The Holes in My Collection

John R. Neill 1908 - Alice's adventures in Wonderland - Alice and Rabbit

I’m currently on a remote Island in Indo Pacific Asia, trading land for beads with the locals, with little success, so far. I am far away from my Alice book collection, and can’t simply turn to the shelves and pull off a book for your amusement. This post here will be dedicated to the missing, the unspoken, the ghosts, the holes in my collection. The ones I covet most, and haven’t managed to get yet.
This post will be a work in progress. You can all chip in and get me any of the following for my birthday:

I’m starting with the one I covet most, John R. Neill.
Neill is mostly known for his beautiful Oz books.
His Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland came out in 1908.
There’s a charming separate add-on in the form of Humpty Dumpty’s story.
Why don’t I have it yet, well, it is rather rare, and copies go for $300 and upwards. I will be slightly more relaxed when I ultimately get one.
John R. Neill 1908 - Alice's adventures in Wonderland - cover
John R. Neill 1908 - Alice's adventures in Wonderland - Alice and Rabbit

The very first set of alternative illustrations of Alice in Wonderland after John Tenniel, was a Dutch 1887, ‘Alice in het land der droomen’,
translated by Eleonora Mann. Mann is sometimes wrongfully credited for the illustrations, although the artist goes uncredited unfortunately.
Alice - Eleonora Mann
Eleonora Mann - 1887- cheshire cat

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Is that it? Oh no, plenty more, and i’ll gradually add more to this one.

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