11 Antique Leather Decorative Books- Georgian Victorian

11 antique Georgian and Victorian leather bound books in very good condition. They were published in the 19th century and are English and French language. They are fine leather bindings with gilt tooling and marble paper edges.

1931 Alice In Wonderland Lewis Carroll Bessie Pease Illus Hardback Vintage Book

This edition was published for J. Coker & Co. Ltd., London and is dated June 1931. The book retains its original decorative cloth binding with illustrated front cover and spine titles. Research indicates this edition was printed in Great Britain by Jarrold & Sons Ltd. of Norwich and represents an early 1930s reprint of the popular Bessie Pease illustrated edition first issued during the 1920s.

1907 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland- Lewis Carroll Bodley Head 1st Edition

It is a Bodley Head first edition published in 1907. The spine is intact and there are no loose or torn pages. Inside it is nice and clean, but it is missing one colour plate (the frontispiece). Initially the first edition had a gilt tooled cover, but it was abandoned halfway through the print run and replaced with a simpler design becauseit was too expensive.