This fragment is particularly interesting, says Sarah Lindberg, a specialist at Bonhams book department. In a response to a letter from a fan who’d read Gone With the Wind while she hid in a bomb shelter during the Blitz, Mitchell wrote: “Your letter meant a great deal to me as the author of Gone with the Wind, but even more to me as Margaret Mitchell Marsh, a woman.” That letter from Mitchell has an estimate of between £2,000 and £4,000.Īnd a newly discovered handwritten manuscript of part of The Invisible Girl, a semi-autobiographical short story by Mary Shelley (1797-1851) is estimated to sell in the region of £2,000 to £4,000.

He sold the copy to benefit two charities in 2003, according to Bonhams.Īdditionally, Bonhams’ fine books sale will feature influential female writers, including Empress Josephine Bonaparte, first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte Margaret Mitchell, the author of Gone with the Wind, and Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein and The Invisible Girl.Ī letter from the Empress Josephine (1763-1814) authorizing her agent to buy Château de Malmaison, outside of Paris, is estimated to sell for between £4,000 and £6,000. Malmaison was given to Josephine upon her divorce from Napoleon in 1810 and she lived there until her death in 1814, according to Bonhams. Little was responsible for selling the rights to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone to Bloomsbury-its publisher-in 1996, and continued as Rowling’s agent until 2011. One of the copies from the first edition that belonged to her first literary agent, Christopher Little, will be offered for sale at Bonhams sale of fine books and manuscripts on Wednesday, with an estimate of between £40,000 and £60,000 (US$53,000-US$79,000). Rowling the world's first billionaire author. The Harry Potter series and films would later make J.K.

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