The first copies of Alice's Adventures under Ground were published privately by Macmillan in 1865. The author gave away fifty copies away. The rest were sent back because Tenniel was unhappy with the way his illustrations had been printed. Out of those fifty copies, twenty-three were returned immediately. Of the rest, book dealers know the whereabouts of them all, except one. Ridley had most editions of the Alice story, illustrated not only by Tenniel but by Arthur Rackham, Mabel Lucie Atwell, Mervyn Peake, Salvador Dali and numerous other well-known and lesser artists. He owned The Nursery 'Alice' and the Sixpenny edition; editions in languages including Latin, Arabic and Esperanto; he would not be satisfied until he traced that final copy.