Mint condition. Children's High Level Group in association with Bloomsbury Publishing, 2008. First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Translated from the original runes by Hermione Granger. Pictorial hardback in mint condition, no Dj as issued. Illustrated with b/w drawings.116pp including A Note on footnotes, introduction, A Personal message from Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne MEP. A collectable first edition-first printing. Sotheby's Auction Catalogue for The Tales of Beedle the Bard(A Collection of Wizarding Fairy-Tales by J.K. Rowling). Sotheby Auction, 2007. First edition. The book includes J. K. Rowling's printed signature. Paperback in mint condition(illustrated on the front and back cover).48 pages with colour, b/w photos, drawings illustrations. This is the original Sotheby's Auction catalogue for the sale of J. K. Rowling s The Tales of Beedle the Bard manuscripts. A very collectable book. More photos available on request. This is another paragraph Book Description: The original British first hardcover edition, released in London on December 4, 2008 by Bloomsbury UK in cooperation with The Children's High Level Group (CHLG). CHLG is a charity co-founded by J.K. Rowling and Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne. The CHLG campaigns to protect and promote children's rights and make life better for vulnerable young people. The Tales of Beedle the Bard is the volume of wizarding fairly tales left to Hermione Granger by Hogwarts Headmaster Albus Dumbledore in the seventh and final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The tales contained clues that were to prove crucial to Harry Potter's final mission to destroy Lord Voldemort, but only one of the five stories - The Tale of the Three Brothers - was recounted in theat book. This volume reveals the four remaining tales, translated from the original runes by Hermione Granger, alongside notes by Professor Dumbledore and illustrations by JK Rowling. The entire five tales are: The Fountain of Fair Fortune, The Warlock's Hairy Heart, The Tale of the Three Brothers, The Wizard and the Hopping Pot and Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump.