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Alice's adventures in Wonderland & Through the looking glass
by Carroll, Lewis, (Illustrated by Bliethel)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0416552803
- ISBN 13
- 9780416552805
- Seller
-
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Studley Press, 1948. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Bliethel. First edition thus first printing. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with toning to edges. Feels read. Minor bump to head and foot of spine, Very good condition. Jacket has losses to spine and joint ends, and some losses to corners. There are a few closed tears to panel edges. With rubbing to joints. Overall the jacket is complete and retains bold colours to both spine and panels, grades good to very good. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a quality addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A very solid example of this collectible edition of both classic Alice stories, with a colour frontispiece by Bliethel and three interior B&W illustrations in the text of Wonderland. A less than common edition of the two Alice stories and particularly scarce with the jacket in this condition. One for the Alice collector.
Synopsis
Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There , tell the story of a young girl in a fantasy world filled with peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. The classic tale of literary nonsense takes the reader on an exploration of logic and absurdities. The Alice books — sometimes combined or referred to with the abbreviated title Alice in Wonderland — have been translated into at least 97 languages with over a hundred different editions. The books have also been adapted numerous times into films (both live-action and cartoon), plays, and musicals.
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- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006673
- Title
- Alice's adventures in Wonderland & Through the looking glass
- Author
- Carroll, Lewis, (Illustrated by Bliethel)
- Illustrator
- Bliethel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0416552803
- ISBN 13
- 9780416552805
- Publisher
- The Studley Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Pages
- 221
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- White Rabbit Cheshire Cat Alice General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens;
- X weight
- 750 g
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About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
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