CARROLL, Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)

The Nursery 'Alice'

London: Macmillan, 1890.

Nursery version of the classic story conceived to be read and 'cooed over' by younger readers. The two additional 'puzzle-pictures' or sketches that complement this copy are rare and precious examples of a game Carroll used to play with children – the object being to guess the animal before Carroll had finished drawing it.

Item #1235

Presentation copy of the first published edition – inscribed by Lewis Carroll on the half title – with two original ink puzzle-pictures by Lewis Carroll tipped in. Quarto, bound in original pictorial boards, preserved in a deep blue, folding, cloth box, 257 mm x 200 mm., 75 pages, colour frontispiece and 3 full-page colour illustrations, numerous illustrations throughout; water damage affecting pages at front and end, endpapers browned and corners worn, otherwise a very good copy.

Price (AUD): $8,000.00  other currencies