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Mar 26, 2015 are your old harry potter books worth anything. Harry potter and the halfblood prince was published on 16 july 2005. I actually have first editions of both harry potter and the deathly hallows and harry potter and the halfblood prince, but sadly theyre not worth anything. May 21, 2019 this is what you need to know to find out if any of your old harry potter books are now worth a mint. This is what you need to know to find out if any of your old harry potter books are now worth a mint.
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Some old copies of harry potter books are worth a fortune. Your old harry potter books could be worth a fortune heres how to check. Harry potter and the philosophers stone is now free on audible. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. The book, the first in the series, was one of only 500 printed in an initial run. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book in the series, at 766 pages in the uk version and 870 pages in the us version. The first edition of harry potter and the philosophers. A man has discovered his harry potter and the philosophers stone. Your old harry potter books could be worth thousands heres. But they are far from the only books worth far more now than what people paid for them with even some 2008 books now fetching hundreds if you sell them. Someone calculated how rich harry potter was and the answer is surprising.
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How to tell if you have a harry potter first edition set. It was published worldwide in english on 21 june 2003. Apr 21, 2015 diehard harry potter fans and book collectors are known to pay top dollar for certain editions of the popular series, and ebay is the prime place to sell the books and cash in. Hayley malsom, 21, bought ultrarare copies of the goblet of. Your old harry potter book could be worth thousands.
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A book signed by one of the illustrators is much less valuable. How to figure out how much harry potter book copies are worth. Rare hardcover editions and copies signed by rowling are worth thousands. Do you have a valuable harry potter gathering dust under your bed. Online book marketplace abebooks, which specialises in rare books, has. Abe books, who sold a first edition of harry potter and the philosophers stone for.
To be valuable, the books have to be original first edition hardbacks published in the year the book first came out and in very good condition. Oct 10, 2019 culture books news how to tell if your old copy of harry potter is worth up to. Your harry potter books could be worth a fortune heres. Your harry potter books could be worth a fortune heres how to check. Online shopping for harry potter from a great selection at books store. Jun 27, 2017 five ways to spot if your harry potter books are worth a small fortune at the time the publisher, bloomsbury, had no idea how popular the story would be, which is why so few were printed share. These valuable harry potter books are worth thousands of. Below is the order of all of the harry potter books, as well as recommendations for other books like harry potter.
Harry potter books might seem priceless, but theyre not sorry, potterheads. 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. People will pay crazy money just because it says joanne rowling instead of j. So could your harry potter books be worth the same kind of money.
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