Alice's second adventure takes her through the looking-glass to a place even curiouser than Wonderland. She finds herself caught up in the great looking-glass chess game and sets off to become a queen. It isn't as easy as she expects: at every step she is hindered by nonsense characters who crop up and insist on reciting poems. Some of these poems, such as 'The Walrus and The Carpenter' and 'Jabberwocky', are as famous as the Alice stories themselves. This edition, published in Great Britain by Macmillan in 1955, contains fifty illustrations by Sir John Tenniel. The dust jacket is present, though it does show signs of damage and ageing. There is a considerable tear to the bottom corner of the front cover, and small tears to the top of the spine and inside flap. The dustjacket is chipped and edgeworn, with tanned outer edges and spine. The dustjacket shows foxing, inside and out, however the pages inside are mostly clean, with some foxing along the outer page edges. The front and board