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Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-6] 7-77 [78: blank], illustrations, pictorial wrappers. First edition. 450-entry bookseller's catalogue. A fine copy. (#161779)

New York: Random House, [1946]. Two vols. 8vo. 150; 165,[1] pp. Colour frontispieces, colour-illust. title pages., colour illusts. throughout. Quarter-blue; Quarter-red cloth over colour-illust. boards, black & gilt spine labels (slight dustsoilng to spine, very slight rubbing to corners, very minor bumping head of 1 spine), w/ open-backed slipcase (colour plate mounted on side (old price notations, edgewear, minor bumping), still VG/VG- set. Reprint editions of these wonderful Alice in Wonderland tales.

First Mervyn Peake illustrated edition. Original grey pictorial card covers printed in blue and red, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with line drawings by Mervyn Peake throughout. A superb near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a little rubbing to the spine tips and some minimal wear to edges and corners. The contents, with a few very tiny spots to the text block edges and a little dustiness to the bottom corner of the text block, are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper, the lettering to the lightly toned spine moderately faded. A lovely copy. A beautiful example of the first Mervyn Peake illustrated edition preceding the UK Alan Wingate issued edition by eight years. Upon publication of this edition, Frances Sarzano, biographer of John Tenniel, wrote that "[e]ven Tenniel-charmed eyes should be captivated by the unfamiliar Walrus and the Carpenter, by the Sorry White Knight (who pleads for a Peake 'Don Quixote'), by the Mad Hatter and the Duchess's choleric child, but sadly enough, it will be at least two years [as stated above, it was eight] before this Peake Alice can be published in England, owing to the artist's contracts with English publishers." ('Alphabet and Image', 1946). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

229 x 152 mm. (9 x 6"). Two volumes. Wonderland with an introduction by Henry Seidel Canby; "Looking-Glass" with an introduction by Carl Van Doren. Publisher's attractively gilt red morocco (for "Wonderland") and matching blue calf (for "Looking-Glass"), both bindings designed by Frederic Warde, each with publisher's (lightly worn) slipcase that repeats the spine decoration from the volume, housed in a modern black buckram slipcase (spine ends of "Looking-Glass" neatly repaired). With 94 original illustrations by John Tenniel, the 43 illustrations for "Wonderland" re-engraved on wood by Bruno Rollitz, the 51 illustrations in "Looking-Glass" re-engraved by Frederic Warde. Signed in the colophon of "Wonderland" by the typography and binding designer Warde. With "Wonderland" title page vignette reproduced on Roman vellum and hand-colored, in an oval wood frame, this addition neatly housed in the larger slipcase along with the two printed volumes. Wonderland: Quarto-Millenary 36; Newman & Wiche 36a. "Looking-Glass": Quarto-Millenary 65; Newman & Wiche 65a. âWonderland with shallow chipping to head of spine, "Looking-Glass" with front joint a little rubbed, small losses of leather at spine ends, and minor spotting to covers; the volumes otherwise as they should be, and internally as new. This is an attractively produced private press edition of two of the best-loved works of children's literature, accompanied by a charming framed reproduction, on vellum, of Tenniel's white rabbit, garbed as a page to the Queen of Hearts. Our volumes owe their appeal in large measure to the taste and skill of typographer and designer Frederic Warde (1894-1939), whose lovely italic hand graces the colophon here. Perhaps best known for developing the elegant italic font Arrighi, Warde began his career as a printer with the house of William Edwin Rudge, later supervised the legendary Officina Bodoni, and afterward did work for several American private presses, including Crosby Gaige and, of course, the Limited Editions Club. Some copies of this edition were enhanced by a leaf signed by Alice Liddell Hargreaves (1852-1934), the daughter of Henry Liddell, dean of Christ Church, Oxford, for whose amusement Charles Dodgson originally composed these tales. Over the years, Alice had steadfastly refused requests to sign copies of the works, but agreed to provide signatures for the Limited Editions Club--at a price. The budget for the books' production could not accommodate her $1.50-per-signature price, so members were offered the option of paying the fee to have their copies signed. "Quarto Millenary" estimates that Hargreaves signed about 1,200 copies of "Wonderland," and Newman & Wiches says that only about 500 of "Looking-Glass" were signed; our former owner seems to have been among those unwilling to pay the premium.

frontis and 12 other tipped in color illustrations (by Arthur Rackham), ix, [3], 161, [1]p. Original white cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. 29 cm. Gilt lettering on backstrip mostly gone. Uneven soiling on front cover. Uneven browning on free endpapers. Contents generally sound and clean -- offsetting or browning on the pages which face the brown mounting sheets for the illustrations. This copy has been neatly resewn and recased in the original binding with the hinge portions of the endpapers neatly reinforced with narrow strips of brown cloth. Copy No. 225 of an edition of 1130 copies for sale in Great Britain, Ireland and Colonies. A separate edition of 550 numbered copies was published for the United States in a green cloth-backed binding. Rackham was away from London when this limited edition was being produced so most copies, including this one, are not signed by Rackham.

Frontis and 12 other tipped in color illustrations (by Arthur Rackham), ix, [3], 161, [1]p. Original white cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. 29 cm. Gilt lettering on backstrip mostly gone. Uneven soiling on front cover. Uneven browning on free endpapers. Contents generally sound and clean--offsetting or browning on the pages which face the brown mounting sheets for the illustrations. This copy has been neatly resewn and recased in the original binding with the hinge portions of the endpapers neatly reinforced with narrow strips of brown cloth. Copy No. 225 of an edition of 1130 copies for sale in Great Britain, Ireland and Colonies. A separate edition of 550 numbered copies was published for the United States in a green cloth-backed binding. Rackham was away from London when this limited edition was being produced so most copies, including this one, are not signed by Rackham.

Frontis and 12 other tipped in color illustrations (by Arthur Rackham), ix, [3], 161, [1]p. Original white cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. 29 cm. Gilt lettering on backstrip mostly gone. Uneven soiling on front cover. Uneven browning on free endpapers. Contents generally sound and clean--offsetting or browning on the pages which face the brown mounting sheets for the illustrations. This copy has been neatly resewn and recased in the original binding with the hinge portions of the endpapers neatly reinforced with narrow strips of brown cloth. Copy No. 225 of an edition of 1130 copies for sale in Great Britain, Ireland and Colonies. A separate edition of 550 numbered copies was published for the United States in a green cloth-backed binding. Rackham was away from London when this limited edition was being produced so most copies, including this one, are not signed by Rackham.

First edition with these illustrations. Deluxe limited edition, large paper issue. Publisher's original white cloth with gilt titles to the upper board and spine. Top edge gilt. Illustrated endpapers, 13 tipped-in colour plates, each with a captioned tissue guard and 15 black-and-white line drawings by Arthur Rackham. A lovely near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and gilt fresh with just a few small marks and mild darkening to the spine. The contents, with a little toning to the enpapers and only the occasional finger mark to the margins of a couple of pages are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. All illustrations are present ('The Mad Tea Party' whilst called for opposite page 84 in the illustration list is bound, as issued, opposite page 79) and in fine condition. An attractive example of this finely illustrated Alice. This large paper issue of the first Arthur Rackham illustrated edition was issued in an edition of 1100 copies, the present example is hand-numbered 778 (there were also an additional 30 copies for presentation numbered 1101 - 1130). One of the most beautiful and collectable illustrated editions of Lewis Carroll's classic of children's literature. A very attractive example, in original condition, offered in its most desirable format. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.