
Proof copy of first Harry Potter book sells for thousands at auction
The copy, one of only 200 printed, was discovered by chance at St Kenelm Primary School in Minster Lovell in Witney.
The copy, one of only 200 printed, was discovered by chance at St Kenelm Primary School in Minster Lovell in Witney.
Bought for £1, the 'Uncorrected Proof Copy' of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, is one of only 200 printed by Bloomsbury in 1997.
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