Oxfam’s Stirling Books and Music shop is celebrating a bumper book sale, with a rare read raking in a record £3,000.
The book, a French first edition of Alice in Wonderland, was donated to the shop before Christmas. The novel was inscribed by author Lewis Carroll to Beatrice Cecilia Harington, one of the children whom he had photographed along with Alice Liddell.
The book was bought by a specialist dealer from London who visited the shop last week. It is the highest earning single item to ever be sold in store.
Neil Paterson, who manages Oxfam’s Books and Music shop in Stirling, thanked the donor for their generosity and encouraged other savvy shoppers to pop in to discover what other hidden gems they could get their hands on.
Neil said: “We’re absolutely over the moon to have raised so much money through a single sale for Oxfam’s life changing work around the world. It just goes to show that you never know what you might stumble upon inside our shop: we’ve got everything from bargains to bestsellers, to rare and antique collectables.”
Staff at Oxfam’s Stirling store are also encouraging people to donate their pre-loved books.
Neil added: “Oxfam is the biggest chain of second hand bookshops in Europe, so by donating to us people are giving their books the best chance of finding a new home as well as helping Oxfam in its vital work to build a future free from poverty.”
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For more information please contact: Rebecca Lozza, Oxfam Media and Communications Adviser, Scotland and Wales: rlozza1@oxfam.org.uk / 07917738450