These books have been popping up in auctions and sold for as much as hundreds of thousands of dollars. First-edition books will include a misspelling of “Philospher’s” on the cover, “1 wand” is printed twice in the Hogwarts students’ equipment list on page 53, the author’s name is printed as “Joanne Rowling,” and the sequence of numbers on the publisher’s imprint page is 10 through 1. 300 of those original first-edition copies went to libraries, and the few that still exist in the private libraries of families may have some value to them. In 1997, Bloomsbury Publishing picked up the children’s book and printed 500 first-edition copies of Philosopher’s Stone in the United Kingdom. He’ll be famous – a legend – I wouldn’t be surprised if today was known as Harry Potter Day in the future – there will be books written about Harry – every child in our world will know his name!” (SS ch.
After all, a lot can happen in 25 years. Minerva McGonagall put the words together quite well if you ask us.
Perhaps it wasn’t as significant as major world events of the time or other already relevant cultural phenomena, but the first book of the Harry Potter series would in fact change the world. On June 26, 1997, the world changed with the release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. After 25 years of magic, we are celebrating the book’s silver anniversary. Later to be titled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in the United States, Philosopher’s Stone introduced readers to a world of magic, friendship, and love.
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