Pre-order: Harry Potter – The Tales of Beedle the Bard (standard and collector’s edition)

Harry Potter fans rejoy, on December 4, 2008 you can get the new book by J.K. Rowling: The Tales of Beedle the Bard. The book comes in both a standard and collectors edition, and can now be pre-ordered from both Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.

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In December 2007, J.K. Rowling unveiled The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a very special book of five fairy tales illustrated by the bard herself, embellished with silver ornaments and mounted moonstones. Amazon was fortunate to come into possession of one of the original copies, and it was our privilege to share images and reviews of this incredible artifact. Now J.K. Rowling is giving millions of Harry Potter fans worldwide cause for celebration with a new edition of The Tales of Beedle the Bard (available December 4, 2008) and Amazon is thrilled to exclusively offer a luxuriously packaged Collector’s Edition designed to evoke the spirit of the handcrafted original.

Tucked in its own case disguised as a wizarding textbook found in the Hogwarts library, the Collector’s Edition includes an exclusive reproduction of J.K. Rowling’s handwritten introduction, as well as 10 additional illustrations not found in the Standard Edition or the original. Opening the case reveals a velvet bag embroidered with J.K. Rowling’s signature, in which sits the piece de resistance: your very own copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, complete with metal skull, corners, and clasp; replica gemstones; and emerald ribbon.

You can pre-order The Tales of Beedle the Bard from:

Amazon.com:

Standard edition – $7.59

Collector’s edtion – $100.00

Amazon.co.uk:

Standard edition – £3.99

Collector’s edtion – £50.00