Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
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Hardcover edition of Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there. The illustrations by John Tenniel are of exceptional quality, as they are reproduced from prints taken directly from the original woodblocks. This makes the line work and shadows come out much better.
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When Trough the Looking glass was published in 1871, readers were as delighted with that book as they were with Lewis Carroll's first masterpiece, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In the topsy-turvy world that lies beyond the looking-glass, Alice meets such fantastical characters as Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Humpty Dumpty, and the Jabberwock.For over 120 years John Tenniel's superb illustrations have been the perfect complement to Lewis Carroll's timeless story. This is the first edition of Looking-glass to reproduce Tenniel's exquisite drawings from engravings taken directly from the original woodblocks. Here, Tenniel's fine line work is far crisper, delicate shadings are reproduced with more subtlety, and details never seen before are now visible.The pictures for the first edition of Looking-glass were created by transferring the artist's drawings to woodblocks. These original blocks served as masters from which metal plates were made for printing. Unfortunately, these plates deteriorated from the repeated pressure applied during the printing process, and over time, many of the fine lines in Tenniel's pictures simply vanished.The original woodblocks disappeared and were believed lost; then, in 1985 they were discovered in a London bank vault. Now, for the first time, engravings from these woodblocks have been used to produce a deluxe gift edition. At last, readers can see the Looking-glass that Carroll and Tenniel had originally intended.
Product details:
Item number (ASIN): 0688120490
Author: Lewis Carroll
Creator: John Tenniel, Illustrator
Edition: 5th Printing
ISBN: 0688120490
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Package Dimensions: 79 x 585 x 855 (hundredths-inches)
Publication Date: April 23, 1993
Publisher: HarperCollins
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Release Date: April 23, 1993
Binding: Hardcover
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- Alice through the Looking GlassI loved reading this book. Although not as wonderful as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, it was a fun read. I'd recommend it to any one of any age.
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- Excellent artistry The book was good reading and the pictures brought the characters to life better than I could have imagined the characters to be.
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- About the HeritageThis review relates to the Heritage Press edition, as released in the 1940's and re-released in 1969. One of Heritage's most successful designs - a classic, playful, but elegant piece of work with relatively large (18 point type) and two color printing throughout. The Tenniel drawings are all here, banded by blue, and reproduced with a beautiful amount of detail on lovely cream-white stock with a vellum finish. Designer W. A. Wiggins has bound the book in blue linen with details in stamped indigo and silver binding foil. In silver slipcase with an introduction by John Winterich and Carroll's preface, 200 pp.
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- About the Mid-Century Heritage Press Edition, Illustrated in SlipcaseThis review relates to the Heritage Press edition, as released in the 1940's and re-released in 1969. One of Heritage's most successful designs - a classic, playful, but elegant piece of work with relatively large (18 point type) and two color printing throughout. The Tenniel drawings are all here, banded by blue, and reproduced with a beautiful amount of detail on lovely cream-white stock with a vellum finish. Designer W. A. Wiggins has bound the book in blue linen with details in stamped indigo and silver binding foil. In silver slipcase with an introduction by John Winterich and Carroll's preface, 200 pp.
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- SosoThough this book is not much better than Alice's Adventures, the chess motif and theme does make the book much more interesting. With the bossy, dominant Red Queen and the quiet, kind, messy white queen, the book is a study in contrasts. The interweaving of the Nursery Rhyme Characters and the frequent fish poetry references does provide more continuity and a sense of sequential events than Alice's first adventure. I also appreciated the linking of the cat at the beginning and end of the story. It does still feel like Carroll did way too many opium pipes in his time. (First written as Journal Reading Notes in 1999.)
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