Alice's Adventures in Wonderland : Adapted For Very Little Folks From the Original Story By Lewis Carroll With Thirty-One Colored Illustrations From the Original Designs By John Tenniel
"In adapting the present edition from the original work by Lewis Carroll, only those portions of the text and pictures suitable for very little folks have been used. Althougth the story reads continuously, it is ... but one-sixth the length of the complete edition, and contains only a selection...
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| Language: | English |
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Marlborough, Wiltshire :
Adam Matthew Digital : Henry Altemus Company,
2020
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| Series: | Children's Literature and Culture
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| Summary: | "In adapting the present edition from the original work by Lewis Carroll, only those portions of the text and pictures suitable for very little folks have been used. Althougth the story reads continuously, it is ... but one-sixth the length of the complete edition, and contains only a selection of the illustrations."--Note, verso of title page. Spine title: Alice in Wonderland. Edition from foot of cover. Henry Altemus Company published the Wee books for wee folks series between ca. 1904 and early 1936, when Platt & Munk Co., Inc. bought the series; cf. Publishers' weekly, v. 129 (Mar. 28, 1936), p. 1333. "Printed in the United States of America"--verso of title page. Endpapers have design of characters from the Wee folks series with "This book belongs to--" at the head. Color illustrations produced by a photomechanical process. Color label of the rabbit blowing his horn and holding a scroll pasted to upper cover. Publisher's advertisements, p. [3-6], second count. "Wee books for wee folks ... Alice's adventures in Wonderland. ... Profusely illustrated in colors. Price, 50 cents each ..."--p. [4], second count." |
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| Item Description: | AMDigital Reference:551013 |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (126 pages, 6 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations 126 pages, 6 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 14 cm |
| Access: | Restricted for use by site license. |