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Each new book, when it was released, toppled sales records on the first day of sales the later books selling 59 million copies in one day. If youre lucky enough to have a signed copy of any of these. Signed to dedication leaf with arrow pointing to number 1 in sequence. The collectible harry potter over 300 million copies of the harry potter series have been sold world wide. Collecting harry potter the new antiquarian the blog. Rowling is obviously best known as the author of the harry potter stories. How to tell if you have a harry potter first edition set. Unfollow harry potter book first edition to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Bloomsbury this is the very rare harry potter deluxe edition box set including volumes 15. Rowling without personalisations on the title page and certified by her official hologram bearing the publication date of the book 2107 07. Rowling first editions adrian harrington rare books. The desire to acquire first editions could be considered the backbone of the book collecting world.
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