The abebooks online marketplaces has sold hundreds of copies of rowlings books at. 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. How you can tell whether your harry potter books are worth a fortune. Valuable books can turn up at yard sales and book sales, too, where you can buy them for next to nothing. The four key criteria to check harry potter and the philosophers stone first editions can go for up to. Jul 10, 2018 a set of signed harry potter books is estimated to fetch between. As weve mentioned elsewhere, first edition means the first printing of a book. Uk edition and mary grandpre scholastics super rare us edition of only 25 copies. Jan 19, 2006 books this article is more than 14 years old. If these values have you scrambling to cash in, dont raid your bookshelf just yet. Aug 25, 2016 how to know if your harry potter book is worth. Oct 30, 2019 so, how do you tell if that book you have is a first edition. Your old harry potter book could be worth thousands simplemost. If you want to bid on the rare edition of the book, you can head to.
Dec 11, 2017 20 iconic books you probably own that are now worth a lot of money. Harry potter rare typo makes first edition hardback worth a lot of money as it goes up for auction. Heres what to look for, so you can figure out whether your books are worth a ton of money. How to tell if you have a harry potter first edition set and. Bloomsburys uk edition and mary grandpre scholastics rare us. How to identify first editions used books and rare books.
First editions of the last three books order of the phoenix, the. The harry potter items you may have that are worth. A full collection of signed harry potter first editions will set you back more than. Several harry potter book editions are valuable, and the rarest of them all commands a. Millions of us own harry potter books, but if you were early to get in on the hype when the the philosophers stone first the shelves in 1997, your edition could be worth a bit of money. The 20 most valuable books you might have at home daily. The harry potter books gathering dust on your shelf might have more than just sentimental value they could make you rich. 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. How to tell if your old copy of harry potter is worth up. How to know if you have a harry potter first edition worth. This is how to tell if your harry potter books are worth money. The first printing was bound in two different ways. Online book marketplace abebooks, which specialises in rare books, has detailed exactly which editions are worth a good deal more than their cost price ranging from. Your old harry potter books might actually be worth money.
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. Do you have any of these valuable books on your shelf. Mar 27, 2015 your old harry potter books might actually be worth money wochit entertainment. A first edition paperback of harry potter and the chamber of secrets is on sale for.
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Signed books copies of signed books have sold for huge amounts of money image. Have you ever wondered how to tell if your harry potter book is rare and worth a lot of money. Mar 20, 2018 whats the difference between a first edition and a first printing. You can spot this ultrarare version, rather than a later one, by looking.
How to know if your harry potter book is worth tens of. Collecting harry potter first editions with the release of the latest harry potter movie, harry and his friends are back in the lime light. Online book marketplace abebooks, which specialises in rare books, has detailed. Mar 02, 2017 millions of children and adults own harry potter books, but you may be surprised to know your edition could be worth a bit of money. Your harry potter books could be worth thousands of dollars.
An excellent condition first edition of harry potter and the philosophers stone has sold at auction for. Unfollow rare harry potter books to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. These valuable harry potter books are worth thousands of pounds. So could your harry potter books be worth the same kind of money. The unique copy was one of only 500 first editions of harry potter. On a recent episode of the british television show antiques roadshow, a schoolteacher brought in her two copies of first edition harry potter books and discovered they were worth thousands more than what she paid for them. Nov 10, 2016 a rare edition of harry potter and the philosophers stone has sold at auction for.
A first edition of harry potter and the philosophers stone, for example, has an estimated value of. A rare first edition of harry potter and the philosophers stone is expected. It was revealed by bonhams fine books and manuscripts that the edition could be identified by a specific typo, sending potter fans flying to their bookshelves to check chapter 5. The harry potter series only began in 1997 and yet j.
Which harry potter book is the holy grail of them all. People will pay crazy money just because it says joanne rowling. Rowlings harry potter series has gained immense popularity, critical acclaim and commercial success worldwide, and first editions of her books have very quickly become collectable. So could your harry potter books be worth the same kind. How to spot a rare and valuable harry potter book the. Mar 26, 2015 are your old harry potter books worth anything. Do you have these harry potter books lying around your. These valuable harry potter books are worth thousands of. It might not occur to 90s kids that their wellworn copies of jk rowlings novels could be worth any money but they could actually be very valuable indeed.
Those questions and more answered in this potter collector book. In 2007, the author held a book launch at londons natural history museum, where she signed around 1,700 copies. What are your harry potter bloomsbury edition books worth. In this post, im going to focus on how to tell if you have a first edition of harry potter and the philosophers stone as thats the one thats most likely to be worth some money. But did you know some original harry potter books are so rare they can. Abebooks, an online marketplace that specializes in rare and outof. Many of the early editions of jk rowlings book are worth thousands of pounds. The latest harry potter book is also set to become the biggest book of the decade. Do you have these harry potter books lying around your house. Some copies have been selling for a lot of money do you own one of them.
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. Harry potter and the philosophers stone uk edition, which features harry standing in front of a train. If your harry potter book has this typo, it could be. People will pay crazy money just because it says joanne rowling instead of j. As millions upon millions of copies of the final harry potter novel were released in bulk, it is difficult to find a novel thats of considerable value. T he harry potter series only began in 1997 and yet j. How to identify first editions book collecting guide. Hidden treasures on your bookshelf bottom line inc. Books that are signed by the stars of the film franchise really add no to very little value to the book. Matthew haley, head of books at auction house bonhams, told mirror money. There might be a book on your bookshelf thats worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars.
How to tell if your old copy of harry potter is worth up to. 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. Collecting harry potter first editions raptis rare books. Rowling might have never released the other books in the harry potter series. Feb 28, 2016 old copies of harry potter novels may have sentimental value for the owners, but they could also be worth a mint. If you held on to your original harry potter books with the hopes that theyd be worth something down the road, nows the time to break them out of storage. The harry potter books are a phenomenon that has rarely been seen in the world. Edition and printing can be used fairly interchangeably in talking about collectible books, especially in regard to modern fiction. Harry potter rare typo makes first edition hardback worth. 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. This second book was released in 1998, when harry potter was yet to go massive. It usually takes decades for a book to become collectable and gain significant value on the rare book market. The original title of the first book in the series, published in the uk by. Five ways to spot if your harry potter books are worth a.
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