Lewis Carroll

Carroll, Lewis. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1885. Second edition printing. Illustrated by John Tenniel. Octavo. In original green cloth hardcover boards with decorative and lettered black and gilt inlay. With a new gilt-stamped archival slipcase. Presented is a stunning second edition printing of Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, by author Lewis Carroll and illustrated throughout by John Tenniel. The book was published by Macmillan and Co., based out of London and New York, in 1885. This 19th century volume has its original green cloth hardboards, with decorative and lettered black and gilt inlay on the front cover, as well as on the spine. It is presented with a new, gilt-stamped archival slipcase. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (January 1832-1898), better known by his pen name of Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, and mathematician. His famous children’s book, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, was first published in July of 1865. Carroll then wrote Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There as its sequel. Through the Looking-Glass was first published by Macmillan in December of 1871. It was the first of the Alice stories to gain widespread popularity, and prompted a newfound appreciation for its predecessor when it was published. Through the Looking-Glass includes such celebrated verses as "Jabberwocky" and "The Walrus and the Carpenter", and the episode involving Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Set six months after the first tale, Carroll wrote Through the Looking-Glass as a mirror image of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. While Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland begins outside on a warm summer day, uses changes in size as a plot device, and the imagery of playing cards, Through the Looking-Glass begins indoors on a snowy November day, plays with time and spatial directions, and uses the imagery of chess...

2 volumes. Early Editions! Bound in full red calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Original covers bound in rear with all edges gilt, raised bands, and gilt panels. Set includes box cover. Front and rear covers feature gilt vignettes of The Queen, Alice, etc. Illustrated by John Tenniel...