A first edition of Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There" recently sold at auction for $115,000. It is the 1871 sequel to "Alice in Wonderland" and is dedicated by Carroll to the real Alice who inspired the books.
That would be Alice Liddell, daughter of an academic friend of his. It is inscribed in ink: "Alice Pleasanse Liddell."
In other way-too-expensive-for me book news, English author Beatrix Potter's personal copy of her "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" sold for $92,000."
No Wonder I Don't Read Much. --DaCoot
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