Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Lee and Shepard, Boston, 1869.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gift inscription dated 1869 on early blank page. Binding sound. Red cloth covers, fading to spine, some rubbing, soiling. Page edges gilt.
Seller: Manchester By The Book, Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover in red cloth covered boards. Some light wear to cloth at edges and spine. Gilt edges, gilt framing with gilt Alice on cover and gilt Cheshire Cat on rear. The spine is darkened and the gilt text on is nearly gone. The spine is cracked at front endpaper and beginning to separate but still holding. Endpapers are clean as well as the text. No staining or inscriptions.
Seller: The Defunct Design Book Store, Middletown, CT, U.S.A.
CARROLL, Lewis.. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.. Lee and Shepard, Boston, 1869.
Price: US$1350.00 + shipping
Description: 192 pp. With forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel. 12mo, publisher's green gilt cloth, a.e.g. First US edition. The blank leaf preceding the half-title is lacking. Old ownership signature on half-title; yellow hand coloring added to the hair of the King and Queen of Hearts on the frontispiece; to Alice's hair throughout, and to all of tall Alice on p. 15. Light rubbing to the tight and sound cloth.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Lee and Shepard, Boston, 1869.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: Neatly recased retaining the original endpapers, backstrip laid down. The first edition printed in America.
Seller: John R. Sanderson, Bookseller , Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Lee and Shepard, US, 1869.
Price: US$1989.06 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: An American edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with fair/poor condition. With forty two illustrations by John Tenniel. Boards with damage and wear. All edges gilt, worn in places. Split hinge on end papers and slight lean. Browning and marks on contents with small water stain on the last pages. 8vo 192pp
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (VG+ 1869 1st ed. hc). Lee & Shepard, Boston, 1869.
Price: US$2400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pub by Lee & Shepard, Boston, 1869, often considered the 1st American Edition, probably erroneously. The true 1st American was published by Appleton, 1869, w/ same cover, same format as this, but valued at thousands of dollars more. This edition still very, very collectible. NOT exLib. VG+ or better condition hardcover now in archival grade Brodart, no dj. Purple bds w/ bright gilt framing & pict dec on front cover. Spine is sunned, w/ gilt lettering. All edges gilt. Solid brown eps. P/O's inscription hand-written in handsome old pen on 2nd blank page: "Merry Christmas Mamie, from Horace and Frankie, Dec 25th, 1869," o/w book is clean & unmarked throughout. Hinges & textblock binding sound. 42 marvelous b&w illustrations by the incomparable John Tenniel. 192pp. Square, straight, tight, clean & unmarked except as noted, overall VG+ or better condition. Really a very nice copy. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.
Seller: Rivertown Fine Books, McGregor, IA, U.S.A.
CARROLL, LEWIS.. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1869, 1869.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition printed in America; publisher's decorated green cloth. Previous owner's contemporary inscription on first blank; light rubbing; top of front hinge mended; a very good to fine copy. [with] Through the Looking-Glass. Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1872. First American Edition; first state. Contemporary pencil owner's inscription on the front free endpaper; publisher's decorated green cloth, matching the earlier volume; very good. Both volumes feature the illustrations of John Tenniel. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.