The guide, given by a thriller donor to the RSPCA Isle of Wight Branch, offered for a hammer worth of £7,500 at Hansons Auctioneers’ Bishton Hall public sale in Staffordshire in the present day.
All funds raised will instantly go in the direction of serving to animals within the charity’s care, now and sooner or later.
Rebecca Busby, fundraising, advertising and engagement officer on the RSPCA Isle of Wight Branch, mentioned: “The book was gifted to one of our charity shops as a possible first edition.
“One of our volunteers, who is an avid Harry Potter fan and book enthusiast, checked for all the well known markers and noticed it had them all.
“She called me and I could hear her excitement as she said, ‘I can’t believe it we have a Harry Potter first edition, it’s in the best condition I have ever seen.
“‘Please could you find somewhere to sell this, as we can’t sell it in the shop’.”