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ROWLING (J.K.) The Tales of Beedle the Bard, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED, Bloomsbury, 2008
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ROWLING (J.K.)
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED "To Tommy, Davy, Sorley and Felix with love from J.K. Rowling" above an authentification hologram on the leaf with a picture of a skull, publisher's pictorial boards, slight abrasion at extremities of the upper joint, 8vo, Bloomsbury, 2008
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Provenance: Inscribed by the author "Tommy, Davy, Sorley and Felix", the children 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included a programme of financial aid for new writers of children's fiction; the first person to apply was the then unpublished J K Rowling; the Arts Council's initial bursary supported the creation of Harry Potter" (University of St. Andrews, Laureation Address, June 2018, website); sold by the family.

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