I'm very happy that I got this book in the mail today. I've first seen this in an antique book store in London for around 200 pfd. I was immediately in love and shocked that I've never seen this edition. Thank god I had patience and found the very same edition that I had in my hands at the store for around 10 Euros here in Germany. This edition was illustrated by Lilo Rasch-Nägele, an artist I've also never heard of, probably because she was more known in the south of the country during divided Germany. Her illustrations are marvelous and her use of colors is magnificent. I also love how "modern" Alice's fashion is in the book, which usually doesn't really work for me. But the shape of her dress and the colors makes it totally work. I'm especially hooked on the portrait before the title page of the book! What a beautiful drawing! The translation was done by Karl Köstlin and similar to other editions of the time rather free with the source material.
More pictures after the jump break.
More pictures after the jump break.
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