Carroll THROUGH LOOKING-GLASS 1891 Early Rare

Title: Through the Looking-Glass
Author: Lewis Carroll
Publisher: Macmillan
Printing Year: 1891

Condition/Details: Bound in emerald cloth boards with gilt and black embossing, this volume is a scarce early printing of Carroll's beloved children's book. The work is illustrated through out with in-text art. The volume shows significant external wear, with the spine and boards partially detached and many of the signatures loose; the book is otherwise intact with clear pages with occasional sparse toning and pencil marginalia. There is a period owner's inscription and bookplate as well as a newspaper clipping pasted in. The book measures approximately 5.25" x 7.5" and contains 224 pages plus a lengthy catalogue of books for the young bound in the back. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $4.50