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Lewis Carroll | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866, second (first published) edition, original pictorial cloth gilt

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July 19, 12:11 PM GMT

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2,000 - 3,000 GBP

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Lewis Carroll


Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan and Co., 1866


Second (first published) edition (including inverted "S" in final line of Contents listing), 8vo, wood-engraved illustrations after John Tenniel, original pictorial cloth gilt, gilt design showing Alice holding the Pig Baby on upper cover, gilt design showing the head of the Cheshire Cat on lower cover, gilt edges, brown endpapers, bespoke red morocco and marbled clamshell box, some spotting, rebacked retaining original spine