Christie’s to offer rare first edition ‘Harry Potter’ book in private sale

LONDON, Might 31 (Reuters) – A primary version of “Harry Potter and the Thinker’s Stone”, with some errors and signed by writer J.Ok. Rowling, goes up for a non-public sale at Christie’s in London, with the public sale home inviting presents ranging from 200,000 kilos ($250,000).

The publication is considered one of 500 hardback copies of the guide that have been printed in an preliminary run in 1997. 300 of these have been despatched to libraries.

The one being bought by Christie’s, as a part of its upcoming “The Artwork of Literature: Mortgage and Promoting Exhibition”, is among the many different 200.

“There have been a couple of issues that they appeared to get improper within the guide manufacturing,” Mark Wiltshire, a specialist in printed books and co-curator of “The Artwork of Literature” exhibition, informed Reuters.

“On the again cowl, for example, philosophers, which after all is sort of a key phrase… is misspelt ‘philosphers’, that ‘o’ that second ‘o’ is lacking. Additionally on web page 53, within the checklist of things which pupils are requested to take to Hogwarts with them, ‘one wand’ is repeated twice.”

Whereas Rowling was unknown on the time, the guide concerning the magical world of witches and wizards went on to turn into an enormous hit around the globe, spawning an entire collection and an enormous movie franchise.

“In some ways, this guide is the bodily manifestation of a magic reminiscence for therefore many individuals and that is what makes it so fascinating,” Wiltshire mentioned.

Christie’s “Artwork of Literature” occasion is open to the general public June 7-15.

($1 = 0.7950 kilos)

Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian
Modifying by Raissa Kasolowsky

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