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Through the Looking-Glass Lewis Carroll Macmillan & Co.
Fantasy
Children's Literature
Literary Nonsense
1872
Hardcover
USD$7,100

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London: Macmillan and Co., 1872. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. FROST Arthur B 1851-1928. HOLIDAY Henry 1839-1927. TENNIEL John 1820-1914. CARROLL Lewis. FURNISS Harry 1854-1925. A group of 7 FIRST EDITIONS uniformly bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, in red calf gilt, original cloth bound in at end of each volume, all 8vo, all published in London by Macmillan and Co. Comprising: Through the Looking-Glass. 1872. FIRST STATE of page 21, with the misprint wade for wabe in the second line of the poem Jabberwocky, and with the pagination for both pages 95 and 98 (no priority). Williams-Madan-Green-Crutch 84, 181*121 mm. [WITH] The Hunting of the Snark. 1876. 1st issue, with Baker for Banker on p. 83, 181*119 mm, Madan 115, small mark to spine. [WITH] Rhyme? And Reason? 1883, 180*120 mm, 1st issue, Madan 160. [WITH] A Tangled Tale. 1885, first issue, 181*119 mm, Madan 182. [WITH] Alice's Adventures Under Ground, 1886, 1st issue, 186*121…

About Through the Looking-Glass

Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There is a novel by Lewis Carroll, the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It describes Alice's further adventures as she moves through a mirror into another fantastical world where she meets more peculiar characters and experiences a series of whimsical events.

Identifying the First Edition of Through the Looking-Glass

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