1920 ALICE IN WONDERLAND Antique FIRST EDITION Adventures ART DECO carroll RARE For Sale

ALICE'S ADVENTURESIN WONDERLANDThis sale is for anoriginalca. 1920FIRST EDITIONof "ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND" as illustrated by J. Morton Sale.This editionalso includes "THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS," the sequel to "Alicein Wonderland." YOU'LL LOVE THIS BOOK!!!
It is filled with9 ILLUSTRATIONS!!!, including a beautifulARTDECO style frontispiece, by "Alice in Wonderland" artist, J. MORTON SALE.It is a work of children's literature by the English mathematician and author, Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, written under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit-hole into a fantasy realm populated by talking playing cards and anthropomorphic creatures. The tale is fraught with satirical allusions to Dodgson's friends and to the lessons that British schoolchildren were expected to memorize. The Wonderland described in the tale plays with logic in ways that have made the story of lasting popularity with adults as well as children. A girl named Alice is bored while on a picnic with her older sister. She finds interest in a passing white rabbit, dressed in a waistcoat and muttering "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!" She follows it down a rabbit-hole where she finds herself floating down into a dream underworld. As she attempts to follow the rabbit, she has several adventures. She grows to gigantic size and shrinks to a fraction of her original height; meets a group of small animals stranded in a sea of her own previously shed tears; gets trapped in the rabbit's house when she enlarges herself again; meets a baby which changes into a pig, and a cat which disappears leaving only his smile behind; goes to a never-ending tea party; goes to the shore and meets a Gryphon and a Mock Turtle; and attends the trial of the Knave of Hearts, who has been accused of stealing tarts. Eventually, Alice wakes up back with her sister.
Publishedca.1920,this book is in VERY GOOD CONDITION! forits age andespeciallytobe 106YEARS OLD!!!ALL PAGES ARE PRESENT!!!andtightlybound with NOTEARS!!! orstray markingswithin.There is a faint,unobtrusive pencil mark on the front cover. It remains light in appearance anddoes not detract from the book’s overall vintage charm.It measures5 1/4"x 7 1/2"and iscomplete withall316 pages.We combine wins to save youshipping costs!
The original manuscript for this classic bedtime story was written right in the
middle of the Civil War, in 1862. This is what ordinary Americans were reading as
entertainment at the time. It provided temporary escape and relief from the
ravages of the War. The Author: Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was a
mathematician and a logician who lectured at Oxford for some 26 years. He was
also an accomplished photographer and a Church Deacon. Dodgson's pen name
was Lewis Carroll. Dodgson first told the story during a 2½ hour rowing trip with
friends on July 4th, 1862. He created the story on the spur of the moment to
entertain the three young daughters of the Dean of Christ Church at Oxford,
(Alice, Lorina, and Edith Liddell). 10 year old Alice later pleaded with Carroll to
commit the story to paper. He completed it the following February. This first
manuscript, called "Alice's Adventures Underground" is thought to have probably
been destroyed in 1864 when, on November 26th 1864, Dodgson presented Alice
Liddell with a more elaborate hand-printed second version which included 37 of
his own illustrations as a Christmas present. Reverend Dodgson later showed the
tale to his friend George Macdonald, who urged him to publish it. He then revised
and expanded the tale to almost twice its length. This third version was published
by Macmillan and Co. in London, on July 4th, 1865. Sir John Tenniel was the artist
who agreed to illustrate the revised and expanded text which was now called
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Tenniel's black and white illustrations were
made for the reproductive process known as wood-engraving.Please see our otherbooks too!