The ‘fascinating insight into what was to become an iconic work’ is the only known surviving copy of its kind and is to be auctioned along with a first edition signed by Rowling
this week. The galley proof is the only known surviving copy of its kind. A first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone signed by Rowling is alsoThe bundle of galley sheets, to be sold by Chiswick Auctions, consists of 109 pages.
Dated 26 February 1997, the letter from Walker accompanying the galley sheets – which are laid out as the final version of the book would be – describes the plot of the book, with Walker writing: “The story then develops into an excellent knockabout tale of school capers with goodies and baddies … I simply loved it – pacy, funny, imaginative, clever and the characters are wonderfully vivid.”
Waters also said that the team at Bloomsbury had to get the book’s jacket right “if it is going to be picked up”, and asked for a finished copy as she “would like to tell lots of people about it”. Waters’ quote was used on the back of the first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
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