Bidspirit auction | 1901 (1923 Printing) Carroll, Lewis.

1901 (1923 Printing) Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Harper & Brothers. - A hardcover edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, featuring illustrations by Peter Newell. This volume is bound in dark cloth with a pictorial color label on the front cover and silver-stamped lettering on the spine. The title page credits Lewis Carroll as author, E. S. Martin for the introduction, and Peter Newell as illustrator. The publisher is identified as Harper & Brothers, New York and London. The copyright page states Copyright, 1901, by Harper & Brothers, and identifies the book as printed in the United States of America. A publisher's code reading L-X is present at the bottom of the copyright page, indicating a printing date of November 1923. The work is an octavo format containing a frontispiece and numerous full-page black-and-white plates by Peter Newell. An interior page features a printed decorative bookplate for Joe Boop, which displays a sailing ship within a border and the text EX LIBRIS above the owner's name. The interior text begins with Chapter I, Down the Rabbit-Hole, and includes illustrations such as The Caucus-Race, The Dodo solemnly presented the thimble, and What's that in the window?. A list of other Lewis Carroll books illustrated by Peter Newell is printed facing the copyright page. The binding shows significant wear and age-related deterioration. The spine is heavily faded to a brown tone and exhibits fraying and loss of cloth at the head and foot (photo 3). The front cover cloth shows surface abrasions and staining, particularly near the edges, and the corners are bumped and worn (photo 1). The pictorial cover label has surface scuffing and small losses along the borders (photo 1). The rear cover shows extensive mottling and surface wear to the cloth (photo 2). Internally, the pages exhibit general toning and occasional light foxing or spotting (photo 7). There is visible wear and slight tearing to the vertical edge of the opening text page (photo 8). The Joe Boop bookplate is securely adhered to the front flyleaf (photo 4). One plate shows a small brown spot in the upper margin (photo 10).