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"The Tales of Beedle the Bard" is one of six copies the
author produced to give as gifts to those who helped bring the
story of the boy wizard to life, and is seen fetching
300,000-500,000 pounds ($378,000-$630,000) at Tuesday's sale.
A seventh copy was produced for a 2007 auction to raise money
for the author's charity, Lumos, raising 1.95 million pounds.
"The Tales of Beedle the Bard" is a volume of five wizarding
fairy tales left to Hermione Granger by Albus Dumbledore in the
final book in the "Harry Potter" series, "Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows".
The manuscript being offered for sale was presented to editor
Barry Cunningham who signed Rowling and published her magical
debut "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" and contains a
personal dedication from Rowling.
"This one has an inscription to Barry, thanking him," said
Sotheby's books and manuscripts specialist Philip Errington.
"It says, 'To Barry, the man who thought an overlong novel about
a boy wizard in glasses might just sell', which is a lovely
little insight into the role of author and editor."
Bound in brown Morocco leather, the copy is adorned with silver
ornaments with a skull in the center and has seven mounted
rhodochrosite stones, according to Sotheby's.
(Reporting By Sara Hemrajani; Editing by Janet Lawrence)
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