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Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ) | First Editions
1832 - 1898
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer. He is most fondly remembered for the children's novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, its sequel Through the Looking-Glass (which includes the celebrated poem "Jabberwocky"), and the often reproduced poem, The Hunting of the Snark. His work falls under the genre 'literary nonsense', and he is defined by his excellent word play, twisted logic, and fantasy elements. Carroll also devised a number of games which remain popular, including an early version of what today is known as Scrabble. He is also considered to have pioneered the game "doublet" (word ladder), a form of brain-teaser involving letters.
There are two major sites dedicated to Carroll's memory - one on Copenhagen Street in Islington (the Lewis Carroll Children's Library), and one established in 1982 by his great-nephew (a memorial stone in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey.)
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The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony in Eight Fits.
London: Methuen 2000. Illustrations by Mervyn Peake, including the previously unpublished 'Snark Sketchbooks'. Slim octavo. Publisher's cloth in dustwrapper. Fine throughout. This new edition is SIGNED and inscribed by Sebastian Peake, who released his father's drawings for this publication. A glorious review of Mr. Carroll's nonsense by the scintillating and... More about The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony in Eight Fits
The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony in Eight Fits, with nine illustrations by Henry Holiday.
London: Macmillan and Co. 1876. First Edition, crown octavo, pp.83; [1], imprint; [1], direction to the reader; [1], advertisement. Elegantly bound in half scarlet morocco with gilt titles and decoration to spine, cloth sides, original pictorial cloth preserved at rear, all edges gilt. A little spotting to half title, pencil... More about The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony in Eight Fits, with nine illustrations by Henry Holiday
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Alice I Underlandet. [Alice's Adventures in Wonderland].
Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1966. FIRST JANSSON ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo, pp.112. All text in Swedish. With frequent illustrations by Tove Jansson, some full page, including 11 in colour. In publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original colour-illustrated cream dust-jacket. Green endpapers. Jacket lightly browned; near-fine. The elegant... More about Alice I Underlandet. [Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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Snarkjakten [The Hunting of the Snark]. Illustrated by Tove Jansson.
Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1959. FIRST THUS. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.56. Publisher's illustrated wraps. Pictured throughout by Tove Jansson. Very clean within; one small tear and brown mark to foot of spine. A near fine copy. The elegant, scarce and desirable Swedish translation of 'The Snark', being illustrated by... More about Snarkjakten [The Hunting of the Snark]. Illustrated by Tove Jansson
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Snarkjakten [The Hunting of the Snark]. Illustrated by Tove Jansson.
Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1959. FIRST THUS. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.56. Publisher's illustrated wraps. Pictured throughout by Tove Jansson. A fine copy. The elegant, scarce and desirable Swedish translation of 'The Snark', being illustrated by the much-loved and award-winning creator of the Moomins. More about Snarkjakten [The Hunting of the Snark]. Illustrated by Tove Jansson
The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1939. [Classic literature] FINELY BOUND. First Nonesuch Press edition. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xiv; [2]; 1165; [1]. Handsomely bound in recent red half morocco over marbled boards, top edge red. With occasional in-text illustrations. Textblock a little toned, edges a little more so, else a fine... More about The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll
Alice in Wonderland.
London: John F. Shaw and Co., no date [circa 1933]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST SEXTON ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.192. With eight chromolithographic plates including a frontispiece, 23 full page wood engravings, and numerous in-text illustrations. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper-covered boards. With the matching colour-illustrated dust-jacket. Some spotting to preliminaries... More about Alice in Wonderland
The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1939. [Children's] FIRST NONESUCH EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 1165; [3]. With Tenniel's original in-text illustrations to the Alice books. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the orange illustrated dust-jacket, repriced by the publisher with a sticker at 32/6. Top edge red... More about The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll
Rhyme? and Reason?
London: Macmillan and Co., 1888. [Children's Illustrated] SECOND EDITION, the fourth-thousand. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.xii; 214 [6]. With sixty five wood engraved illustrations by Frost and Holiday including a frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and a gilt illustration to upper board. All edges gilt; black... More about Rhyme? and Reason?
The Story of Sylvie and Bruno.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1904. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST THUS, an abridged edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xii; 329; [3]. With frequent vignette and occasional full-page wood engravings by Harry Furniss, including a frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth with black titles to spine and upper board, as well as a red and... More about The Story of Sylvie and Bruno
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