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Alice in Wonderland: Alice Liddell

The real life inspiration for Alice in Wonderland

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The real life inspiration for Alice in Wonderland

Signed book: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Limited edition, numbered 33/1500. NY: Limited Editions Club, 1932. Hardcover, 6 x 9, 183 pages. Signed on a front blank page in black ink, “Alice Hargreaves.” Toning and staining to first free end page and front pastedown (presumably from a previous bookplate), light foxing to back pastedown, and wear, rubbing, and sunning to spine, otherwise fine condition. In 1862, a then ten-year-old Alice asked Charles Dodgson, a friend of her family, to entertain her and her sisters with a story. The writer regaled the girls with fantastic stories of a girl named Alice, and her adventures after she fell into a rabbit-hole. Dodgson later wrote the story as a commercial venture, and in 1865, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was published. A scarce offering from one of literature’s most beloved child characters. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs And Artifacts
  • Dates: #477 - Ended June 15, 2016





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