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This is a nice book, with lots of interesting tidbits and information, nice illustrations and presentation, some good biography on Lewis Carroll, but if you're expecting to have every symbol and allusion explained, you won't find it here.
The best editions of Alice I have found, actually, are by the Junior Illustrated Library. So I find this book is a useful reference for the scholar. It's huge, heavy and difficult to manage, physically (unless you're a moose). This book costs too much.Being someone who reads for pleasure, and buys books for my little niece, I wouldn't pass something like this on to her.
It's okay. This edition is very affordable and has many beautiful prints of the drawings, done in full color on single pages. Again, they missed the mark with the artwork, which doesn't stand out on the pages like it should. For such an expensive book, you would think some of the pen and ink drawings would be over-sized, blown-up, maybe even in color.
For one thing, the book is MOOSE-ie. Also, they make a standard size edition for collectors, and a smaller edition (about the size of a DVD box), nice for a little girl to carry with her backpack picnic lunch. The annotated notes are scholarly things found in any bio on Lewis Carroll. I like some of the annotated notes for "Through The Looking Glass" - which give a little explanation of how the book us supposed to work like a chess board.
RobinsonSavannah, GA Superb.I bought it for my son to use in his high school class, and I was astounded at the quality of the binding and the workmanship of the entire book.Completely annotated; well worth the moneyD.
Failing this, the book is mildly entertaining in terms of the writing and publication processes. I had hoped this annotated work would explain the historical facts being lampooned (e.g., Queen of Hearts and the Tarts)-- the insider's joke so to speak. That would have been so much more interesting.
It is perfect so detailed and illustrated. Bought this for my teen who says this is the new cool book.
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