So I picked up one of my old Harry Potter books the other day off the bookshelf and started re-reading it. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone to be precise and I just noticed that pages 121-152 were miscut in the book.You can't see any of the page numbers on those pages and the text is printed close to the bottom. Also all the tops of the pages are cut by half an inch each. I was looking around online to see if anyone had a similar misprint and what I found was someone who had all those same exact pages completely missing from their book and another person that had those same pages printed twice in their book and replacing a different group of pages. My copy is a paperback US edition and it's fairly battered and worn. It's definitely not perfect condition and is pretty used. Someone even wrote Wilfert 38 in sharpie marker on the inside cover which I can only guess was someone's teacher's name (possibly my brother's) and the classroom number most likely. So looks like we stole it from school? Oops. lol So what do you guys think? Is this a valuable misprint? (Although probably depreciated a lot due to wear and tear). I'll have to find a camera or something and take some pics to show you what I am talking about tomorrow.
If the book is in great condition and is some kind of misprint it can be worth a ton of money. A lot of the Harry Potter first editions are worth thousands of dollars as well, especially if they are personally signed by Rowling herself. I can't imagine my misprint being worth more than $30-$50 due to it's condition but it's probably worth a little bit. I was thinking of selling it since I just ordered a full set of all 7 books (I only had the first book) for about $40 on Amamzon. If I can sell my misprint for $30-$50 that would pay for the new books I just bought. =P
I wish all of the R. A. Salvatore books I have that contain errors were worth extra.. I have yet to read one that doesn't contain stupid typos or some such. As it is, a Salvatore book without errors would be the rare, valuable find None of my HP books are messed up like that or like you describe, though I have no copy of book #1. Just the following tomes. The first was short and simple enough that the movie actually covers it pretty well
I just read online about a hilarious misprint made in a cookbook recently! There was a recipe in it that called for "salt and freshly ground black people". http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/apr/19/penguin-cook-book
Many TSR books, especially older ones, had poor proofreading. (Just look at the original AD&D rulebooks.) Salvatore basically kept TSR solvent for a while! I saw a copy of Unintended Consequences that has two pages reversed.
