One City.

RANKIN, Ian; Alexander McCall Smith; Irvine Welsh. Introduction by J. K. Rowling.

$7,800.00

Item Number: 124173

Edinburgh: Polygon, 2005.

First edition of this collection initiated by four of Edinburgh’s most famous authors to benefit One City Trust, a charity committed to tackling social injustice and inequality in Edinburgh. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers. One of 150 numbered copies signed by J.K. Rowling, Ian Rankin, Alexander McCall Smith and Irvine Welsh on the half-title page, this is number 100. Introduction by J. K. Rowling. Foreword by Rt Hon. Lesley Hinds. Near fine in the original slipcase which is in fine condition.

OneCity Trust was established in Edinburgh in 2003 in response to the OneCity report of the Lord Provost’s Commission on Social Exclusion. Rowling states in her introduction to this work produced in support of the Trust, "As it happens, I have never lived so long anywhere either as adult or child, as I have lived here. Edinburgh is home now, it is part of me, and I had come to love it long before Harry Potter hit the bookshelves. I am proud to live here, and proud that my home city is committed to becoming a more inclusive place. OneCity seeks to unify: I cannot think of a better goal for Edinburgh, Scotland or the world."