1947 Scarce 1stED in Bayntun Binding-Alice in Wonderland, illustrated by E.Soper

Description: The MFLIBRA Antique Books Team Presents: 1947 Scarce 1stED in Bayntun Binding - Alice in Wonderland, First Edition Illustrated by Eileen Soper. (Description) Author: Lewis Carroll. (Illustrator, Eileen Soper). Title: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll With Illustrations by Eileen A. Soper. Publisher: London, Sydney, Toronto, Bombay, George G. Harrap and Company Ltd., 1947. First Edition Illustrated by Eileen Soper. Language: Text in English. Size: 8 " X 5.5 ". Pages: 127 pages. Binding: Attractive and very good binding, finely bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full red morocco, the spine and the covers hand-tooled in gilt, large gilt white rabbit on the front cover (ginges scuffed but tight - as shown, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges gilt. A rare find in any condition! Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, crease to the upper corner of a few pages - as shown). Illustrations: Complete with the 3 wonderful color plates and the 55 black and white in-text and full-page illustrations by Eileen Soper. Estimate: (800 USD - 1200 USD, Scarce with no or few other copies available for sale worldwide). The book: Scarce First Edition Illustrated by Eileen Soper. This nicely bound edition of "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Eileen A. Soper, is a collector's treasure! The illustrator: Eileen Alice Soper (26 March 1905 – 18 March 1990) was an English etcher and illustrator of children's and wildlife books. She produced a series of etchings, mainly of children playing, and illustrated books for other writers, notably for Enid Blyton and Elizabeth Gould. She also wrote and illustrated her own children's book. Some of her illustrations of children and animals were used in a China series for children by Paragon China in the 1930s. Later in life, she concentrated on writing and illustrating wildlife books. She was a founder member of the Society of Wildlife Artists (SWLA) and was elected a member of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers (RMS) in 1972. The author: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer of children's fiction, notably Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass. He was noted for his facility at word play, logic, and fantasy. The poems Jabberwocky and The Hunting of the Snark are classified in the genre of literary nonsense. He was also a mathematician, photographer, inventor and Anglican deacon. The binder: George Bayntun was born in 1873 in Bath, England. After an apprenticeship, he began his own bookbinding business in Bath in 1894, binding books by hand with great craftsmanship. Although many binders were using machines in their process, Bayntun refused to use modern techniques. No-question-money-back guarantee on everything we sell. Buyer pays shipping. Items are shipped out within 24 hours of receiving the order. Canada Post Service standards :[Canada] Parcel Services standards are 3 to 12 business days.[United States] Small Packet standards are 6 to 12 business days.[International] Airmail Parcel standards are 2 to 4 weeks.

Price: 960 CAD

Location: Montreal

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