I have read the Google answer about Lewis Carrolls (1832-1898)
illustrations copyright.
My question is: 
a) is the text of ALICE in Wonderland public domain ?
b) is the reproduction of Lewis Carrolls photography public domain ?
c) if so, can I legally reprint both, his photography and his text and and sell it ?

Hello alice06~

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has a great reference
page for determining when something has fallen into public domain.
You'll find it here: http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm

As you can see, anything published before 1923 is in the public
domain. That means Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,"
written in 1865, *is* in the public domain. ("Through the Looking
Glass" wasn't published until 1871, but is still in the public domain,
too.) For a timeline of Carroll's (a.k.a. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson's)
work, see The Lewis Carroll Collection Timeline at the Library of
Congress: http://international.loc.gov/intldl/carrollhtml/lctime.html
)

As for Carroll's photographs, they, too are in the public domain,
since Carroll died in 1898.

You can, indeed, reproduce Carroll's "Alice," selling it for profit.
Carroll's photography, being in public domain, is fine to reproduce
and sell for profit, too. (Interestingly, museums often dislike this
if they own the original work. But nonetheless, public domain is
public domain. Here's an interesting article on that topic: "The Right
To Display Public Domain Images:"
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/art.html )

Good luck!

Kriswrite

RESEARCH STRATEGY:
Researcher's personal knowledge
Google searches: "Alice in Wonderland" published; "Alice's Adventure's
in Wonderland" published; Lewis Carroll timeline

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Request for Answer Clarification by alice06-ga on 16 Sep 2006 12:20 PDT

Kriswrite,

thank you for your answer. The first link you referenced leads to:
WHEN U.S. WORKS PASS INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

Since Lewis Carroll was an UK citizen and created his work in the UK,
do the same rules apply ?

Best,

alice06

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Clarification of Answer by kriswrite-ga on 16 Sep 2006 14:15 PDT

You are right that copyright laws do vary a bit from the UK to the US.
According to the UK Copyright Office, however, "Copyright in a
literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work (including a photograph)
lasts for the life of the author and 70 years from the end of the year
in which he/she died." ("Ownership and Duration:"
http://www.patent.gov.uk/copy/indetail/ownership.htm )

Kriswrite

Yes!

Could you possibly be the same Alice?

If so, you could re-publish as 'Wonders Never Cease!'

Good Luck!

Bryan

thank you!
A wonderful thought ;)