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Carroll, Lewis (translated by Antonie Zimmermann). Alice's Abenteuer im Wunderland. Macmillan and Co., London, 1869.

Price: US$2339.18 + shipping

Condition: Poor

Description: First edition in German. 8vo. Pp, (vi), 178. Original publisher's green cloth, gilt. Aeg. Spine worn and torn with some small loss.Puncture through the letters L and A of Wunderland Stain to lower front board. Corners worn. Front inner hinge broken. Inscription from the author to Alice Margaret Harington on half title page. A copy with the serious problems as stated but one worthy of restoration.

Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom

CARROLL, Lewis. Alice's abenteuer im Wunderland. Macmillan, London, 1869.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Description: Illustrations by John Tenniel. Publisher's green cloth, title in gilt on spine, covers within triple gile borders, illustration in gilt of Alice holding a pig on the front and the Cheshire Cat on the rear, all edges gilt.

Seller: B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.

DODGSON, Charles L. (Lewis Carroll). Alice's Abenteuer im Wunderland.. London: Macmillan und Comp., 1869., 1869.

Price: US$7500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION OF ALICE! 1 vol., inscribed on the half-title "Georgina Balfour from the Author", illustrated by John Tenniel. Bound in the publishers original gilt stamped green cloth, all edges gilt, with the original "Burn" binders tick to lower corner of rear pastedown. Inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine with some mild rubbing without loss, back corners lightly rubbed, occasional mild foxing otherwise a NICE COPY. WMG 71 This copy last appeared at auction in May 20, 1950 at Sotheby's in one lot containing 2 A.L.S.'s and this book. Georgina Balfour was the recipient of one of the 1865 Alice's. There's a letter dated Nov. 14, 1865 which asks her to please return her copy as it was "so badly printed". There were 4 families named Balfour. Georgina belongs to the northern Balfours who have been family friends since Dodgson's boyhood.

Seller: D&D Galleries - ABAA, Somerville, NJ, U.S.A.

CARROLL, Lewis.. Alice's Abenteuer im Wunderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) Ueberstezt von Antonie Zimmermann.. London: Macmillan und Comp., 1869, 1869.

Price: US$16244.32 + shipping

Description: First German language edition, first impression, presentation copy, inscribed by the author "Margaret Evelyn Hardy, from the Author" on the half-title. The first foreign language translation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was published in February 1869 before a French translation of August 1869. The original English text was first published in 1866. Williams, Madan, Green, and Crutch praise the illustrations in this edition and note "the reproductions of the woodcuts in this German edition are excellent, and bear comparison with those in any other issue of Alice in Wonderland". The contents listing exactly copied the pagination of the English edition so that for every chapter except the first, the page numbers are incorrect. Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook, (1814-1906) became known to Carroll's Oxford circle in 1865 when he was nominated to stand in the Oxford University constituency. There were three candidates: William Gladstone, William Heathcote and Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy. Carroll records signing a voting paper in his diary for 10 July and Jackson's Oxford Journal for 15 July notes that "Dr Dodson [sic], of Christ Church" voted for Gladstone. The final result was Heathcote 1331, Gathorne-Hardy 767, and Gladstone 735 votes. The election prompted Carroll to write his Dynamics of a Particle (1865) comprising a satirical pamphlet masquerading as a mathematical treatise in which chapter two refers to the contest between Gathorne-Hardy and Gladstone. The politician was responsible for Carroll's admittance to the public area of the House of Commons on 8 April 1867, and when Gathorne-Hardy visited Oriel College, Oxford, Carroll invited him to Christ Church to have his photograph taken. Carroll noted in his diary on 10 June 1867 "He had not long to spare, but I succeeded in taking two pictures of him, neither of them, I fear, particularly successful". Gathorne-Hardy had married Jane Orr in 1838 and they were to have four sons and five daughters. On 24 June 1867 the politician wrote to Carroll stating "my little girl's names are Margaret Evelyn, and I am sure she would dearly treasure Alice in English and French, but has no right to tax you for both". At the time of writing, there were no foreign language translations. A correspondence between the two men commenced and, in time, Carroll certainly sent both English and French editions of Alice. This inscription in an unrequested German translation is previously unknown (unrecorded by Carlson and Eger). Another hand other than Carroll's has added the date of 1871. Carroll continued to send copies of his books to Margaret: she also received an inscribed copy of Through the Looking-Glass dated Christmas 1871 and a copy of The Hunting of the Snark with an inscription dated 24 April 1876. Carroll's diary entry for 12 September 1877 records a visit by the author to the Hardy family to "meet Evelyn again (she is now 'Miss Evelyn')" when he "walked on the Parade with Mrs. Hardy and Misses K. and E." Williams, Madan, Green, and Crutch 71; Carlson and Eger, Dodgson at Auction 1893-1999, 1999. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial roundels and triple-line borders to covers in gilt, brown coated endpapers, binder's label ("Burn & Co") to rear pastedown, all edges gilt. Frontispiece and 42 illustrations by John Tenniel. Some fading and bubbling to covers, spine slightly soiled, corners slightly bumped, minor restoration to spine and hinges, some browning and foxing throughout; a very good copy.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom