Lewis Carroll; George MacDonald; Louisa May Alcott; Roger Lancelyn Green - A Collection from the Children&Apos;S Illustrated Classics Series

London & New York, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd./E. P. Dutton & Co. 1954-1960. Cloth. Four smart later editions of these illustrated novels, published by Dent and Dutton, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Four volumes. Later editions. From the Children's Illustrated Classics series published by Dent and Dutton. This set contains: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, 1954. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seven colour plates, and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. Written by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, an English author, poet, mathematician, photographer and Anglican deacon, best known for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass. Illustrated by Sir John Tenniel, an English illustrator, graphic humourist and political cartoonist. With eight images redrawn in colour by Diana Stanley, an English artist and illustrator. At the Back of the North Wind, 1956. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seven colour plates, and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. Written by George MacDonald, a Scottish author, poet and Christian Congregational minister who became a pioneering figure in the field of modern fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow-writer Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by Ernest Howard Shepard, an English artist and book illustrator. Little Men, 1957. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plates, and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. Written by Louisa May Alcott, an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for writing the novel Little Women. Illustrated by Harry Toothill, a British artist and illustrator noted for his watercolour images. Tale of Make-Believe, 1960. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plates, and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. Edited and introduced by Roger Gilbert Lancelyn Green, a British biographer and children's writer. Illustrated by Harry Toothill. In the original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, smart with light wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Original dust wrappers remain unclipped other than North Wind which has been price-clipped. Wrappers are also smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Light sunning to the spine with the odd small mark to the panels. Light spotting to the fly leaves. With minor loss to the front panel of Tales of Make-Believe. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light spotting and minor age toning to the endpapers only. Very Good . Ill.: John Tenniel; Diana Stanley; E. H. Shepard; Harry Toothill. Very Good/Very Good.

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