Signed Copy Of Frankenstein Found By Chance Sells For Over £350,000

Thursday 20th June

Posted at 10:55AM Sunday 20 Jan 2013

Rare books enthusiast Sammy Jay stumbled on the find of his life when he was sorting through his grandfather's books.

It was a copy of Frankenstein, by author Mary Shelley, with an inscription which read "To Lord Byron, from the author".

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