Lewis Carroll Collection

This growing collection of 2,000+ items was begun by Hilda Bohem, a Carrollian scholar and a special collections librarian at the University of California at Los Angeles. For 40 years she bought Lewis Carroll books and related materials.

The collection includes:

• Hundreds of editions, including first editions
• More than 300 illustrators represented, including a Salvador Dali numbered portfolio edition, numbered prints by Anne Bachelier, and original art by Leonard Weisgard
• 250 imitations, parodies, and pastiches of Alice
• Many foreign language editions, many with unusual illustrations
• More than 80 Macmillan editions of Carroll's work for children
• More than 100 biographical and bibliographical works on Carroll or on aspects of his life
• Reference books
• More than 50 paperback editions of Alice, many with introductions by noted persons such as Eleanor Roosevelt and Louis Untermeyer
• Publications by the Lewis Carroll Societies of Britain and North America

Rounding out the collection is a wonderful assortment of ephemera, including cartoons, playbills, greeting cards, tea sets, plates, dolls, ads, puzzles, and other materials which reflect the powerful impact of Lewis Carroll on our society.