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Alice's adventures in Wonderland : an 1865 printing re-described and newly identified as the publisher's "file copy" : with a revised and expanded census of the suppressed 1865 "Alice" compiled by Selwyn H. Goodacre : to which is Added. .
1990réf. 112557371Kingston N.Y: Privately printed for the Jabberwock : For obtaining copies Battledore Ltd 1990. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed Copy. 8 vo 26cm. dec covers 109 pages 2 unnumbered leaves of plates 1 folded : illustrations facsimiles CONTENTS: Introduction: A chronicle of episodes -- Description of the newly-identified Macmillan & Co. file copy of the 1865 Alice -- The bicissitudes of an 1865 Alice -- Past exhibitions of the 1865 Macmillan file copy -- Alice on exhibition Philadelphia 1928 -- Alice in America / by Mary G. Bonner New ork 1929 -- Further notes on the original publication of Alice -- The 1865 Alice: a revised and augmented census / by Selwyn H. Goodacre -- A census attempting to locate the original preliminary drawings by John Tennief for "Alice" and "Looking glass" -- A select bibliography. catalogued by Justin G. Schiller. With an errata slip. "The type face selected for this monograph is a modern interpretation of the 'Scotch' face used for the original printing of 'Alice's adventures in Wonderland'."--Colophon. Signed by Cataloguer Justin Schiller with an 8 line ink inscription: " For Helen & Peter Thomas- With Eternal Thansk for helping to convince meback in Graduate School 1966 that I quit my efforts to become an Academic & instead pursue a career with antiquarian books from their old classmate Justin G. Schiller 19 XII 04". Privately printed for the Jabberwock : For obtaining copies, Battledore, Ltd Hardcover
