Designing with Data

Sotheby’s London are holding a English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations event soon. I had a quick look at some of the books, and there are some beauty’s in there.

At the top of the heap is Sherlock Holmes first appearance; “A Study in Scarlet” (Lot 151). This inscribed by the author first edition, has an estimate of £250-400K.

Another lot which caught my eye was a “Fahrenheit 451” first edition (Lot 150), with an estimate of £2-3K.

The last lot to interest me was a paperback first edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” (Lot 201), with an estimate of £1.5-2K. Amazing return on a book that is only thirteen years old.

Tom O’Neill (my neighbour) has authored a nice collection of tales here. While aimed at early teens, there was enough in this book to keep me interested.

I was going to review but I’ve decided to leave that to the target audience. Here’s hoping I get to post a guest authored review in the near future.

Disclosure: Tom gifted me an unconditional copy of the book as a friend. This post and the previous one would have been written even if I had purchased the book myself (which I intended to do).

A friend of mine, Tom O’Neill, had his first book published recently, Old Friends — The Lost Tales of Fionn Mac Cumhaill.

Uprooted from city life by the death of his father, Dark is beckoned into a rath as he wanders the fields near his new home. There, he meets people big and small whose magnificent stories of warriors, monsters and the fairy people provide an escape from his crumbling school and home life and take him deep into the world of Fionn Mac Cumhaill and the Fianna.

I’m starting into it tonight, so I may write a wee review in the not too distant future.

Congratulations Tom.