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Books similar to harry potter and the sorcerers stone. We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. The sheer volume of harry potter printings made for lots of goofs such as upsidedown. If your harry potter book has this tiny typo in it, you could be secretly rich. Unfollow harry potter first edition book canadian to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Harry potter books with this rare typo could be worth.
Hari potta to kenja no ishi harry potter and the philosophers stone. The page has the full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Generally speaking, printing errors usually only make a book more valuable when it was rare to begin with. The reason they created adult versions of harry potter was because when adults wanted to read harry potter books, they felt ashamed to pick up a book with childrens charact. The reports said a first edition of the philosophers stone containing this error was expected to sell for as much as. First edition points and criteria for harry potter and the philosophers stone year published. Two irresistible complete novels over 500 pages of classic storytelling from j. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets first published in great britain in 1998 is stated on the page.
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According to the independent, there are 500 such books floating around with a typo on harrys list of hogwarts school supplies, which erroneously list 1 wand twice. Books from the first print run can be distinguished by the two typos. The typo in harry potter and the philosophers stone which makes rare first editions. What is the difference between the harry potter adult. Rowling and more than 200 extraordinary illustrations from jim kay. The word complete is spelled compleat in the sentence the most compleat and. Harry potter and the philosophers stone is by far the most valuable book in the series, but is only worth real money if its a first edition. 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. Which harry potter book is the holy grail of them all. Your old harry potter books could be worth thousands if they have. Its sold over 400 million copies in almost 20 years, but not all copies of harry potter and the sorcerers stone are created equal. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix, the fifth in j.
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