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A rare first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, set to be thrown away, is expected to sell for up to £40,000. Errors helped an auctioneer identify the hardback as one of 500 ...
The Elephant House was one of the cafés in Edinburgh where Rowling wrote the first part of Harry Potter.. The series follows the life of a boy named Harry Potter.In the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the US), Harry lives in a cupboard under the stairs in the house of the Dursleys, his aunt, uncle and cousin, who all treat him poorly.
There are only 22 known first edition copies in existence. [63] The book was reprinted and published in 1866. [24] Tenniel's detailed black-and-white drawings remain the definitive depiction of the characters. [65] Tenniel's illustrations of Alice do not portray the real Alice Liddell, [6] who had dark hair and a short fringe.
The ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ first edition was purchased for £10 in 1997
The book was first published in the United Kingdom on 26 June 1997 by Bloomsbury. It was published in the United States the following year by Scholastic Corporation under the title Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. It won most of the British book awards that were judged by children and other awards in the US.
The uncorrected proof copy was bought for 13p almost 30 years ago.