Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll – c.1928 | G.M. Hudson Color Plates

Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was met with great acclaim when the first edition was released, and its popularity has hardly dwindled since. Where most Victorian children’s literature was educational or moralizing, Lewis’s fantasy story sought to entertain and delight. This undated edition, published by Boots the Chemists in conjunction with Hodder and Stoughton, features twelve enchanting full-color plates by British illustrator Gwynedd M. Hudson. Hudson’s interpretations, featuring figures such as the Mad Hatter, Cheshire Cat, and the Red Queen, capture the playful yet slightly surreal tone of Carroll’s fantasy world.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
• Author: Lewis Carroll
• Illustrator: Gwynedd M. Hudson
• Publisher: [Boots the Chemists]; Nottingham: Boots Pure Drug Co., Ltd; Hodder and Stoughton Ltd
• Edition: Undated [ca. 1928]
• Binding: Decorative blue cloth
• Format: Quarto (4to), single volume
• Size: ~ 10.25 in x 8 in (26 cm x 20.5 cm)
• Collation: [12], 180, [2] pp
• Illustrations: 12 color plates, numerous in-text illustrations
• Contents Include:
  • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland full text
  • Twelve full-color illustrations by Gwynedd M. Hudson
• Provenance: Handwritten gift inscription to Barbara, With much love from Bunty, Christmas 1928

Condition:

Very Good. The decorative blue cloth boards show mild staining and rubbing, with softened corners. The pictorial gilt and green stamping to the cover is bright and largely intact, as is the gilt spine title and Boots printing device. Text block is secure and intact. The pages are clean aside from the gift inscription and child’s list of names on the flyleaves; mild age toning and occasional foxing are present, mostly concentrated on the endpapers. No marks affecting text or plates. All plates present and well-preserved.

Why Collect This?

• Gwynedd M. Hudson illustrated edition
• Appeals to collectors of illustrated Alice editions and interwar British publishing

Item Number: #31103