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Stirling teacher's first-edition books fetch £226,000 at auction | Stirling teacher's first-edition books fetch £226,000 at auction |
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A treasure trove of literary first editions collected by an English teacher has sold at auction in Edinburgh for a total of £226,000. | A treasure trove of literary first editions collected by an English teacher has sold at auction in Edinburgh for a total of £226,000. |
Bruce Ritchie, from Stirling who died in October 2012, owned first editions of classic works such as Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843). | |
The lot also contained The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame (1908) and Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited. | The lot also contained The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame (1908) and Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited. |
A first edition of F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby was bought for £1,875. | A first edition of F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby was bought for £1,875. |
A movie adaptation of the story by Australian director Baz Luhrmann and starring Leonardo DiCaprio is opening the Cannes film festival. | A movie adaptation of the story by Australian director Baz Luhrmann and starring Leonardo DiCaprio is opening the Cannes film festival. |
A first edition of James Joyce's Ulysses (1922) was among the lots and was sold for £4,400 by Lyon & Turnbull which described the collection as "one of the most remarkable private libraries of English literature" to come to auction. | A first edition of James Joyce's Ulysses (1922) was among the lots and was sold for £4,400 by Lyon & Turnbull which described the collection as "one of the most remarkable private libraries of English literature" to come to auction. |
Mr Ritchie attended Dollar Academy in Clackmannanshire, studied English and German at St Andrews University, then took up a post at Merchant Taylors' private school in London where he was described as an "inspirational" teacher. | Mr Ritchie attended Dollar Academy in Clackmannanshire, studied English and German at St Andrews University, then took up a post at Merchant Taylors' private school in London where he was described as an "inspirational" teacher. |
He taught the son of playwright Tom Stoppard, who paid tribute following Mr Ritchie's death last year, saying: "I've known very few people as kind, as learned, as civilised as Bruce. The world is poorer without him." | He taught the son of playwright Tom Stoppard, who paid tribute following Mr Ritchie's death last year, saying: "I've known very few people as kind, as learned, as civilised as Bruce. The world is poorer without him." |
John Sibbald, book specialist at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh, said after the sale: "This was an outstanding result." | John Sibbald, book specialist at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh, said after the sale: "This was an outstanding result." |
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