{"product_id":"the-annotated-alice-150th-anniversary-deluxe-edition-the-annotated-books-9780393245431","title":"The Annotated Alice: 150th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (The Annotated Books)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA richly illustrated and expanded collectors edition of Martin Gardners The Annotated Alice  including Through the Looking-Glass  to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Alices Adventures in Wonderland One summer afternoon in 1862  the Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson took a rowboat out on the Thames. With him were three young friends from the Liddell familythe sisters Lorina  Edith  and Alice. Dodgson often spun fairy tales on these boating trips to pass the time  and on this particular afternoon the story was particularly well received by Alice  who afterwards entreated him to write it down for her. Dodgson recalled the pivotal moment thusly: \"In a desperate attempt to strike out some new line of fairy-lore  I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole  to begin with  without the least idea what was to happen afterwards.\" The tale  initially titled Alices Adventures Under Ground  became Alices Adventures in Wonderland  which Dodgson published in 1865 as Lewis Carroll. So began the journey  now in its 150th year  of one of the most beloved stories of all time. The Annotated Alice: 150th Anniversary Deluxe Edition compiles over half a century of scholarship by leading Carrollian experts to reveal the history and full depth of the Alice books and their enigmatic creator. This volume brings together Martin Gardners legendary original 1960 publication  The Annotated Alice; his follow-ups  More Annotated Alice and the Definitive Edition; his continuing explication through the Knight Letter magazine; and masterly additions and updates edited by Mark Burstein  president emeritus of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America. In these pages Lewis Carrolls mathematical riddles and curious wordplay  ingeniously embedded throughout the Alice works  are delightfully decoded and presented in the margins  along with original correspondence  amusing anecdotal detours  and fanciful illustrations by Salvador Dal  Beatrix Potter  Ralph Steadman  and a host of other famous artists. Put simply  this anniversary edition of The Annotated Alice is the most comprehensive collection of Alice materials ever published in a single volume. May it serve as a beautiful and enduring tribute to the charming  utterly original \"new line of fairy-lore\" that Lewis Carroll first spun 150 years ago. The deluxe anniversary edition of The Annotated Alice includes: A rare  never-before-published portrait of Francis Jane Lutwidge  Lewis Carrolls mother Over 100 new or updated annotations  collected since the publication of Martin Gardners Definitive Edition of The Annotated Alice in 1999 More than 100 new illustrations  in vibrant color  by Salvador Dal  Beatrix Potter  Ralph Steadman  and 42 other artists and illustrators  in addition to the original artwork by Sir John Tenniel A preface by Mark Burstein  president emeritus of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America  and all of Gardners introductions to other editions A filmography of every Alice-related film by Carroll scholar David Schaefer 225 color and black-and-white illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666402172981,"sku":"ByrdShop_0393245438","price":56.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780393245431.jpg?v=1782430548","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-annotated-alice-150th-anniversary-deluxe-edition-the-annotated-books-9780393245431","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}