Printed and Manuscript Americana

New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1866. First edition, second issue (first American edition); with "B" in "By" above the "T" in "Tenniel" on title-page and without hyphen in "Rabbit Hole" on Contents page. 8vo. (x), 192 pp. Illustrated with frontispiece and 42 illustrations by John Tenniel. Original red cloth-covered boards, stamped in gilt, rebacked with original spine laid down, boards soiled and rubbed, corners worn; all edges gilt; contemporary ownership inscription in pencil on half-title; spotting and soiling to text; offsetting on pp. 15-19 and on rear endpapers. Williams, Madan, Green 44

First American edition, comprising sheets of the suppressed 1865 English printing of Alice, here with a new title-page. The first issue by Macmillan in London was cancelled at the last minute by Carroll due to the poor printing quality of the illustrations by Tenniel. The remaining unbound sheets were then sold to Appleton in New York and issued with a new title-page.