Lewis Carroll's Library - The Epping Hunt

From Lewis Carroll’s extensive library, this is his personal copy of Thomas Hood’s “ The Epping Hunt” illustrated with six very charming engravings on wood after Cruikshank. According to the pencilled note in Dodgson’s hand on the inside rear cover he acquired the book from W.Hutt’s catalogue, 1890 priced 15/-. A later booksellers’catalogue snipping is pasted to the inside front cover priced at 12/- stating “ Lewis Carroll’s copy”. The book is included in the published works on the library and is a first edition 1829, Charles Tilt, London. The Bristol bookseller who sold me the book in September 2009 had acquired it from the widow of an avid book collector of many subjects.