Through the looking-glass, and what Alice found there.
London: Macmillan, 1913. 8vo. [xiii], [iii], 231, [1] pp., including leaf of publisher’s advertisements of works by Lewis Carroll. SIXTY-FIFTH THOUSAND. Frontispiece and 49 text illustrations by John Tenniel. Publisher’s red cloth, title in gilt on spine, gilt roundels with motifs from the book to covers inside triple gilt ruling. An absolutely immaculate copy with all edges gilt. Item #18544
Later edition, sixty-fifth thousand. This is Carroll’s sequel to Alice’s adventures in Wonderland. Once Alice climbs through the mirror, she finds that everything is reversed, including all logic. It is in this work that Carroll introduces his famous “other” characters such as the Jabberwock, Tweedledee and Tweedledum and the Walrus and Carpenter.
Price: $450.00