Harry Potter: Very early version of JK Rowling book sells for £11,000
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Harry Potter: Very early version of JK Rowling book sells for £11,000

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Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A proof of the original Harry Potter book, initially bought for pennies, has sold for £11,000 after being found in a primary school. Last summer, an uncorrected proof of JK Rowling’s debut Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, was rediscovered at St Kenelm’s Primary School in Minster Lovell, Witney, Oxfordshire. This proof copy is where the Harry Potter phenomenon began,” Spencer said, adding: “This is the very first appearance in print of the first Potter novel.” Explaining how the book came to be purchased, St Kenelm’s former head teacher Bob Alder, who rediscovered the copy, said the publishers sold the proof in a bookshop sale to provide an “early taste” of Rowling’s wizarding world. A first edition ‘Harry Potter’ novel has been sold for £11,000 In July 2023, a battered Harry Potter book bought for just 30p sold for £10,500, after it turned out to be an extremely rare first edition.

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