[BINDING]. DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll"). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan and Co., 1867. Early English edition (eighth thousand).
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[BINDING]. DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll") (1832-1898). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan and Co., 1867.
8vo (178 x 119 mm). Half-title, frontispiece, illustrations by John Tenniel, many with hand-coloring. 20th-century red crushed levant gilt, upper cover with central gilt ornament of Alice holding a rabbit, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in three, the rest gilt decorated, edges gilt, stamp-signed by Whitman Bennett, NY (some slight rubbing, a few faint stains); original covers and spine bound in. Provenance: Eliza Burrell (signature); Sylvia J. Thomson (bookplate).
Early English edition (eighth thousand).
Property from a Private Collection, Cincinnati, Ohio
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