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Sale 309: Children's & Illustrated Books: The Library of Noreen Curry, Part II (#309) 05/19/2005 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 05/19/2005 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #41 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$150

Estimate: $200 - $300

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Description

Title:

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Author:

Carroll, Lewis

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

Harper & Brothers

Date Published:

1902

Description:

xvii, [1], 192, [1] pp. With 40 plates from drawings by Peter Newell; photogravrue frontispiece portrait of Carroll; decoratinos in the margins throughout by Robert Murray Wright. 8½x5¾, cream boards stamped in gilt, top edges gilt, others untrimmed.

Newell's illustrations to Alice nearly rival those of Tenniell. Ownership signature to front free endpaper dated December 22nd, 1902.

Condition:

Boards a little sunned and soiled, bump to spine head; offset to endpapers; hinged cracking before frontispiece, else very good.

Item#:

156213
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