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[TWISLETON-WYKEHAM-FIENNES FAMILY]. Alice’s Wonderland Birthday Book. Compiled by E. Stanley Leathes… London: Griffith and Farran, 1884.
Small 4to. Illustrated by JPM. Printed in black and red, with calendar pages; one side with quotes from the Alice books, the facing pages with spaces for calendar notes or signatures. Contemporary red morocco, boards ruled in gilt, front board stamped “W. F.” in gilt at lower corner (worn, soiled, spine dull).
Provenance: Armorial bookplate of the noble family, Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, on the front free endpaper, numerous signatures throughout, including many from the Fiennes family. On the final leaf is a neatly calligraphed record of births and deaths of the Fiennes family and others. The most famous members of that family are the acclaimed actors, Ralph (b. 1962) and Joseph (b. 1970).