Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. First edition of these illustrations.

Carroll, Lewis [Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland]. Prikliucheniia Alisy v Strane Chudes. Retold by Boris Zakhoder.Illustrations by Gennady Kalinovskii. Moskva, ‘Detskaia literatura’, 1974.8vo, 156, [4] pp., ill. In original hardcover. Illustrated endpapers.Near very good condition, lower corners lightly bumped and rubbed. First edition with these illustrations. First book edition of this translation. This adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s 'Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland' was done by Boris Zakhoder (1918–2000), a prominent poet, translator, and children’s writer. Zakhoder’s version was first published in the magazine 'Pioneer' in 1971–1972 (# 12, 1-3) and was accompanied by an introduction where he expressed his desire to rename the book something more creative than 'Alice in Wonderland'. He suggested names such as Aliska in Imagination, Aliska in Surprisedland, Aliska in Chepukhania or Aliska in Raschudesiya, but ultimately succumbed to the established literary tradition. Zakhoder also c