Carroll (Lewis); Hudson (Gwynedd M.M., illustrator) Alice in Wonderland
£250
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1932.
4to. Original decorative cloth. Dust-jacket.
A very good example of this uncommon H&S edition of Alice.
In stock
Contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper; cloth in very good condition; jacket with some minor rubbing and a few closed tears.
Colour plates and vignettes by Gwynedd Hudson.
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