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DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge (“Lewis Carroll”) (1832-1898). The Adventures of Alisa in the land of wonders [in Russian]. Translated by A.N. Rozhdestvenskaya. St. Petersburg and Moscow: M.O. Volf, n.d. [1911].
8vo. Illustrations by Charles Robinson. Original red cloth-backed boards decorated and stamped in gilt (extremities worn, corners with some losses, hinges repaired, first few leaves sprung; last leaf also).
Early Russian edition, one of 5,000 copies. In an article issued by Harvard Library titled “Alice Speaks Russian” (see p. 13), Nina M. Demurova describes this edition in detail including the publication information which is not listed on the title-page and was not known to Weaver. See World of Wonderlands, III: 388. Weaver, p. 130.