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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.)
See below our stock of Lewis Carroll First Editions, and fine bindings.
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The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony in Eight Fits, with nine illustrations by Henry Holiday.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1876. [Verse] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Crown octavo, pp.83 [3]. 'Baker' to p.84. With numerous illustrations by Holiday. Publisher's grey cloth blocked in black, recently re-backed with the original spine laid over, and the original black-coated endpapers. All edges gilt. Half title removed. A faint black..... More
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With a Poem by Austin Dobson.
London: Heinemann n.d. [1907]. [Literature] FIRST RACKHAM ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo, pp.162; [2]. With thirteen full colour plates, and many line drawings within the text. Bound in publisher's light green cloth with dark green titles and gilt illustration to upper, titled in green to spine, monogrammed imprint blocked to rear Light..... More
The Hunting of the Snark.
London: Harper and Brothers, 1903. [Children's Illustrated Literature] FIRST EDITION THUS, deluxe binding. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.[2]; xiii; [1]; 248. Publisher's cream cloth lettered in gilt to upper board and spine. Seventeen illustrations including the tissue-guarded frontispiece, decorative borders in green. Some small tears around name card holder to..... More
The Rectory Umbrella and Mischmasch. With a Foreword by Florence Milner.
London: Cassell and Company, 1932. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION. Octavo (22 x 19cm), pp.[xvi]; 193; [3]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and upper, decoration to upper, top edge tinted black. Illustrations throughout. Occasional spotting to textblock edge, a neat ownership inscription to front endpaper in black ink..... More
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1867. [Children's illustrated] EARLY PRINTING, the seventh thousand. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[10] 192. With in-text illustrations and a frontispiece by Tenniel. No ads at rear. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, and gilt devices to boards. All edges gilt; dark navy endpapers. Bound..... More
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