<Tr> <Th> Publication date </Th> <Td> 4 December 2008 (public edition) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Pages </Th> <Td> Handmade edition: 157 Paperback edition: 110 Collector's edition: 180 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a book of children's stories by British author J.K. Rowling . There is a storybook of the same name mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the last book of the Harry Potter series . </P> <P> The book was originally produced in a limited edition of only seven copies, each handwritten and illustrated by J.K. Rowling . 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 . The money earned at the auction of the book was donated to The Children's Voice charity campaign . </P>

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