
If you have a copy of one of these titles that meets all these requirements below, and that you would like to sell, please contact us.Ĭhamber of Secrets must have been published in 1998 by Bloomsbury with no mention of subsequent edition, publisher, or later date on the copyright page, and have a printing number sequence of “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1”. For the other titles, it is only the first hardback edition with the dust jacket that have collectable value. the Hogwarts Express, and obviously the childrens cover is cartoonish. Though both the paperback and hardback first editions of the Philosopher’s Stone are of value, this is not the case with the other books in the series. Even with the first set of book covers, it becomes apparent that the UK has made. To see the Harry Potter books we currently have for sale please click here. If you’re interested in selling it, or would like to have a custom protective box made to house it, then please contact us. If your book meets all these requirements then congratulations, you have a first edition! Depending on the binding and condition, it could be worth anywhere from many hundreds to tens of thousands of pounds. (For instance, if your copy has “20 19 18 17”, it’s a less valuable seventeenth printing.) The lowest figure in the print line indicates the printing. Want even more Harry Potter Browse thousands of Wizarding World pictures, read our ‘Potter’ reviews or explore two decades of news archives. The print line on the copyright page must read “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1”, ten down to one, exactly. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was first published in 2003.
Some slight discolouration to the pages which is only normal.Slight tear to the dust cover (last photo)
There is no damage that I can see.
All of the photographs I take are of the actual items I am selling, any damage that I see to the item or.
It’s a first edition and has its dust cover. The latest date listed in the copyright information must be 1997.ģ. Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix. The publisher must be listed as Bloomsbury at the bottom of the title page. In honor of the occasion, Scholastic just revealed brand new covers for all seven novels, and theyre completely mesmerizing.
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To be a first edition, in either hard or soft cover, there are four very important issue points, all of which your book must have:ġ. ICYMI, the beloved childrens series Harry Potter is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year (and damn do we feel old). Next, how do you tell whether your copy, which may look very similar to the one pictured above, is really a valuable first edition? The other binding was a regular paperback of which a few thousand copies were produced for sale. Because library books receive so much wear and tear we are left with only 200 copies in potentially fine collectable condition, and these rarely appear on the market.

Only 500 copies were bound this way, and 300 of those were sent to libraries.

The rarest is the hardback issue, with a cover of laminated boards. Harry Potter first edition, softcover issueįirst, what do the books look like? The first printing was bound in two different ways.
