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MODERN LITERATURE, ART AND HISTORY
Lot 165

ROWLING (J.K.)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED, Bloomsbury, 1997

1 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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ROWLING (J.K.)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED "to Davey and Tommy - great to meet you at last! J.K. Rowling" on the dedication leaf, with the number sequence from 10 to 1, light dampstain in lower margin of opening and final few leaves, usual paper toning, publisher's pictorial wrappers (with misspelling "Philospher" on lower wrapper), some creases and abrasions, laminate lifting in places with a few losses, 8vo, Bloomsbury, 1997

Footnotes

INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY of the first paperback edition of the first Harry Potter title, issued on the same day as the first hardback edition.

Provenance: Inscribed by the author "to Davey and Tommy", the two eldest sons of Jenny Brown who, from 1996 to 2002, was the Literature Director for the Scottish Arts Council. "Her work for the Council included a programme of financial aid for new writers of children's fiction; the first person to apply was the then unpublished J K Rowling; the Arts Council's initial bursary supported the creation of Harry Potter" (University of St. Andrews, Laureation Address, June 2018, website). The bursary was actually given to Rowling whilst she was in the midst of writing The Chamber of Secrets; sold by the family.

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