Pegasus Issue by Rowling (3 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Periodical contribution by the children's novelist to her old university Dept of Classics and Ancient History magazine--PEGASUS (issue 44.pp 32). An excellent 4 page 'Degree Oration' of over 3000 words, 1500 of which (2 pages) are by JK in reply to a speech by T P Wiseman presenting her with a doctorate. Good reference to Harry Potter, JK's life in Exeter, JK's mother and her daughter Jessica + she quotes from 'To Kill a Mockingbird.'. Now uncommon and essential for any Potter completist Fine.

Softcover. Condition: Near fine. Small quarto. 33, (2)pp., with 20pp. supplement reporting the news of the department laid in. The University of Exeter's Department of Classics and Ancient History's in-house journal here features an article by notable alumna J. K. Rowling (printed here as Joanne Rowling), entitled "What was the Name of the Nymph Again?" Rowling reflects upon her fortunate, if somewhat accidental, arrival in the department and judges the merits and shortcomings of her own aptitude for the study of Classical language and myth. She also mentions that one of more unremarkable professors in the department was the model for her character, Professor Binns, known around Hogwarts for his esteemed drudgery and tediousness. A fascinating artifact issued only a year after the runaway success of Rowling's first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Bound in orange wrappers. Light spine sunning, motes of soiling, else near fine.

A notably early article by Rowling recounting her experiences reading Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Exeter, printed in the journal of the Department of Classics and Ancient History. In the article she comments that she had "the unforgettable experience of being lectured by a person best known simply as Z. It was Z I had in mind when I created Professor Binns, a minor character in the novel I published last year". Also included is a note of congratulations from the University "on the success of her marvellously imaginative children's novel Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone", adding that "four companies have been wooing Joanne for the film rights". 2 vols, folio. Original orange printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, titles printed in black to front covers. Light fading and minor creasing to edges; else fine copies.