J.K. RowlingA collection of letters and related ephemera, comprising:
(i) Typed letter signed, dated 11 November 1997, addressed to "Everyone in Miss. Searle's Class", thanking them "for all your letters about Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", and discussing topics ranging from planned subsequent instalments in the series, Rowling's writing process and inspiration behind names and characters, favourite characters, Snape's potion riddle, her original illustrations for Philosopher's Stone, and her writing ambitions beyond the Potter series, 4 pages in all, on A4 sheets, laminated, old pinholes at edges of sheets and laminated plastic; together with (ii) Photocopies of Rowling's drawings for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 4 pages in all, on A4 sheets, laminated, old pinholes at edges of sheets and laminated plastic; (iii) Photocopy of Rowling's handwritten solution to Snape's potion riddle from Philosopher's Stone, with autograph manuscript comments in biro at top of first page and bottom of second page ("It's also impossible to work out without a picture of the bottles"), 2 pages, A4 sheets, laminated;
(iv) Autograph letter signed, dated 26 December 1997, addressed to "Class 5S—", thanking them "very much" for sending her a card "which is now standing in my new study next to my word processor", describing her recent attendance of the presentation ceremony for the Smarties award ("You can imagine how pleased I was to win... The presentation was at London Zoo and I was photographed next to (and stroked) a long-eared owl"), and teasing the plot point of the polyjuice potion in Chamber of Secrets ("in book two Harry, Ron + Hermione drink a new potion but still don't get drunk. Something far worse happens..."), 1 page, A4 sheet, laminated, previously folded, old pinholes at edges of sheet and laminated plastic, with envelope addressed to "Class 5S | Field End Junior School", old pinholes at edges of sheets and laminated plastic; together with (v) Newspaper cutting from The Times, Wednesday November 19 1997, with image captioned "The three class-winning authors of this year's Smartie Book Prize... with the children's television presenter Tony Anstis and Max the Eagle Owl", creased;
(vi) Typed letter, dated 11 January 2001, addressed from Rowling to "Harry Potter Fans of Field End Junior School", offering profuse apologies for her delayed response ("my only excuse is that... I have been writing Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, followed by the tour on Hogwarts Express"), on paper headed "BY OWL POST", 1 page, A4, folded, plus typed Harry Potter "information sheet", 2 pages, A4, folded, in postally used envelope, wear to envelope;
(vii) Ephemera, comprising book of Harry Potter stamps and single page photocopied sheet
A MAGICAL INSIGHT INTO ROWLING'S RELATIONSHIP TO HER EARLY READERSHIP.
When Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published, the owner of this collection was a teacher of Year Five pupils (aged 9-10) at a West London Primary school, who decided to read Harry's first Hogwarts adventure as the class book. Subsequently, the children wrote individual letters to J.K. Rowling, expressing their enjoyment of the book and asking various questions.
The author's initial response, a typed letter signed, written just four and half months after the publication of Philosopher's Stone, is self-described as "easily the longest reply I've sent to anyone about Harry Potter". It is a wide-ranging, candid, thoughtful, and humorous document, showing the depth of Rowling's commitment to her early readers. In answer to the question "Is there going to be another Harry Potter book?", she reveals the title of the forthcoming second Hogwarts outing ("already finished... but it won't be in the shops until next July"), states that she is midway through writing the third instalment (as yet untitled), and reveals her plan for a seven-book narrative arc, "one for each of [Harry's] seven years at Hogwarts". Other topics include the inspiration behind the names of her characters ("Dumbledore, for instance is an old English word meaning 'bumble bee'... Potter was the surname of a brother and sister I used to play with"), how she devised the game of Quidditch, and the now-legendary story of how she originally conceived Harry Potter ("seven years ago I was travelling by train from Manchester to London when the idea for a story about a boy who goes to wizarding school came to me"). Discussing the autobiographical basis behind her characters, she reveals that Hermione was "based on me when I was eleven years old. Horrible but true". In answer to a pupil's question about the lack of illustrations in the novel, Rowling encloses photocopies of four of her own drawings: depicting Hagrid, Dumbledore and McGonagall holding the baby Harry; Harry standing in front of the fireplace at Privet Drive; the four Weasley brothers; and Harry, Ron, and Snape in Potions class. She also encloses a photocopy of her handwritten solution to the potions puzzle posed by Snape, the last obstacle that Harry and Hermione face before entering the chamber where the Philosopher's Stone is hidden.
The same primary school class subsequently sent a card congratulating Rowling on winning the gold medal in the 9- to 11-year-old category of the 1997 Smarties Prize. Winning this award would prove a watershed moment in the literary reception of Harry Potter, and the following year Philosopher's Stone would almost achieve a clean sweep of the major British book awards judged by children. The present lot also contains Rowling's effusive response to the class's words of encouragement: an autograph letter signed, written on Boxing Day 1997, in which Rowling thanks the pupils "very much" for their token of congratulations, "which is now standing in my new study next to my word processor". She goes on to give an account of the prize ceremony at London Zoo, where she "was photographed next to (and stroked) a long-eared owl", accompanied by a newspaper clipping from The Times, with a photograph of Rowling and the other prize-winning authors at the ceremony. The letter also teases the plot point of the polyjuice potion in the forthcoming Chamber of Secrets ("Ron + Hermione drink a new potion but still don't get drunk. Something far worse happens...").
J.K. RowlingA collection of letters and related ephemera, comprising:
(i) Typed letter signed, dated 11 November 1997, addressed to "Everyone in Miss. Searle's Class", thanking them "for all your letters about Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", and discussing topics ranging from planned subsequent instalments in the series, Rowling's writing process and inspiration behind names and characters, favourite characters, Snape's potion riddle, her original illustrations for Philosopher's Stone, and her writing ambitions beyond the Potter series, 4 pages in all, on A4 sheets, laminated, old pinholes at edges of sheets and laminated plastic; together with (ii) Photocopies of Rowling's drawings for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 4 pages in all, on A4 sheets, laminated, old pinholes at edges of sheets and laminated plastic; (iii) Photocopy of Rowling's handwritten solution to Snape's potion riddle from Philosopher's Stone, with autograph manuscript comments in biro at top of first page and bottom of second page ("It's also impossible to work out without a picture of the bottles"), 2 pages, A4 sheets, laminated;
(iv) Autograph letter signed, dated 26 December 1997, addressed to "Class 5S—", thanking them "very much" for sending her a card "which is now standing in my new study next to my word processor", describing her recent attendance of the presentation ceremony for the Smarties award ("You can imagine how pleased I was to win... The presentation was at London Zoo and I was photographed next to (and stroked) a long-eared owl"), and teasing the plot point of the polyjuice potion in Chamber of Secrets ("in book two Harry, Ron + Hermione drink a new potion but still don't get drunk. Something far worse happens..."), 1 page, A4 sheet, laminated, previously folded, old pinholes at edges of sheet and laminated plastic, with envelope addressed to "Class 5S | Field End Junior School", old pinholes at edges of sheets and laminated plastic; together with (v) Newspaper cutting from The Times, Wednesday November 19 1997, with image captioned "The three class-winning authors of this year's Smartie Book Prize... with the children's television presenter Tony Anstis and Max the Eagle Owl", creased;
(vi) Typed letter, dated 11 January 2001, addressed from Rowling to "Harry Potter Fans of Field End Junior School", offering profuse apologies for her delayed response ("my only excuse is that... I have been writing Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, followed by the tour on Hogwarts Express"), on paper headed "BY OWL POST", 1 page, A4, folded, plus typed Harry Potter "information sheet", 2 pages, A4, folded, in postally used envelope, wear to envelope;
(vii) Ephemera, comprising book of Harry Potter stamps and single page photocopied sheet
A MAGICAL INSIGHT INTO ROWLING'S RELATIONSHIP TO HER EARLY READERSHIP.
When Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published, the owner of this collection was a teacher of Year Five pupils (aged 9-10) at a West London Primary school, who decided to read Harry's first Hogwarts adventure as the class book. Subsequently, the children wrote individual letters to J.K. Rowling, expressing their enjoyment of the book and asking various questions.
The author's initial response, a typed letter signed, written just four and half months after the publication of Philosopher's Stone, is self-described as "easily the longest reply I've sent to anyone about Harry Potter". It is a wide-ranging, candid, thoughtful, and humorous document, showing the depth of Rowling's commitment to her early readers. In answer to the question "Is there going to be another Harry Potter book?", she reveals the title of the forthcoming second Hogwarts outing ("already finished... but it won't be in the shops until next July"), states that she is midway through writing the third instalment (as yet untitled), and reveals her plan for a seven-book narrative arc, "one for each of [Harry's] seven years at Hogwarts". Other topics include the inspiration behind the names of her characters ("Dumbledore, for instance is an old English word meaning 'bumble bee'... Potter was the surname of a brother and sister I used to play with"), how she devised the game of Quidditch, and the now-legendary story of how she originally conceived Harry Potter ("seven years ago I was travelling by train from Manchester to London when the idea for a story about a boy who goes to wizarding school came to me"). Discussing the autobiographical basis behind her characters, she reveals that Hermione was "based on me when I was eleven years old. Horrible but true". In answer to a pupil's question about the lack of illustrations in the novel, Rowling encloses photocopies of four of her own drawings: depicting Hagrid, Dumbledore and McGonagall holding the baby Harry; Harry standing in front of the fireplace at Privet Drive; the four Weasley brothers; and Harry, Ron, and Snape in Potions class. She also encloses a photocopy of her handwritten solution to the potions puzzle posed by Snape, the last obstacle that Harry and Hermione face before entering the chamber where the Philosopher's Stone is hidden.
The same primary school class subsequently sent a card congratulating Rowling on winning the gold medal in the 9- to 11-year-old category of the 1997 Smarties Prize. Winning this award would prove a watershed moment in the literary reception of Harry Potter, and the following year Philosopher's Stone would almost achieve a clean sweep of the major British book awards judged by children. The present lot also contains Rowling's effusive response to the class's words of encouragement: an autograph letter signed, written on Boxing Day 1997, in which Rowling thanks the pupils "very much" for their token of congratulations, "which is now standing in my new study next to my word processor". She goes on to give an account of the prize ceremony at London Zoo, where she "was photographed next to (and stroked) a long-eared owl", accompanied by a newspaper clipping from The Times, with a photograph of Rowling and the other prize-winning authors at the ceremony. The letter also teases the plot point of the polyjuice potion in the forthcoming Chamber of Secrets ("Ron + Hermione drink a new potion but still don't get drunk. Something far worse happens...").
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