Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
£750.00
First edition
Published by Macmillan and Co, London 1871 (marked 1872)
Category: Carroll, Lewis Tags: Antique, by Lewis Carroll, first edition, Rare, Through the Looking GLass
Description
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
A first edition re-backed using the original cloth and new endpapers. This book was issued in an edition of 9,000 copies, in Dec. 1871, but no copies have 1871 on the title-page, and instead marked 1872. With “wade” for “wabe” on p.21. Toned contents with a few folds and marks. Small stain on the first few pages extending to the title page. Dulled gilt page ends. 8vo With fifty illustrations by John Tenniel. 8vo 244pp with page of publisher’s advertisements.
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