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Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Centenary Edition, to assist the Lewis Carroll Memorial Fund. INSCRIBED by B.J. Collingwood [Bertram James], nephew of Carroll. 6x4", xx+200 pp, 4 pp. pub. notes. VG, clean & tight, in Fair price-clipped dj with large chip and tear on front, note on back.; Signed by Associated
Seller: Aardvark Book Depot, Shorewood, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: One of 1,500 numbered copies signed by typographer and binder Frederic Warde on the colophon, this being copy no.1,389. This copy is one of a smaller complement (ca.500 copies) signed by Alice Hargreaves (the "original Alice") on a preliminary leaf. Octavo (22.5cm); full dark red morocco, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt on spine and covers; all edges gilt; publisher's original cloth slipcase; [iii],xiv,182,[6]pp; illus. Sunning to spine, a bit of darkening to spine ends, with pinpoint wear to extremities, and some light offsetting to edges of endpapers; contents fresh, with gilt edges unblemished; Very Good+. Publisher's slipcase is shelfworn, showing some minor board exposure, with pronounced sunning to spine, edges, and opening; sound, but Good to Very Good. An attractive production of Carroll's beloved novel, signed by the woman who was the inspiration for the main character. Bibliography of the Fine Books Published by The Limited Editions Club, No.36.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1932.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition thus, limited to only 1500 numbered copies and published for the members of the Limited Editions Club of New York. Signed in ink by "The Original Alice" in Wonderland, Alice Hargreaves (née Liddell); Reportedly only about 1,000 copies of this title were signed by her, a few years before her death. With original illustrations by John Tenniel re-engraved by Frederic Warde and Bruno Rollitz; additionally signed at the rear limitation page by Warde. Bound in publisher's original red full leather decorated heavily in gilt, with all edges gilt; in publisher's original blue cloth slipcase. Near Fine, with blemish to rear cover, in Very Good slipcase with light edge wear, light toning and light soiling. A lovely copy.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$4375.00 + shipping
Description: In publisher's heavily gilt-decorated full red morocco leather. With the original illustrations by John Tenniel. Copy #1327 of 1500 with typography and binding by Frederick Warde who has SIGNED the colophon page. Additionally SIGNED for the publisher on a separate page bound in before the title page by Alice Hargreaves, "the original Alice," one of only about 500 copies of the total edition of 1500 copies that were signed by her a few years before her death. Alice refused to sign other editions of this famous book in her lifetime, written by Carroll for her when she was young Alice Liddell, but she was convinced with the help of monetary compensation to sign these copies. She would also sign two years later copies of THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS by the same publisher. A rare opportunity to acquire one of the most famous children's books ever published here signed by the subject of the book. Many have praised this book, but perhaps novelist Sir Walter Besant's remark is the most insightful: "It admits us into a state of being which, until it was written, was not only unexplored but undiscovered." Very light rubbing to the spine tips and corners, spine a bit sunned. Near Fine in a somewhat darkened, Very Good slipcase
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$6375.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Alices Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass. Lewis Carroll. [1932] two volumes; Limited Editions Club; two full leather slipcased hardcovers. Each volume signed by the original Alice. Alice (Liddell) Hargreaves was born in England in 1852; she was a cute youngster who served as a model for occasional painters and early photographers, particularly Lewis Carroll. And because she lived near Carroll her family and his were relatively close; she and Carroll would spend time together. In the 1860s he recited some of his earliest drafts of Alices Adventures in Wonderland to the young Alice Hargreaves. Wonderland is signed by Hargreaves on the flyleaf; red leather in very good[+] vintage condition with green cloth slipcase. Looking Glass is signed on the limitation page; very good blue leather hardcover with red cloth slipcase; heaviest wear at top of Looking Glass spine. Publishers insert laid in at back of Looking Glass. The drop-down descriptor for this listing indicates "signed by author" because drop-down options are limited. These books are signed by Alice Hargreaves, not Lewis Carroll.
Seller: Forgotten Lore, Friendswood, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Illustrated by John Tenniel. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1932. Limited to 1,500 numbered copies, signed by Frederic Warde. This copy is one of a few of which were also signed by the "Original Alice," Alice Hargreaves. Octavo. [4], xi, [2], [1, blank], 182, [1], [1, blank], [1, colophon], [1, blank] pp. With the original text illustrations by Tenniel re-engraved on wood by Bruno Rollitz. Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club by the Printing House of William Edwin Rudge, Mount Vernon, N.Y. Typography and binding design by Frederic Warde. Introduction by Henry Seidel Canby. Publishers full red morocco (by George McKibbin & Son, New York). Covers decoratively bordered in gilt, smooth spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Bookplate on front free endpaper and some offsetting on endpapers. A near fine copy. Housed in the original blue cloth slipcase (some browning and light wear). [Together with:] CARROLL, Lewis. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. Illustrated by John Tenniel. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935. Limited to 1,500 numbered copies, signed by the "Original Alice," Alice Hargreaves. Octavo. [4, blank], xii, [8], 211, [2], [1, blank], [1, colophon], [1, blank] pp. With the original text illustrations by John Tenniel re-engraved (in metal) by Frederic Warde. Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club by the Printing House of William Edwin Rudge, Mount Verson, N.Y. Introduction by Carl Van Doren. Publishers full blue morocco (by George McKibbin & Son, New York). Covers decoratively bordered in gilt, smooth spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, all edges gilt. Bookplate on front free endpaper. A near fine copy. Housed in the original red cloth slipcase (fine). LEC Bibliography 36 and 65. Lovett and Lovett 90a and 94a. "Alice Hargreaves was the married name of Alice Liddell, for whom Lewis Carroll originally wrote the book. In 1932, during the celebrations of the centenary of Carrolls birth, Alice, who had lived a peaceful life in the south of England for many years, suddenly became a public figure. Her most notable and watched action was a trip to New York to receive an honorary degree from Columbia University" (Lovett and Lovett). Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Description: Two volumes in original full blue morocco and original full red morocco leather bindings with heavy gilt decorations. Each is copy #509 of 1500 copies with the original John Tenniel illustrations and with typography and binding by Frederick Warde who has SIGNED the first volume. Each copy is additionally SIGNED by Alice Hargreaves, "the original Alice." Only about 500 copies of the first title and about 1000 of the second were signed by her a few years before her death. Alice refused to sign other editions of this famous book in her lifetime, written by Carroll for her when she was young Alice Liddell, but she was convinced with the help of monetary compensation at an advanced age to sign these copies. Many have praised these books, but perhaps novelist Sir Walter Besant's remark on ALICE IN WONDERLAND is the most insightful: "It admits us into a state of being which, until it was written, was not only unexplored but undiscovered." Very mild sunning to the spine of the Wonderland book. Fine, bright copies in Fine slipcases. Exceptional condition
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.