"A RARE book dedicated by Lewis Carroll to the daughter of the Dean of Durham has been snapped up for thousands at auction.
The sought-after first-edition of Carroll's 1886 book Alice's Adventures Under Ground was given by the writer in January 1887 to Alexandra Kitchin, affectionately known as Xie.
The book was expected to fetch up to £3,000 after being put up for sale by the Duke of Gloucester to help pay his father's death duties.
But the rare volume, which was later developed into Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, was snapped up by a mystery buyer for £4,800 at Christie's on Thursday.
Xie's dad, George Kitchin, was the last dean of Durham Cathedral to govern Durham University, where he worked from 1908 until his death in 1912."

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