Lewis Carroll - 1st Paperback - Through The Looking-Glass - 1898

Lewis Carroll's "Through The Looking-Glass," first issued in a paperback edition in 1898, is a sequel to the acclaimed "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Carroll, the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was a 19th-century English writer, mathematician, and logician renowned for his imaginative stories blending logic and nonsense. "Through The Looking-Glass" explores themes of mirror imagery, chess, and linguistic playfulness as Alice steps through a looking-glass into a fantastical world. This work is notable for its influence on children's literature and its rich symbolic layers that engage both young readers and adults. A first paperback edition from 1898 reflects the early dissemination of this classic, bringing Carroll's landmark storytelling to a broader audience in a more affordable format than the original hardback editions.