A first edition copy of Thunderball
I always wonder if people donate these books with the intention of being generous or if the donation is an accident - a horrible accident. I know I’d be crying myself to sleep.
On June 16 a 1961 First Edition of Ian Fleming’s Bond novel, Thunderball goes up for auction at Bonhams in Oxford along with The History of Java (in two volumes) by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles; and Gabriel de Saint-Aubin by Emile Dacier.
Another 117 rare and collectible books are also being auctioned off and the funds raised are expected to be around £40,000.
According to one Oxfam representative: “That is enough to buy 50,000 emergency shelters or to purchase 64,000 poverty-busting goats, or even provide safe water for 2.1 million people.”
