A literary classic with a surrealist twist now has a home at Brock University.<\/p>\n
Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland<\/em>, as illustrated by Salvador Dali, has been added to the University\u2019s Special Collections.<\/span><\/p>\n The book was donated Thursday by Stuart Rothstein, a retired Brock chemistry and physics professor, who has meticulously maintained its condition since he first picked it up from a St. Catharines bookstore in 1970.<\/span><\/p>\n Rothstein, who has long had an interest in surrealism, was the book\u2019s only owner before he handed the 1969 publication over to the University.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI knew straight away it was a valuable work of art, so I treated it as such,\u201d he said, adding it has never been handled without gloves.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m fond of the book, but I would like to see it used by more people than me,\u201d the Grimsby resident said with a smile while sitting in Brock\u2019s library.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI have positive feelings toward the University, so I thought it would be an appropriate place to donate the book \u2026 I\u2019m delighted it will be used by literature students, by students in the arts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Rothstein taught at Brock for more than 40 years before officially retiring three years ago. He is still involved in research taking place on campus.<\/span><\/p>\n David Sharron, Head of Brock\u2019s Special Collections and Archives, is researching how many prints of the book were made. This particular copy labelled as No. 363. <\/span><\/p>\n An independent appraiser will be invited to come in and determine the book\u2019s market value, though online estimates put it in the range of $8,000 to $12,000, Sharron said.<\/span><\/p>\n He expressed his gratitude to Rothstein for sharing the rare piece with the University.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ll treat it with all the care and respect that Stuart has over the past 40 years to make sure it\u2019s here well into the future.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A literary classic with a surrealist twist now has a home at Brock University. Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland, as illustrated by Salvador Dali, has been added to the University\u2019s Special Collections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":43719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3319,1,4],"tags":[4964,4965,21],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43723"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43724,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43723\/revisions\/43724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}