James Grady has left behind spy thrillers with The Smoke in Our Eyes, a tender, coming-of-age novel set in 1950s rural Montana Yuri Herrera’s novel, Season of the Swamp, imagines how a Mexican ...
A rare first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone—which was bought for around 10 pounds (Rs 1,068) in 1997—has been sold for 36,000 pounds (more than Rs 38 lakh) on Wednesday held at ...
The man believed it was the right time to sell the book so others could appreciate it. Nearly 30 years after being bought for just 10 pounds, a rare first edition of Harry Potter and the ...
And it took the patient sleuthing of a rare books and manuscripts ... Rawski’s relentless hunt for books meant he had no time to search for the things of a more conventional life.
The book is one of 500 of the first edition. Photo: Rare Book Auctions The books were discovered by Jim Spencer, from the Rare Books Auctions team, who claims he has found 20 of the 500 books so ...