Rare Harry Potter first edition offered at Bloomsbury Auctions
(Artdaily.org)

Bloomsbury Auctions will host an auction of Rare Books and Works on Paper including Photographs and Autographs on 20th July 2017, commencing at 1pm. Leading the sale is a first edition Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K Rowling, from 1997, which includes the original pictorial boards and those with beady eyes will notice “1 wand” listed twice on page 53. J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter series has been published in over 2,200 languages and dialects worldwide demonstrating the strength of interest in her work. This summer marks twenty years since this phenomenal book first enchanted millions of readers spanning all generations and it is expected to attract intense bidding from collectors. Two very rare atlases after Claudius Ptolemaeus are the auction’s top lots by value and both were acquired by the present owner’s great uncle in the 1940s