Charles C. Lovett

Antiquarian book enthusiast Peter Byerly discovers an eighteenth-century study of Shakespeare forgeries that contains a Victorian portrait strongly resembling his late wife, a finding that sparks an obsessive search through the bard's historical period.

A Novel of Obsession

The Bookman's Tale

A novel "about an obsessive bibliophile's quest through time to discover a missing manuscript, the unknown history of an English Cathedral, and the secret of the Holy Grail"--Amazon.com.

The Lost Book of the Grail, Or, A Visitor's Guide to Barchester Cathedral

When two customers come in requesting an obscure book by Jane Austen's friend Richard Mansfield, book lover and Austen enthusiast, Sophie Collingwood is drawn into the mystery of the true author of "Pride and Prejudice."

A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen

First Impressions

A sequel to "A Christmas Carol" set twenty years after Scrooge's famous reformation finds him teaming up with a returning cast of ghosts to help the restless spirit of Jacob Marley make amends to victimized associates in order to find peace.

The further adventures of Ebenezer Scrooge

This book brings together a century of Olympic Marathon lore.

A Centennial History of the Games' Most Storied Race

Olympic Marathon

Chef of Denmark

Omelette

A Pilgrimage Through British Christianity

Sparrow Through the Hall

A History of the Early Theatrical Productions of Alice in Wonderland, Together with a Checklist of Dramatic Adaptations of Charles Dodgson's Works

Alice on Stage

Stephanie Lovett Stoffel

Stuart T. Wright

A Descriptive Bibliography, 1921-1987

Richard Eberhart

Lewis Carroll

The Lovetts, book dealers in North Carolnia, have collected at least 2,000 items relating to Carroll's two Alice books. The catalogue describes editions illustrated by various artists, excerpts published separately, inclusions in anthologies, translations, parodies and imitations, criticism, other works by Dodgson, and the story's treatment in music, film, radio, painting, and other arts. Miscellaneous items include such oddities as chess sets, pencil sharpeners, and wallpaper. No mention is made of accessibility to the collection. No subject index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

An Annotated Checklist of the Lovett Collection

Lewis Carroll's Alice

Her Life and Works

J.K. Rowling

Charles C. Lovett

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