Alice in Wonderland Zip Purse White Rabbit

£20.00

Christ Church University Shop

The White Rabbit~ Tapestry zip purse made in Cornwall from a Flemish woven tapestry panel & lined with British velvet. Fitted with a zip & high quality beaded tassel. Approx size 23x18cm Nor did Alice think so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!"; but when the Rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat, & looked at it, & then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit either with a waistcoat pocket or a watch to take out of it. Sir John Tenniel was the artist who agreed to illustrate the revised and expanded text which was now called Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.The editionof Alice's Adventures in Wonderland which was published in July was subsequently withdr awn. The illustrator was displeased atthe poor quality of printing, which did not do justice to his illustrations. All but about15 copies were successfully recalled and presumed destroyed. A new edition was published in November 1865 (but dated 1866)