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Lewis Carroll

Alice in Wonderland (signed edition)

US$215

Illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk

Fall down the rabbit hole with Folio’s beautifully crafted Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, brought to life by the whimsical brush of Charles van Sandwyk. This is Wonderland as it was meant to be seen – with eccentric charm and dreamlike detail. Signed by the artist.

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Book Details
 
Production DetailsBound in blocked cloth with an inset printed label
Four-colour illustrated book plate printed on Conqueror Oyster Laid
Printed map endpapers
Printed slipcase
Signed by the artist
Dimensions10 inches x 6¾ inches
FontTypeset in Adobe Caslon
Pages168 pages
AuthorLewis Carroll
Illustrated byCharles van Sandwyk
Illustration37 integrated colour illustrations and 44 black & white illustrations
Publication Date16/10/2019
Editor's Notes
 
Lewis Carroll’s extraordinary dream of a world – or world of a dream – has seeped into our collective consciousness like few other books. Filled with outlandish creatures and quizzical conversations, its apparent nonsense is underpinned by its own logic, which surely makes it the most imaginative tale ever written. Widely adapted, it has also been translated into 176 languages, including Cockney, Middle Breton and three languages of Zimbabwe.

Tinted title pages and a spectacular binding design reflect the magic of Carroll’s incomparable story, while Charles van Sandwyk’s series of charming colour plates and black-and-white drawings neatly capture its many iconic characters. Van Sandwyk has signed a specially commissioned four-colour illustrated book plate for this volume.
Synopsis
 
Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a joyful plunge into the surreal, where logic is upended and nonsense reigns supreme. Follow Alice down the rabbit hole into a world of curious creatures, eccentric tea parties and riddles without answers. This Folio features exquisite illustrations by Charles van Sandwyk, whose delicate, characterful artwork captures the wit and whimsy of Carroll’s timeless tale.

About the Illustrator

Charles van Sandwyk

Charles van Sandwyk was born in South Africa and raised in Canada; he taught himself calligraphy and intaglio printing as a teenager. His first self-published book appeared when he was just 20, and won a national award. Since then his work has been archived by the National Library of Canada and treasured by private collectors across the world. Van Sandwyk has produced illustrations for the Folio editions of The Blue Fairy Book(1889; Folio 2003), The Wind in the Willows (1908; Folio 1995) and How to See Fairies (2018; Folio 2023) (which he both wrote and illustrated). A limited edition of Alice in Wonderland, illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk, was published by The Folio Society to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first edition in 2015.

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About the Illustrator

Charles van Sandwyk

Charles van Sandwyk was born in South Africa and raised in Canada; he taught himself calligraphy and intaglio printing as a teenager. His first self-published book appeared when he was just 20, and won a national award. Since then his work has been archived by the National Library of Canada and treasured by private collectors across the world. Van Sandwyk has produced illustrations for the Folio editions of The Blue Fairy Book(1889; Folio 2003), The Wind in the Willows (1908; Folio 1995) and How to See Fairies (2018; Folio 2023) (which he both wrote and illustrated). A limited edition of Alice in Wonderland, illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk, was published by The Folio Society to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first edition in 2015.

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About the Illustrator

Charles van Sandwyk

Charles van Sandwyk was born in South Africa and raised in Canada; he taught himself calligraphy and intaglio printing as a teenager. His first self-published book appeared when he was just 20, and won a national award. Since then his work has been archived by the National Library of Canada and treasured by private collectors across the world. Van Sandwyk has produced illustrations for the Folio editions of The Blue Fairy Book(1889; Folio 2003), The Wind in the Willows (1908; Folio 1995) and How to See Fairies (2018; Folio 2023) (which he both wrote and illustrated). A limited edition of Alice in Wonderland, illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk, was published by The Folio Society to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first edition in 2015.

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About the Illustrator

Charles van Sandwyk

Charles van Sandwyk was born in South Africa and raised in Canada; he taught himself calligraphy and intaglio printing as a teenager. His first self-published book appeared when he was just 20, and won a national award. Since then his work has been archived by the National Library of Canada and treasured by private collectors across the world. Van Sandwyk has produced illustrations for the Folio editions of The Blue Fairy Book(1889; Folio 2003), The Wind in the Willows (1908; Folio 1995) and How to See Fairies (2018; Folio 2023) (which he both wrote and illustrated). A limited edition of Alice in Wonderland, illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk, was published by The Folio Society to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first edition in 2015.

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About the Illustrator

Charles van Sandwyk

Charles van Sandwyk was born in South Africa and raised in Canada; he taught himself calligraphy and intaglio printing as a teenager. His first self-published book appeared when he was just 20, and won a national award. Since then his work has been archived by the National Library of Canada and treasured by private collectors across the world. Van Sandwyk has produced illustrations for the Folio editions of The Blue Fairy Book(1889; Folio 2003), The Wind in the Willows (1908; Folio 1995) and How to See Fairies (2018; Folio 2023) (which he both wrote and illustrated). A limited edition of Alice in Wonderland, illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk, was published by The Folio Society to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first edition in 2015.

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About the Illustrator

Charles van Sandwyk

Charles van Sandwyk was born in South Africa and raised in Canada; he taught himself calligraphy and intaglio printing as a teenager. His first self-published book appeared when he was just 20, and won a national award. Since then his work has been archived by the National Library of Canada and treasured by private collectors across the world. Van Sandwyk has produced illustrations for the Folio editions of The Blue Fairy Book(1889; Folio 2003), The Wind in the Willows (1908; Folio 1995) and How to See Fairies (2018; Folio 2023) (which he both wrote and illustrated). A limited edition of Alice in Wonderland, illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk, was published by The Folio Society to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first edition in 2015.

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About the Author

Lewis Carroll is the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who was born in the village of Daresbury, England, on 27 January 1832. The third of eleven children, he was raised in his clergyman father’s rectory for much of his youth. A talented mathematician and voracious reader, Dodgson attended Richmond Grammar School and Rugby School before studying and later lecturing at Christ Church College, Oxford. His early writing included essays, poetry and pamphlets, but it was his children’s books that would earn him fame. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland began life as a story for Alice Liddell, daughter of the Dean of Christ Church, Henry George Liddell. After regaling Alice and her friends with the tale on a boating trip, he was persuaded to write it down as a keepsake. Family friends eventually persuaded Dodgson to seek publication, and the book was published by Macmillan in 1865 under his pen name. It quickly became hugely popular and was followed by the sequel, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, in 1871. Alice went on to become one of the best-selling children’s books in the world.

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