First edition. 16mo. [Unpaginated]. Stiff card wraps. 1/10,000 copies printed. A bound collection of tear-out postcards from UK bookseller Waterstone's issued in celebration of the National Year of Reading. It consists of 13 story cards in holograph photo reproduction form by authors as diverse as J.K. Rowling, Doris Lessing, Neil Gaiman, Michael Rosen, Nick Hornby, Sebastian Faulks, Tom Stoppard, Irvine Welsh, Margaret Atwood, Richard Ford and Lisa Appignanesi.
The fastest-selling short story collection of all time. Featuring a Harry Potter prequel. The original A5 postcard was auctioned for £25,000 in 2008 in aid of English PEN, but was subsequently stolen by thieves in a 2017 break-in.