Author: Caroline Lewis [Edward Harold Begbie, J. Stafford Ransome, and Michael Henry Temple)
Title: Clara in Blunderland; Lost in Blunderland
Description: London, William Heinemann, 1902-1903 . First edition. Cloth. The first editions of two highly entertaining parodies of Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking-Glass&apos. Both volumes are present in the first edition, first impression.Illustrated throughout by S. R. - journalist J. Stafford Ransome - after John Tenniel's style.Published under the name Caroline Lewis, a pseudonym for collaborators Edward Harold Begbie, J. Stafford Ransome, and Michael Henry Temple.Through utilising Carroll's tale, these volumes present a criticism of the British Government's involvement in the Second Boer War and other domestic and foreign policy choices. Prime Minister Arthur Balfour is represented by Clara, a stand-in for Alice. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, bright. Back strips lightly age toned, with bumping to back strip heads and tails. Small holes to cloth at back strip tails. 'Lost' lacking front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: S.R. [J. Stafford Ransome]. Very Good .

Keywords: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Through the Looking-Glass alice in wonderland parody Through the Looking-Glass S.R. [J. Stafford Ransome]


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