Limited edition copies of Goblet of Fire are relatively rare, but if you can pick up the Bloomsbury UK edition or Scholastic’s US edition, these could hold more value. As for a regular copy of Goblet of Fire, you’re going to want Rowling’s signature for it to be worth anything (even if it’s a first edition).

Most valuable Harry Potter books

Yes, in order to have a first edition of any of the Harry Potter books they must be published by Bloomsbury in the year of original release and have a number line counting down to one. But generally only the first three in the series have much collectible value, as so many copies were printed of the later books.

July 8, 2000
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire/Originally published

Identifying the First Edition of a Book The publisher may actually state the words ‘first edition’ or ‘first printing’ on the copyright page. Another common method of identification is the number line – that’s a line of numbers on the copyright page. Usually, if a one is present in the line then it’s a first edition.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire August 1994 – Quidditch World Cup; there is Death Eater activity, and a Dark Mark in the sky. October 31, 1994 – Harry Potter is named the ‘fourth’ champion in the Tri-Wizard Tournament, to everyone’s outrage.

What and Why First Editions. A first edition is the first printing of a book. It’s true that a first edition may have one or more printings and that a second edition will normally be noted only if there are actual changes, usually major, in the text. But for a collector, a first printing is the only true first edition.

The seven books are: Harry Potter and thearry Potter and the Philosopher’s/Sorcerer’s Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth book in the Harry Potter series. The first, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, was published by Bloomsbury on 26 June 1997. The second, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was published on 2 July 1998. The third, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, followed on 8 July 1999.

“Goblet of Fire” was the first Potter novel to weigh in at the whopping 600-page-plus length that has become standard, and though many events have been eliminated, including those always irritating house elves, “Goblet” the film is still longer than it should be at two hours and 34 minutes.