Beware of our own Wizarding Wizard.

[postman]

A rare first-edition copy of JK Rowling's first Harry Potter book was sold at auction for £28,500. It was identified as one of only 500 from the original print run thanks to two typographical errors. Of the following, which was NOT one of the telltale mistakes?

• Draco Malfoy misspelled as 'Drago'
• Repetition of '1 wand' in a list
• The misspelling 'Philospher's'

CORRECT - The name of Harry Potter's arch enemy, Draco Malfoy, was printed error-free, unlike the title which was referred to as "Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone" on the back cover (see below). The original also repeats "1 wand" in a list of equipment Harry is required to bring to study at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The owner of the 1997 first edition had picked up the copy for £1 from a library. The first in JK Rowling's series was released in the US under the title Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

 

[Drago]

It wasn't a misprint. It really was Drago, but I threatened tommie so they quickly changed it.

I wonder how much my first edition Andy McNab's would fetch?

 

[Profpointy]

There's the great story of a retired 2nd rank politician browsing a secondhand book shop and spotting two copies of his memoirs. He notices that the signed copy is cheaper than the un-signed one so asks the bookseller why. Quick as a flash he replies "the unsigned copies are rarer"

 

[Dirk]

I wonder how much my first edition Andy McNab's would fetch?

Not as much as my first edition H Rider - Haggard's.

 

[Dave7]

Or my first edition of the 10 comandments. Guess who signed those.

 

[Threevok]

Or my first edition of the 10 comandments. Guess who signed those.

I didn't think that went to print.

AFAIK, you had to download it from the cloud on your tablet

 

[netman]

Who's the Harry Potter wannabe holding the book? Sheesh man, grow up and stop pretending to be your hero...

I'm off for a nice ride in Dimension Data Kit now... probably be storming through Strava segments pretending I'm Cav winning a TDF stage...

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Should've read this thread BEFORE I did the Quiz

 

[winjim]

Blimey, I dread to think how much they're charging for a copy without the mistakes.