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Normally people aren't into typos. Or at least that is what I get from you lot in the comment section whenever I, or anyone else, makes one.
"LOL, you call yourself a journalist", you say.
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To which I now reply: "Just chill out a bit mate, it's an easy mistake - even some big name writers like JK Rowling make them from time to time".
Apparently people appreciate ol' JK's typos a lot more than mine, with a first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone containing a rare error expected to fetch up to £20,000 when it goes to auction.
The edition is one of 500 hardback copies printed which contains a mistake on page 53 of the first Potter novel, with '1 wand' repeated in Harry's list of school supplies for Hogwarts.
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This mistake was removed in subsequent editions.
Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone was first published on June 30 1997 and became an instant best-seller. More than 400 million copies of books from the Harry Potter series have been sold across the globe.Described as being in 'exceptionally fine condition', the copy of JK Rowling 's first novel in the series is expected to fetch £15,000-20,000 at Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts Sale in London on 9 November.
Bonhams' head of books and manuscripts Matthew Haley said: "As the first book in the series, Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone has a special place in the affections of the millions of readers across the world and the proof reading error about the wand in the first edition has, of course, become a treasured piece of Harry Potter arcana.
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"Like most enduring books aimed at younger readers, the Harry Potter books also have wide appeal to adults and there is a strong market among collectors for first editions.
"This copy is in excellent condition - one of the very best I've seen - and we're expecting a lot of interest."
Go on then lad, get it flogged.
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Words by James Dawson
Topics: Harry Potter, JK Rowling