Carroll's work goes under the hammer.

Sunderland Echo (Pennywell, England) | January 20, 2006 | Copyright

A RARE book dedicated by Lewis Carroll to the daughter of the Dean of Durham is to go under the hammer.

The sought-after, first-edition copy of Carroll's 1886 publication, Alice's Adventures Under Ground, was given by the writer in January, 1887 to Alexandra Kitchin, affectionately known as Xie.

Her dad, George Kitchin, was the last dean of Durham Cathedral to govern Durham University, where he worked from 1908 until his death in 1912.

Xie was Carroll's favourite photographic model and he took at least 50 pictures of her.

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