1872 Through the Looking Glass Carrol Alice Wonderland Jabberwocky American ed



“Beware the Jabberwock, my son The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!”

― Lewis Carrol, Through the Looking-Glass



‘Through the Looking Glass’ was published a few years after the success of ‘Adventures in Wonderland’. While it was never as popular as ‘Adventures in Wonderland’ it did include ‘the greatest nonsense poem ever written in the English language’, the “Jabberwocky” (Gardner). It was in this poem that Carroll created playful nonsense words that have become recognizable in English such as “galumphing” and “chortle.”



While the story itself is timeless, the dozens of Tenniel’s bizarre, cartoon illustrations make this book especially desirable. Tenniel’s illustrations are often considered the best of the ‘Alice’ illustrations.



This 1872 American edition was published by Macmillan, published the same year as the London first edition.



Item number: #7382

Price: $750



CARROLL, Lewis



Through the Looking-Glass, and what Alice found there By Lewis Carroll with fifty illustrations by John Tenniel.



New York/London : Macmillan & Co., 1872. 1st edition



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

[14], 224

50 illustrations

Language: English

References: Gardner, Annotated Alice

Binding: Leather; tight and secure



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