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Earlier this week, Profiles in History auctioned off $551,454 in books collected by a football player--selling a first edition of "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There" for $115,000. The classic book had been dedicated and presented to the original Alice by Lewis Carroll himself, making it an extra special item. The books were drawn from the Pat McInally Collection of Children's Literature, classic titles collected by a ...
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