For nearly four decades, the Farbers were "mad as a hatter," collecting everything related to Alice in Wonderland. The Farbers had a deep fascination for the many translations of the work, chief among them perhaps the most important: the "original Alice's copy" of Nabokov's Russian translation of Alice. Other highspots of the sale included a presentation copy of Alice from Carroll to the British illustrator Richard Doyle, a second presentation copy from John Tenniel, the illustrator, and featuring one of his famous pencil sketches, and many other rarities.
