first edition Hardcover
1869 · Boston
by Carroll, Lewis; Tenniel, John [illustrator]
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1869. First Edition Printed In America. Hardcover. Octavo, [10], 192 pages; G; in publisher's gilt decorated pebbled green cloth; scarcely visible older rebacking with spine preserved, only head and tail noticable; original brown endpapers preserved; hinges splitting; all edges of text block gilt; pencil name on ffep; tide-marks along top edge of all pages, does not impact text; The first edition printed in the US, following the extremely scarce 1865 British sheets given to Appleton from the suppressed version; With forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel; MF consignment; shelved case 2. 1319550. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
(Inventory #: 1319550)