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WEEKEND: ANTIQUES & COLLECTING : A precious pre-Christmas Carroll; Sally Hoban takes a peek through the looking-glass at a rare opportunity.(Features)

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From: The Birmingham Post (England)
Date: 20051112
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Byline: Sally Hoban

Lewis Carroll was one of the best loved Victorian children's writers and a pioneering early photographer, mathematician and thinker.

Later this month, an outstanding collection of Carroll books and manuscripts will be sold at auction in London. This is a rare chance to buy original copies of Alice in Wonderland and other treasures.

The sale illuminates the life and personality of this remarkable, yet sometimes misunderstood man who wrote some of the best-loved children's books in the English language. It features first editions, personal letters, ...

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