Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them (Property of Harry Potter). By Newt Scamander. Special Edition with a Foreword by Albus Dumbledore. London: Obscurus Books, 2001. First Edition, First issue. A fine copy in wrappers.

One of Harry Potter’s School books, a guide to the magical creatures of the Wizarding world.

Published in March 2001, this volume—along with its companion, Quidditch Through the Ages—was the first original new content released after Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000) and before the first film adaptation’s release in November 2001. It was a charity project, with all royalties and profits going to the British charity Comic Relief.