Is my Harry Potter book a First Edition? How can I tell? — RED FOX RARE BOOKS
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There are many ways to tell if a book is a first edition. Each publisher has it’s own guidelines on how they determine to print their first run. In modern first editions, it is perhaps a bit easier to identify as publishers tend to adopt much similar formulas on their print run indicators. Harry Po
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A guide to collecting Harry Potter books
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How to Tell if Your Harry Potter is a 1st Edition - Peter
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JK Rowling - Harry Potter Philosophers Stone - Softcover - AbeBooks
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Rare 'holy grail' Harry Potter book could be worth $65G after it
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First edition of Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone sells
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Harry Potter book sells for £220,800: First edition signed by J K
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Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher s Stone - First Edition
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A guide to collecting Harry Potter books
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Rare, 1st edition 'Harry Potter' book goes up for private sale at