The Lewis Carroll Picture Book. First Edition. Edited by Stuart Dodgson Collingwood

CARROLL, Lewis (1832–1898). The Lewis Carroll Picture Book: A Selection from the Unpublished Writings and Drawings of Lewis Carroll, Together with Reprints from Scarce and Unacknowledged Work. Edited by Stuart Dodgson Collingwood. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1899.

First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (8vo), xv, 375, [1] pp. Publisher’s original crimson cloth, front board and spine richly stamped in gilt, with gilt vignette of the Gryphon and March Hare to the upper cover, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of Carroll’s drawings, photographs, and related material. 

An important posthumous Carroll collection, edited by his nephew and first biographer, Stuart Dodgson Collingwood. The volume gathers unpublished writings and drawings by Lewis Carroll, together with reprints from scarce and unacknowledged work, offering a broad view of Carroll’s literary, illustrative, mathematical, and playful imaginative range beyond the Alice books.

Contents clean and unmarked, with light even toning. Small contemporary ownership inscription to front endpaper. Binding remains firm with square. Gilt decoration and lettering to front board notably sharp. Light rubbing to extremities, gentle wear to spine ends and corners. A Near Fine interior with VG- exterior with extremities rubbing.

Additional pictures are gladly provided on request. 
[Attributes: First Edition; First Printing; Hard Cover; Illustrated.]