Author | J. K. Rowling |
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Illustrator | J. K. Rowling |
Language | English |
Series | Harry Potter |
Genre | Fantasy |
Set in | Wizarding World |
Publisher | Children's High Level Group, Bloomsbury Publishing |
Publication date | 4 December 2008 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Pages | 110 (paperback) |
ISBN | 978-0-7475-9987-6 |
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.[1]
The book was originally produced in a limited edition of only seven copies, each handwritten and illustrated by J. K. Rowling.[2] 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.[3][4] The money earned at the auction of the book was donated to The Children's Voice charity campaign.[5]
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).[6][7][8]
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