Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Signed, First edition thus, includes original illustration)

INCLUDES AN ORIGINAL ARTWORK BY CHRIS RIDDELL WITH SIGNATURE. Volume also signed by Riddell.

Sir John Tenniel (1820–1914) produced the illustrations for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871) that have shaped the visual imagination of the story for every subsequent generation of readers, illustrators, and filmmakers. 

Chris Riddell OBE, UK Children's Laureate from 2015 to 2017, political cartoonist for the Observer, and three-time winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal, has spoken openly and at length about Tenniel's illustrations as the direct catalyst for his own decision to become an illustrator, recalling as a child reader his fascination above all with Tenniel's waistcoated White Rabbit.

This edition was published by Macmillan in 2020 to mark the two-hundredth anniversary of Tenniel's birth, and the choice of illustrator carries an unusually direct and personal connection to that anniversary. This copy is further distinguished by an original, unique pencil drawing of the Queen of Hearts by Riddell (a one-off work of art rather than a printed illustration, executed directly into this specific copy) alongside his signature and the date to the half-title, and carries the verification stamp of Pea Green Boat Books confirming the authenticity of the signing.

First edition thus, first printing. Signed and dated by Chris Riddell to the half-title, with an original unique pencil drawing of the Queen of Hearts by the artist. Quarto. 304 pp. Illustrated throughout in full colour. Original cream boards, gold-foiled, with colour-illustrated vignette of Alice and the White Rabbit to the front cover. Spine lettered in black, illustrated in colour, with a vignette of the Five of Hearts. Original unclipped dust jacket.  Bears the verification stamp of Pea Green Boat Books confirming this as a true signed first edition. Meticulously preserved. Dust jacket unclipped, showing only very light and uncommon signs of handling. Volume near fine throughout, inside and out, free from markings.

This book is currently on display in the rare book section of our Penrith store.
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Catalogue Number: HH000350