Through the Looking Glass (illustrated by Peter Newell)
by LEWIS CARROLL, PETER NEWLL (ILLUSTRATOR)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- First Edition, First Printing. Near fine. White parchment boards in mylar protected dust-jacket, boards somewhat dull per age an/No Jacket
- Seller
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Potomac, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
First Edition, First Printing. Near fine. White parchment boards in mylar protected dust-jacket, boards somewhat dull per age and color. Gilt titles and gilt embossed vignette of Alice on front board. Gilt topstain. First Edition illustrated by Newell (published October 1902). Illustrated with tissue-protected portrait frontispiece of Newell and 40 full-page beautiful plates by Peter Newell, all present. Interior pages and boards fine and unmarred. All pages surrounded with decorative borders in green by Robert Murray Wright. 211 pp. A wonderful first edition of the acclaimed Peter Newell edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grinning Cat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31583
- Title
- Through the Looking Glass (illustrated by Peter Newell)
- Author
- LEWIS CARROLL, PETER NEWLL (ILLUSTRATOR)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - First Edition, First Printing. Near fine. White parchment boards in mylar protected dust-jacket, boards somewhat dull per age an
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1902
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ENGLISH LITERATURE, ALICE
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE;
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Grinning Cat Books
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Potomac, Maryland
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- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...