The Tales of Beedle the Bard
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The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a book of fairy tales by author J. K. Rowling. There is a storybook of the same name mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final novel of the Harry Potter series.[2]
Harry Potter books The Tales of Beedle the Bard | |
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Author | J. K. Rowling |
Illustrator | J. K. Rowling |
Genre | Fantasy |
Auction date | 13 December 2007 (handmade edition) |
Winning bid | £1.95 / US$3.98 / €2.28 million (Amazon.com) |
Publisher | Children's High Level Group in association with Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
Publication date | 4 December 2008 (public edition) |
Pages | Handmade edition: 157[1] Paperback edition: 110 Collector's edition: 180 |
The book was originally produced in a limited edition of only seven copies, each handwritten and illustrated by J. K. Rowling.[3] One of them was offered for auction through Sotheby's in late 2007 and was expected to sell for £50,000 (US$77,000, €69,000); ultimately it was bought for £1.95 million ($3 million, €2.7 million) by Amazon, making the selling price the highest achieved at auction for a modern literary manuscript.[4][5] The money earned at the auction of the book was donated to The Children's Voice charity campaign.[6]
The book was published for the general public on 4 December 2008, with the proceeds going to the Children's High Level Group (renamed Lumos in 2010).[7][8][9]