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[TARRANT, Margaret, (1888-1959), illustrator]. -- DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge (“Lewis Carroll”) (1832-1898). Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. London, Melbourne, and Toronto: Ward, Lock & Co., 1916.
8vo. 44 color plates by Tarrant (toning to frontispiece and title-page from tissue-guard). Original gilt-lettered blue cloth, color illustration mounted on upper cover, color illustration endpapers (spine sunned and slightly skewed, small spot of restoration to head).
FIRST TARRANT EDITION. Although the title-page calls for 48 plates, there were only 44 plates issued (the endpapers were possibly included in the publisher’s justification). Lovett 244.