The copies of the Original Handcrafted Edition of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, J.K. Rowling’s latest book, was on auction on December 2007, and there were only seven copies of the book in existence since then. Well, no more. Now everyone will be able to grab themselves a copy.

Amazon.com recently released pre-orders for J.K. Rowlings latest book The Tales of Beedle the Bard. There are two editions available. The Standard Edition which is being sold for a pre-order price of $7.59, or alternatively the Collector’s Edition which is being sold for a pre-order price of $100.00!!



The Tales of Beedle the Bard was the book that was given by Prof. Albus Dumbledore to Hermione Granger in the seventh novel of Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which also introduced the Deathly Hallows to the trio. In the Deathly Hallows, the book is described as a popular collection of wizarding children’s fairy tales, and the one in Hermione’s hand was the original edition. It is described as an ancient-looking small book with its binding “stained and peeling in places”. In the novel it is also said the book has a title on its cover, written in embossed runic symbols. Above the story The Tale of the Three Brothers, Hermione Granger finds a strange symbol which later is revealed by Xenophilius Lovegood to be the symbol of the Hallows. The triangle from the symbol represents the Invisibility Cloak, the circle inside the triangle symbolizes the Resurrection Stone, and the vertical line represents the Elder Wand. (I actually reread the book to get everything right :P)

JKR: "The new edition will include the Tales themselves, translated from the original runes by Hermione Granger, and with illustrations by me, but also notes by Professor Albus Dumbledore, which appear by generous permission of the Hogwarts Headmasters’ Archive."

See how she made it sounds so REAL? I think it’s very cool.

I want the collectors edition SO MUCH but obviously I don’t have that kind of money, since I’m just a poor undergrad student. Maybe I will save up and hope there are still some left when I get the money and if not then it was not meant to be. I am happy just to get a copy of it and a JKR book for under $8.00 can not be beat. Thanks to those who have the 6 original copies for allowing this to happen we all really appreciate it. :)

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