Some editions of jk rowling books have also become highly collectible even though the first one was only published in 1997 and the print runs have been huge. If your harry potter book has this typo, it could be worth. Could your old harry potter books make you thousands. The first three books, which, added up, are shorter than the last, always fetch top.
Mar 28, 2018 the values of harry potter titles have an inverse relation to pagination, thanks to small print runs and typos. Massive print run for new harry potter book ctv news. Aug 10, 2016 a first edition of harry potter and the philosophers stone is expected to fetch up to. The adult edition usually depicts an object or place that plays a key part in the plot while the childrens one features a. The first book in the series harry potter and the philosophers stoneis published in the united kingdom. The main story arc concerns harry s struggle against lord voldemort, a dark wizard who intends to become immortal, overthrow the. Harry potter rare typo makes first edition hardback worth a. The initial hardcover print run was stopped midprinting after it was discovered that joanne rowling rather than j. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, harry potter, and his friends hermione granger and ron weasley, all of whom are students at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Collecting harry potter first editions raptis rare books. Highest initial print run for a fiction book guinness. Brand new harry potter 7 books complete collection boxed gift set by jk rowling.
Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. Harry potter is a series of fantasy novels written by british author j. The runes themselves can be used both as an alphabet or as standin for whole words as logograms. Can you tell me if my book is first edition and value.
This was kept to this amount as the publishers didnt think that. Harry potter books turn out to be a wizard investment books. There were only a few hundred printed, and many of those went to libraries so theyre not pretty. Zoella breaks record for firstweek book sales telegraph. Getty images last november, a rare jewelencrusted harry potter book was put up for. Believe it or not, only 500 copies were printed during its initial run, with 300 of those going to. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix infoplease. Shop for harry potter large print online at target. The uk first certainly is, yes tens of thousands of dollars in good condition. Oct 03, 2019 the value of a book may also be dependent on other factors, such as whether or not there were any printing errors in any of the print runs. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix rare misprint to. Im not sure about all the books but for harry potter and the philosophers stone in the uk, the original print run was only 500. Picture of the back dust jacket for the first edition of harry potter and the halfblood prince u.
Bloomsbury is the british publication that has created both adult and childrens covers. The abebooks online marketplaces has sold hundreds of copies of rowlings books at high prices, including a first edition of harry potter and the philosophers stone that sold for. By the time harry potter and the goblet of fire was written there quite a harry potter following, and the initial print run was 1 million copies. One harry potter book containing the error is set to be auctioned off in. Goblet of fire and the other later harry potter books were printed for bloomsbury by a number of different firms, as the print runs were so large that no single company could manage the whole thing. Jun 09, 2017 a first edition of harry potter and the philosophers stone has sold at auction for.
People will pay crazy money just because it says joanne rowling instead of j. A popular book may have had dozens of additional printings causing its first printing to be the most valuable. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban book 3large print edition by j. Harry potter room the holy grail of harry potter books abebooks.
No information is available about the current owner. Since the publication of harry potter and the philosophers stone in 1997, many publishers have created new editions of each book with new cover art provided by various illustrators. The book is an instant success, selling well and winning several awards. Why your old harry potter books are probably not worth a. Rowling the book is essentially complete, but for some minor tweaking. The beloved first book of the harry potter series, now fully illustrated by awardwinning artist jim kay. New from insight editions bestselling harry potter stationery line, the harry potter. Buy harry potter final 5 books hardback all 1st editions, all first print runs, all bloomsbury prisoner of azkaban, goblet. Harry potter shirts, socks, bags, and more out of print. As the book series grew in popularity the later books were printed by the millions even on the first print run, so for the final books in the series first editions are not remotely rare. This does not make a difference there is no precedence for any of the individual printers, and no difference in collectible value between the. How to tell if your old copy of harry potter is worth up.
Rowling exclusive gryffindor house edition to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first publication of harry potter and the philosophers stone a highly collectable musthave for all harry potter fans. How to identify first editions or a first printing of a book. Bloomsbury says that it expects to publish it sometime in late spring, early summer of 2003. Learn about how to spot this highly desirable and exceptionally rare harry potter book. Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry desktop stationery set brings a magical touch to your everyday correspondence.
British publishers bloomsbury released the first book in the harry potter series in june 1997. Harry potter is much more than just a bestselling series of fantasy books. This large print run was split between two print houses, clays ltd 750,000 and omnia press in scotland 250,000. Keep in mind the condition of your book and its edition first printing, later printing, etc. Runes are symbols representing various sound values, belonging to a runic alphabet. How do i find the value of a misprinted harry potter book. For example harry potter books are phenomenally popular and each have been reprinted dozens of times to meet demand. Figuring out the editionvalue of a harry potter book is like figuring out a. Would a firstfirst of the the first harry potter book harry potter and the philosophers stone be worth something. Rowling large print, 5 aug 2002 hardcover jan 1, 1600 hardcover.
Harry faces the thorny transition into adulthood, when adult heroes are revealed to be fallible, and matters that seemed black and white suddenly come out in shades of gray. Hardcover first edition first printings of this 1997. Mistakes in the harry potter books harry potter wiki. Rowlings magical, fantastical world is a huge burden to bear, but there. The publishers, bloomsbury and scholastic, decided to put the book on sale on a saturday so kids wouldnt miss school waiting in line to buy the longawaited novel. The fourth book in the superpopular series, harry potter and the goblet of fire holds the world record for the largest first run printing at 4. The forger has created a good condition counterfeit first printing and, in doing so, has increased. The book is showing the young wizard to the rear covers and is attributed to joanne rowling not jk rowling as with later printings. Place the harry potter books in order according to your favourite score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Oct 10, 2019 culture books news how to tell if your old copy of harry potter is worth up to. They were used to write various germanic languages in northwestern europe including old english in the period 1001100 ad.
Printing facilities numbers appearing on deathly hallows books are 12, 23, 37, 40, plus others. How to figure out how much harry potter book copies are worth. Collecting harry potter first editions raptis rare books fine rare. And sometimes signed early editions are pretty valuable, even if they arent first editions from the first printing. Picture of the first edition page for harry potter and the halfblood prince u. As a writing system they were used to write texts, but also to carve inscriptions in. It usually takes decades for a book to become collectible and gain significant value on the rare book market.
The book that began it all, harry potter and the philosophers stone. If you own one of these rare books, youre sitting on a gold. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Shop our collection of unique harry potter clothing and merchandise, including dobby socks, harry potter book cover shirts, and so much more. The number of books printed is based upon both projected and past sales. Harry potter and the philosophers stone first edition 1st. A bibliography 199720, he includes a handy chart for early potter fans to determine whether any of their beloved copies have financial value. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. All records listed on our website are current and uptodate. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix book 5 this is the presumed, and working, title of the next book in the series. I actually have first editions of both harry potter and the deathly hallows and harry potter and the halfblood prince, but sadly theyre not worth anything.
In this video i do a comparison between the first and. The book, harry potter and the order of the phoenix, runs a lengthy 896 pages, 38 chapters, and 255,000 words. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, harry potter and the philosophers stone, harry potter and the sorcerers stone u. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix, more than any of the four previous novels in the series, is a comingofage story.
So if you ask the printer to print 10,000 copies of a book and then you sell them all and go back and ask for another 7,500 copies, the first 10,000 copies was the first printing. What was the inital print run for harry potter answers. Misconduct also occurs when the forger removes the cover of a worn paperback first printing of harry potter and the philosophers stone and then replaces it with the cover of a second, third, fourth, or fifth paperback printing of the book. Rowling first american edition, like new w dust jacket contents. Rowlings beloved harry potter books will be presented in lavishly illustrated fullcolor editions. How to tell if a book is a first edition or valuable book riot. So while it is unusual for a book that is only 20 years old to command the prices that harry potter does, you may not know that the absolutely tiny print run of 500 copies of harry potter and the. Collecting harry potter the new antiquarian the blog. The first printing of each harry potter novel is the most sought after and valuable. S the first to have a saturday release date so as not to conflict with the school day.
Oct 03, 2018 if youre anything like me, or youre around my age you will have likely read the harry potter books growing up. Mistakes in the harry potter books harry potter wiki fandom. I was 10 when the first book was released in 1997 and although i didnt read it that year by the time the order of the phoenix was released in 2003 i was queuing up outside whsmith at midnight dressed in my robes to be one of the first to get my hands on the latest adventures. Mar 19, 2018 goblet of fire and the other later harry potter books were printed for bloomsbury by a number of different firms, as the print runs were so large that no single company could manage the whole thing. According to the publisher, bloomsbury, the first printing or impression was limited to only 500 copies and many of these went into englands school libraries thus many were stamped with library markings. How to tell if your old copy of harry potter is worth up to. Jun 27, 2017 five ways to spot if your harry potter books are worth a small fortune at the time the publisher, bloomsbury, had no idea how popular the story would be, which is why so few were printed share. Even the later print runs of this first edition can garner prices in the. It usually takes decades for a book to become collectable and gain significant value on the rare book market. Sometimes this information is found on the book s page, or in a colophon. Collecting harry potter the new antiquarian the blog of the.
The print run for the first edition of all of the last four titles was very large, and as a result, even first edition copies in the dust jackets in fine. The second book, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, is published in the united kingdom, with a first print run of over 10,000 copies. A harry potter edition was put up at auction for half a million pounds credit. Harry potter and the philsophers stone had a very small print run and has become one of the most beloved and bestselling books of all time.
Bbc news entertainment record print run for final potter. One million of those were printed in the united kingdom, the rest in the united states. Scholastic publishes the first book, renamed harry potter and the sorcerers stone, in the united states. Do you have these harry potter books lying around your house. Harry potter and the goblet of fire was nearly twice as long as the preceding book. As weird as it may sound, printing errors make for valuable books. Because bloomsbury is afraid that young boys wont want to read a book by a woman, they suggest she use he. The tales of beedle the bard, standard edition harry potter by j. Theres a single fraught moment in any book nerds life where they have to face the deepest satisfaction, anxiety, dread, and bittersweet tears theyd ever known. First edition, first printing with the full 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 number line to the publication page.
Aug 18, 2016 according to the independent, 500 hardback copies of the first edition of harry potter and the philosophers stone known as harry potter and the sorcerers stone in the u. Books from the first print run can be distinguished by the two typos. Books to identify first editions and help the book seller in the book collecting world, there are exceptions to the exceptions, and many publishers indicated first edition in their own unique way. How to determine a books initial press run empty mirror. Five ways to spot if your harry potter books are worth a. These links will give you a sense of what sellers are asking and how many copies are available. T he harry potter series only began in 1997 and yet j. First edition points and criteria for harry potter and the. The initial hardcover print run was stopped midprinting after it was discovered that joanne rowling rather than jk rowling had been printed. Harry potter and the philosophers stone gryffindor edition by j. Harry potter and the deathly hallows had an initial print run of 12 million copies making it the biggest initial print run in history when it was released at midnight on 21 july 2007. The sale exceeded expectations as the copy, described as being in.