{"product_id":"alices-adventures-in-wonderland-isbn-9780688110871","title":"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor over 125 years John Tenniel's superb illustrations for \u003cem\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/em\u003e have been the perfect complement to Lewis Carroll's timeless story. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition is a wonderful high-quality version, the first to reproduce Tenniel's exquisite drawings from prints taken directly from the original wood engravings. Here, Tenniel's fine line work is far crisper, delicate shadings are reproduced with more subtlety, and details never seen before are now visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a deluxe gift edition with clearer, more detailed images than have ever been seen before. At last, readers can see the Alice that Carroll and Tenniel had originally envisioned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Alice follows the White Rabbit down his rabbit hole she embarks on the adventure of a lifetime. As she travels through Wonderland Alice learns that in the magical land of the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, and the Queen of Hearts, nothing is as it first appears.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"What is the use of a book,\" thought Alice, \"without pictures?\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor over 125 years John Tenniel's superb illustrations for \u003cem\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/em\u003e have been the perfect complement to Lewis Carroll's timeless story. In that time Alice has been illustrated by numerous artists, but not one has come close to matching the universal appeal of the original pictures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first \u003cem\u003eAlice\u003c\/em\u003e to reproduce Ternniel's exquisite drawings from prints taken directly from the original wood engravings. Here, Tenniel's fine line work is far crisper, delicate shadings are reproduced with more subtlety, and details never seen before are now visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike most nineteenth-century children's books, the pictures for \u003cem\u003eAlice\u003c\/em\u003e were created by transferring the artist's drawings to woodblocks, But with \u003cem\u003eAlice\u003c\/em\u003e, the original blocks served as masters from which metal plates were made for printing. Unfortunately, these plates deteriorated from the repeated pressure applied during printing, and over time, many of the fine lines in Tenniel's pictures simply vanished altogether.As the year-, passed, the original woodblocks disappeared and were believed lost; then, in 1985 they were discovered in a London bank vault.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, for the first time, prints from these woodblocks have been used to produce a deluxe gift edition with clearer, more detailed images than have ever been seen before. At last, readers can see the \u003cem\u003eAlice\u003c\/em\u003e that Carroll and Tenniel had originally envisioned.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887488921829,"sku":"NP9780688110871","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780688110871.jpg?v=1730226210","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-isbn-9780688110871","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}