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Carroll, Lewis. Alice in Wonderland. The Platt & Peck Company, New York, NY U.S.A., 1916.
Price: US$299.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Lewis Carroll is the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832¿1898), an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer. Alice in Wonderland (1865) is his most remembered work. Alice's adventures are a case study of logic in an illogical world. Alice and the characters she met have become childhood classics through books and movies still being printed and filmed in the 21st century. In the middle of WWI, 1916, the English publisher Ward, Lock and Company, Limited released a new edition of this classic by featuring the whimsical illustrations of Margaret W. Tarrant. This copy was printed in 1916 (according to title page) by Ward, Lock & Co. in Great Britain for the American publisher, Platt & Peck. Although the Tarrant edition was widely popular, those 1st Tarrant editions (1916 on title page) are rare. Those printed for other publishers in 1916 are scarcer still. This is a true 1st American Tarrant Edition. Margaret Winifred Tarrant (1888¿1959) was an English illustrator, and children's author, specializing in depictions of fairy-like children and religious subjects. She began her career at the age of 20, and painted and published into the early 1950s. In the 1920s, Tarrant helped to popularize fairies in a long-running series of titles on the theme such as The Forest Fairies, The Pond Fairies, and The Twilight Fairies. She 1s remembered for her children's books, postcards, calendars, and print reproductions. Hardcover has green cloth boards, gilt lettering plus blind-stamped rules to spine & front plus full-color pictorial on-lay on front cover, but no DJ. Tears in stop of spine with cloth worn through at points of cover. There are 44 color plate including the frontis, full-color end-papers, xvi, 332 pp. The 48 plates of art touted on the front cover include the end-papers. Interior seems complete although binding is loose. Both gutters torn. Pages have smudges from fingerprints and age spots, but no writing/coloring marks found. Always privately owned, ex-libris sticker (also dated 1916) pasted onto front end-pages. This copy has no mention of copyrights, rights reserved etc. Edition and printing not specifically stated but deduced from information cited above. Of course, no ISBN, LCCN nor MSR are given.
Seller: Bargain Finders of Colorado, Simla, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: Full blue cloth boards. Upper stamped in gilt with pictorial paste-on. Spine lettered in gilt. Pictorial pasted and free endpapers. , Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 ? 1898), known as Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician and photographer, widely known for his iconic children?s books, most notably being Alice?s Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Through the Looking-Glass (1871) is its sequel., Size : 8vo.(210 x 150 mm), A very good example of Carroll?s quintessential work. 1st Tarrant edition. 44 colour plates, as issued, despite title claiming 48 plates (endpapers possibly included as part of this count of 48). , 340 pp.
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Dated 1916 at title page. Large 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" design. Dark blue cloth boards, gilt impressed cover and spine titles, borders, some shelf wear, rub. Protected in clear sleeve. Front board with mounted color plate of Alice being corrected by rabbit and hatter. Dramatic frontispiece plate of Alice: "The whole pack rose up into the air and came flying down upon her." Pages generally good; few w/small closed tears, some toning, fox to leaves w/text, plates very good. Antiquarian inscription at front blank endpaper: "a/o Dear Linda, From Frank G. Carswell, Christmas, 1916." Bind good; back hinge reinforced. Solid, near good rarity. Front endpaper features dynamic two-page spread of the assorted Wonderland characters running after Alice w/b.g. of golden cherub fountain and Cheshire cat looking smiling down from sky; few small numbers at top corner. Back pastedown features color collage of Alice surrounded by characters in various scenes; adjacent endpaper removed. This classic edition is charmingly illustrated w/color plates by Edwardian artist, Margaret Tarrant, regarded as one of the finest illustrators of children's books. Forty-eight colour plates on smooth coated paper enchant the viewer throughout. Many unique to this volume. Margaret Tarrant was a prolific children's book illustrator and author best known for her imagery applied to myths and fables such as Alice in Wonderland and Andersen's fairy tales. Tarrant's artistic style is heavily fairy-tale orientated and often features motifs of mythical animals and beings. Her soft dreamy illustrations are exemplified in this volume and portray the extent of her talent. Lewis Carroll's classic begins on a boring summer afternoon when the bright and inquisitive Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole. At the bottom, she finds herself immersed in a bizarre world full of strange creatures and bizarre goings-on. She tries pills and potions, and attends a very strange tea party and croquet match. An immensely witty mix of satire, puzzles, and drama and one of literature's most astute depictions of the experience of childhood. At back, half dozen pages of adverts for available titles from Ward, Lock, & Co. Made in England. 332 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Ward Lock, UK, 1916.
Price: US$481.04 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition 1916. True first printing of the Margaret Tarrant illustrated book. Illustrated with 48 full colour plates and endpapers by Margaret Tarrant. Book is very good++ and bright. Light edge rubbing. Contents good. Pages a little age toned. Quite a nice example. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18563
Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United Kingdom