![]() 1st ed 57th-Thousand Details: Collation: Complete with all pages o, 224, o 50 charming Tenniel illustrations References: Gardner, Annotated Alice Language: English Binding: Hardcover tight and secure o Red cloth Size: ~7.5in X 5.25in (19cm x 13cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Item number: #30230 Price: $499 CARROLL, Lewis Through the Looking-Glass, and what Alice found there By Lewis Carroll with fifty illustrations by John Tenniel. ![]() Tenniel s illustrations are often considered the best of the Alice illustrations. ![]() It was in this poem that Carroll created playful nonsense words that have become recognizable in English such as galumphing and chortle While the story itself is timeless, the dozens of Tenniel s bizarre, cartoon illustrations make this book especially desirable. While it was never as popular as Adventures in Wonderland it did include the greatest nonsense poem ever written in the English language, the Jabberwocky (Gardner). ![]() 1887 Through the Looking Glass Lewis Carrol Tenniel Illustrated Alice Wonderland Beware the Jabberwock, my son The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch! Lewis Carrol, Through the Looking-Glass Through the Looking Glass was published a few years after the success of Adventures in Wonderland. ![]()
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