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The Nursery 'Alice'

The Nursery 'Alice'

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The Nursery 'Alice'

by CARROLL, Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)

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London: Macmillan, 1890. Nursery version of the classic story conceived to be read and 'cooed over' by younger readers. The two additional 'puzzle-pictures' or sketches that complement this copy are rare and precious examples of a game Carroll used to play with children - the object being to guess the animal before Carroll had finished drawing it. Presentation copy of the first published edition - inscribed by Lewis Carroll on the half title - with two original ink puzzle-pictures by Lewis Carroll tipped in. Quarto, bound in original pictorial boards, preserved in a deep blue, folding, cloth box, 257 mm x 200 mm., 75 pages, colour frontispiece and 3 full-page colour illustrations, numerous illustrations throughout; water damage affecting pages at front and end, endpapers browned and corners worn, otherwise a very good copy.

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The Nursery "Alice" is a shortened version of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, adapted by the author himself for children "from nought to five" with twenty of Tenniel's illustrations from the original book coloured and enlarged. It was first published in 1890 by Macmillan, 25 years after the original Alice, and featured a new cover illustrated by E. Gertrude Thomson, who was a good friend of Dodgson.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
The Nursery 'Alice'
Author
CARROLL, Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Macmillan
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1890
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
DEALER-VBF Alice in Wonderland fairytale Lewis Carroll Charles Lutwidge Dodgson presentation copy puzzle pictures
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10115

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