Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone, signed by JK Rowling, has sold for $182,000 (£100,000) at an auction in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The auction called, Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs, also featured a rare James Bond book by author Ian Fleming going under the hammer. Related: New Harry Potter series is to be made by JK Rowling The 1997 Harry Potter hardback was deemed to be so rare because it contained a personal message from the author JK Rowling saying, ‘6-9-97 / For James, Kate and Laura, with best wishes, J.K.
Rowling’. If you want to check your copy, you can see if it is a first impression with the '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1' numberline on the publisher's imprint page.
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