Yesterday, this recently digitized volume of Alice in Wonderland, illustrated by Salvador Dalí, was featured over at BrainPickings (images courtesy of the William Bennett Gallery). The frontispiece is a pretty mild indicator of the strangeness of the rest of the plates, and at a quick glance some of them border on abstraction; like all good Dalí, though, prolonged observation is key to getting the whole picture.

This is all a really long-winded way of saying I want this book. I’ve always had a soft spot for unusual children’s books, especially when they skew towards the strange and surreal (or outright terrifying), and these definitely fit the bill. (They aren’t quite the creepiest, though– that honor goes to the work of the immensely talented Stephen Gammell^**.)

[Image credit: Salvador Dalí | Frontispiece, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1969 | William Bennett Gallery, New York, NY]

Don’t worry, mom. I still like Kinuko Craft, too.

*Am I really making Klasky-Csupo animation puns?
 
**Which work? How about, oh, everything.