Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Book
1867 (published)
1867 (published)
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| Place of origin |
Donated by Anne Renier and F.G. Renier
Object details
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| Title | Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Case bound book with illustrations electrotyped from wood engravings. |
| Brief description | Book, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, London : Macmillan and Co., 1867. NAL Pressmark: AA.CARL.AL.1867. |
| Physical description | With forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel. [10], 192 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations. Colophon: t.p. verso and p. 192. Printer's device on t.p. verso. Binder's ticket on lower pastedown reads: "Bound by Burn 37 & 38 Kirby St." Case binding of red cloth. Both covers panel stamped with gold borders. Upper cover has vignette of Alice holding pig; lower cover has vignette of Cheshire Cat. Title and publisher in gilt on spine. Gilt edges. Black endpapers. Half-title. Publisher's monogram on verso. Signed and gathered in fours. Wood-engraved frontispiece and wood-engraved text illustrations by the Dalziel Brothers after Tenniel. |
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| Gallery label | In chapter two, Alice stretches ‘like a telescope’ after eating a cake. This illustration shows her in the process of growing as her head and neck lengthen away from her feet. In the book, the image is positioned in close relation to the text, allowing both to be read at the same time. At the bottom of the page are the words, ‘Oh, my poor little feet’.
[Label text for Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser](2019) |
| Credit line | Donated by Anne Renier and F.G. Renier |
| Object history | Donated by Anne Renier and F.G. Renier. Acquired by the Reniers from "F" in June 1959. Ownership inscription in ink on half-title reads: "Freda Thomas 1894". Bookplate on upper pastedown reads: "From the Library of Anne Renier and F.G. Renier." Initialled in ink "AR" (ie. Anne Renier) on lower flyleaf. |
| Summary | Donated by Anne Renier and F.G. Renier |
| Other number | AA.CARL.AL.1867 - NAL Pressmark |
| Collection | |
| Library number | 38041803021732 |
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| Record created | October 25, 2019 |
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