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122 SALTEN, Felix. Bambi. Berlin: Verlag Ullstein, 1923 First edition in book form, first printing, of this children’s classic, the basis for the 1942 Disney film; this first edition, in German, was followed by an English translation in 1928. The story first appeared serially in Die Neue Freie Presse in 1922. Octavo. Original blue quarter cloth, pictorial boards, spine lettered in blue, top edge red. Illustrated throughout. Slight lean to spine with light bump at foot, light toning to contents. An excellent copy. £1,750 [144394] 123 SEUSS, Dr. The Cat in the Hat. New York: Random House, 1957 inscribed by the author First edition, first printing, first issue, inscribed by the author in blue ink on the verso of the front free endpaper, “best wishes – Dr. Seuss”. An unusually attractive example of this landmark children’s book, made all the more desirable by the author’s inscription. This is a first issue copy, with the price code “200/200” on the front flap of the dust jacket, non-laminated paper boards, and the rear cover presenting reviews (with no mention of the Beginner Books series). Small quarto. Original non-laminated pictorial paper-covered boards. With pictorial dust jacket. Housed in a custom black morocco-backed folding box. Illustrated in two colours throughout by the author. Extremities slightly rubbed, residue from removed bookplate; a near- fine copy which is notably fresh. Extremities of dust jacket slightly worn with nicks and light soiling; a near-fine example of an unclipped jacket. ¶ Grolier, Children’s 100 , 95; Younger & Hirsch 7. £8,750 [128567]
Signed copies of An Interview with J. K. Rowling are rare and this copy was signed during the month of publication. Most of the audience would have requested a signature within Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire . Octavo. Original pictorial wrappers, spine and front cover lettered in blue, white, and orange. Two ticket stubs for Edinburgh International Book Festival loosely inserted. Printed drawings of the Sorting Hat and Fawkes the phoenix by J. K. Rowling. Fine. ¶ Errington B4(a); “Rowling casts a spell over Festival”, The Herald , 14 August 2000. £5,250 [155600] 121 SALKEY, Andrew. Hurricane. London: Oxford University Press, 1964 The first children’s book by a West Indian author ISSUED by a major British publisher First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Henry, Richard, and William from Andrew Salkey”. This was the first children’s book by a West Indian author to be issued by a major British publisher. Andrew Salkey (1928–1995) was a Windrush-era writer who “‘quickly took his place at the centre of a small but outstanding circle of Caribbean writers and intellectuals. For a critical period he was the key figure, the main presenter and writer-in-residence in the Caribbean section of the BBC World Service at Bush House, London, and his programmes became a glittering showcase for a generation of writers, including Sam Selvon and George Lamming, who had made London their second home. Established and aspiring authors were chivvied, cajoled, gently chastised, inspired and schooled to produce new work for radio on the Caribbean Voices programme over which Andrew Salkey often presided’. After reading V. S. Naipaul’s first story Salkey encouraged him to continue writing”.
Set in Jamaica, the story features a 13-year-old Kingston boy waiting for the eye of the hurricane to pass over his home. The first book in Salkey’s “disaster quartet”, it was awarded the German Children’s Book Prize in 1967. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in silver. With dust jacket. Illustrations to text by William Papas. Couple of marks to front cover, faint marks to final two leaves, short closed tear to rear blank, otherwise clean. A very good copy in the bright jacket, publisher’s overprice sticker to front flap, a little rubbing to head of spine panel, else bright and sharp. ¶ The Cambridge History of Black and Asian British Writing , 2020. £250 [149835]
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120 ROWLING, J. K., & Lindsey Fraser. An Interview with J. K. Rowling. London: Mammoth, 2000 Rare signed copy First edition, first impression, signed by J. K. Rowling on the title page. This was the first book-length study of Rowling and presents answers to an interview conducted by Lindsay Fraser in May 2000. There are four sections to the interview: “My family and my childhood”, “My schooldays”, “My career”, and “My career as a writer”. The publication date of this volume is recorded as 1 August 2000. The author appeared at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in an event (“Harry’s Back”) held in the Post Office Theatre (a tent in Charlotte Square) on 13 August 2000. The appearance was to publicize Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and the author read a passage from that book. Announcing the page reference to her audience, Rowling quipped “You can read along. It’s like church, but noisier”. A report on the event published in The Herald on 14 August 2000 noted that “for the audience, it provided a rare chance to glimpse behind the scenery at Hogwarts and meet the woman who conjured up that magical world. As they emerged blinking into the daylight afterwards, to queue quietly for the signing session, there was that unmistakable feeling that spells had been cast”. This copy was signed on that occasion and two ticket stubs (numbers 398 and 399) for the event are loosely inserted.
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