Alice's Adventures Under Ground. Being a Facsimile of the Original Ms. Book Afterwards Developed into "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."
London: Macmillan and Co., 1886.
First edition, first printing, first issue with black coated endpapers. Inscribed by Lewis Carroll on the half-title page, “Mabel Marriott, from the Author. Dec. 3/92." [xvi], 96, [3, ads] pp with 37 illustrations by the author. Bound in publisher's red cloth tripled ruled and lettered in gilt with circular portrait of the Mock Turtle stamped at the rear board; all edges gilt. Very Good with slight shelf lean, darkening to spine, light wear to extremities and light soiling to cloth. Small abrasion to front pastedown, tape ghosts to prelims and terminals, several hinges slightly exposed. A lovely signed copy of Carroll's facsimile manuscript that inspired the author to pen Alice in Wonderland. The original manuscript, bound and illustrated by Carroll, was gifted to Alice Liddell and her two sisters, Edith and Lorina. Alice kept the original manuscript until 1928 when she was forced to sell it to cover her husband's funeral costs. Excludes several iconic segments, including the tea party scene that wasn't added until the first published edition. Signed. Herbert-Williams 194. Item #140948576
Price: $15,000