CARROLL, LEWIS - Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (Speciman Not for Sale)

New York, Macmillan and Co. Limited. 1899, First Thus. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Tenniel, John. Book, The blue cover with black lettering and illustration of Alice and Humpty Dumpty is quite dirty. Foxing present on pastedowns and endpapers. Some open tears and chipping to some pages. Cover reads "Through the Looking Glass" in ornate script and in a gilt bordered square, the words "SPECIMAN NOT FOR SALE"; Macmillan's device on rear cover. 122 pages +closing poetic tribute to Alice Pleasance Liddell. Poor/No Jacket.