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162 RHYS, Jean. Wide Sargasso Sea. London: Andre Deutsch, 1966 First edition. Written in reaction to Charlotte Brontë’s novel Jane Eyre (1847), the novel tells the story of the “madwoman in the attic”. This was Jean Rhys’s return
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to the literary scene, and includes an introduction to her work by Francis Wyndham. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket, designed by Eric Thomas. Bookseller’s ticket to front pastedown. Cloth bright, top edge dusty, faint offsetting to endpapers, contents clean. A near-fine copy, in like dust jacket, not price-clipped, short closed tear to head of front panel, otherwise sharp, illustrations bright. £500 [152526] 163 ROXBURGHE CLUB. A Jacobite Miscellany. Oxford: Printed for the Roxburghe Club by Charles Batey at the University Press, 1948 First edition, one of 42 copies printed for members of the Roxburghe Club, this copy printed for Lord Lloyd Kenyon, with his bookplate to front pastedown, his ownership signature dated 29 January 1949 to front free endpaper, and his name printed in red on the members list. The miscellany comprises eight original papers on the second Jacobite rising, edited, with introduction and notes, by Henrietta Tayler. Folio. Original black quarter morocco, spine lettered in gilt, red cloth sides, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Booklabel of Helmut Nathan Friedlaender (1913–2008) to
front pastedown. Very small bump to front joint else fine, contents fresh. £1,500 [153395] 164 ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone; Investiture at Buckingham Palace; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. 2000–2007 A unique collection, linked by the occasion of the author receiving her OBE A fine collection of three volumes, each inscribed by the author with characteristic charm, comprising a “Collector’s Edition” of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone , a first edition of Deathly Hallows , and, unusually, the booklet from Rowling’s investiture at Buckingham Palace. At Rowling’s investiture she was looked after by a senior member of liveried staff at Buckingham Palace. The member of staff mentioned to the author that he had a copy of the “Collector’s Edition” of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone for his wife, but had neglected to bring it. Rowling therefore inscribed the investiture booklet “To Linda – if only he’d brought in the 1st editions. J K Rowling”. However,
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