Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There; The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony, in Eight Fits (4 volumes)
Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 1982; 1983. Barry Moser. First edition thus. Deluxe trade editions. Hardcover. SIGNED. 130; 167; 42pp. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland": Folio in red cloth with red metallic stamping to spine and front board. Top edge metallic red. Housed in publisher's red cloth slipcase with a mounted woodcut print of the Mad Hatter, signed by Moser, in a cloth folder. "Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There": Folio in blue cloth with metallic stamping to spine and front board. Top edge metallic blue. Housed in publisher's blue cloth slipcase with "The Hunting of the Snark" (paperbound with a blue dust wrapper) in a cloth portfolio. Fading to spines and areas of fading to slipcases. Numerous dot-sized spots to side panel of red slipcase. Small spot at head of blue slipcase. Dust wrapper of "The Hunting of the Snark" a bit toned at the edges. Very Good. Item #71407
A fastidious reproduction of the original printings by Harold McGrath at Pennyroyal Press. Preface and Notes by James R. Kincaid. Text edited by Selwyn H. Goodacre. A lovely fine press edition featuring illustrations by Barry Moser. Chattanooga-born artist, author, and illustrator Barry Moser (b. 1940) founded Pennyroyal Press. He has illustrated over 250 books during his career, including Dante's "Divine Comedy," Melville's "Moby Dick," and a highly esteemed edition of the Bible. His edition of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" received the 1983 National Book Award for design and illustration.
Price: $750.00