ALICE IN WONDERLAND - MILLICENT SOWERBY - EXTREMELY RARE 1st ED + D/W

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND by LEWIS CARROLL. ILLUSTRATED by MILLICENT SOWERBY, 1907 1st EDITION PUBLISHED by CHATTO & WINDUS. BOOK IS UNDATED BUT CARRIES THE CORRECT CHATTO & WINDUS ADVERTISMENTS FOR THE "DUMPY BOOKS" THAT CHATTO & WINDUS TOOK OVER FROM GRANT RICHARDS IN 1905. "HUMPTY DUMPTY'S LITTLE SON" (1907) BEING THE LAST TITLE LISTED. BLUE CLOTH BOARDS WITH GILT TITLES TO FRONT AND SPINE. COLOURED CIRCULAR PASTEDOWN TO FRONT BOARD. BOARDS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH VERY MINOR BUMPIMNG TO THE CORNERS. PICTORIAL ENDPAPERS. INSCRIPTION TO 2nd FREE ENDPAPER. AGE SPOTTING UP TO THE BACK OF THE FRONTISPIECE. SOME VERY MINIMAL AGE SPOTTING TO A FEW OF THE OTHER PAGES. 12 COLOURED PLATES by MILLICENT SOWERBY AND BLACK & WHITE TITLE HEADING ILLUSTRATIONS ALSO by MILLICENT SOWERBY. THE UNCLIPPED AND EXTREMELY RARE DUST WRAPPER HAS SOME MINOR LOSS TO THE EDGES. A SCARCE ALICE EDITION WITH A FANTASTICALLY RARE DUST WRAPPER.