This sequel to harry potter and the sorcerers stone 1998 brings back the doughty young wizardintraining to face suspicious adults, hostile classmates, fretful ghosts, rambunctious spells, giant spiders, and even an avatar of lord voldemort, the evil sorcerer who killed his parents, while saving the hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry from a deadly. Bloomsburys uk edition and mary grandpre scholastics super rare us edition of only 25 copies. By june 1997, when harry potter and the philosophers stone was first. More than 400 million copies of the harry potter books have been sold worldwide since the first book was published in 1997, and here are the most valuable. Winner of too many top awards to list, this first novel is full of magic, humor, and action. Harry potter and the philosophers stone uk 1st edition hardcover january 1, 1900 3. I keep a note handy with the print run numbers for american harry potter firsts 14. Bloomsbury publishing use a reverse number system to identify when a. The acting is better than ever, and the scenery and landscapes from the first film look more beautiful. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets is a fantasy novel written by british author j. Rubeus hagrid in harry potter and the chamber of secrets. Pictures of the true first edition of harry potter and the chamber of secrets u. A true first edition can be identified using a printing number, which can be found at the very beginning of the book. Breathtaking scenes, dark themes and unforgettable characters including dobby and gilderoy lockhart await inside this fully illustrated edition.
A first edition print of t he prisoner of azkaban usually has a print line sequence of 10 to one, and a block of misaligned text on page seven. Hes the one who finds the dead school roosters and he also tells harry. 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 1st edition. Error harry potter chamber of secrets first edition misspell sorceror rare. Jun 09, 2017 harry potter and the chamber of secrets another moneyspinner. Mar 26, 2015 if the title is harry potter and the philosophers stone, sorcerers stone, chamber of secrets, or prisoner of azkaban, and it was published by ted smart. Remember that the dust jacket is an important part of any book, and so books without their original dust jackets typically have less value. In harry potter and the chamber of secrets, the summer after harry s first year at hogwarts has been his worst summer ever the dursleys more distant and horrible than ever before. Mistakes in the harry potter books harry potter wiki fandom. How to tell if your old copy of harry potter is worth up to. Dec 20, 2009 in the next of our series on the harry potter books, claire from. Jun 27, 2017 first editions of the chamber of secrets, the prisoner of azkaban and the goblet of fire are also valuable. Now that has a story behind it, done by the writer herself.
The chamber of secrets is in my opinion the weakest of the harry potter books. Error harry potter chamber of secrets first edition. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets ticks all the boxes that philosophers stone did, but this time it magnifies them to a bigger and better experience. First edition points and criteria for harry potter and the chamber of secrets year published. Rowling was still a jobbing author rather than a worldwide superstar richer than the queen, so there are a reasonable number of signed first editions available from her book tour signings. Your old harry potter books could be worth a fortune. Harry potter first editions harry potter at catch the snitch. Your harry potter books could be worth a fortune heres how to. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets birminghammail. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets book 2 rowling, j.
Harry mcgonagall chapter 20 the chamber of secrets a basilisk. Sep 01, 2018 the second book, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, was published with an 11 month delay for u. Rowling and the second novel in the harry potter series. Octavo, original pictorial paper boards, original dust jacket. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, harry potter and the philosophers stone, harry potter and the sorcerers stone u. Lesser known facts about the publication of harry potter. Rowling doesnt write childrens books, she writes childrens stories, more in the. This is a first printing, first state binding, first state dust jacket of harry potter and the chamber of secrets by jk rowling. A first edition paperback of harry potter and the chamber of secrets is on sale for. First edition chamber of secrets harry potter 1999. Five ways to spot if your harry potter books are worth a small fortune. Beginning with harry potter and the philosophers stone, the seven books are epic stories of harry potter and his friends as they attend hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Have you ever wondered how to tell if your harry potter book is rare and worth a lot of money. Your harry potter books could be worth thousands of dollars.
Culture books news how to tell if your old copy of harry potter is worth up to. This is a surprise winner in the collectible harry potter books stakes. First edition harry potter goblet of fire with mary grandpre. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets faqwalkthrough. If you buy, sell or collect books, these should be your first investment. It usually takes decades for a book to become collectable and gain significant value on the rare book market. The plot follows harry s second year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, during which a series of messages on the walls of the schools corridors warn that the chamber of secrets has been opened and that the heir of slytherin. Includes identificaton criteria and points of issue to help collectors identify the original book. People will pay crazy money just because it says joanne rowling instead of j. Rowling surely joined the ranks with the publication of her harry potter and the sorcerers stone in 1998. The print line on the page must read 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. The abebooks online marketplaces has sold hundreds of copies of rowlings books at high prices. Do you have these harry potter books lying around your house.
Rowling first editions adrian harrington rare books. If the title is harry potter and the philosophers stone, sorcerers stone, chamber of secrets, or prisoner of azkaban, and it was published. Oct 03, 2018 even the tastiest and most wellread standard harry potter first editions could sell for. Five ways to spot if your harry potter books are worth a. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets rare hardcover. Identifying and collecting first editions shop for books. Abe books, who sold a first edition of harry potter and the philosophers stone for. The magic is really more magical, thanks to new advances in sfx. A first edition of the second book in jk rowling s series probably wont garner as much as the philosopher s stone. People will pay crazy money just because it says joanne rowling instead of. But just as hes packing his bags to return to school, a creature named dobby the houseelf announces that if harry goes back to hogwarts, disaster will strike. If there are two or more books described as a first edition, then a collector will want to know which one is superior. The first harry potter book to be published was harry potter and the philosophers sorcerers stone. Traditionally, a werewolf is a human who transforms into a wolf as depicted in the harry potter books but in some modern depictions the werewolf instead transforms into a manwolf hybrid as depicted in the harry.
Draco malfoy ginny weasley voldemort harry potter previous question next question. The books title refers to a chamber which was, according to legend, created somewhere in hogwarts castle by one of the founders, salazar slytherin, when he departed hogwarts. Clearly harry and ron, and probably neville, too would have died early into harry potter and the philosophers stone had hermione granger, muggleborn daughter of dentists, not been in the picture. You will learn all spells without attending classes. Aside from hagrids presence as a support for harry and a generally nice guy, hes also important in book 2 because he provides two key clues for the identity of the monster in the chamber of secrets. Bloomsbury publishing first printed the book in 1997. T he harry potter series only began in 1997 and yet j. How you can tell whether your harry potter books are worth a fortune. Collecting harry potter first editions with the release of the latest harry potter movie, harry and his friends are back in the lime light. And yet, he was expelled from hogwarts, and he has an affection for large, terrifying creatures, like norbert the dragon, and fluffy, the giant threeheaded dog that guarded the philosophers stone the previous year. Use a text editor to edit the i file in the ea games\ harry potter and the chamber of secrets \system folder. Harry, ron, and hermione discuss this revelation endlesslynone want to believe that hagrid would have anything to do with a monster. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets how to spot a first. Rowling has changed the face of publishing, book selling and indeed reading for millions of.
Rowling s harry potter series has gained immense popularity, critical acclaim and commercial success worldwide, and first editions of her books have very quickly become collectable. Still, it is a great read compared to 90% of other books in general, and 99% of other childrens fantasy novels. Harry potter and the philosophers stone, chamber of secrets, prisoner of azkaban, goblet of fire, order of the phoenix, the halfblood prince, and the deathly hallows. 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. The first editions of most of the next few books in the series can also sell for a bit of money. Oct 10, 2019 culture books news how to tell if your old copy of harry potter is worth up to. First edition criteria and points to identify harry potter.
Rare spelling error harry potter and the chamber of. Rowling is obviously best known as the author of the harry potter stories. Online book marketplace abebooks, which specialises in rare books, has detailed exactly which. Fourteen ford anglias were destroyed to create the scene where harry and ron crash into the whomping willow. Jan 18, 2011 comparing the 1st printing 1st edition of the chamber of secrets to the book club harry potter and the chamber of secrets. Harry potter is a worldwide phenomenon today, but that wasnt always the case. Similarly, any us dustjacket which does not have raised foil covering the harry potter section of the book title belongs to a book club book. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets wikibooks, open. Did you notice jk rowlings clever hints at rita skeeters secret identity.
Originally published in 1998, prices for hardcover first edition first printings go up to. How you can tell whether your harry potter books are worth a. It usually takes decades for a book to become collectible and gain significant value on the rare book market. June 2, 1999, and the third book, harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, was published in the u. Some of the later versions can also be worth something if the book has the authors signature. A rare first edition of the first harry potter book which is expected to fetch up to. Rowling, center, posed with actors daniel radcliffe and emma watson as they arrived for the film premiere of harry potter and the chamber of secrets at the odeon. Rising meteorically from relative poverty and difficulty in edinburgh to creative superstardom in an incredibly short space of time it is not too much of a stretch to say that ms. The second book in the harry potter series, harry potter and the chamber of secrets is written from the pointofview of the now12yearold harry potter. First editions of each book in rowlings harry potter series. The harry potter series only began in 1997 and yet j. Rowlings harry potter books are among the most popular and acclaimed of all time.
Well, this section on mugglenet will explain all the intricacies associated with the rare harry potter books, from the first editions to the misprints and covers associated with each. Cornelius fudge wikibooks, open books for an open world. The harry potter books are a phenomenon that has rarely been seen in the world. If your harry potter book has this typo, it could be. What are your harry potter bloomsbury edition books worth. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets how to spot a. In the next of our series on the harry potter books, claire from. The majority of booksellers and collectors want the true first edition the edition of the book that supersedes all other editions chronologically and sometimes detective work is required to identify the true first. Collecting harry potter first editions raptis rare books.
The werewolf is a creature found in the folklore of many european countries. Books in better to near perfect condition could sell for as much as. All you need to do is look for the line number 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. These valuable harry potter books are worth thousands of.
Harry potter and the chamber of secrets rare hardcover free shipping. 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. The rarest is the hardback issue, with a cover of laminated boards. The importance of hermione granger wizarding world. Rowlings harry potter series has gained immense popularity, critical acclaim and commercial success.
Harry and hermione had immediately come to her with the information the brightest witch of her age had gathered. And, wonder of wonders, rowling has done it again in harry potter and the chamber of secrets. Use the prefilled links below to find the market value of harry potter and the chamber of secrets u. How to tell if your old copy of harry potter is worth up. Also by jk rowling harry potter and the sorcerors stone instead of correct spelling as in book title sorcerers stone.
Oct 10, 2019 other valuable books in the harry potter series. Harry potter book collecting the chamber of secrets 1st. Prepare to be spellbound by jim kays dazzling fullcolour illustrations in this stunning new edition of j. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Learn how to cover your book dust jacket in protective mylar. Since the philosophers stone was well received, the next book in the series, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, had a first printing run of 10,150 copies according to the publisher, bloomsbury. Sorcerers stone and chamber of secrets were the only us editions to have multiple states in the first printing.
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