Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Hardcover - 1992
by Lewis Carroll; John Tenniel (Illustrator); Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator)
About this book
From the rear cover
"What is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures?"
For over 125 years John Tenniel's superb illustrations for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland have been the perfect complement to Lewis Carroll's timeless story. In that time Alice has been illustrated by numerous artists, but not one has come close to matching the universal appeal of the original pictures.
This is the first Alice to reproduce Ternniel's exquisite drawings from prints taken directly from the original wood engravings. Here, Tenniel's fine line work is far crisper, delicate shadings are reproduced with more subtlety, and details never seen before are now visible.
Like most nineteenth-century children's books, the pictures for Alice were created by transferring the artist's drawings to woodblocks, But with Alice, the original blocks served as masters from which metal plates were made for printing. Unfortunately, these plates deteriorated from the repeated pressure applied during printing, and over time, many of the fine lines in Tenniel's pictures simply vanished altogether.As the year-, passed, the original woodblocks disappeared and were believed lost; then, in 1985 they were discovered in a London bank vault.
Now, for the first time, prints from these woodblocks have been used to produce a deluxe gift edition with clearer, more detailed images than have ever been seen before. At last, readers can see the Alice that Carroll and Tenniel had originally envisioned.
First Edition Identification
Macmillian first published
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in 1865 with illustrations by John Tenniel.
The first print run was only 2,000 copies before it was recalled due to “print
quality.” Only two dozen or so copies of the legendary “Sixty-five Alice” are
now known to survive. Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There was
later published in 1871.
Details
- Title Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Author Lewis Carroll; John Tenniel (Illustrator); Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 208
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins, New York
- Date 1992-05-19
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780688110871 / 0688110878
- Weight 0.84 lbs (0.38 kg)
- Dimensions 8.52 x 5.82 x 0.57 in (21.64 x 14.78 x 1.45 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 880
- Library of Congress subjects Fantasy, Alice (Fictitious character: Carroll)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 91031482
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/1994, Page 0
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