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The culmination of a lifetime of scholarship, is a landmark event in the rich history of Lewis Carroll and cause to celebrate the remarkable career of Martin Gardner.For over half a century, Martin Gardner has established himself as one of the world's leading authorities on Lewis Carroll. His , first published in 1959, has over half a million copies in print around the world and is beloved by both families and scholarsfor it was Gardner who first decoded many of the mathematical riddles and wordplay that lay ingeniously embedded in Carroll's two classic stories, and .Forty years after this groundbreaking publication, Norton is proud to publish the Definitive Edition of , a work that combines the notes of Gardner's 1959 edition with his 1990 volume, , as well as additional discoveries drawn from Gardner's encyclopedic knowledge of the texts. Illustrated with John Tenniel's classic, beloved artalong with many recently discovered Tenniel pencil sketches will be Gardner's most beautiful and enduring tribute to Carroll's masterpieces yet. Color, two-tone, and black-and-white photos and illustrations throughout