A Handbook of the Literature of the Rev C.L. Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)

Oxford University Press, first edition, 1931. Edition limited to 754 numbered copies. Cloth, 8vo,. [xxiv], 336 pp, plates. 873 entries. A much enlarged, revised and rearranged work based on Williams' 1924 bibliography of Carroll. The contents comprise : Part I. A list, with notes, of all pieces and editions printed or issued by Dodgson, during his lifetime (1845-98), in order of date. Part II. A similar list, with notes, of all pieces and editions issued after his death (1898-1931) or at any date in America, in order of date, in two sections A. Alice and Through the Looking-Glass . B. Editions of other pieces . Part III. Selected short pieces by him, printed for the first time or reprinted; and notes on unpublished matter. Supplements: (A). An essay on the early issues of (I) Alice and (II) Through the Looking-Glass. (B) Memoirs, Reminiscences, Memorials, Bibliographies. (C) Portraits (D) Dramatizations and Musical Settings. (E) Abridgements, Adaptations, Re-tellings, &c. (F) Parodies, Imitations, and Miscellanea. (G) Notes on the chief collections of Carrolliana. Indexes. Top edge slightly duststained, spine slightly faded, several pencil marks in margins, otherwise Near Very Good. Ina browned and chipped dustwrapper.