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Lot 31
THOSE WHO CARE: A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOKS, PRIVATELY PUBLISHED PAMPHLETS AND ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPTS INCLUDING A POEM WRITTEN IN HONOUR OF THE NHS
8 – 29 April 2020, 12:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,200
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THOSE WHO CARE: A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOKS, PRIVATELY PUBLISHED PAMPHLETS AND ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPTS INCLUDING A POEM WRITTEN IN HONOUR OF THE NHS
The lot includes the following:
Five first editions books, signed:
Chance Developments (Edinburgh, 2015)
A Gathering, A Personal Anthology of Scottish Poems (Edinburgh, 2018)
The World According to Bertie (Edinburgh, 2007)
The Unbearable Lightness of Scones (Edinburgh, 2008)
The Colours of All the Cattle (The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series) (US first, New York, 2018)
Four privately printed pamphlets by AMcS, signed:
Good President Wenceslas
Angels, Island, Rivers
The Heart of Each of Us
East Coast Tales
Two handwritten manuscripts:
The original handwritten manuscript of a poem written in honour of the NHS in the current crisis: Those who Care (Published in the Sunday Times, April, 2020 and also to be published in a forthcoming anthology of tributes to the NHS. (extensive amendments and crossings-out)
The original handwritten manuscript (two pages) of A Scottish Four Seasons (poems) (to be published in the forthcoming collection of the poetry of AMcS)
Date of collection from your nearest Bonhams Office by mutual agreement
Kindly donated by Alexander McCall Smith
Five first editions books, signed:
Chance Developments (Edinburgh, 2015)
A Gathering, A Personal Anthology of Scottish Poems (Edinburgh, 2018)
The World According to Bertie (Edinburgh, 2007)
The Unbearable Lightness of Scones (Edinburgh, 2008)
The Colours of All the Cattle (The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series) (US first, New York, 2018)
Four privately printed pamphlets by AMcS, signed:
Good President Wenceslas
Angels, Island, Rivers
The Heart of Each of Us
East Coast Tales
Two handwritten manuscripts:
The original handwritten manuscript of a poem written in honour of the NHS in the current crisis: Those who Care (Published in the Sunday Times, April, 2020 and also to be published in a forthcoming anthology of tributes to the NHS. (extensive amendments and crossings-out)
The original handwritten manuscript (two pages) of A Scottish Four Seasons (poems) (to be published in the forthcoming collection of the poetry of AMcS)
Date of collection from your nearest Bonhams Office by mutual agreement
Kindly donated by Alexander McCall Smith