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TheFuriousWombat:
I wonder if First Editions will actually be worth anything some day. I don't know how many copies were published in the first run, but apart from the first maybe one or two books, I would guess it was a heck of a lot. The reason First Editions of Moby Dick are valuable is because there were relatively few of them to begin with. That being said, I have first editions of all the HP books (including one FE of the English release, so a genuine First, really) and I'm hanging onto all of them in part for precisely that fact, just in case I'm way off the mark.

Related to the books themselves, when the first book came out, I was roughly the same age as the characters. I read each new book right when it was released, and while the age gap grew a bit over the course of the series, I felt like the series and its young characters grew/matured as I did. I think that made me enjoy the books more. I re-read a couple of them a year or two ago and DID still like them quite a bit still, to be honest. But I'm not sure how much of that is due to a nostalgic connection I feel for the series. For someone whose never never read the series but is generally interested and liked the movies, I say go for it. The books can be purchased cheaply used or on Amazon, the longest of them won't take you more than a week to read, and you'll be in on one of the biggest, most successful cultural phenomenons of all time.

jwhouk:
It's unlikely that any of the last four books will be worth much in the long run, as so many were published. I tried to sell a copy of GOF to Half-Price Books, and I think they told me they weren't even buying them because there were so many.

Redball:
I read them as they came out, saw the movies as they came out, sometimes re-reading the books to prep for the movie. I found them captivating, and grieved as I have for several series knowing there'd be no more books. My wife as a retired English teacher wasn't as into them as I, but she appreciated what the books did for young readers. I won't part with them. I figure I've got at least one more re-read.
While I enjoyed the movies immensely, including Hogwarts as a vital character, I was disappointed in the final battle. In the book, you got the sense of a true pile-on by the good guys, less so in the film. In Return of the King, the final pile-on as I recall was done well in the film.

BeoPuppy:
http://www.abebooks.com/book-search/author/rowling/kw/harry-potter-philosophers-stone/first-edition/sortby/1/

I loved and love the series. It's brilliant and so worth the read.

TheFuriousWombat:
Those prices are absurd! Does anyone actually buy them at that rate?? Most of the First eds. I have are the American versions - so surely worth less - but I DO have Prisoner of Azkaban in the British version. Maybe it's worth more than I thought...


EDIT: NEVERMIND. Just looked. $7.99.

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