![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/rare-proof-copy-of-first-harry-potter-book-bought-for-1-found-in-school-clear-out/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_SWNS_POTTER_PROOF_002.jpg&description=The copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is such an early example that it even gets the author's name wrong, stating 'J A Rowling' instead of J K Rowling A first proof of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone which is so unedited that the author's name is spelled wrong has been found in a primary school. St Kenelm's Primary School in Oxfordshire found the book, which it bought for £1 in 1997, during a summer tidy-up. The 'Uncorrected Proof Copy' is one of only 200 printed by Bloomsbury in 1997. The school feared it had been accidentally thrown away after it had been missing for eight years but it turned up, to the delight of pupils and staff. The book is such an early example that it even gets the author's name wrong, stating 'J A Rowling' instead of J K Rowling. It went under the hammer at Hansons Auctioneers with a guide price of £15,000-£20,000 on Tuesday. Jim Spencer, head of books at Hansons said: 'This book is where it all began. This is the very first appearance in print of the first Harry Potter novel. The title page states the author's name as as 'J A Rowling', and, on the other side, 'Joanne Rowling'. 'It's believed just 200 copies of this book were printed by Bloomsbury. This modest little paperback is the beginning of it all. The author's signing tours, the midnight queues outside bookshops, the movies, the merchandise – it all stems from this. "This copy bears a stamp for St Kenelm's School. It has decided to sell the book, which was originally put on the shelves of the library for pupils to read. The plain cover evidently didn't inspire many, if any, takers, and so it has survived remarkably well. As soon as Harry Potter mania developed, the school wisely removed it from the borrowing shelves.' He added: "Hansons has sold hardback Philosopher's Stone first editions for prices ranging from £15,500 to £69,000 dependant on condition. I'm guiding this Uncorrected Proof Copy at £15,000-20,000. However, bearing in mind its place in history, it){kind=link}
The copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is such an early example that it even gets the author’s name wrong, stating âJ A Rowling’ instead of J K Rowling
A first proof of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone which is so unedited that the author’s name is spelled wrong has been found in a primary school.
St Kenelm’s Primary School in Oxfordshire found the book, which it bought for £1 in 1997, during a summer tidy-up. The âUncorrected Proof Copy’ is one of only 200 printed by Bloomsbury in 1997.
The school feared it had been accidentally thrown away after it had been missing for eight years but it turned up, to the delight of pupils and staff. The book is such an early example that it even gets the author’s name wrong, stating âJ A Rowling’ instead of J K Rowling.
It went under the hammer at Hansons Auctioneers with a guide price of £15,000-£20,000 on Tuesday.