London, Max Parrish & Co. Ltd., 1949. 1st Edition 8vo 228 x 170mm 121pp with 64 reproduced gravure plates of Carroll's photographs. Hardcover in original publisher's cloth boards in near fine condition. No dust jacket. Previous owner's private library plate pasted to inside board and name also to front end paper. Faded title to spine has been has been neatly written over in ink. Lewis Carroll became interested in photography in the infancy of this scientific art form. He was a man of infinite patience and one who paid attention to the smallest detail. These qualities were mandatory to be a photographer in the 1850's. The wet collodion process was demanding indeed. It is thought that he gave up photography when the dry developing process came to the fore, because he felt it made photography so easy that almost anyone could do it. He is considered one of the best amateur photographers of his time, particularly in his images of Victorian children, but he also photographed friends, family, fellow scholars, and noted figures of his day, including Alfred Lord Tennyson, and members of the Rossetti family.  Bookseller Inventory # 001709        

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