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ONE-OFF COLLECTION OF 14 SIGNED BESTSELLERS TO BE AUCTIONED FOR CHARITY

(Victoria, BC – 30 August 2007) A one-of-a-kind collection of 14 signed novels - all of them recent bestsellers such as Zadie Smith’s White Teeth, Zoe Heller’s Notes On A Scandal and Nick Hornby’s How To Be Good - are to be auctioned online for charity by AbeBooks.co.uk and Penguin.

Penguin is reissuing 36 bestsellers in its famous retro striped cover designs on September 6 and has partnered with AbeBooks.co.uk to auction 14 signed copies of the modern fiction books from its ‘Celebrations’ series with all proceeds going to English PEN – an international charity devoted to the rights of authors and freedom in literature.

The auction, conducted on AbeBooks.co.uk, begins on Thursday 6 September and concludes on Tuesday 11 September at 6pm GMT (1pm EST). The unique collection of signed books, which are being offered in a single lot, will not be available again.

Last December, AbeBooks auctioned four special edition copies of classic Penguin novels that had been redesigned by famous designers and raised $13,000 for charity.

The signed novels on offer are:

• Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
• How To Be Good by Nick Hornby
• The Accidental by Ali Smith
• White Teeth by Zadie Smith
• Any Human Heart by William Boyd
• How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
• English Passengers by Matthew Kneale
• Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
• Regeneration by Pat Barker
• A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
• The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru
• What a Carve Up! By Jonathan Coe
• The Other Side of the Story by Marian Keyes
• Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction by Sue Townsend

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