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Rare and personal collectors' items, generously donated by celebrated writers!   

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Lot 1
£ 250
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Olga Tokarczuk: handwritten notes and spontaneous sketch
Lot 2
£ 300
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Yann Martel: only copy of his personal notes for his new novel. One of a kind!
Lot 6
£ 150
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Created by Anthony Doerr: Rare schematic map of his great novel!
Lot 3
£ 250
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Ian Rankin: signed limited edition of Standing In Another Man's Grave
Lot 7
£ 250
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Isabel Allende: Signed, leatherbound 'The House of the Spirits'
Lot 4
£ 800
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Personal Video Call with Elif Shafak
Lot 5
£ 300
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Be a Character in Ali Smith’s Next Bestseller
Lot 8
£ 150
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Signed First Edition of The Asking by Jane Hirshfield
Lot 9
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Czeslaw Milosz: First Edition, Selected Poems, Hardback
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