CARROLL, LEWIS (1832-1898) / COLLINGWOOD, STUART DODGSON (1870-1937) [ EDITOR ] / PREVIOUS OWNER: SIR CHARLES DRUMMOND ELLIS -
The Lewis Carroll Picture Book : A Selection From The Unpublished Writings And Drawings Of Lewis Carroll, Together With Reprints From Scarce And Unacknowledged Work.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, Paternoster Square, MDCCCXCIX [1899 ] . 0. First edition with interesting provenance. A very good binding, in the publisher\'s original red cloth. 8vo. 8.0" x 6.0" x 1.2" . [8pp.]/pp.ix -xv/ pp.375/ [1p. - Colophon] . Red cloth with gilt decoration and title to front board. Spine dulled, with similar decorations. Edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Light toning to endpapers, otherwise clean text and illustrations throughout. Previous owner\'s detail to the verso of the front board: "C. D. Ellis, Trinity, 1919" ** Contents include: Preface, by S. D. Collingwood.--The rectory umbrella.--Notes by an Oxford chiel.--"Alice" on the stage.--An irresponsible correspondent.--Curiosa mathematica.--Games and puzzles.--Miscellanea Carrolliana.--Appendix. *** "Sir Charles Drummond Ellis FRS (11 August 1895 in Hampstead 10 January 1980 in Cookham) was an English physicist and scientific administrator. His work on the magnetic spectrum of the beta-rays helped to develop a better understanding of nuclear structure..After the war Ellis decided to abandon a military career. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge where he studied natural sciences. After graduating in 1920 he became engaged in research work at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, where the director was Sir Ernest Rutherford.." - See Wikipedia.

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Keywords: T. Fisher Unwin Carroll, Lewis (1832-1898) / Collingwood, Stuart Dodgson (1870-1937) [ Editor ] / Previous Owner: Sir Charles Drummond Ellis Literature: : 19th Century