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A first edition of the hobbit from 1937 worth around. Do you have these harry potter books lying around your house. Harry potter and the goblet of fire by the time she released the fourth book, jk rowling was writing more books and signing fewer. If you own one of these rare books, youre sitting on a. It has to be from the first few thousand that were. Unfollow rare harry potter books to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Those questions and more answered in this potter collector book lesson. Each new book, when it was released, toppled sales records on the first day of sales the later books selling 59 million copies in one day. Rowlings, harry potter and the sorcerers stone in october 1998.
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Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books. Chances are, if you are sitting on a firstedition novel of some of the early books like harry potter and the philosophers stone, you could be richer by close to. Rare harry potter book sets world record at auction the boy who lived still knows how to make money, with a rare book selling for. Heres how to tell if your copies of harry potter are worth any money. Most of these are first edition, and many are signed, but you never. She submitted it to 12 publishing houses all of which rejected it before it was accepted. It usually takes decades for a book to become collectible and gain significant value on the rare book market. Someone wanted to pay that much at auction, so they did. Its only worth as much as someone is willing to pay. Rare harry potter book sets world record at auction. The copy of the harry potter and the philosophers stone was part of. The harry potter phenomen is credited with many things, such as making reading cool again, but i believe it also introduced a generation to the idea of collecting books. For the book to be a really valuable first edition, the publisher must be bloomsbury. By the time she released the fourth book, jk rowling was writing more books and signing fewer.
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Paperback millions published so not really worth so much. Philosophers stone first edition they are very rare only 500 were printed unsigned they can be worth. A hardback first edition of harry potter and the philosophers stone worth around. These valuable harry potter books are worth thousands of. Your old harry potter books could be worth thousands heres. Jun 08, 2017 june 8, 2017 admin 0 comments books, harry potter, rare books with harry potter and the philosophers stone celebrating its 20th birthday on june 26, demand for good first edition copies of the book in both hardback and paperback can now be worth thousands. These valuable harry potter books are worth thousands of pounds. Jul 11, 2002 paperback millions published so not really worth so much. The collectible harry potter over 300 million copies of the harry potter series have been sold world wide. Harry potter books with typo worth thousands bustle. British publishers bloomsbury released the first book in the harry potter series in june 1997. Jun 15, 2017 first editions of the final three books are not worth as much due to the harry potter mania influencing massive print runs though any books signed by jk or the cast have potential to add value, too. If your harry potter book has this typo, it could be worth. By far the most valuable book in the series is the first, harry potter and the philosophers stone, published on 30 june 1997 by bloomsbury in london.
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