Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Macmillan, 1953) Bound by Zaehnsdorf Half-Leather

 

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll, illustrations by John Tenniel
Macmillan and Co, Limited, [reprint] 1953

A nice half morroco binding with attractively themed decoration in gilt to spine and boards. Bound by Zaehnsdorf, London, England – stamped to verso of front free endpaper at lower edge.

Personalised to lower corner of front board (initials and date), with a gift inscription on first blank page by a loving aunt to a Penelope Jane on her fourth birthday.

Hardback – half-leather binding with raised bands on spine; cloth boards; titles and decoration in gilt; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt to page-block. pp [4] blanks, half-title, frontispiece, title, [6], 177, [1], colophon, [4] blanks, including b/w illustrations. 7.25 x 5 inches approx. (185mm x 125mm).

Light wear and rubbing to binding, occasional light mark or scuff. Inscription in ink to first blank; occasional foxing or mark but pages generally clean throughout; edges of page-block tanned and a little spotted, dusty.

Overall, light wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy – a beautiful binding.

£225.00

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