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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Adam Dutton & Will Maule

Harry Potter book bought from library for 30p is ultra-rare first edition worth £5k

A tattered Harry Potter book bought for just 30p is tipped to fetch £5,000, after it turned out to be an extremely rare first edition.

The well-thumbed copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was snapped up after a library withdrew it from use.

Experts confirm it was one of only 500 published by Bloomsbury in 1997 and one of just 300 sent to libraries around the UK.

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