The Private Library discusses the plethora of Alice-related books out there one can own.
From the piece...
Carroll's personal copy of Alice sold at auction to an anonymous American buyer for $1.54 million in 1998 – the most expensive children’s book ever sold prior to J. K. Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard in 2007. Carroll's dedication copy (inscribed by Dodgson to Alice Liddell) of Alice’s Adventures Under Ground (a facsimile of the original manuscript version of the original title) sold for £157,250 at Sotheby's (London) in 2001.
The Alice books are considered seminal examples of the fantasy genre. To say they have been influential is a gross understatement. When it was published, with illustrations by John Tenniel, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was an immediate hit with both adults and children. The entire first run immediately sold out. Quirky, silly, and fun, it has never been out of print, and there have been hundreds of editions, as well as countless adaptations.
While we're on the subject of Alice, four designers, for Print, storyboard their favorite scenes from the book. Take a look, here.
And don't forget there's a Johnny Depp movie out too, currently in theatres:
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