Hayley malsom, 21, bought ultrarare copies of the goblet of fire, the order of the. Thats certainly the case for meredith mccardle, who claims. Harry potter deathly hallows by jk rowling abebooks. Rowling harry potter and the philosophers stone is a fantasy novel written by british author j. Create a character and immerse yourself at hogwarts and the harry potter universe with thousands of others by enrolling in realistic online hogwarts courses, earning house points, meeting new friends in the common. Books and pages random literature or numbers quiz can you match the harry potter book to its amount of pages. Could your old harry potter books make you thousands. I thought it was better to put up the first volumes then leave them off. Be forewarned that this summary has so many spoilers in it, it is like a rotten hamburger made of garbage, and if you desire to read harry potter and the deathly hallows with a sense of childlike surprise and wonder, you should probably do so before you read what follows. Since then, it has broken many world records on book sales. Several harry potter book editions are valuable, and the rarest of them all.
How many pages are each of the harry potter books answers. This rare harry potter book just sold for a crazy amount of money. With harry potter and the philosophers stone celebrating its 20th birthday on june 26, demand for good first edition copies of the book in both hardback and paperback can now be worth thousands. Books 4 through 6 easily represent the heftiest segment of the series, and then theres a very clear pattern of gradual increase from path of daggers all the way through a memory of light. Rowling and the seventh and final novel of the harry potter series. While its prime audience is children aged 8 to about 11, the story has enough depth to make it a satisfying, if short, read for even teenaged.
Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix 766 pages with 38 chapters. Harry potter is about to upend the publishing business in a. People will pay crazy money just because it says joanne rowling instead of j. Go to page 53 of harry potter and the philosophers stone if 1 wand. One of the easiest items of decor were these harry potter book covers. In harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, the character you live through is, you guessed it, harry potter. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services.
That said, anything signed by jk rowling is worth four figures and. In harry potter and the philosophers stone, when harry potter buys the book, it is titled one thousand magical herbs and fungi, but later in the same book, harry is mentioned looking up dittany in one hundred magical herbs and fungi. Harry potter has ideas expressed in other books but this is something different. Loved by fans around the world, the series has sold more than 500 million copies, been translated into 80 languages and made into eight blockbuster films. Jul 12, 2007 here are the number of pages in the harry potter books listed. Harry potter and the philosopher stone harry potter and the chamber of secrets harry potter. One of the more interesting datapoints i found while analyzing this information was. A first edition of harry potter and the philosophers stone has sold at auction. Harry potters success is a rare trick for novelists. Feb 28, 2016 that dusty, old and dogeared harry potter novel sitting on your shelf might be due for a revisit the books are selling for thousands of dollars at auction. While regulus blacks death is easily one of the most horrifying cases on this list, we have to place it near the bottom for the simple fact that it takes place offscreen. Rowling makes a new harry potter announcement almost as often as james patterson publishes a book, the first week of august was a big one for potter fans. The harry potter series only began in 1997 and yet j.
Do you have these harry potter books lying around your house. He succeeds in his endeavors because he is enthusiastic, he has a significant amount of courage, and the best friends anyone person could hope to have. So could your harry potter books be worth the same kind of money. Rare harry potter book could fetch thousands at auction. Play sporcle s virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on.
Harry potter and the methods of rationality is a work of alternateuniverse harry potter fanfiction wherein petunia evans has married an oxford biochemistry professor and young genius harry grows up fascinated by science and science fiction. We get a sense of harrys thoughts and senses constantly. If either illustrator has signed a copy, then prices are again in fourfigures. Jk rowlings longest novel is harry potter and the order of the phoenix, totaling 257,045 words. Reviews, quizzes, actors, and other fun stuff daniel radcliffe, emma watson, and rupert grint at the harry potter and the deathly hallows part 1 premieresource. On a recent episode of the british television show antiques roadshow, a schoolteacher brought in her two copies of first edition harry potter books and discovered they were worth thousands more than what she paid for them. Title pages uk edition harry potter and the philosophers stone 223 pages harry potter and the chamber of secrets 251 pages harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban 317 pages harry potter and the goblet of fire 636 pages harry potter and the. What other book might you compare harry potter and the philosophers stone, book 1 to and why. Cover the art for the cover of the original uk edition depicts harry at platform nine and threequarters wearing a. Pictures of what appear to be all or most of the wildly anticipated seventh harry potter book, harry potter and the deathly hallows, due for release july 21, proliferated on the internet tuesday, seemingly penetrating the unprecedented shroud of secrecy put into place by the book s publisher.
Mistakes in the harry potter books harry potter wiki. How to know if your harry potter book is worth tens of. Note that the page numbers are for the uk editions. Can you match the harry potter book to its amount of pages. Apr 27, 2016 ask any harry potter fan and theyll tell you that the first page of the very first book brings back of a wave of wizarding nostalgia. Martins longest novel in the a song of ice and fire series is a storm of swords, at 424,000 words. Your madame alexander dolls could be worth thousands. The complete filmmaking journey is a behemoth of a book, and i had not expected it to be this huge not that im complaining. In fact, harry potter books with errors could fetch thousands. If your harry potter book has this tiny typo in it, you. The main books in the series, each of which has a movie and game two of each for the last book, are. If your harry potter book has this typo it could be worth thousands. Firstedition harry potter books are selling for thousands of pounds and this is how to tell if you have one.
Its sold over 400 million copies in almost 20 years, but not all copies of harry potter and the sorcerers stone are created equal. Harry potter did inspire a generation of readers to read. Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. Harry potter fan finds first edition books worth thousands. Jun 26, 2017 on harry potters 20th anniversary, listen to his npr debut the first harry potter book came out 20 years ago today. The first book in the harry potter series, harry potter and the philosophers stone or harry potter and the sorcerers stone in the us is written from the pointofview of the 11yearold harry potter. Online bookstore abebooks released a list detailing the values of specific. How a typo in your harry potter book might be worth thousands of. Of course, there will be books that smash these rules. Scholastics american first editions are generally priced in three figures but. Title pages uk edition harry potter and the philosophers stone 223 pages harry potter and the chamber of secrets 251 pages harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban 317 pages harry potter and the goblet of fire 636 pages harry potter. He was amongst the greatest wizards to have ever lived, often considered to be the second most powerful wizard in. Rowling are among the most popular book series of all times among people of all ages.
Some of these mistakes were fixed in later editions of the same book. Test your knowledge on this literature quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. Jul 08, 2019 certain classic madame alexander dolls especially those from the 1940s and 1950s might be worth well into the thousands. Many of the early editions of jk rowlings book are worth thousands of pounds. Harry potter and the cursed child goes from stage to page. And once she had exhausted those, she turned to the internet, where she found a seemingly endless supply of stories about harry potter characters written by fans. Your harry potter books could be worth thousands of. The other binding was a regular paperback of which a few thousand copies were. My friend and i just hosted a harry potter dinner that was so fun. Every harry potter book ranked from worst to best page 7. If your harry potter book has this typo, it could be worth thousands. This is the largest dark harry archive, containing over 2000 stories, and the only one that still gets updated regularly. And the fellowship of the ring sits at 187,790 words.
Harry potter books with typos can fetch thousands of. Millions of copies have been sold in multiple countries and the books have been translated into many different languages. Harry potter and the deathly hallows 607 pages with 37 chapters. Raucous jokes and riddikulus riddles for ravenclaw boone, brian, brack, amanda on. Click to enlarge this and other interesting materials were found on rowlings website years ago but now it can be found here. Were thrilled to share the covers for the two tiein books accompanying the.
T he first harry potter book was released exactly 20 years ago today. Dec 11, 2017 a full collection of signed harry potter first editions will set you back more than. It is the first novel in the harry potter series and rowlings debut novel, first published in 1997 by bloomsbury. On harry potters 20th anniversary, listen to his npr debut.
Harry potter and the deathly hallows is a fantasy novel written by british author j. How to know if your harry potter book is worth tens of thousands. Rowling not jk printed on the page it will be worth over. Rowling and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Harry potter and the philosophers stone wikibooks, open.
Jun 28, 2007 daniel radcliffe in harry potter and the order of the phoenix. Deep into the new movie harry potter and the order of the phoenix, our teen wizard daniel radcliffe finds the strength to face down the dark lord voldemort ralph fiennes and the wisdom to pity him. If your harry potter book has this tiny typo in it, you could be secretly rich. Should you have any enquiry, please contact us via email protected email protected. It is an oversized hardcover with an embossed photograph of hogwarts on the cover. Harry potter and the halfblood prince 607 pages with 30 chapters. This harry potter book could fetch thousands of dollars at an auction next month. Harry is pissed chapter 1, a harry potter fanfic fanfiction. Jun 08, 2017 with harry potter and the philosophers stone celebrating its 20th birthday on june 26, demand for good first edition copies of the book in both hardback and paperback can now be worth thousands. Headline harry potter book bought for a penny could sell for thousands the first edition of harry potter and the chamber of secrets is signed by jk rowling and is expected to sell for up to.
I would listen to this book again in fact i would listen to any of the potter books again because i can always learn something different every time i read them. With daniel radcliffe, emma watson, rupert grint, bill nighy. Rowlings map of chapters 24 of the 5th harry potter book, harry potter and the order of the phoenix. The first official harry potter story to be presented on stage, harry potter and the cursed child premiered at the palace theater in london on july 30. Harry potter books with this rare typo could be worth. Limited numbers of the harry potter and the philosophers stone edition were released to the public. Harry potter book covers free printables paper trail design. Harry potter has had his story translated into more than 60 languages, and is the best selling book series of all time. Back of title page in the first edition of harry potter. Lifestyle books how to know if your harry potter book is worth tens of thousands everyones favourite wizarding series turns 20 today. This typically falls on the second or third page in. Hogwarts is here hih is the harry potter fandoms most incredible online hogwarts experience there is created by fans, for fans. One thousand magical herbs and fungi harry potter wiki. The abebooks online marketplaces has sold hundreds of copies of rowlings books.
This second book was released in 1998, when harry potter was yet to go massive. Rare hardcover editions and copies signed by rowling are worth thousands. The 7 harry potter books combined have sold more than 500 million copies worldwide, and 23 of all american children have read at least one harry potter book. First editions of harry potter and the philosophers stone may be worth thousands thanks to a typo in 500 hardback copies of the novel. Tom marvolo riddle 31 december 1926 2 may 1998, later known as lord voldemort or, alternatively as youknowwho, hewhomustnotbenamed, or the dark lord, was an english halfblood wizard considered to have been the most powerful and dangerous dark wizard of all time. By the time she released the fourth book, jk rowling was writing more books and signing fewer. Theres the same problem with a dance to the music of time, mission earth, a couple of the chinese classics, and others i put up.
Jul 30, 2016 harry potter and the cursed child goes from stage to page on saturday at the witching hour. This is how to tell if your harry potter books are worth money. As harry daniel radcliffe, ron rupert grint, and hermione emma watson race against time and evil to destroy the horcruxes, they uncover the existence of the three most powerful objects in the wizarding world. In fact, several collectible editions are worth hundreds and even thousands of dollars. Below is a list of mistakes that occur in the harry potter book series, such as plot holes and typos. Jul 24, 2015 although the harry potter books broke childrens book publishing records, with 60% of american children having read at least one of the books by 2001, and although they have been cited as motivating children and adults to read, they have not led to an increase in reading among children or adults, nor slowed the ongoing overall decline in. Aug 18, 2016 if your harry potter book has this typo, it could be worth thousands. Here are the number of pages in the harry potter books listed. Sep 24, 2019 the unofficial harry potter joke book. One harry potter book containing the error is set to be auctioned off in london on. You can never know love or friendship, harry tells the noxious, noseless one. A stronger version of this spell, lumos maxima is performed by harry potter at the dursleys house in the film adaptation of harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, and by both harry and dumbledore in the crystal cave in the film adaptation of harry potter and the halfblood prince. The charts that shows how the uk loves harry potter.
On page 53, the phrase 1 wand is listed twice in the list of harrys hogwarts. Send a message to the manager if you have read or written a dark harry story that isnt in this community. What are the harry potter books page numbers answers. I purchased a package of parchment paper like this paper on amazon. How to tell if your old copy of harry potter is worth up. Ap photojoel ryanmore fun harry stuffharry potter hangmantop 10 kids movies of all timej. A statistical analysis of robert jordans the wheel of. With just 200 first edition copies of harry potter and the philosophers stone in circulation, they are a prize more sought after than the quidditch. Harry potter and the cursed child book launches worldwide as it. How to figure out how much harry potter book copies are worth. Stories in which harry potter chooses a darker path than the one in the books. Published in 1998 in small numbers, rowling was still a budding author.
One year later, in 1998, was the first time we mentioned the book, on all. How many pages are there in all the harry potter books. The harry potter series gained worldwide popularity, and all seven books in the series ranked on international bestseller list across the planet. The potter series has been published in over 67 languages including greek, latin, and americanzied english in more than 200 countries. Harry potter with a scar on his forehead, usually broken glasses, his small skinny frame and lateness about learning the wizard world, is that underdog hero that everyone covets to see. Depending on the variant that youre reading i believe that the page numbers differ between countries so im using the copies that i have to hand. It was released on 21 july 2007 in the united kingdom by bloomsbury publishing, in the united states by scholastic, and in canada by raincoast books. Aug 04, 2016 when scholastic releases the book form of harry potter and the cursed child on sunday, its format wont really matter. Harry did and it opened to the last page that was written on. Harry potter book bought for a penny could sell for thousands. Harry pulled the lions tail and the shelf disappeared. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Many interesting examples can be found online but today we wanted to take a look at a page from j. Harry potter is about to upend the publishing business in a whole.
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