Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll - 1916

London: Ward, Lock, and Co., Limited, 1916. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 6". Margaret W. Tarrant. The first edition of Margaret Tarrant's illustrated 'Alice in Wonderland', a beautiful edition with her colour plates throughout. The first edition thus of this work, being the first edition with Margaret Tarrant's illustrations.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and forty-three plates.Collated, complete. The title page states that the work has forty-eight plates, but the list of plates only lists forty-four plates, all of which are present in this volume.'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', is one of the best known children's books of all time, and has become the favourite to children and adults alike. It follows Alice as she falls through a rabbit role into a strange world with talking animals and magical potions.Lewis Carroll was the pseudonym for Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who is best known for his 'Wonderland' books. His books are of the nonsense genre, playing with logic and fantasy. It's the general belief that his character Alice was based off Alice Liddell, a relationship that has caused a great amount of controversy. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.Eight pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the spine and extremities. A few minor marks to the boards and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, spotting throughout, mostly to the first and last few pages. Frontispiece is bound after the title page, amateurly repaired. Very Good Indeed