Superb seven volume boxed set of early reprints and 1st editions of Lewis Carroll's most famous books for children.
12mos (4 3/4" by 7")
Each book has been finely rebound by Sandorski and Sutcliffe in the early 20thC in blue leather with gilt borders, raised, banded dec gilt spines, and new floral paper endpapers. The books are housed in a slightly worn slipcase decorated in the same foral paper as that used for the endpapers.
The books are published by Macmillan in ther UK and are as follows:
- Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, 1867, Seventh Thousand, 2nd edition.
- Through the Looking Glass, 1873, 36th Thousand, 2nd edition.
- Rhyme and Reason, 1892, Fifth Thousand.
- The Hunting of the Snark, 1903, later reprint
- Sylvie and Bruno, 1904, later reprint
- Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, 1893, 1st edition
and The Story of Lewis Carroll by Isa Bowman, J M Dent, 1899, 1st edition
The spine colour has faded to green on each book otherwise they're in fine condition.
