ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND and THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS - (Two volumes bound in one, fine binding by Riviere & Son)

London: Macmillan and Co, 1937. later editions. Leather-bound hardcover. London, Macmillan and Co, 1937, Full leather Hardcover

Macmillan and Co., Limited. A finely bound copy, comprising of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". With Forty-Two Illustrations by John Tenniel. London: Macmillan and Co., 1937 [Bound together with]: [CARROLL, LEWIS (Dodgson, Rev. Charles Lutwidge)]. "Through The Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There." With Fifty Illustrations by John Tenniel. London: Macmillan and Co., 1933. Later Editions. Leather-bound. Hardcover. Octavo7.5 x 5.5 x 1.5inches (188 x 135 x 39mm.). Pp. [12], 177; [12], 208, [4]. English text. Stunning binding of full polished blue calf by Riviere and Son with elaborately gilt ruled and tooled covers. Stunning cover with four gilded characters and on the spine gilded motifs from the books. All page edges gilt. Hand-marbled endpapers. Half-titles present. Black and white illustrations throughout by John Tenniel. In custom slipcase. The occasional minor blemish, an excellent set.

Near fine condition. [CARROLL, LEWIS (Dodgson, Rev. Charles Lutwidge)]. Condition: NEAR FINE. Binding tight and secure with the hinges and joints perfectly intact. Covers very well-preserved with a tiny amount of light shelf wear. Small loss of gilding in the top part of the spine (see photos).