The Lewis Carroll Handbook — Revised Edition

The Lewis Carroll Handbook — Revised Edition

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The Lewis Carroll Handbook — Revised Edition
  • The Lewis Carroll Handbook — Revised Edition
  • The Lewis Carroll Handbook — Revised Edition
  • The Lewis Carroll Handbook — Revised Edition
  • The Lewis Carroll Handbook — Revised Edition
  • The Lewis Carroll Handbook — Revised Edition
  • The Lewis Carroll Handbook — Revised Edition
  • The Lewis Carroll Handbook — Revised Edition
  • The Lewis Carroll Handbook — Revised Edition
  • The Lewis Carroll Handbook — Revised Edition
  • The Lewis Carroll Handbook — Revised Edition
  • The Lewis Carroll Handbook — Revised Edition
  • The Lewis Carroll Handbook — Revised Edition
  • The Lewis Carroll Handbook — Revised Edition
  • The Lewis Carroll Handbook — Revised Edition
  • The Lewis Carroll Handbook — Revised Edition
  • The Lewis Carroll Handbook — Revised Edition
  • The Lewis Carroll Handbook — Revised Edition
  • The Lewis Carroll Handbook — Revised Edition
The Lewis Carroll Handbook — Revised Edition

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The Lewis Carroll Handbook, Sidney Herbert Williams, Falconer Madan, Roger Lancelyn Green, Denis Crutch — Revised Edition

Publication: Folkestone, Wm Dawson & Sons Ltd, 1979

Formatting: 8vo, pp. xix, 340.

Condition Report: Near Fine. The volume itself is tightly bound in its original brown cloth, demonstrating sharp, unbumped corners and brilliantly unoxidised gilt tooling to the spine. Internally, the pages are crisp, white, and completely free from foxing, damp-staining, or handling wear, evidencing a remarkably well-preserved structure. The original dust jacket remains wholly intact and unclipped, suffering only from light, superficial surface rubbing to the front laminate and minimal edge-wear to the extremities, presenting highly attractively overall.

Catalogue Note: This 1979 revised edition of The Lewis Carroll Handbook represents the most comprehensive update to Sidney Herbert Williams and Falconer Madan's original 1931 bibliography. It features Roger Lancelyn Green's initial augmentations alongside Denis Crutch's vital further revisions, expanding significantly upon previous recordings of C.L. Dodgson's extensive literary and academic output.

The volume includes a photographic frontispiece portrait of Carroll and is interspersed with full-page plates detailing title pages and manuscript facsimiles essential for correct bibliographical identification. Notably, this copy is accompanied by a loosely inserted 1997 typed letter signed by Neil Hudson, detailing an inquiry into various parish register societies, a charming piece of antiquarian ephemera hinting at a previous owner's broader historical pursuits. As a definitive reference text, this edition remains a highly desirable tool for serious collectors and scholars of nineteenth-century English literature.

An essential cornerstone for any serious collector of Lewis Carroll, this extensively updated bibliography systematically catalogs the vast and complex array of publications by the beloved author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Beyond merely listing editions, the handbook delves deeply into the intricate publishing history, pseudonymous works, and mathematical treatises of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, offering invaluable scholarly insights and bibliographical precision.

Book Condition: Near Fine

Book Authors: Sidney Herbert Williams, Falconer Madan, Roger Lancelyn Green, Denis Crutch

Book Publisher: Wm Dawson & Sons Ltd

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Genre: History

Book edition:

Signed: No

Book Pages: 359

Book Publication Year: 1979

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Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: Chatham, United Kingdom

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