MAKES THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ANY FAN OF LEWIS CARROLL / THE CLASSICS / FAIRY TALES / FANTASY / COLLECTIBLE VINTAGE BOOKS
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DESCRIPTION: International Collectors Library beautiful leatherette binding edition of ALICE IN WONDERLAND and THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS by LEWIS CARROLL. THIS IS A SCARCE VINTAGE HEIRLOOM ICL EDITION WITH LAVISH GILT IMPRESSIONS TO THE SPINE AND BOARDS DONE IN REAL 24K GOLD LEAF with BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE ILLUSTRATIONS by JOHN TENNIEL. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY-PRIZED EDITIONS OF THIS CARROLL MASTERPIECE. ORIGINAL HIGHLY-COVETED COLLECTOR’S NOTES ARE INCLUDED. 🍍 NOT INCLUDED… 😃
The International Collectors Library was a book club series published by Doubleday Book & Music Clubs, Inc. from the late 1940’s through the late 1980’s.
Generally, the books followed the 8-1/2″ x 5-3/4″ book size format. The binding designs were adapted based on old “Golden Age of Bookmaking” bindings, and made to look like leather-bound copies (leatherette). The bindings were embossed with 24K gold embellishments, and some copies had gilt edges (thin layer of gold leaf) applied. A sewn in satin ribbon marker was also added in most books. There were over 400 editions published in a variety of bindings. Some editions came with loose-leaf inserts that described the book club, the bindings and design styles, and a story synopsis of the book-in-hand.
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is an 1865 novel by English author Lewis Carroll. It tells of a young girl named Alice, who falls through a rabbit hole into a subterranean fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. It is considered to be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre.
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There is a novel published on 27 December 1871 and the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alice again enters a fantastical world, this time by climbing through a mirror into the world that she can see beyond it.
CONDITION: Book is in AMAZING condition for its age with some minor shelfwear to the edges of the boards and some age spots to the page ends, something very common in these really old editions (SEE PICS FOR BETTER DETAILS) . NO ATTACHED BOOKPLATES, WRITING FROM PREVIOUS OWNER, ETC. It is a BEAUTIFUL EDITION.
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