DODGSON, Charles L. (Lewis Carroll). Alice's Adventures In Wonderland. (FIRST EDITION - 1866 - NEW YORK - APPLETON)

AUTHOR: DODGSON, Charles L. (Lewis Carroll). 

TITLE: Alice's Adventures In Wonderland.

PUBLISHER: New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1866.

DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SECOND ISSUE. 1 vol., frontispiece & 42 illustrations by John Tenniel. Bound in the publisher's original gilt stamped red cloth, all edge gilt, original dark green pastedowns and endpapers, original tissue guard present before title-page, housed in a red cloth clamshell slipcase, vertical gilt lettered spine.

CONDITION: Spine relined, internally clean and bright, small 1/2" closed tear above the "E" in "Alice's" to title-page expertly repaired, apparently happened from a paper clip on the next page, overall still a VERY GOOD copy.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This is the earliest obtainable issue with the Appleton cancel title page. Macmillan printed around 2,000 copies of the book in 1865, but both artist and author were unhappy with the poor quality printing and insisted it was reprinted before being published. Macmillan sold the rest of the print run to Appleton in New York who published a US edition using a new title page but with the first printing sheets from the 1865 London edition.