Following on the recent records set in a big sale of Poe works, some wonderful editions of J.K. Rowling, Beatrix Potter and Lewis Carroll brought big bucks this week at a Los Angeles auction. Maybe folks are stocking up on paper editions now that the Kindle, nook and other e-readers are making print editions more scarce.
According to Reuters, a first edition of Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There" -- dedicated to the real life Alice who inspired the story -- sold for $115,000. Inscribed "Alice Pleasance Liddell," it was described as having been presented to her by Carroll.
Meanwhile, Beatrix Potter's personal copy of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" fetched $92,000. And a first edition soft-cover copy of J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" -- described as one of only 200 such copies printed -- sold for $5,750.