Alices Adventures in Wonderland

Item author: Lewis Carroll
Item date: 1865
Grant Value: 285
Item cost pre-decimal: 1385
Item date acquired: 1951
Item institution: British Library
Town/City: London

Very rare first supressed edition with a letter inserted written by Carroll to Tom Taylor, Alices father, speculating on possible titles for the book, including the one finally chosen. Illustrated as plate I of AR

Item Provenance
Given by Carroll to Alice Fannie Thomas sold by her to Blackwells, who sold it to Sir Leicester Harmsworth, thence to HRH The Duke of Gloucester.