Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, more commonly known as Lewis Carroll, was born in 1837 and quickly proved to be a precocious child. The young Charles was from an early age taken with logarithms, puzzles, conjuring, artistic and literary pursuits, all of which were to serve him well as an in later years. His enthusiasm for emerging science, art & music, as well as hobbies such as photography, along with his keen interest in social and political reform, was tempered by his sincere Christian faith, and can all be found as influences in his writing, ranging from his children’s stories to his more mature poetry, redolent with romantic conventions and a Victorian sentimentality very much of its time. Alice’ and other first edition and rare books by Lewis Carroll It is without question Alice in Wonderland (1871) and the sequel Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (1876) that were to establish Lewis Carroll as one of the most important writers for children of all time. The true first edition of Alice in Wonderland was quickly withdrawn when the illustrator John Tenniel expressed his unhappiness at how his illustrations had come out, and now it is believed only circa 20 copies of this edition are in existence. ©