DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge (“Lewis Carroll”) (1832-1898). Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Mount Vernon, NY: [William Edwin Rudge for] The Limited Editions Club, 1932.
8vo. Numerous wood engravings by Bruno Rollitz after John Tenniel. Original red morocco gilt, smooth spine gilt, edges gilt (minor rubbing at extreme ends, else fine); red cloth dust jacket with leather spine label gilt.
LIMITED EDITION, number 163 of 1500 copies, SIGNED BY FREDERIC WARDE, AND ONE OF APPROXIMATELY 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE “ORIGINAL ALICE”, Alice Hargreaves, on leaf proceeding half-title who signed the book during her visit to New York at the age of 81 to commemorate the centennial of Dodgson’s birth. Lovett 90a; Newman & Wiche 36a.
[With:] Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There. Mount Vernon, NY: [William Edwin Rudge for] The Limited Editions Club, 1935. 8vo. Numerous engravings re-engraved by Frederic Warde after John Tenniel. Original blue morocco gilt, smooth spine gilt, edges gilt (minor rubbing at extreme ends, else fine); blue cloth dust jacket with leather spine label gilt. LIMITED EDITION, number 1392 of 1500 copies, ONE OF 200 COPIES SIGNED BY ALICE HARGREAVES. Lovett 94a; Newman & Wiche 65a.
Hargreaves did not sign all copies of these two books. Subscribers to the Limited Editions Club were asked to pay a surcharge to get an autographed copy making signed copies incredibly scarce.