ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND

RACKHAM, Arthur; CARROLL, Lewis

Verlag: London William Heinemann, 1907

First Rackham edition. Edition de Luxe, one of 1100 copies printed on handmade paper. Large 4to. Publisher's full white buckram, with gilt titles and vignettes. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Housed in publisher's original card slipcase. A very good copy, spine rather dusty. Pictorial endpapers. Thirteen colour plates mounted onto brown art paper and protected by captioned tissue guards. In addition there are lots of charming line drawings. The story of Alice had a special resonance with Rackham, as he wrote, "My experiences of the book are absolutely delightful. it was read aloud to us (3 about the same age, 11, 10, 9) sat by my father & and at once became a household word. It is possible that my father's appreciation of it helped us children too. It was read with full dramatic effect, the songs sung and so forth". Certainly Rackham's Alice is beautifully drawn, fresh faced and rosy cheeked, her sense of wonder clearly apparent. Carroll's fantasy world is perfectly suited to Rackham's humour and vivid imagination, making this a most appealing interpretation of Alice. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 45327

Bibliografische Details

Titel: ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
Verlag: London William Heinemann
Erscheinungsdatum: 1907
Einband: Hardcover
Auflage: 1. Auflage