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Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-glass

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Category: Old & Rare

CARROLL, Lewis. Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-glass. With illustrations by Robert Högfeldt. Stockholm: Jan Förlag [1945]. 8vo, 222pp. Yellow quarter-cloth stamped in red with red pictorial boards printed in yellow and black; top edge stained red. Decorative endpapers; 10 color plates and numerous b&w illustrations. Corners a bit rubbed, lower edge less so, else a clean, bright copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (a few closed tears and some light edge wear, spine panel sunned, 1 ½” scratch to rear panel).

 

First Högfeldt-illustrated edition in English. A wonderfully illustrated edition of Lewis Carroll’s classic novels by the Swedish painter, illustrator, and cartoonist, Gustav Robert Högfeldt. The playful watercolors and humorous line illustrations perfectly capture the whimsy of Carroll’s two tales of Wonderland in Hogfeldt’s distinct imagery.

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Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 5 reviews)

David ★★★★★

I was skeptical about a 1945 edition, but the red stamping on the spine is still vivid and the paper feels surprisingly sturdy after all these years. Högfeldt's illustrations really bring the story to life in a way I hadn't seen before.

Sophia G. ★★★★★

The Högfeldt illustrations are the real treasure here—whimsical and dark in equal measure, they make this 1945 edition feel like a genuine artifact rather than just another reprint. The yellow quarter-cloth binding with its red stamping is holding up beautifully for a book pushing eighty years old.

Olivia ★★★★★

I was pleasantly surprised by the sturdy yellow cloth binding with red stamping — it still feels solid after all these decades.