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The Nursery Alice
by CARROLL, Lewis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G++
- Seller
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Macmillan and Co., 1890 1890. 1st Edition. Hardcover. G++. 1st Published Edition, 2nd produced edition. 19.3 x 25.7 cm cloth backed paper covered boards[x] 56 [viii] with addendum tipped in and 20 colour illustrations by E Gertrude Thomson including tissue guarded frontispiece. Priced at 'four shillings' on the title page and with Alice pictured from a back view on p34. The boards are dust marked and a little scratched with some drip marks on the rear. There is rubbing to the edges including some surface abrasion and rounded corners. The spine is n worn with small tears at the head of the spine and 2-3 cm holes in the cloth at the foot. There are two splits in the lower joint of 2 and 3.5 cm. Internally there is toning to the front free endpaper which has a gift inscription and spotting to the frontispiece, tissue-guard and title page. Page 35 has 3 full length creases and there are occasional handling marks and a few occasional pen dots. An interesting 1st Edition of this version of Alice aimed at younger children. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
Synopsis
The Nursery "Alice" is a shortened version of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, adapted by the author himself for children "from nought to five" with twenty of Tenniel's illustrations from the original book coloured and enlarged. It was first published in 1890 by Macmillan, 25 years after the original Alice, and featured a new cover illustrated by E. Gertrude Thomson, who was a good friend of Dodgson.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 202295
- Title
- The Nursery Alice
- Author
- CARROLL, Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G++
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Date Published
- 1890 1890
- Keywords
- Illustrated|Fantasy|Childrens|H-L23
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About the Seller
Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Biblio member since 2020
Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
About Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Rainford & Parris Books is a small family business based on the Hertfordshire / Essex border, close to London Stansted Airport. We are full time professional bookdealers specialising mainly in Modern First Editions, Children's Books, Illustrated Books and Nineteenth Century Literature, as well as assorted fine and interesting books. When describing our books we attempt to list all significant defects to a high degree of precision, so that you can build an accurate idea of their condition. We supplement our description with images and are always happy to provide further images or information. All books are very carefully packaged in a new book-box so that they reach you in the condition described.
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
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- Tipped In
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- Edges
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- Title Page
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