The Annotated Alice

Contains both Lewis Carroll's "Alice Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" together in one volume, with the classic Tenniel illustrations. An Introduction by Martin Gardner & annotations by him in the margins of nearly every one of the 352 pages help elucidate Carroll's word play, jokes, puzzles, & somewhat obscure references, bringing the stories to life to modern readers in a way never experienced. Quarto (11" x 8.25" x 11") has tan cloth-covered boards & blue lettering to front & spineA FIRST EDITION from 1960 (slightly later "E" printing, this is the first fully annotated edition ever published, not the newer reprint! Condition is VG+: extremely clean, binding tight & straight, creamy off-white pages are unmarked save for former owner's name in neat pen script to half-title page. Green top stain slightly mottled, a hint of bumping to corners. The unclipped DJ (no price) is Good+, with spine fading, light soil & rubbing to extremities, & an unclosed 1"-2" tear descending from the top edge of both front & back covers; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: book is too large for expedited domestic or any international shipping without preapproval of significant postage increase per USPS rates.

Product Info

Publisher: Bramhall House

Year: 1960

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

Seller Info

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Country: United States