The complete illustrated works of Lewis Carroll

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Lewis Carroll needs no íntroductíon.Chíldren and adults alíke know hím as the creator of Alíces Adventures ín Wonderland, the best-loved and most famous chíldren's book ever wrítten in any language. For the fírst time ail the illustrated works of Lewis Carroll have been brought together ín one volume. All the íllustratíons which appear have been carefully reproduced from the 276 originál drawíngs personally approved by the author over 80 years ago to íllustrate hís wrítings.Here are Alíces Adventures ín Wonderland and Through the Lookíng Glass with John Tenníels íncomparable íllustratíons; Sylvíe and Bruno and Sylvíe and Bruno Conduded with, as Lewis Carroll descríbed them, Harry Fumíss's 'wonderful píctures'; The Huntíngofthe Snark with Henry Holiday's drawíngs complementing this poem ot ínfiníte humour; the American artíst Arthur B. Frost's numerous and fíne desígns for A Tangled Tale, Phantasmagoría and other amusíng poems. Concludíng this uníque collectíon ís a rare reappearance... Tovább

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Lewis Carroll needs no íntroductíon.Chíldren and adults alíke know hím as the creator of Alíces Adventures ín Wonderland, the best-loved and most famous chíldren's book ever wrítten in any language. For the fírst time ail the illustrated works of Lewis Carroll have been brought together ín one volume. All the íllustratíons which appear have been carefully reproduced from the 276 originál drawíngs personally approved by the author over 80 years ago to íllustrate hís wrítings.Here are Alíces Adventures ín Wonderland and Through the Lookíng Glass with John Tenníels íncomparable íllustratíons; Sylvíe and Bruno and Sylvíe and Bruno Conduded with, as Lewis Carroll descríbed them, Harry Fumíss's 'wonderful píctures'; The Huntíngofthe Snark with Henry Holiday's drawíngs complementing this poem ot ínfiníte humour; the American artíst Arthur B. Frost's numerous and fíne desígns for A Tangled Tale, Phantasmagoría and other amusíng poems. Concludíng this uníque collectíon ís a rare reappearance of E. Gertrude Thomsons graceful engravíngs íllustrating the Three Sunsets and other seríous poems. Lewis Carroll wrote books for chíldren that, by their humour, logíc and imagínatíve absurdíty alsó appeal to grown-up people. The matchless storíes and poems collected here and publíshed with their originál, unforgettable íllustratíons truly make The Complete Illustrated Works of Lewis Carroll a book for all the famíly. Vissza