Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898
Dates
- Existence: 1832-01-27 - 1898-01-14
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
No. 42: Contemporary Book Arts / Juvelis, Priscilla ; Apollinaire G ; Stokes R ; Carroll L ; Chen J ; Leavitt N ; Morrison L ; Vollmann W., 2008
No. 45: New Arrivals Contemporary Book Arts / Juvelis, Priscilla ; Bart H ; Davidson L ; Carroll L ; Hamady W ; Vollmann W., 2009
No.2: Mathematiciens et Magiciens / Plantureux, Serge ; Duchamp M ; Ray M ; Carroll L ; Abbott E ; Khlebnikov V ; Mallarme S ; Cendrars B ; Teige K ; Bradbury R., 1993
The Sackner Archive purchased a book on Kabalah from this sale (item 159). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Poor Old Tired Horse. No.12, 1961 - 1967
Note that one of the three copies has price list of publications on a loose sheet. The optical illustrations throughout the pages of this issue are taken from paintings by Jeffrey Steele. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Library / Kopystiansky, Svetlana ; Carroll L., 1994
This catalogue depicts several sculptural installations composed of stacked, opened, rolled, or inter-woven books. Their visual appearance is related to a theme from a page of these books that is reproduced in the catalog. One of the pages depicting the mouse's tail is taken from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Vera's Butterflies: First editions by Vladimir Nabokov inscribed to his wife / Nabokov, Vladimir ; Carroll L., 1999
The edition consisted of 1500 soft cover copies and 500 hard cover copies. This catalogue includes several biographic essays of Nabokov. The listed books carry extensive annotations and were written as association copies with other authors, or translations by Nabokov. The colored illustrations depict Nabokov's drawing of butterflies on the dedication pages to his wife, Vera. The book also brings out his scientific reputation as an expert on butterflies and his talents as an artist. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.