Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll – Franklin Library Limited Edition (1983)

Franklin Library limited edition containing both Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.

Published in 1983 for subscribers to The Franklin Library series The Collected Stories of the World’s Greatest Writers, this edition is illustrated by Susan Lynn Palamara.

The book is bound in full blue leather with elaborate gilt playing-card, heart, diamond, club, and geometric decoration to the front and rear covers. Additional features include gilt lettering and ornamentation to the spine, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, silk moiré endpapers, and an attached satin ribbon marker.

Features

• Includes both Alice novels
• Franklin Library limited edition
• Published in 1983
• Illustrated by Susan Lynn Palamara
• Full blue leather binding
• Elaborate gilt cover and spine decoration
• All page edges gilt
• Raised spine bands
• Silk moiré endpapers
• Attached satin ribbon marker
• No dust jacket issued

The binding is firm and square. The blue leather and gilt decoration remain bright and attractive, with only minimal evidence of careful handling. The gilt page edges show slight tonal variation and a few light surface marks visible under direct lighting. Interior pages are clean and unmarked.

An attractive collectible edition and a strong addition to a Lewis Carroll, illustrated classics, children’s literature, or Franklin Library collection.

The book shown in the photographs is the exact copy the buyer will receive. It will be carefully wrapped and shipped in a sturdy box.