154th Anniversary of Alice in Wonderland
Today it is exactly 154 years ago that Lewis Carroll made up the ‘Alice in Wonderland’ story!
The story arose at 4 July 1862, when Lewis Carroll (pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), was on a boat trip with a friend, Alice, and her sisters Lorina and Edith. Alice grew restless and begged Dodgson for a story “with lots of nonsense in it”. So started the famous tale, which was continued on further outings, and was later expanded for publication.
Exactly three years later, on 4 July 1865, the first edition of the book was printed.
Read more about the origins of the ‘Alice in Wonderland’ story
The catalogue includes amongst others editions of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, “Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there”, “The Nursery Alice” and facsimiles of “Alice’s Adventures Under Ground”.