MOSER, Barry, illustrator; PENNYROYAL PRESS; CARROLL, Lewis

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [&] Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There

West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press, 1982. Item #06248

Barry Moser illustrates Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
& Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There
Each Limited to Three Hundred and Fifty Copies with Matching Limitation Numbers

[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. [PENNYROYAL PRESS]. CARROLL, Lewis.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Illustrated by Barry Moser with a Preface and Notes by James R. Kincaid. Text edited by Selwyn Goodacre…West Hatfield: Printed by Harold McGrath at Pennyroyal Press, 1982.

Limited to 350 signed and numbered copies, of which this is number 179.

Folio (16 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches: 420 x 273 mm.). 148 pp. Seventy-five wood-engravings, including three double-page, by Barry Moser, with the extra suite of plates and drawings signed by Moser. Text printed in red, blue and black, title calligraphy by G.G. Laurens.

Bound by Gray Parrot in half purple morocco over marbled boards ruled in gilt, smooth spine lettered in gilt, decorative endpapers. Extra suite of plates in a folding cloth chemise. A fine copy. Housed together in publisher's quarter purple morocco clamshell case. Spine of clamshell case faded.

[Together with]:

[PENNYROYAL PRESS]. [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. CARROLL, Lewis.
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.
[Title-pages in each volume reads]: Illustrated by Barry Moser with a Preface and Notes by James R. Kincaid. Text edited by Selwyn Goodacre…West Hatfield: Printed by Harold McGrath at Pennyroyal Press, 1982.

Limited to 350 signed and numbered copies, of which this is number 179.

Folio (16 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches: 420 x 273 mm.). 174 pp. Ninety-five wood-engravings, including one double-page, by Barry Moser, with the extra suite of plates and drawings signed by Moser. Text printed in red, blue and black, title calligraphy by G.G. Laurens.

Bound by Gray Parrot in publisher's half burgundy morocco over decorated boards, smooth spine lettered in gilt, decorative endpapers. Extra suite of plates in a folding cloth chemise. A fine copy. Housed together in publisher's quarter purple morocco clamshell case. Spine of clamshell case faded.

A beautiful and excellent set depicting Moser's skill and eloquence as an artist, as well as a fine craftsman.

Pennyroyal 26 and 27.

Price: $7,500.00