Description
Collector’s Edition of The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling, published in 2008 following the conclusion of the Harry Potter series.
Octavo, 179pp, [2]. Finely bound in full leather, with decorative bands on spine. Embellished with silver bosses on front cover, with blue stone details and a skull on the center, and a magnetic silver clasp. Marbled endpapers with a green silk bookmark sewn-in. Fine condition, appears unread. Book held in a red velvet pouch with Rowling’s signature in gilt on front, and gold drawstrings. Includes ten prints of illustrations depicting scenes from the Tales. Prints held in a felt-lined sleeve of clamshell case. Full morocco clamshell with title in blind on front cover and in gilt on spine. Clamshell measures 10″ x 12″ x 3″. Protected with a paper sleeve and clear plastic slip. (Errington A15 (aaa))
A fine piece for any Harry Potter collector.
From Errington: “Published as the ‘collector’s edition’ and offered exclusively by Amazon, the volume was intended to reproduce the binding of the author’s original offered for sale at auction.” The original auction piece, a handwritten copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, was created to benefit Rowling’s charity “The Children’s Voice” (now “Lumos”). The piece sold at Sotheby’s in 2007 for £1.95 million.
