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 earl;y 20thC in blue leather with gilt borders, raised, banded dec gilt spines, and have 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.
