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Macmillan London, 1890. later edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. First published Edition Second Issue priced at One Shilling . This edition is printed on white, rather than toned, paper; the price of 'Four Shillings' above the imprint is changed to 'One Shilling and the illustration on page 34 of Alice and the Cheshire Cat shows Alice with her back towards the reader and not in profile. Coloured frontispiece and 19 colour illustrations after John Tenniel, 3pp. publisher's advertisements to rear. Occasional light finger soiling, closed 2-inch tear to p.45, several leaves to rear with tiny corner clip, Original pictorial cloth-backed boards by E. Gertrude Thomson extremities slightly rubbed, minor soiling to rear. Provenance: Eileen G. Hallibone - gift inscription on the front free endpaper.Note this issue sometimes referred to as the second issue of the second edition, although Carroll rejected the entire run of 10000 of the true first edition prior to publication.

Macmillan. London. 1890. [Second edition]. 4to.. pp. (viii), 56, (i) [TURN OVER], (iii) An Easter Greeting, (i) Christmas Greetings, (ii) Advertisements, (i) Specimen Page. Coloured frontispiece and 19 coloured text illustrations by TENNIEL. White cloth spine unlettered, coloured pictorial boards [the front board signed by Thomson, the rear board with a central vignette of the March Hare initialled by Thomson - in both cases the original owner has gone to the trouble of erasing the Thomson signatures very carefully but has left a portion of the letter 'E' on the front board and by the position of the erasures indicating what has happened], without the front free end-paper, the tissue guard to the frontispiece torn at attachment without loss, the first 8 pages have a few light pencil underlines and the odd marginal note, the covers are scuffed and worn at spine ends and corners, some margins have marks, clearly a used but decent copy. *This copy is printed on white, rather than toned, paper; the… Read More

London: Macmillan, 1890. Very good.. First published edition (the second produced edition overall) of this color-illustrated ALICE for young children, with the Carroll-approved color images of Tenniel's original illustrations - quite a nice copy. In 1889, Lewis Carroll adapted his beloved ALICE IN WONDERLAND for younger readers as THE NURSERY "ALICE." With picture-loving children in mind, he suggested that Macmillan use color-printed illustrations in this edition, and enlisted his close collaborator John Tenniel to add color to his earlier designs. However, when he received the proofs, Carroll was aghast: "The pictures are far too bright and gaudy, and vulgarize the whole thing," he lamented, "NONE must be sold in England" (Lovett, 36). Carroll suggested that Macmillan offload the offending copies to their American offices, and demanded the printer produce another edition "with Tenniel's coloured pictures before him" (Lovett, 36). This copy of THE NURSERY "ALICE" reflects Carroll's editorial input,… Read More

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.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1890. [12], 56pp, [8], original quarter cloth and decorated boards, the upper cover with a pictorial design in colour of Alice asleep and dreaming beneath a tree, signed 'E.G. Thomson', the lower cover with a picture of the March Hare in the centre, and the initials 'E.G.T.'. Cloth to spine repaired, with small splits to head of upper joint, corners bumped with small amounts of loss, slightly rubbed with very light soiling. Internally very lightly browned, lacking tissue guard to frontispiece, but generally clean and fairly bright. Now housed in a black buckram chemise and slipcase, with title and author in gilt to spine. Inscribed by Carroll, in his usual purple ink to half title, being one of one hundred presentation copies (see Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch, page 162), 'For Nina from the author, Mar. 25 1890'. Nina was apparently Nina 'Ninty' Eschwege, who later married Herbert Haviland Field. This "second (first published) edition… Read More