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Wednesday, January 08, 2020

Templates used to print first edition 1860s Alice In Wonderland books found in a garage


Window cleaner Paul Searle struck it lucky when he bought a job lot of 'junk' for  £50 at a garage clearance.The lot included engraved blocks used to print the first edition of Alice in Wonderland. Only about 20 copies of the first edition survive, making it one of the rarest and most valuable books in English literature.

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