A beautiful 1935 reprint of the Miniature Edition of Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. Designed by Macmillan to be a more elegant, portable version of the original 1871 text, this edition features all fifty original illustrations by John Tenniel.
The Binding & Design: This volume is professionally bound in a full crushed blue morocco (grain leather) by the Educational Supply Association (E.S.A.), London.
Rounded Corners: Features the iconic rounded corners specific to the Macmillan Miniature series, designed to prevent wear and offer a smooth hand-feel.
Gilt Embellishments: The front board features the gilt-stamped crest of The Harvey Grammar School (Folkestone). The spine is divided into six compartments with raised bands, featuring intricate gilt floral tooling and title lettering.
Edges & Endpapers: Marbled endpapers with matching marbled page edges. Note: This volume has clean, plain inner board edges (no dentelles).
Provenance & Heraldry: The front cover bears the heraldic crest (lion over a ship) and motto Conemur Tenues Grandia ("Though we are small, let us strive for great things") of The Harvey Grammar School. The interior features a pristine school prize bookplate awarded to a student named Harbow for 1st Prize, Form IIB, Christmas 1935.
Condition Report:
Exterior: The leather is supple and the blue pigment remains deep and vibrant. Very minor shelf wear to the spine ends and corners. The gilt remains exceptionally bright.
Interior: The prize bookplate is clean and well-affixed. The text block is tight, square, and free of lean.
Pages: The pages are remarkably clean, bright, and free of foxing, inscriptions, or markings.
Dimensions: Miniature 16mo: Approximately 6" x 4" (15.5cm x 10cm).