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FIRST UK EDITION 1925, 8vo, orange cloth, brown vignettes of violins, 171 pages. Jolly black and white frontispiece, 1 other full page illustration, 4 text illustrations in the Appendix and attractive chapter headpieces by Carroll C. Snell. Spine just slightly darkened, top edges slightly dusty, faint browning to endpapers, list of illustrations page lightly creased, very small crease to a few top corners, no inscriptions. Very good plus copy (lacking dustwrapper). Entertaining story: another Alice (a distant cousin of the 'real' one) visits another fairy wonderland to learn about the symphony orchestra with humanised musical instruments. First published in the U.S.A. in 1925, this UK first is uncommon. See Lovett 1103 but this entry does not mention our edition, only the U.K. reissue under the title Alice in Orchestra Land published 1934 with illustrations by Malcolm Easton. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.