Carroll, Lewis

Alice's Adventures Under Ground

      British Museum / Folio Society, London 2008 - A beautiful facsimile limited edition of Lewis Carroll's original manuscript that was a "A Christmas Gift to a Dear Child in Memory of a Summer Day." The colophon states that this edition is "reproduced from British Library Add. MS 46700. It is printed by Memminger Medien Centrum, Memmingen, Germany, on Gardapat Kiara paper and bound by Lachenmaier, Reutlingen, Germany, in full Nigerian goatskin leather. Box design by Neil Gower incorporating a photograph by Lewis Carroll. This edition is limited to 3750 copies. This is copy number 1541." Includes a saddle-stitched, 32-page pamphlet entitled The Original Alice, by Sally Brown, published by The Folio Society in 2008. All in a beautiful teal blue box with ornate gilt illustration and a photo of Alice by Lewis Carroll. All in fine condition. [Attributes: Hard Cover]