ALS signed “Newt Scamander, a.k.a. JK Rowling,” one page, 8.25 x 11.5, personal letterhead, no date [but received May 29, 2001]. Letter to Howard Brayton, in full: “Ah yes, the fabled ‘wyvern.’ Well, naturally I had heard the rumours—the poet Browning’s allusion had not escaped me—and so I set out to investigate. Extensive research, however, has convinced me that the beast in question was a Common Welsh Green whose legs were counted by a Muggle with a very shaky grasp of numeracy. You know how that is, you’re an educational consultant. It is always a blow to have a cherished part of one’s life dismissed as a figment of the imagination, so I tender my apologies to yourself and your alma mater—but we wizards have to deal with that everyday.” In fine condition, with trivial show-through from a small area of discoloration on the reverse. Accompanied by the original letter from Brayton, proposing that Rowling include “Wyvern” in the 53rd edition of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Rowling published Fantastic Beasts—Harry Potter’s textbook on Magizoology, a required text for first-year Hogwarts students—in 2001 under the pseudonym Newt Scamander. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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