Short answers, pulled from the story.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was first published by Macmillan on the 9th of November 1865. The first edition with red binding sold out quickly, and a new edition was released in December 1865 for the Christmas market.
The Dodo is a self-portrait of Lewis Carroll, the mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He sometimes pronounced his name as Dodo-Dodgson due to a stutter.
Lewis Carroll rowed the boat on the 4th of July 1862. This excursion over the River Isis involved three young daughters of his friend Henry Liddell and served as the catalyst for the story.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has been translated into 174 languages. The book has never been out of print since its release in 1865.
John Tenniel, the chief cartoonist for Punch magazine, illustrated the definitive version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. He produced 42 wood-engraved illustrations for the published edition.