Alice Box Set–Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-glass

And What Alice Found There

By Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel

This deluxe slipcased set of the two facsimile editions of Lewis Carroll’s masterpieces, the first with prints taken directly from the original woodblocks, is the perfect gift for every Alice fan. A Books of Wonder® Classic.
ISBN: 9780688120504
Imprint: HarperColl
On Sale: Sep 23, 1993
List price: $49.95
No of pages: 240
Trim Size: 6.120 in (w) x 9.000 in (h) x 1.970 in (d)
BISAC 1: JUVENILE FICTION / Classics
BISAC 2: JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy / General
BISAC 3: JUVENILE FICTION / General

Lewis Carroll

Biography

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, published Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in 1865 and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, in 1871. Considered a master of the genre of literary nonsense, he is renowned for his ingenious wordplay and sense of logic, and his highly original vision.

John Tenniel

Biography

Sir John Tenniel briefly attended the Royal Academy Schools, but for the most part he was a self taught artist. His illustrations appeared regularly in Punch, but it was the Alice books that confirmed his international reputation as an illustrator. Tenniel was knighted in 1893.

Peter Glassman

Biography

Peter Glassman is the owner of Books of Wonder, the New York City bookstore and publisher specializing in new and old imaginative books for children. He is also the editor of the Books of Wonder Classics, a series of deluxe facsimiles and newly illustrated editions of timeless tales. And he is the author of The Wizard Next Door, illustrated by Steven Kellogg. Mr. Glassman lives in New York City.

This deluxe slipcased set of the two facsimile editions of Lewis Carroll’s masterpieces, the first with prints taken directly from the original woodblocks, is the perfect gift for every Alice fan. A Books of Wonder® Classic.

ISBN: 9780688120504
Imprint: HarperColl
On Sale: Sep 23, 1993
List price: $49.95
No of pages: 240
Trim Size: 6.120 in (w) x 9.000 in (h) x 1.970 in (d)
BISAC 1: JUVENILE FICTION / Classics
BISAC 2: JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy / General
BISAC 3: JUVENILE FICTION / General

Lewis Carroll

Biography

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, published Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in 1865 and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, in 1871. Considered a master of the genre of literary nonsense, he is renowned for his ingenious wordplay and sense of logic, and his highly original vision.

John Tenniel

Biography

Sir John Tenniel briefly attended the Royal Academy Schools, but for the most part he was a self taught artist. His illustrations appeared regularly in Punch, but it was the Alice books that confirmed his international reputation as an illustrator. Tenniel was knighted in 1893.

Peter Glassman

Biography

Peter Glassman is the owner of Books of Wonder, the New York City bookstore and publisher specializing in new and old imaginative books for children. He is also the editor of the Books of Wonder Classics, a series of deluxe facsimiles and newly illustrated editions of timeless tales. And he is the author of The Wizard Next Door, illustrated by Steven Kellogg. Mr. Glassman lives in New York City.