Harry Potter and the name error
Valued at £2000-4000 in an Entertainment, Memorabilia & Movie Props sale held by Ewbank’s (25% buyer’s premium) of Send on May 27 was an uncorrected 1997 proof copy of a book that was soon to make publishing, cinematic and marketing history: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
One of around 200 such copies, in which the author’s name is incorrectly given as ‘J.A.Rowling’ on…