Six of these original handwritten copies were uniquely dedicated and given by Rowling to six people who were most involved with the "Harry Potter" series. The recipients of these copies were not initially identified. Since then, two of these people have been named. One is Barry Cunningham, Rowling's very first editor. Another is Arthur A. Levine, editor for Scholastic, the U.S. publisher of the "Harry Potter" books. Cunningham and Levine had lent their personal copies as part of "Beedle the Bard" exhibits in December 2008.