Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Folio Society
Title: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through The Looking Glass
Author: Lewis Carroll
Publisher: Folio Society
Publication Date: 1993
Format: Hardback in cardboard slip-case
Condition: Exceptional and as new
A beautiful patterned collection of Lewis Carroll's classic novels Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass. These world-renowned stories feature the child Alice, who first disappears down a rabbit hole and then again through a mirror! Fantasy, adventure, and even philosophical thoughts are embedded into this enchanting world that Lewis Carroll created.
These editions are beautiful to behold with their decorative covers and are neatly packaged in a cardboard slip case! These editions are also illustrated with fifty drawings by John Tenniel, whose illustrations for Alice and Looking Glass are among the best known illustrations ever published.
Sir John Tenniel 1820 – 1914) was an English illustrator, graphic humourist, and political cartoonist prominent in the second half of the 19th century. An alumnus of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, he was knighted for artistic achievements in 1893, the first such honour ever bestowed on an illustrator or cartoonist.