Harry Potter Books 1-7 Special Edition Boxed Set: The Complete Series

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The Harry Potter series follows the exploits of the eponymous boy wizard as he begins his schooling at the magical castle known as Hogwarts. As such, there are several books, one for each year he’s in education. They grow impressively in scope and tone, with later editions winning almost every award imaginable in several regions around the world. The first was released in the UK in 1997, with the final book coming out roughly a decade later. Harry Potter Book Set Cheapest Price(s): It had an initial print run of just 30,000, which is much lower than any of the other US editions. It’s still a great long-term investment piece, especially for US collectors who’d prefer to have the version they grew up with as children.

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Advanced Reading Copies (ARCs) are the US equivalent, produced for the first three books in the set. However, it’s unlikely that many of us have first-edition copies of the Harry Potter series, which happen to be lying around. Transgender women are women. Any statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender people and goes against all advice given by professional health care associations who have far more expertise on this subject matter than either Jo or I.”If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased. I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives. It doesn’t hate to speak the truth.’

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It’s a far cry from the warm wizarding world she invented, and it’s clearly a personal cause for the author. After a number of spats on social media, even Harry Potter himself (Daniel Radcliffe) waded in, to distance the franchise from her comments; You can also take a look at the front cover, as the illustration changes depending on the publisher and the region. *It’s worth noting that advanced proof copies are also available, although they’re not as collectible as a bonafide first edition copy. As always, hardcover versions are strongly preferred. But one thing that might surprise people unfamiliar with Potter is that this is not a fantasy action-adventure series. It's more of a mystery series coated in a gooey chocolate fantasy syrup. Harry Potter himself tends to fill the role of a combination Frodo Baggins figure and up-and-coming detective character, and the most important plot points are, regardless of who figures out or explains a given part of things, presented as mysteries. Action sequences occur and can be quite intense, particularly in later volumes, but this is not the story of a big, super-cool hero slaying dragons; it's a story of circumstance, figuring out the circumstance, and then reacting to the circumstance. Some readers seem annoyed by the fact that eleven-year-old Harry never matures in this series to a point where by the end of magical high school he's capable of going head-to-head in a duel with a Dark Lord with decades of extensive magical knowledge under his belt, but that is simply not the angle that this series goes for. My comparison of Harry to Frodo Baggins was not an idle-name-drop. Harry's role in this story is very deliberately that of the hero who stands strong against adversity but ultimately triumphs through low-key action behind the scenes of a conflict in which number other, more powerful or more experienced combatants command the bulk of the Dark Lord's attention. And, like Frodo (and his progenitor, Bilbo), sometimes Harry is helped by sheer circumstance, the timely and skillful intervention of one of his friends, or a combination of his own efforts plus those things. The series does give us a fairly clear picture of what an action-centric lead character in this universe might look like, and I think that's where a fair portion of reader disappointment with Harry's more subdued take on heroics comes from, but he is an eleven-year-old who eventually becomes a seventeen-year-old over the course of the story, contending with a villain who has fifty-plus-year lead on experience over him. I think I would have raised an eyebrow had Harry ever bested Voldemort in a straight-up magical fight.

Prices for first editions of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone have exploded recently as investors and collectors compete to own a true piece of literary history. I put off reading the Harry Potter series for so, so long as I thought it would be too juvenile. (I didn't see the movies, either). I love fantasy fiction, but I'm more apt to read the works of Terry Goodkind or Terry Brooks as opposed to books intended for young adults. I am incredibly glad that I gave the Harry Potter series a chance. While the first couple of books are definitely geared towards young adult readers, the world, the characters, and the story that Rowling creates are all so fascinating and fun that it really doesn't matter. I'm currently reading the series a 2nd time and I'm enjoying them even more than I did the 1st time. These books are absolutely timeless classics and are among my all-time favorite books. Of the US books, only the first two had different versions that were printed. You’ll find a review quote from the Guardian within the earliest copy, while it was later switched to a review from the American publication, Publisher’s Weekly. JK Rowling is probably the most likely person to ruin the cash cow that is Harry Potter. Whatever her personal politics actually are, her comments on gender issues have been widely criticized, and make the news infrequently. For example, here’s one of many tweets from the author which focuses on sex and gender;

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Here’s everything you could need to know about collecting first-edition Harry Potter books, from pricing to an investment outlook over the next decade or so. Harry Potter Book Set: The BasicsGiven current trends, we’d strongly recommend looking at the earliest UK first-edition options, as long as they’re in decent condition. Kindles and intelligent devices have indeed transformed how we consume media, but there’s still a burgeoning market for rare books, especially when it’s one of the most popular series in existence. There are also limited editions with watercolor illustrations by Giles Greenfield (Bloomsbury’s UK version) and Mary GrandPre (Scholastic’s US edition of only 25 copies). If either happens to be signed by the illustrator, it’s another item that should be worth a significant fee.