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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1932, 1935. Each one of 1,500 copies. 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…

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.