1908 ALICE IN WONDERLAND Adventures FIRST EDITION Harry ROUNTREE Lewis CARROLL

Description: ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND This sale is for an original 1908 FIRST EDITION! of "ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND" by Lewis Carroll, as illustrated by HARRY ROUNTREE. YOU'LL LOVE THIS BOOK!!! It features 92 COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS!!! by celebrated artist HARRY ROUNTREE. Animals, animals, animals!!! Books, magazines, annuals. From 1903 to 1942, Rountree's pens and brushes gave life to every species from dormice to dinosaurs. His 1908 Alice in Wonderland, with 90+ color illustrations, is considered to be both his masterpiece and one of the definitive versions of the Carroll classic. ALICE IN WONDERLAND is a work of children's literature by the English mathematician and author, Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, written under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit-hole into a fantasy realm populated by talking playing cards and anthropomorphic creatures. The tale is fraught with satirical allusions to Dodgson's friends and to the lessons that British schoolchildren were expected to memorize. The Wonderland described in the tale plays with logic in ways that have made the story of lasting popularity with adults as well as children. A girl named Alice is bored while on a picnic with her older sister. She finds interest in a passing white rabbit, dressed in a waistcoat and muttering "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!" She follows it down a rabbit-hole where she finds herself floating down into a dream underworld. As she attempts to follow the rabbit, she has several adventures. She grows to gigantic size and shrinks to a fraction of her original height; meets a group of small animals stranded in a sea of her own previously shed tears; gets trapped in the rabbit's house when she enlarges herself again; meets a baby which changes into a pig, and a cat which disappears leaving only his smile behind; goes to a never-ending tea party; goes to the shore and meets a Gryphon and a Mock Turtle; and attends the trial of the Knave of Hearts, who has been accused of stealing tarts. Eventually, Alice wakes up back with her sister. Published in 1908, this rare classic book is in GOOD CONDITION! for its age and especially to be 116 YEARS OLD!!! ALL PAGES & ILLUSTRATIONS ARE PRESENT!!! and tightly bound with NO stray in text markings. The are only two minor tears in the entie book. The most notable being the frontispiece illustration with some loss, as pictured. The other is a margin tear that does NOT affect any text or illsustrations. It measures approximately 7 3/4" X 9 1/2" and is complete with 348 pages. Early "Alice" books are very scarce and highly sought after. This is an EXTREMELY RARE!!! book so...GET IT WHILE YOU CAN!!ABOUT THE ARTIST:There are over 70 illustrators of ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Publishing companies could reprint British books without the copyright restraint in the United States until 1891. From then on they needed an agreement from the UK publishers and authors. As a result, several US publishing houses issued copies of the Alice books with Tenniel illustrations. In 1899, Blanche McManus was the first illustrator to create new illustrations for Alice. When Macmillan's copyright expired in 1907, many publishers seized the chance to produce Alice with new illustrations. An astounding 20 editions appeared in the first two years alone.The illustrations within this "Alice" are credited to New Zealand native and noted animal illustrator, Harry Rountree. With a penchant for animals, he began illustrating books that would become children's classics, including Uncle Remus (1906) and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1908); the latter, including over ninety colour plates, is considered his pièce de résistance and the defining version of the famous book. It was Rountree's work on the Lewis Carroll classic that arguably solidified his reputation as an accomplished author of children's books. Writing for magazine throughout almost all of his professional life, he produced almost innumerable illustrations that would become famous for their arguably unparalleled quality. Some magazines and periodicals that featured his work include: Punch, Cassell's, Pearson's, The Sketch, The Strand, The Illustrated London News, Playtime, Little Folks, and more.He was one of the best-known illustrators in London in the early 1900s. He was a prolific illustrator and illustrated many works by authors such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Enid Blyton, Edith Nesbit and H.G. Wells.GOOD LUCK!!! We combine wins to save you shipping costs! Those of you familiar with our store may wonder what we're doing including "ALICE IN WONDERLAND" in our selections? Well, the original manuscript for this classic bedtime story was written right in the middle of the Civil War, in 1862. This is what ordinary Americans were reading as entertainment at the time. It provided temporary escape and relief from the ravages of the War. The Author: Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was a mathematician and a logician who lectured at Oxford for some 26 years. He was also an accomplished photographer and a Church Deacon. Dodgson's pen name was Lewis Carroll. Dodgson first told the story during a 2½ hour rowing trip with friends on July 4th, 1862. He created the story on the spur of the moment to entertain the three young daughters of the Dean of Christ Church at Oxford, (Alice, Lorina, and Edith Liddell). 10 year old Alice later pleaded with Carroll to commit the story to paper. He completed it the following February. This first manuscript, called "Alice's Adventures Underground" is thought to have probably been destroyed in 1864 when, on November 26th 1864, Dodgson presented Alice Liddell with a more elaborate hand-printed second version which included 37 of his own illustrations as a Christmas present. Reverend Dodgson later showed the tale to his friend George Macdonald, who urged him to publish it. He then revised and expanded the tale to almost twice its length. This third version was published by Macmillan and Co. in London, on July 4th, 1865. Sir John Tenniel was the artist who agreed to illustrate the revised and expanded text which was now called Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Tenniel's black and white illustrations were made for the reproductive process known as wood-engraving. Please see our other books too!

Price: 359.99 USD

Location: Cameron, North Carolina

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