE NOW. This edition, was the first with Arthur Rackham's illustrations. The controversy which ensued, as critics protested the "presumptuous" replacement of John Tenniel's illustrations, spurred sales of the book. The publisher sold 14,322 copies of Alice at 6 shillings each within the first 6 months of its issue, resulting in Arthur Rackham s all-time most successful book debut. While reviewers scorned Rackham s artistic audacity, the public supported his fresh interpretation. One uncharacteristically favorable review by The Daily Telegraph remarked, "The Alice .is not the heroine of Sir John Tenniel s imagination; she is older and more sophisticated; but at the same time she has a tender, flickering light of imagination in her eyes, which lifts her out of the domain of the merely pretty and childish.Mr. Rackham s inexhaustible imagination, working over and embroidering the ground-work of Tenniel s types, has added a really wonderful wealth of uncanny, dreamlike mystery to the story.and extraordinary feeling into the drawing of the hands." - Hamilton Rackham s Alice is sure to delight readers today with its fanciful creatures, its charming depiction of the heroine Alice, and its consistent good humor. And be sure to look for the artist s self-caricature in his rendition of the Mad Hatter in "The Mad Hatter s Tea Party.". Seller Inventory # 33050
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Title: ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. With a ...
Publisher: London William Heinemann 1916
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. With a proem by Austin Dobson.
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London: William Heinemann; New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, [1907], 1907
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First Edition
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Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
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First trade edition, first impression, with an original pen and ink drawing on the half-title of the White Rabbit in dressing gown and striped slippers, signed lower right ("Arthur Rackham"). In 1907, the copyright of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland expired, and many publishers issued newly illustrated editions. Arthur Rackham's edition is one of the few that has endured, and his illustrations stand comparison with the original drawings by John Tenniel. This copy includes the Leicester Galleries Exhibition announcement slip for 1913 loosely inserted. Latimore & Haskell p. 29; Riall p. 77. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine and front cover lettered in dark green, front cover with pictorial decoration in gilt, rear cover with publisher's device in dark green, illustrated endpapers, top edge yellow. Colour frontispiece and 12 colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, black and white illustrations in the text, all by Rackham. Ownership signature of a Hobart Fordy to half-title. Extremities a little worn, spine sunned, minor marks to rear cover, some light foxing and browning, occasional finger-soiling, front hinge cracking: a very good copy. Seller Inventory # 174527
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. With a proem by Austin Dobson.
Published by
London: William Heinemann; Doubleday Page & Co., New York, [1907], 1907
Used
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Deluxe limited edition, number 288 of 1,130 numbered copies, of which 1,100 were for sale, with the last 30 reserved for presentation. Published when the book came out of copyright in 1907, this deluxe edition was issued unsigned, as Rackham was out of the country at the time. For the first time, Rackham's plates were distributed at the appropriate places throughout the text, rather than gathered together at the end as they had been in Rip Van Winkle (1905) and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906). Quarto (276 x 229 mm). Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, raised bands, pictorial onlay to front board with titles in gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, burgundy endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. With 13 tipped-in colour plates, captioned tissues, numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Some partial browning to half-title and limitation leaf, the occasional minor blemish overall an excellent copy in a fine binding. Seller Inventory # 165900
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