Full-Leather
1977 · Norwalk, Connecticut
by Carroll, Lewis (Rev. Charles Lutwidge)
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1977. Reissue. Full-Leather. Fine/No Jacket. 8x6x1. Tenniel, John. Still in original plastic wrap. 1977 Full-Leather. xiv, 172 pp. 8vo. Original maroon full leather, gilt titles and decorations (including a motif of the White Rabbit on the front board, and of the Red Queen and the Mad Hatter on the spine), all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Limited edition, part of The Franklin Library's 100 Greatest Books of All Time series. Two tone illustrations by John Tenniel throughout. An exceptionally decorative edition of Carroll's classic work. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 - 14 January 1898), better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and a photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, as well as the poems "The Hunting of the Snark" and "Jabberwocky", all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. He is noted for his facility at word play, logic, and fantasy, and there are societies dedicated to the enjoyment and promotion of his works and the investigation of his life in many parts of the world, including the United Kingdom, Japan, the United States, and New Zealand.
(Inventory #: 2346426)