Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling First Edition RARE MISPRINT!

by J.K. Rowling

$120 · Offered by eBay · No longer available

First edition

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling First Edition RARE MISPRINT! Pre-owned Condition - Signs of use, age, corners have some wear as shown 🫵I WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY WITH YOUR PURCHASE! Please see all pictures for full details. Sold As Is SHIPPED FAST & SECURE Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J. K. Rowling, First Edition RARE MISPRINT! This edition contains a rare mix up in the order of events on Page 667 in Chapter 34 ‘Priori Incantem’ where James Potter exits the wand prior to Lily Potter, when JKR had intended it to be the reverse. ALL future versions of the book have this corrected. ONLY the very few early versions contain this particular series of events. It is unknown how many early versions with this misprint exist! Quote from J.K.Rowling explaining the error: “Lily first, then James. That’s how it appears in my original manuscript but we were under enormous pressure to edit it very fast and my American editor thought that was the wrong way around, and he is so good at catching small errors I changed it without thinking, then realised it had been right in the first place. We were all very sleep-deprived at the time” (JKR). The Mystery Throughout the series of Harry Potter books up until near the end of Goblet of Fire, it has been implied or stated that James was killed before Lily. However, in very early editions of Goblet of Fire, in the graveyard scene, James exits the Dark Lord’s wand before Lily. This now implies that James was killed after Lily and

• Publisher: Scholastic, Incorporated
• Year: 2000
• ISBN: 9780439139595
• Condition: Good

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.