ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND (First American Edition De Luxe, Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, in original “Spider’s Web” glassine dust jacket and original gift box)

Language: English

Published by Doubleday Page, New York, 1907

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Carroll, Lewis. (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., [n. d. but 1907]. First American De Luxe Edition illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With a "proem" by Austin Dobson. Limited to 550 numbered copies SIGNED by the publisher of which this is #114. Large quarto. Thirteen full-page tipped-in colored plates with all tissue guards present, illustrations sized much larger than those found in the first trade edition. This large paper edition is 162pp and measures 11 1/2" x 9 ¼." Original publisher’s quarter dark green cloth over light green boards lettered in gilt with a small onlay image of Alice affixed to the upper board, t.e.g. A VERY FINE copy in ORIGINAL GLASSINE DUST JACKET still residing inside its matching green ORIGINAL CARDBOARD GIFT BOX. Virtually as new and untouched, an astonishing survival. In 1907, after more than forty years, Lewis Carroll's classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland entered the public domain. That year, many new editions of Alice's Adventures were free to be published. Of those, Arthur Rackham’s 1907 illustrated version is arguably the most iconic (and the most sought after) visual interpretation of Alice outside of the original Victorian era drawings by John Tenniel. In thirty years of selling Lewis Carroll desiderata, this is the first time we’ve ever seen the Doubleday Edition De Luxe in its original glassine DJ (much less with its original gift box). Also included, an example of the first American Trade Edition (c.1907, printed in England) as a reading copy. …

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Title
ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND (First American Edition De Luxe, Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, in original “Spider’s Web” glassine dust jacket and original gift box)
Author
Carroll, Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) (Arthur Rackham)
Publisher
Doubleday Page, New York
Publication year
1907
Condition
Fine
Dust jacket
Near Fine
Signed
Signed by Author(s)
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Rackham, Arthur
Edition
1st Edition

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We are antiquarian booksellers located in Mill Valley, California and have been buying and selling rare books and manuscripts since 1993. We are also members in good standing of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America. Our stock is select. Our emphasis, whenever possible, is on superb condition, rarity, literary importance and generally falls into two categories: 19th and early 20th Century Manuscripts and First Editions...and 20th Century Manuscripts and First Editions which have source relevance to Cinema.…

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