Philip Erringotn: J. K. Rowling - A Bibliography
Philip Erringotn: J. K. Rowling - A Bibliography
Philip Erringotn: J. K. Rowling - A Bibliography
ROWLING
A BIBLIOGRAPHY 19972013
J.K. ROWLING
A BIBLIOGRAPHY 19972013
PHILIP W. ERRINGTON
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements xvii
A Word from J.K. Rowling xix
Introduction xxi
A.
A1
A1(a)
A1(aa)
A1(b)
A1(c)
A1(d)
A1(e)
A1(f)
A1(h)
A1(i)
A1(j)
A1(k)
A1(l)
A1(m)
A2
A2(a)
A2(b)
A2(c)
A2(d)
A2(e)
A2(f)
A2(g)
A2(h)
A2(i)
A2(j)
A1(g)
A2(k)
A2(l)
A2(n)
A2(o)
A2(p)
A2(q)
A2(r)
A3
A3(a)
A4
A4(a)
A4(b)
A4(c)
A4(d)
A4(e)
A4(f)
A4(g)
A4(h)
A5
A5(a)
A6
A6(a)
A7
A7(a)
A7(aa)
A7(aaa)
A7(b)
A7(c)
A7(d)
A7(e)
First English edition, first state (childrens artwork series in hardback) (1999) 131
First English edition, second state (childrens artwork series in hardback) (1999) 137
First English edition, third state (childrens artwork series in hardback) (1999) 139
First American edition (childrens artwork series in hardback) (1999) 141
English deluxe edition (childrens artwork series in deluxe hardback) (1999) 146
Ted Smart / The Book People edition (childrens artwork series in hardback) (1999) 148
English childrens edition (childrens artwork series in paperback) (1999 [2000])
151
A2(m)
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A7(ee)
A7(f)
A7(g)
A7(h)
A7(i)
A7(k)
A7(l)
A7(m)
A7(n)
A7(o)
English adult edition (original adult artwork series in paperback) (2000) 153
American childrens edition (childrens artwork series in paperback) (2001) 155
American book club edition (childrens artwork series in hardback) (1999 [2001])
159
English celebratory edition (childrens artwork series in paperback) (2004) 159
English adult edition (Michael Wildsmith photography adult artwork series in
paperback) (2004) 161
English adult edition (Michael Wildsmith photography adult artwork series in
hardback) (2004) 163
English signature edition (Clare Melinsky artwork series in paperback) (2010) 166
English signature edition (Clare Melinsky artwork series in hardback) (2011) 168
English adult edition (Andrew Davidson artwork series in paperback) (2013) 171
American childrens edition (Kazu Kibuishi artwork in paperback) (2013) 174
English The magical adventure begins edition (line drawn artwork in paperback) (2013) 178
A8
A8(a)
A9
A9(a)
A9(aa)
A9(b)
A9(c)
A9(d)
A9(e)
A9(f)
A9(g)
A9(h)
A9(j)
A9(k)
A9(l)
A9(m)
A9(n)
A10
A10(a)
A10(aa)
A10(b)
A7(j)
A9(i)
CONTENTSix
A10(c)
A10(d)
A10(e)
A11
A11(a)
A11(aa)
A11(b)
A11(c)
A11(d)
A11(e)
A12
A12(a)
A12(aa)
A12(e)
A12(f)
A12(g)
A12(h)
A12(i)
A12(j)
A12(k)
A13
A12(aaa)
A12(b)
A12(c)
A12(d)
A12(dd)
A13(a)
A13(aa)
xCONTENTS
A13(d)
A13(e)
A13(f)
A13(g)
A13(h)
A13(i)
A13(j)
A14
A14(a)
A14(aa)
A15
A15(a)
A15(aa)
A15(aaa)
A15(b)
A15(c)
A16
A16(a)
A16(aa)
A16(b)
A16(c)
CONTENTSxi
A17
A17(a)
A17(b)
AA.
AA1
AA1(a)
AA2
AA2(a)
AA2(b)
AA3
AA3(a)
AA4
AA4(a)
AA4(b)
AA4(c)
AA5
AA5(a)
AA5(b)
B.
B1
B1(a)
B2
B2(a)
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B3
B3(a)
B3(b)
B3(c)
B3(d)
B3(e)
B3(f)
B3(g)
B3(h)
B3(i)
B3(j)
B3(k)
B4
B4(a)
B4(b)
B4(c)
B5
[National Council for One Parent Families], Families Just Like Us (2000)
B5(a)
B6
B6(a)
B7
B7(a)
B8
B8(a)
B8(b)
B8(c)
B8(d)
B8(e)
B8(f)
B8(g)
B8(h)
B8(i)
B8(j)
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B9
B9(a)
B10
Gordon Brown (ed. Wilf Stevenson), Gordon Brown Speeches 1997-2006 (2006)
B10(a)
B11
B11(a)
B12
B12(a)
B12(b)
B13
B13(a)
B14
B14(a)
B15
B15(a)
B16
B16(a)
B17
B17(a)
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B19
B19(a)
B19(b)
B20
B20(a)
C.
D.
CONTENTSxv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I am grateful to Jo Rowling for responding positively to my suggestion of a bibliography.
Nigel Newton has supported the project from the beginning and permitted access to Bloomsburys
archives. He also allowed me to interview him and hearing his perspective was hugely valuable. His
staff have also been extremely helpful and I thank Emma Matthewson for guiding me through much
material, Polly Whybrow for her unfailing patience in answering questions, Jyoti Basuita, James
Tupper, Natalie Hamilton, Louise Cameron and Laura McCarthy for their help, Terry Woodley for
his design expertise and, especially, Caroline Wintersgill who has been unfailing in her assistance and
enthusiasm.
Neil Blair of the Blair Partnership has illuminated many dark areas. Rachel Pronger has been
exceptionally efficient and Joanne Warren has conducted some valuable research in the Blair
Partnership archives.
Arthur A. Levine allowed me to interview him and provided much useful information. His staff,
including Emily Clement and Nick Thomas, have been helpful.
Fiddy Henderson, the authors personal assistant until 2014, has been unfailing in her help.
I enjoyed a most entertaining lunch with Barry Cunningham and he later read a draft of part of the
notes for the first Harry Potter book. He corrected a number of mistakes. I would also like to thank
David Shelley of Little, Brown for his assistance.
There are a number of people who have aided my research into newspapers and periodicals. Nicky
Stonehill of StonehillSalt PR, Nick Mays of News UK, Tim Dale of News UK, Christine McGilly
of Newsquest Media Group, Ruth Marsh of the Telegraph media group and Jean Martin of Harvard
Magazine have been most helpful.
Others who have answered annoying questions include Melissa Anelli (also known as the webmistress of The Leaky Cauldron website) and Christine Robinson of Scottish Language Dictionaries.
I am hugely grateful to the numerous bookdealers who have answered questions or given access
to their stock. David Cornell deserves special mention for his generosity and trust. Others include
Donald Algeo, Pat Cramer, Dennis M. V. David, Brian LeMasters, Pom Harrington, David Oyerly,
Taney Reynolds and Justin G. Schiller.
My colleagues at Sothebys deserve special mention. The photography in this volume is by Paul
Brickell. He has taken all shots with limitless good humour and skill. I would also like to thank
Heath Cooper and Steve Curley for their assistance with digital images. My colleagues in the book
and manuscript department have been kind in feigning interest from the beginning to the conclusion
of the project. Leah Delany, from Sothebys book and manuscript department in New York, has been
more than helpful in sending books across the Atlantic.
I am deeply indebted to Prof. Henry Woudhuysen who first introduced me to the discipline of
descriptive bibliography and, many years ago, supervised my first bibliography as a PhD dissertation.
Others who have taken an interest in bibliographical endeavours include Prof. Warwick Gould, Colin
Smythe and Wayne G. Hammond.
I would also like to thank Lawrence Drizen, Angus Henderson, Sarah Howard, Sarah Hyde, Kathy
Thompson and Phil Thompson for raiding their shelves and lending volumes. Bill Zachs kindly
provided an article from the Journal of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society. Angus Henderson deserves
a second mention for urging me, time and again, to read a Harry Potter.
I am grateful to Kim Storry, Dawn Booth and others at Fakenham Prepress Solutions for all their
help doing proof stages.
Finally, my thanks to my long-suffering family: Liz, Sophie and Caroline. Will Sophie and Caroline
prefer the adventures of Harry Potter or those of Kay Harker? Time alone will tell.
xviiiACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
J.K. Rowling
Edinburgh,
November 2014
INTRODUCTION
This is a book about books. A descriptive bibliography looks at books as objects and describes them
as such (often in painstaking detail). It can also tell some of the story behind the books themselves.
Whether you originally encountered Harry Potter as a book, film, e-book or audio book, the series
was first presented to the world in a traditional printed paper format. That the publishing world
responded to demand and supplied the growing phenomenon is unique in the history of publishing.
Never has a series sold so well, required such large print-runs and been marketed in such a carefully
planned and successful manner. Never before did a series start with 500 copies in hardback and
conclude with a matching edition of over eight million copies.
Of course, these original books are merely the carriers of information: the physical form in which
readers first experienced the imaginary world of J.K. Rowling. Yet, the features of those books provide
some detail behind one of the defining moments in late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century
culture. From the first edition of the first Harry Potter book (in which the publishers blurb seized
upon a comparison with Roald Dahl) to the desire of the author to publish adult crime fiction under
a pseudonym, these books chart a development of an author and a brand.
Inevitably, a bibliography also provides the answer to one basic question: is my copy a first edition?
This, of course, leads to the great chestnut of the book world: what is a first edition? Within John
Carters 1952 Bible for bibliophiles, ABC for Book Collectors, the term is defined as
Very, very roughly speaking the first appearance of the work in question, independently, between
its own covers. But, like many other household words, this apparently simple term is not always as
simple as it appears
One problem is that technology and book production change, and a set of terms appropriate to one
era may be outdated in another. As noted by Carter:
an edition comprises all copies of a book printed at any time or times from one setting-up of
type without substantial change... while an impression or printing comprises the whole number of
copies of that edition printed at one time
In the strictest bibliographical terms, one might claim that the recent 2013 Andrew Davidson artwork
series edition of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone is a first edition since the setting of text is
(almost) identical to the original book released on 26 June 1997. Yet this is obviously nonsense.
But, potentially, lucrative nonsense. The auction record, to date, for a copy of Harry Potter and
the Philosophers Stone (excluding an annotated copy) is 23,000. A market has developed in which
the unscrupulous offer (and sometimes sell) common reprints as collectable first editions. For our
purposes, a first edition is a first impression of a new edition and this volume will provide a guide to
those apparently affected by a confundus charm. In the simplest terms, unless your copy includes a
strike-line of numbers (usually 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1) or notes First Edition, it is a reprint. Surprisingly
even some librarians get these simple facts wrong.
Is the book
published by
Bloomsbury?
Is the book a
hardback with
an illustration of
Harry standing
by a train?
Is the book a
softback (in
wrappers) with
an illustration of
Harry standing
by a train?
Later titles in
the Harry Potter
series were
printed in vast
numbers. Unless
the book is
signed or you
have one of the
deluxe editions
(see A7(c),
A9(b), A12(c),
A13(b) and
A14(aaa) for
Bloomsbury
editions and
A12(b),
A13(aaaa) and
A14(aaaaa)) for
Scholastic
editions), the
commercial
value will be low.
Is your copy of
Prisoner of
Azkaban a
hardback?
Is the book
published by Ted
Smart?
Is the book
published by
Scholastic?
Chamber of
Secrets (unless
the deluxe
edition see
A2(i)) and
Prisoner of
Azkaban have
little commercial
value.
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N
Y
Check
descriptions for
A1(b), A2(f)
and A7(d).
Increasing in
value, but still
relatively slight.
Is the title Harry
Potter and the
Sorcerers Stone?
Is the book a
hardback with
an illustration of
Harry and Ron
in a flying car?
You have a
paperback or a
later edition and
the commercial
value will be low.
If your copy of
Azkaban is a
hardback, check
it corresponds
exactly to A7(a)
or A7(aa). Some
small value!
In June 2010 I was in the New York Public Library and tried to see a first American edition of
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. One copy (formerly known as JFE 03-7277) had been given
special status. It had been re-classified as ***Rowling, J.K. This was going to something quite
special, I thought. When it arrived it had a library bookmark noting it was to be read under supervision. All very curious treatment for a fiftieth impression with a commercial value, Id suggest, of a
few dollars.
Whilst on the subject of value, now is a good opportunity to mention the hologram stickers
produced by J.K. Rowlings office from around 2007. Given the number of forged signatures, the
authors office had hologram stickers produced that provide authentication of the genuine article.
Rolls of stickers therefore accompanied the author when attending signing sessions. To date there
have been two versions of the stickers.
Many readers will cherish their own copy of a book simply because it was their first exposure to a
much-loved work. Between these boards (or wrappers) unfolded a text which consumed, entertained,
distracted, educated, intrigued or captivated them. (The choice of verb is as varied as the reader.)
However, there are also other people known as collectors for whom there is a desire to construct an
accumulation of material perhaps a small library which reflects and becomes a passion. For these
people, the first impression of a new edition is important.
There are others who may seek to understand, perhaps, the development of Harry Potter from
a marketing perspective, or seek to work out an order of books, chart the development of writer or
understand the chronology of textual changes, etc. There are many uses of a bibliography and I hope
that the present work will help answer some popular questions.
The most common question, connected to commercial value, is have I got a valuable first edition?
This is a relatively basic question and can be answered most simply with the aid of a flowchart.
I encourage anyone wishing to receive an answer to this question to work their way through the
opposite diagram. If, at any point, you find that the diagram abandons you without a choice, the
chances are you do not have a valuable first edition.
Here, then, is a descriptive bibliography, in chronological order of title, of the works of J.K.
Rowling from 1997 until the end of 2013. I regret that I was unable to include paperback editions of
The Cuckoos Calling, the new editions of the seven Harry Potter books with artwork by Jonny Duddle
or The Silkworm. The bibliography comprises four sections.
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xxivINTRODUCTION
Restricting the bibliography to UK and US editions regrettably excludes the Canadian editions
first distributed by Raincoast Books. Although the Canadian editions comprise the Bloomsbury
settings, the first edition of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was published on 100 per cent
recycled paper and carried an ecologically worded paragraph written by Rowling on the half-title.
This bibliographical oddity is excluded, but noted here.
The decision to separate the English Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone from the American
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone is correct within the strictest bibliographical rules since the two
titles are different (and so, in occasional places, is the text). Nobody will need reminding that both
titles are the first in the Harry Potter series.
We start each description with a transcription of the title-page before providing details of collation.
The construction of the book is noted here.
Modern binding techniques or methods of mass publication have made traditional gatherings and
signatures largely redundant. Most books described within these pages are constructed from unsigned
leaves and bound by perfect binding using a strong adhesive. Few are constructed in the traditional
manner of gatherings sewn together. Although noted as indeterminate gatherings, some sense of
more traditional book imposition can be gathered. With the current method of book production a
collation might be discerned by dissecting the book, but this is too drastic an action. Moreover, beyond
indicating whether a volume is complete or not, collation is less important to the modern bibliophile
than to a collector of books printed in an earlier era.
A measurement of page size is provided in addition to a register of page numbers. Numbers noted
within square brackets are not printed but may be inferred.
Details of the page contents are then given. Full transcriptions are, mostly, provided. There are many
little details which vary: the change in Bloomsburys office address or the appearance (and wording) of
Warner Bros copyright line, for example. Note, also, the lack of space between the name of the illustrator
and copyright date in A1(a) and A1(aa). These minute details can only be shown in full transcriptions.
Although a bibliographer might feel justified in noting, for example: seven lines of copyright information, this can hide considerable detail. I have chosen, therefore, to provide exhaustive detail hoping
that these transcriptions of text will find a variety of uses. Ultimately, the insomniac may find soporific
comfort too. My own additions are provided within square brackets. Naturally, when transcribing text
that includes square brackets, an additional system is required. Therefore, the words square bracket
within printed square brackets correspond to the printed symbol in the original source text. Please note
that my transcriptions of text do not reproduce small caps or bold text.
Traditional areas of bibliographical description continue with a note of paper stock used (although,
to date, no laid paper has been used for English or American publications). A brief note of running
titles is then provided (noted as being on the verso or recto of a leaf). In the book world the leaf is
INTRODUCTIONxxv
important, not the page. One leaf presents two pages: the verso and the recto. When viewing an open
book the verso is on the left and the recto on the right.
A note about illustrations within the volume is then given. When no note is provided, it can be
assumed that the volume is not illustrated. It will be immediately seen that the English editions of
the Harry Potter novels are not illustrated, whereas the American editions contain vignettes at the
beginning of each chapter. There is also some variation in typographical features and these are listed
in the description at this point.
A description of the books binding is then provided. The term pictorial boards describes the
familiar English hardback sporting a printed design. Boards, together with a note of a colour,
describes a hardback book bound with a paper-like finish. This is in contrast to coloured cloth. A
combination of boards and cloth can be found on several American editions which comprise clothbacked spines with boards. The term wrappers describes paperback editions. If the insides of wrappers
are not described, it can be assumed that they are blank. When describing colours, I have avoided
the use of complicated colour chart terminology. With the colourful printing of childrens books (in
particular), a vast pallet of colours has been used. There is, however, usually one colour that predominates for printing text on the binding. A statement such as all in yellow can be taken to mean all
text printed in yellow, unless otherwise noted. I have omitted ISBN information when it appears
printed as part of the barcode. Presence or omission of an ISBN as part of a barcode is never an issue
point and, I assume, of little interest.
If a dust-jacket was issued this will then be described, together with a transcription of all text.
The terms spine, upper cover, lower cover, upper inside flap and lower inside flap are used for
different sections. As one would expect, no paperback editions have been issued with dust-jackets.
A bibliography records facts and one obvious detail is the accurate publication date for a volume.
This has not been easy to uncover, however. I have been assisted by staff at Bloomsbury, Scholastic
and the Blair Partnership, but when doubt remains this is noted. The original publication price is also
cited.
A note of contents provides a basic transcription of the opening of the text, or sections of text (in
the case of the four issues of The Daily Prophet).
The notes section seeks to record any interesting background including, for the English editions,
details of textual changes for reprints (or new editions).
A register of consulted copies is of some limited use and records the surprising lack of first edition
copies in the British Library (BL). For many traditional bibliographers, the date stamped within
the copy from the national collection provides interesting detail to their work. Not so here. The
British Library has a thiry-third reprint of A1(a) (stamped May 2005) and a fourth reprint of A1(aa)
(stamped 8 December 1997). It seems to have bought a twenty-fifth reprint of A2(c) in April 2000.
This is slightly interesting, but not particularly noteworthy.
Private collectors have been most generous in providing copies for me to describe. Where no
identification of source is provided, the collector wished to remain completely anonymous.
Some very limited reprint information concludes this section. Such detail is far from comprehensive, due to the quantity of reprints published. For English editions, reprints usually include
a strike-line ('10 9 8 7 6 5') or a single figure ('22'), for example. These correspond to the fifth
impression and twenty-second impressions respectively. American editions also tend to include a year
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strike-line (9/9 0/0 1 2 3 4) in addition to place of publication and a plant code. These additional
pieces of information have been included. I have generally omitted providing a register of where
reprint copies have been consulted. If any readers would care to send me details of the reprints I have
failed to include, I would be most grateful.
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on interviews and filtered by a journalist there are a number of admirable websites which seek to
record every statement and slight utterance by the author. Its an endeavour best suited outside the
restrictions of a printed book.
In descriptions, the title of the article or contribution is given before the title of the publication.
If the piece appeared in a specific section or supplement of a newspaper, this is noted. Page references
are usually included.
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Contents:
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
(Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say)
Notes:
The genesis of Harry Potter is now the stuff of legend: the idea of Harry Potter slid into the mind
of Joanne Rowling on a train journey from Manchester to London during the summer of 1990. The
manuscript was completed early in 1996 and sent to a literary agent who rejected it. The second
approach was to the Christopher Little Literary Agency where it was read by Bryony Evans. She and
a freelance reader, Fleur Howle, convinced Christopher Little to sign up the unknown author. The
agency sent the manuscript to eight publishers and there was interest from both HarperCollins and
Bloomsbury. HarperCollins was slow in making a definite offer and the UK rights to the title therefore
went to Bloomsbury for an advance of around 1,500.
Bloomsbury had recently launched a childrens booklist following the companys floatation on the
stock market. Barry Cunningham, a former childrens marketing director for Puffin Books, had written a
business plan for Bloomsbury as a consultant but was then taken on by Bloomsbury. In an interview with
me in September 2013, Nigel Newton, the founder and Chief Executive of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
recalled that the following Frankfurt [Book Fair], Christopher Little, who I knew well, was there and I
introduced him to Barry. Following that introduction, Christopher made a submission of Harry Potter
to Barry. Subsequent folklore indicates that this was, by that stage, a much-rejected book. So Barry and
his new childrens publishing team received what Christopher submitted my recollection is that it
was about three chapters. They became extremely excited by it and our childrens marketing manager,
Rosamund de la Hey, photocopied it for the ten or so members of the editorial committee. Ros was trying
to say this book was something unusual. So she rolled the photocopy of the three chapters into a scroll,
sellotaped one end, filled it with Smarties, sellotaped the other end and put a red ribbon around this
scroll. That was their way of saying to us that they thought this book would win the Smarties prize
which funnily enough it did. The fact that they did that is a sure sign that they did think they were onto
something big or good, rather than something that we didnt notice either. The next day at the meeting
Barry proposed that we make an offer for it 1,500 as an advance and I cast my vote (as chairman
of the meeting) in favour as did everybody else with alacrity. My confidence came from the fact that my
then eight-year-old daughter, Alice, had read it for me the night before and came down the stairs glowing
about it. But there is some kind of media manipulation of that story saying that it was all about Alice and
me. Thats not true: Barry Cunningham was the childrens publishing director and it was he who steered
it through. Newton noted that he had always assumed that as the novel was the work of a first-time
author and it was being offered by a literary agency, other publishers would be considering the work.
Newton recalls that the childrens division at Bloomsbury became excited about the novel very
quickly. He noted that between accepting the book and publishing it something called email had
been invented. So we all had computers on our desks and these new things called emails started
to be sent around internally. I remember that Ros de la Hey sent us emails almost every day saying
no, no, no, no I know you all think that Harry Potter is great but you dont understand Harry
Potter is really, really, really great. So she and Barry Cunningham and his editor, Elinor Bagenal,
and their marketing colleague, Janet Hogarth, sat around on beanbags in our office at the top of the
Twentieth-Century Fox building in Soho Square and when Barry got the full typescript he started
circulating the pages around the room to the other three and they read the same text simultaneously.
They were all really humming about this book and our sales force and marketing and publicity departments went out crusading on its behalf I remember Ottakers bookshop chain chose it as one of
their books of the month for publication in July 1997.
Rowling accepted the publishers criticism that the novel was overlong and the text was pruned by
Bloomsburys editorial process. Barry Cunningham has noted that the freelance editor for the book
was Susan Dickinson. Rowling also allowed her name to appear as a gender-free J.K. Rowling.
A publication figure of 500 hardback copies is confirmed by Bloomsbury. Many of these copies were
destined for libraries (the book trade suggests a figure of around 300 copies). Newton noted that I
think the assumption in 1997 would have been that you would sell 500 hardcovers of any good book
to public libraries so that edition would be aimed at them. The general edition for the market would
be a paperback. This explains the lack of a dust-jacket for the first edition: it was simply not required
by libraries. Note that both hardback and paperback were published on the same date and neither has
bibliographical priority. The print-run for the paperback was significantly larger, however. A story has
arisen that, beyond copies sold to libraries, a large number were shipped to Australia. There appears
no evidence within the archives at Bloomsbury that this is correct.
A report compiled by the printers, Clays Ltd, notes that the initial print run was followed quickly
by a reprint of 1,000 copies and three reprints of 500 copies. These figures confirm the widely-held
view that the book was an instant success.
For years the book trade has claimed that the total edition of A1(a) and A1(aa) was 500 copies.
The usual statement has been that there were 300 copies of A1(a) and 200 copies of A1(aa). With
confirmation from the publisher that there were 500 copies of A1(a) and 5,150 copies of A1(aa), the
old statement is exposed as woefully inaccurate.
Note that the seventh line of the publishers imprint page does not include a space between Taylor
and 1997. On page 53, under the heading, Other Equipment, 1 wand is listed twice. These errors
were retained from the proof (see note to AA1(a)). See also note to A1(aa).
The original manuscript was exhibited at the British Library in its Writing Britain Wastelands to
Wonderlands exhibition from 11 May to 25 September 2012.
In the EnglishPEN charity auction entitled First Editions, Second Thoughts (Sothebys, 21 May
2013) a first edition was offered which included the authors annotations or illustrations on 43 pages.
The author freely added comments on the process of writing, editorial decisions and sources of inspiration together with references to the series as a whole and the film adaptations:
I wrote the book in snatched hours, in clattering cafes or in the dead of night. For me, the story of
how I wrote Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone is written invisibly on every page, legible only
to me. Sixteen years after it was published, the memories are as vivid as ever as I turn these pages
With approximately 22 illustrations and 1,100 words, the copy sold for 150,000 to a private collector.
It was immediately loaned to the Bodleian library for its exhibition Magical Books: From the Middle
Ages to Middle-earth (23 May27 October 2013).
The illustrator Thomas Taylor, in a blog on his website entitled Harry Potter and the Missing Artist
(dated 1 September 2009), stated that the artwork for this volume had been his first professional
commission. In 1996 he noticed that Bloomsbury were creating a childrens list and he therefore
left his portfolio with them. Taylor notes they must have seen something they liked because they
gave me a book jacket to do There was an incomplete manuscript to read, roughs to do, and then
the painting. The final image a faint pencil sketch, painted with concentrated watercolour (Doc
Martins, I think) and then outlined with a black Karisma pencil took two days, and all things
considered I was quite pleased with it. I think I delivered it by hand. This was the only Harry Potter
cover I did. Quite understandably, once the books took off Bloomsbury turned to more experienced
illustrators with a track record of art for this age range. By then I was working on my first picture books
anyway, alienating myself from Harrys readers. So I dont have any great regrets about losing out to
Cliff Wright, et al., or about the briefness of my very brief involvement with HP.
A further blog, entitled Harry Potter and the Mysterious Wizard (dated 20 June 2011) discusses
the lower cover illustration of a wizard. The original picture was quickly replaced by a clearly recognizable illustration of Dumbledore, probably appearing first on the eighteenth impression. Taylor
notes that when I was commissioned by Barry Cunningham to produce the cover art for a debut
middle grade novel by an unknown author I was asked to provide a wizard to decorate the back
cover. So I did. The books are full of magical characters and sorcerers, so it wasnt difficult to conjure
up one of my own. It never even crossed my mind to depict Dumbledore. The publisher, however,
was challenged repeatedly about the identity of the wizard and Bloomsbury therefore asked Taylor to
provide a replacement.
The original pencil and watercolour illustration by Thomas Taylor of Harry Potter standing by
the Hogwarts Express, measuring 401 by 282mm, was offered for sale at auction by Sothebys on 10
July 2001. There was additional detail present in the original that was not reproduced when printed.
Platform 10, for example, was shown in the original but cropped for publication. Estimated at 20,000
to 25,000 it sold for a total of 85,750 (including buyers premium). The purchaser was a private
collector in the United States.
The original pencil and watercolour illustration of the lower cover wizard by Thomas Taylor
was offered for sale at auction by Sothebys on 10 July 2013. The illustration measured 250 by
105mm. Estimated at 8,000 to 12,000 it sold for a total of 9,750 (including buyers premium).
The purchaser was a London bookdealer. Included with the piece was a letter, dated 1999, from the
illustrator explaining that the image was scanned by the publisher and printed in an elongated state,
which accounted for the small difference in proportion from original to reproduction.
The original pencil and watercolour illustration by Thomas Taylor of Albus Dumbledore (that
replaced the pipe-smoking wizard), measuring 442 by 285mm, was offered for sale at auction by
Sothebys on 10 July 2001. Estimated at 4,000 to 6,000 it sold for a total of 3,525 (including buyers
premium). The purchaser was a London bookdealer.
To celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone,
Bloomsbury printed a circular commemorative device on the upper cover (and dust-jacket) of the fifyfifth reprint (and later reprints) of this edition. The device featured Harry from the Thomas Taylor
illustration used in A1(a) together with 15 | YEARS OF | HARRY | POTTER | MAGIC.
The English audiobook version, read by Stephen Fry, has a duration of approximately eight and a
half hours. In a unique broadcasting event, BBC Radio 4 entirely cleared its schedule on the FM
frequency for 26 December 2000 and from 12 noon the complete text was broadcast. Fry apparently
stated that reading Harry Potter books out loud is more fun than I feel a single human being could
ever deserve. Its like swimming in chocolate.
Reprints (and subsequent new editions) include a number of corrections to the text. These comprise:
Page 15, line 3
he tried to kill the Potters son to he tried to kill the Potters son
Page 17, lines 31-32 Ill be takin Sirius his bike back to Id best get this bike away
Page 31, line 34
deletion of single inverted comma at the beginning of the line
Page 52, line 35
A Beginners Guide to A Beginners Guide
Page 53, line 9
deletion of second 1 wand from list
Page 56, lines 17-18 seventeen Sickles an ounce to sixteen Sickles an ounce
Page 72, line 25
a shiny silver badge to a shiny red and gold badge
Page 87, line 31
Hogwarts, a History to Hogwarts: A History
Page 92, line 22
four hundred years to five hundred years
Page 101, line 4
head of Gryffindor House to Head of Gryffindor House
Page 147, line 7-8
looking forward to next day to looking forward to the next day
Page 168, lines 9-10 One Hundred Magical Herbs to One Thousand Magical Herbs
Page 193, line 27
thats the pub to thats one of the pubs
Page 205, line 3
you go next to him to you go there
Page 205, line 32 I take one step forward and shell take me to Ill make my move and shell
take me
Copies: Sothebys, 15 December 2011, lot 149; Sothebys, 21 May 2013, lot 39
Reprints include:
20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11
20 19 18 17 16 15
20 19 18
26 27 28 29 30
33
BL (RF.2005.a.359) stamped May 2005
32
29
A report compiled by the printers, Clays Ltd, in October 2013 noted that to date we have produced
a minimum of 11.6 million paperbacks and 1.3 million hardbacks across 337 printings.
A1(aa)
Harry Potter and the | Philosophers Stone | J. K. Rowling | [publishers device of a dog, 11 by
18mm] | BLOOMSBURY (All width centred)
Collation: 112 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
197 by 128mm; [1-7] 8-18 [19] 20-27 [28] 29-38 [39] 40-48 [49]
50-66 [67] 68-84 [85] 86-97 [98] 99-106 [107] 108-120 [121] 122-32
[133] 134-42 [143] 144-57 [158] 159-66 [167] 168-76 [177] 178-90
[191] 192-208 [209] 210-23 [224]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter and the | Philosophers
Stone; [2] blank; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of
this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, | without
the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First
published in Great Britain in 1997 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
38 Soho Square, London W1V 5DF | [new paragraph] Copyright
Text Joanne Rowling 1997 | Copyright Cover illustration
Thomas Taylor1997 [sic] | [new paragraph] The moral right of
the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this
book is available from the | British Library | [new paragraph]
ISBN 0 7475 3274 5 Paperback | 0 7475 3269 9 Hardback | [new
paragraph] Printed and bound in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc |
[new paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; [5] for Jessica, who loves stories, | for
Anne, who loved them too, | and for Di, who heard this one first.; [6] blank;
[7]-223 text; [224] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises
chapter title, pp. 8-223
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: [colour illustration of head of a wizard on white panel, 13 by
14mm] HARRY POTTER [in white on crimson panel, 13 by 47mm] and the
Philosophers Stone [in light yellow] J. K. ROWLING [in dark yellow, both
title conclusion and author on blue panel, 13 by 102mm] BLOOMSBURY
[publishers device of the head of a dog, 3 by 4mm] [both in black on dark
yellow panel, 13 by 32mm] (reading lengthways down spine).
On upper wrapper: HARRY | POTTER | and the Philosophers Stone
[lines 1 and 2 in dark yellow, line 3 in white, all on crimson panel, 61 by
128mm] | [light blue rule, 128mm intersected by orange panel with J. K. ROWLING in brown] |
[colour illustration of Harry Potter and the Hogwarts Express at Platform 9, 122 by 128mm with
two stars touching or intersecting first light blue rule] | [light blue rule, 128mm] | A terrific read
and a stunning first novel Wendy Cooling [in dark yellow on black panel, 10 by 128mm] (all width
centred).
On lower wrapper: Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary | boy until he is rescued by an owl,
taken | to Hogwarts School of Wizardry and | Witchcraft, learns to play | Quidditch and does battle
in | a deadly duel. The Reason: | HARRY POTTER IS A WIZARD! | [new paragraph] Acclaim for
Harry Potter | and the Philosophers Stone: | [new paragraph] Splendid stuff! Its got just the | right
mix of normal life vs. magic to | make it extra-ordinary and hugely | readable. David Morton Daisy
& Tom | [new paragraph] I just loved this book, it is full of | pace and interest and so very funny.
| There is something about Harry Potter that | reminds me of Charlie Buckett in Charlie and | the
Chocolate Factory | Fiona Waters Fiona Waters Associates | [new paragraph] Mystery, magic,
a spectacular cast of | characters and a splendid plot this is a bold | and confident debut from a
splendid writer | and storyteller. | Lindsay Fraser Book Trust Scotland | [barcode in black on white
panel, 21 by 61mm together with [publishers device of a dog, 6 by 10mm] | BLOOMSBURY |
4.99 in black on left side of panel] | http://www.bloomsbury.com. All in white with the exception
of the first H in Harry which is in green and the final line printed in dark yellow and all on a blue
background with colour illustration on left-hand side of a wizard smoking a pipe, together with ten
stars. The initial capital H of Harry is a drop capital and is printed in green.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 197 by 128mm (wrappers), 197 by 14mm (spine).
Publication: 26 June 1997 (simultaneous with A1(a)) in an edition of 5,150 copies (confirmed by
Bloomsbury)
Price: 4.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
(Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say)
Notes:
Both hardback (A1(a)) and paperback (A1(aa)) were published on the same date and neither has
bibliographical priority. For years the book trade has claimed that the total edition of A1(a) and
A1(aa) was 500 copies. The usual statement has been that there were 300 copies of A1(a) and 200
copies of A1(aa). With confirmation from the publisher that there were 500 copies of A1(a) and
5,150 copies of A1(aa), the old statement is exposed as woefully inaccurate.
As in A1(a), the seventh line of the publishers imprint page does not include a space between Taylor
and 1997. On page 53, under the heading, Other Equipment, 1 wand is listed twice. A copy of this
First English edition (childrens artwork series in paperback) was sold at Christies South Kensington
(30 November 2010, lot 208) which included a handwritten note by the author. Next to the final 1
wand, Rowling drew an arrow and stated this was taken out in the next print of the book (a mistake).
Keep this copy, it might be valuable one day!
A copy sold at Sothebys on 12 December 2012, which included an inscription dated 25 June 1997.
The author had evidently received a number of copies before the publication date. The copy inscribed
by the author to her father and stepmother, for example, was dated 11 June 1997. This copy was
offered at auction at Sothebys New York on 10 December 2003. It was inscribed on the half-title
11-6-97 | To Dad and Jan, | with lots of love | Jo. Estimated at $10,000/15,000, it sold for $8,000
to a member of the London book trade.
Copies: Sothebys, 14 July 2010, lot 201; Sothebys, 12 December 2012, lot 178
Reprints include:
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3
10 9 8 7 6 5 4
BL (H.98/557) stamped 8 Dec 1997
40 39 38 37
58 59 60
A1(b)
Harry Potter and the | Philosophers Stone | J. K. Rowling | [publishers device of a rule, 39mm |
TED SMART | rule, 39mm, all within single ruled border, 7 by 40mm] (Lines 1 and 2 justified on
left and right margins, and all width centred)
Collation: 112 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 197 by 128mm; [1-7] 8-18
[19] 20-27 [28] 29-38 [39] 40-48 [49] 50-66 [67] 68-84 [85] 86-97 [98] 99-106 [107] 108-120 [121]
122-32 [133] 134-42 [143] 144-57 [158] 159-66 [167] 168-76 [177] 178-90 [191] 192-208 [209]
210-23 [224]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter and the | Philosophers Stone; [2] blank; [3] title-page;
[4] First published in Great Britain in 1997 | This edition produced for The Book People Ltd 1998
| Hall Wood Avenue | Haydock | St Helens WA11 9UL | [new paragraph] Copyright Text
Joanne Rowling 1997 | Copyright Cover illustration Thomas Taylor 1997 | [new paragraph] The
moral right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from
the | British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 1 85613 403 2 | [new paragraph] Printed and bound
in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; [5] for Jessica, who
loves stories, | for Anne, who loved them too, | and for Di, who heard this one first.; [6] blank; [7]-223
text; [224] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-223
Binding: pictorial boards.
On spine: [colour illustration of head of a wizard on white panel, 18 by 18mm] HARRY POTTER
[in white on crimson panel, 18 by 47mm] and the Philosophers Stone [in light yellow] J. K. ROWLING
[in dark yellow, both title conclusion and author on blue panel, 18 by 102mm] [publishers device of
a rule, 26mm | TED SMART | rule, 26mm, all within single ruled border, 5 by 27mm] [in black on
yellow panel, 18 by 38mm] (reading lengthways down spine).
On upper cover: HARRY | POTTER | and the Philosophers Stone [lines 1 and 2 in dark yellow,
line 3 in white, all on crimson panel, 65 by 133mm] | [green rule, 133mm intersected by orange panel
with J.K.ROWLING in brown] | [colour illustration of Harry Potter and the Hogwarts Express at
Platform 9, 122 by 133mm with one star touching or intersecting first green rule] | [green rule,
133mm] | WINNER OF THE 1997 SMARTIES GOLD AWARD [in dark yellow on black panel, 13
by 133mm] (all width centred).
On lower cover: Harry Potter thinks he | is an ordinary boy | until he is rescued by an | owl,
taken to Hogwarts | School of Witchcraft and | Wizardry, learns to play | Quidditch and does |
battle in a deadly duel. | The Reason | HARRY POTTER IS | A WIZARD! | [new paragraph]
[barcode in black on white panel, 21 by 61mm]. All in white on a blue background with colour
illustration on left-hand side of a wizard smoking a pipe, together with seven stars.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 205 by 133mm (covers), 205 by 18mm (spine).
End-papers: wove paper.
Dust-jacket: present, but not consulted
Publication: May 1998 (see notes)
Price: no exact price is recorded (see notes)
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
(Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say)
Notes:
The Book People is an independent bookselling company founded in 1988 by Ted Smart. It operates
by using self-employed distributors to visit customers in workplaces and other similar locations.
The company orders and stocks a restricted range of titles in bulk without the right of return to the
publisher. Bulk purchasing for this method of distribution brings savings in cost which are reflected
in the purchase price for the buyer. To reduce the risk of these books being sold through any means
other than The Book People they frequently carry the companys own imprint (as with the Ted Smart
editions of Harry Potter).
Note the slight differences on the upper cover between this edition and the first English edition (see
A1(a) and A1(aa)). The Bloomsbury editions show two stars touching or intersecting the first rule
(an orange star on the left and a yellow star on the right). In the Ted Smart edition the orange star
is omitted. The quotation from Wendy Cooling has been replaced in the Ted Smart edition with a
statement about the 1997 Smarties Gold Award. The initial capital H of Harry is a drop capital for
A1(a) and A1(aa). In the Ted Smart edition it is a regular capital.
Neither Ted Smart nor Bloomsbury were able to provide any detail about the Ted Smart/The Book
People editions. Information was provided by the Blair Partnership who noted that this edition was
available from May 1998. Production of the Ted Smart/The Book People editions ceased in April
2001.
In an interview with me in September 2013, Nigel Newton noted that the Ted Smart edition just
happened because it was the norm in supplying The Book People. He reflected that later we decided
perhaps that that wasnt the right way Noting the appearance of the Ted Smart edition so early in
the chronology of editions, Newton exclaimed oh, good for us we were on the ball good.
No exact price has been recorded for this edition. A1(b) was, presumably, sold by itself. A slipcase
containing the three volumes A1(b), A2(f) and A7(d) was, probably, available from November 1999
and a slipcase containing the four volumes A1(b), A2(f), A7(d) and A9(c) was, presumably, available
from November 2000. In each case the price would have been lower than the single (or combined)
prices of the Bloomsbury version.
Copies: private collection
Reprints include:
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3
10 9 8 7 6 5 4
10 9 8 7 6 5
10 9 8 7 6
A1(c)
Harry Potter and the | Philosophers Stone | J. K. Rowling | BLOOMSBURY (All width centred)
Collation: 112 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 197 by 128mm; [1-7] 8-18 [19]
20-27 [28] 29-38 [39] 40-48 [49] 50-66 [67] 68-84 [85] 86-97 [98] 99-106 [107] 108-120 [121] 122-32
[133] 134-42 [143] 144-57 [158] 159-66 [167] 168-76 [177] 178-90 [191] 192-208 [209] 210-23 [224]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter and the | Philosophers Stone; [2] blank; [3] title-page;
[4] All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, | without the prior permission of the publisher
| [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain in 1997 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho
Square, London, W1V 5DF | [new paragraph] This edition published in 1998 | [new paragraph]
Copyright Text Joanne Rowling 1997 | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been
asserted | A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the | British Library | [new
black with the exception of sources which are in orange and all on photographic illustration of clouds
of steam, 198 by 128mm.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 197 by 128mm (wrappers), 197 by 14mm (spine).
Publication: 11 September 1998 (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 6.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
(Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say)
Notes:
Interviewed in September 2013, Nigel Newton recalls that inspiration for the adult editions came
from a member of staff at Bloomsbury. Apparently the staff member saw a commuter reading Harry
Potter on the train whilst holding a copy of The Economist to block the book from the view of other
passengers. Newton notes then one of us it might even have been me repeated this to a
journalist, possibly from the Independent, who made a thing of it. And we thought, well why dont we
produce an adult edition? It was quite clear that this book was being read just as much by adults. So we
created this new edition and it got a lot of coverage. The jackets were photographic rather than line
drawings to indicate that they were more adult. I thought they looked really great. They sold hugely
well So that created a great surge in the readership.
Newton is quick to recall that there was already a tradition of books published by the same
publisher sporting different bindings or jackets. The specific example he remembers was the 1987
English publication of Edward Rutherfurds Sarum by Anthony Cheethams Century Hutchinson firm.
Noting the higher price of the adult edition, Newton stated that the book was brought into line
with adult prices The truth is you end up making childrens books almost too cheap to price to the
market.
The number of copies printed of this edition is not recorded in the Bloomsbury archives.
A copy of this editon inscribed by the author to her stepmother was offered at auction at Sothebys
New York on 10 December 2003. It was inscribed on the dedication page To Jan | with lots of love
| Jo. Estimated at $8,000/12,000, it failed to sell.
Each occurrence of the title on the spine, upper and lower wrappers shows and the Philosophers Stone
off-set to the right of HARRY POTTER.
Later reprints would provide more information about the photograph:
The publishers gratefully acknowledge the following permission to reproduce the cover image Norfolk
& Western Railways Train, The Cavalier, Leaves Williamson, West Virginia, on a Rainy Day, 1958.
Photograph ( [sic] by O Winston Link. Reproduced by kind permission of O Winston Link.
Ogle Winston Link (1914-2001) was an American photographer remembered, chiefly, for his photographs of the last days of steam locomotives on the Norfolk and Western line in America. The line
was the last American railway to convert from steam to diesel in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
A1(d)
HARRY | POTTER | and the Philosophers Stone | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRACO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 70 by 86mm] | J.K.ROWLING |
[publishers device of a dog, 12 by 19mm] | BLOOMSBURY (All width centred)
Collation: 112 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
233 by 151mm; [1-7] 8-18 [19] 20-27 [28] 29-38 [39] 40-48 [49]
50-66 [67] 68-84 [85] 86-97 [98] 99-106 [107] 108-120 [121] 122-32
[133] 134-42 [143] 144-57 [158] 159-66 [167] 168-76 [177] 178-90
[191] 192-208 [209] 210-23 [224]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the
Philosophers Stone | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRACO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner,
49 by 60mm]; [2] Also available: | Harry Potter and the Chamber
of Secrets; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of this
publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, | without the
prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] This edition
first published in Great Britain in 1999 | Bloomsbury Publishing
Plc, 38 Soho Square, London, W1V 5DF | [new paragraph]
Copyright J. K. Rowling 1997 | Copyright Cover illustration
Thomas Taylor 1997 | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been asserted | A CIP
catalogue record of this book is available from the | British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475
4572 3 | [new paragraph] Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph]
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; [5] for Jessica, who loves stories, | for Anne, who loved them too, | and for Di, who
heard this one first.; [6] blank; [7]-223 text; [224] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-223
Binding: red cloth.
scenes were chosen due to their significance to the story and to provide an even spread of illustrations
throughout the narrative.
The original intention had been to bind the original illustrations into a copy of the book for the
ultimate personal copy, but the thickness of the paper prevented this. Consequently, and with Taylors
permission, the ten original watercolours, together with two separate reproductions of Taylors work,
were reproduced on fine wove paper and sumptuously bound by Asprey in 2004 within a copy of
A1(d), signed by the author. A handwritten limitation note stated This book is specially | illustrated
by | Thomas Taylor, and is | limited to one copy | only | Thomas Taylor | 2002.
The ten original watercolours were included with the book. Offered as lot 150 in Sothebys English
Literature, History, Private Press, Childrens Books and Illustrations auction on 15 December 2011 at
30,000/50,000, it failed to sell.
Copies: Sothebys, 17 December 2009, lot 169
A1(e)
HARRY | POTTER | and the Philosophers Stone | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 67 by 82mm] | J.K.ROWLING |
[publishers device of a dog, 11 by 18mm] | BLOOMSBURY (Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and right
margins, and all width centred)
Collation: 112 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
197 by 128mm; [1-7] 8-18 [19] 20-27 [28] 29-38 [39] 40-48 [49]
50-66 [67] 68-84 [85] 86-97 [98] 99-106 [107] 108-120 [121] 122-32
[133] 134-42 [143] 144-57 [158] 159-66 [167] 168-76 [177] 178-90
[191] 192-208 [209] 210-23 [224]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the
Philosophers Stone | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner,
47 by 57mm]; [2] Also available: | Harry Potter and the Chamber
of Secrets; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of this
publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, | without the
prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First published
in Great Britain in 1997 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho
Square, | London W1D 3HB | [new paragraph] This edition
first published in 2001 | [new paragraph] Copyright 1997 J.K.
Rowling | Cover illustrations copyright by Thomas Taylor 1997
| [new paragraph] Harry Potter, names, characters and related indicia are | copyright and trademark
Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been asserted | A CIP
catalogue record of this book is available from the | British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475
5819 1 | [new paragraph] Printed and bound in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | Typeset by
Dorchester Typesetting | [new paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 | [new paragraph] www.bloomsbury.
com/harrypotter; [5] for Jessica, who loves stories, | for Anne, who loved them too, | and for Di, who heard
this one first.; [6] blank; [7]-223 text; [224] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-223
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: [colour illustration of head of Professor Dumbledore on
white panel, 13 by 16mm] HARRY POTTER [in red on gilt panel,
13 by 46mm] and the Philosophers Stone [in white] J.K.ROWLING [in
gilt, both title conclusion and author on red panel, 13 by 103mm]
BLOOMSBURY [publishers device of the head of a dog, 3 by 4mm]
[both in white on purple panel, 13 by 31mm] (reading lengthways down
spine).
On upper wrapper: HARRY | POTTER | and the Philosophers Stone
[lines 1 and 2 in gilt, line 3 in white, all on purple panel, 61 by 128mm]
| [gilt rule, 128mm] | [J.K. ROWLING [in gilt] with colour illustration
of Harry Potter and the Hogwarts Express at Platform 9, within single
gilt ruled border, 91 by 86mm, all on red panel with orange, yellow and
gilt stars, 124 by 128mm] | [purple rule, 128mm] | BLOOMSBURY [in
purple on gilt panel, 11 by 128mm] (all width centred).
On lower wrapper: Harry Potter thinks he is an | ordinary boy
until he is rescued by | a beetle-eyed giant of a man, enrols at |
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and | Wizardry, learns to play Quidditch
and | does battle in a deadly duel. The Reason: | HARRY POTTER
IS A WIZARD! | [new paragraph] Acclaim for Harry Potter and | the Philosophers Stone: | [new
paragraph] Like Gameboys, Teletubbies | and films by George Lucas, | Harry Potter has permeated
| the national child consciousness. | The Independent on Sunday | [new paragraph] The Harry Potter
books are that rare | thing, a series of stories adored by | children and parents alike. | The Daily
Telegraph | [new paragraph] JK Rowling has woken up a whole | generation to reading. The Times
| [new paragraph] The Harry Potter stories will join that | small group of childrens books which
| are read and re-read into adulthood. | I imagine that the number of readers | waiting patiently
for the next | instalment grows by the | day. TLS | [barcode in black on white panel, 21 by 61mm
together with 5.99 | [publishers device of a dog, 6 by 10mm] | BLOOMSBURY in black] | http://
www.bloomsbury.com | Cover Illustrations by Thomas Taylor. All in white with the exception of
the penultimate line which is in black and the first H in Harry which is in purple and all on a red
background with colour illustration on left-hand side of Professor Dumbledore with a Put-Outer in
his left hand, together with nine stars. The initial capital H of Harry is a drop capital and is printed
in blue.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 197 by 128mm (wrappers), 197 by 13mm (spine).
Publication: 8 October 2001 in an edition of 400,200 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 5.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
(Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say)
Notes:
Dumbledores left foot and one star intersect the white barcode panel on the lower wrapper.
The individual titles in the celebratory edition were each published to celebrate the release of the
film version. The UK premiere of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone took place on 4 November
2001.
To celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone,
Bloomsbury printed a circular commemorative device on the upper wrapper of the thirty-third reprint
(and later reprints) of this edition. The device featured Harry from the Thomas Taylor illustration
used in A1(a) together with 15 | YEARS OF | HARRY | POTTER | MAGIC.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
3
16 15 14 13 12 11
19
A1(f)
ENGLISH ADULT EDITION (2004)
(Michael Wildsmith photography adult artwork series in paperback)
Harry Potter and the | Philosophers Stone | J. K. Rowling | BLOOMSBURY (All width centred)
Collation: 168 unsigned leaves bound in one gathering of six leaves, thirteen gatherings of twelve
leaves and one gathering of six leaves; 177 by 110mm; [1-7] 8-24 [25] 26-38 [39] 40-54 [55] 56-70 [71]
72-98 [99] 100-124 [125] 126-43 [144] 145-56 [157] 158-77 [178] 179-95 [196] 197-209 [210] 211-32
[233] 234-46 [247] 248-61 [262] 263-82 [283] 284-309 [310] 311-32 [333-36]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter and the | Philosophers Stone; [2] Titles available in the
Harry Potter series | (in reading order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved;
no part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying or otherwise, | without the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First
published in Great Britain in 1997 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho Square, London, W1D
3HB | [new paragraph] This paperback edition first published in 2004 | [new paragraph] Copyright
J. K. Rowling 1997 | [new paragraph] Harry Potter, names, characters and related indicia are |
copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has
been asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this book is available | from the British Library | [new
paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 7447 2 | [new paragraph] 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 | [new paragraph] Typeset
by Dorchester Typesetting | Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph]
All papers used by Bloomsbury Publishing are natural, | recyclable products made from wood grown
in well-managed forests. | The paper used in this book contains 20% post consumer waste material
| which was de-inked using chlorine free methods. The | manufacturing processes conform to the
environmental | regulations of the country of origin. | [new paragraph] www.bloomsbury.com/
harrypotter; [5] for Jessica, who loves stories, | for Anne, who loved them too, | and for Di, who heard
this one first.; [6] blank; [7]-332 text; [333-36] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-332
(excluding pages on which new chapters commence)
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: HARRY POTTER AND THE [colour photograph of a shining red stone, 19 by 18mm]
| J.K. ROWLING [publishers device of a figure with a bow, 10 by 10mm] | PHILOSOPHERS
STONE (reading lengthways down spine). All in white with the exception of last line which is in
gilt and all on black.
On upper wrapper: HARRY POTTER AND THE [in white] | PHILOSOPHERS [embossed in
gilt] | STONE [embossed in gilt] | J. K. ROWLING [in white] | BLOOMSBURY [in white] (all
width centred). All on colour photograph of a shining red stone.
On lower wrapper: [colour photograph of a shining red stone, all within single white border, 22 by
22mm] Funny, imaginative, magical Rowling | has woken up a whole generation to | reading. In
the 2020s, thirty-something | book-lovers will know each other by smug | references to Diagon Alley
and Quidditch | The Times | [new paragraph] When a letter arrives for unhappy but ordinary Harry
| Potter, a decade-old secret is revealed to him. His parents | were wizards, killed by a Dark Lords
curse when Harry was | just a baby, and which he somehow survived. Escaping from | his unbearable
Muggle guardians to Hogwarts, a wizarding | school brimming with ghosts and enchantments, Harry
| stumbles into a sinister adventure when he finds a three- | headed dog guarding a room on the
third floor. Then he | hears of a missing stone with astonishing powers which | could be valuable,
dangerous, or both. | [new paragraph] This is a terrific book Sunday Telegraph | [new paragraph] Has
all the makings of a classic Rowling uses classic | narrative devices with flair and originality and
delivers | a complex and demanding plot in the form of a hugely | entertaining thriller Scotsman
| [new paragraph] And you thought wizardry was for children. Harry Potter | will make you think
again. He casts his spells on grown- | ups too James Naughtie | [new paragraph] Full of surprises
and jokes; comparisons with Dahl are, | this time, justified Sunday Times | [new paragraph] [barcode
in black on white panel, 24 by 39mm together with bloomsbury[in black]pbk[in white]s[in black] |
6.99 [in black] | www.bloomsbury.com [in black] and all on red panel, 25 by 75mm] | Cover image:
Michael Wildsmith Design: William Webb Author Photograph: Bill de la HEY. All in white on
black with colour photograph to the left of lines 1-6.
On inside upper wrapper: black and white photograph of J.K. Rowling standing against
bookshelves.
On inside lower wrapper: Other titles available in the | HARRY POTTER series | [colour
illustrations in two columns of four book designs]. All in white on black.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 177 by 110mm (wrappers), 177 by 19mm (spine).
Publication: 10 July 2004 in an edition of 110,200 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 6.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
(Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say)
Notes:
This edition marks a significant stage in the publication of Bloomsburys editions. Beyond the standard
hardback and paperback editions and the series aimed at specific markets (adults for the original adult
edition, bookclub editions, the gift market for the deluxe editions, the movie-going public for the
celebratory edition), this volume marks the first time an existing look (the original adult edition)
was changed to refresh the image. Bloomsbury would redesign and rebrand the series many times.
Interviewed in September 2013, Nigel Newton remarked that the strategy was one to keep the
series looking fresh and that this is what publishers do. This is what brands do. To be honest, the
book trade is quite short-termist and if you release something new, with a new ISBN, it is treated like
a new publication even if the words are the same. So you have a chance of getting back at the front
of the shop again. Not that Harry Potter has ever malingered for lack of support from the book trade.
Questioned whether new editions are run past the author, Newton responded that we would
never publish any edition without her full approval and input and noted that Rowling had been very
helpful and giving over the years.
Copies: BL (H.2005/1621) stamped 10 May 2004
Reprints include:
5 7 9 10 6
10
A1(g)
ENGLISH ADULT EDITION (2004)
(Michael Wildsmith photography adult artwork series in hardback)
Harry Potter and the | Philosophers Stone | J. K. Rowling | BLOOMSBURY (All width centred)
Collation: 112 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 197 by 125mm; [1-7] 8-18 [19]
20-27 [28] 29-38 [39] 40-48 [49] 50-66 [67] 68-84 [85] 86-97 [98] 99-106 [107] 108-120 [121] 122-32
[133] 134-42 [143] 144-57 [158] 159-66 [167] 168-76 [177] 178-90 [191] 192-208 [209] 210-23 [224]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter and the | Philosophers Stone; [2] Titles available in the
Harry Potter series | (in reading order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and
the Philosophers Stone | also available in Latin, Ancient Greek, Welsh and Irish: | Harrius Potter et
Philosophi Lapis (Latin) | (Ancient Greek) | Harri
Potter a Maen yr Anthronydd (Welsh) | Harry Potter agus an rchloch (Irish); [3] title-page;
[4] All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any
means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying | or otherwise, without the prior permission of the
publisher | [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain in 1997 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
38 Soho Square, London, W1D 3HB | [new paragraph] This edition first published in 2004 | [new
paragraph] Copyright 1997 J. K. Rowling | [new paragraph] Harry Potter, names, characters and
related indicia are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] The moral
right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the
British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 7360 3 | [new paragraph] Typeset by Dorchester
Typesetting | [new paragraph] All papers used by Bloomsbury Publishing are natural, recyclable
products made | from wood grown in well-managed forests. The manufacturing processes | conform
to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. | [new paragraph] Printed in Great Britain
by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 | [new paragraph] www.bloomsbury.
com/harrypotter; [5] for Jessica, who loves stories, | for Anne, who loved them too, | and for Di, who
heard this one first.; [6] blank; [7]-223 text; [224] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-223
(excluding pages on which new chapters commence)
Binding: black boards.
On spine: HARRY POTTER | J. K. ROWLING | AND THE PHILOSOPHERS STONE
[publishers device of a figure with a bow, 14 by 14mm] (reading lengthways down spine). All in gilt.
Upper and lower covers: blank.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 204 by 128mm (covers), 204 by 31mm (spine).
End-papers: wove paper.
A1(h)
the makings of a classic Rowling uses narrative devices with | flair and originality and delivers
a complex and demanding plot in the | form of a hugely entertaining thrilled Scotsman | [new
paragraph] A richly textured first novel given lift-off by an inventive wit Guardian | [new paragraph]
And you thought wizardry was for children. Harry Potter will make you | think again. He casts his
spells on grown-ups too James Naughtie | [new paragraph] Full of surprises and jokes; comparisons
with Dahl, are, | this time, justified Sunday Times | [new paragraph] [barcode in black on white
panel, 24 by 39mm together with bloomsburypbks | [new paragraph] 5.99 | www.bloomsbury.com
all in white on red panel, 25 by 35mm and all enclosed by single red ruled border, 25 by 74mm] |
[new paragraph] Cover photograph Michael Wildsmith, featuring the cover illustration for | Harry
Potter and the Philosophers Stone Thomas Taylor 1997. All in black and red on white.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 197 by 128mm (wrappers), 197 by 17mm (spine).
Publication: 2 January 2007 in an edition of 19,550 copies (confirmed
by Bloomsbury)
Price: 5.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
(Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to
say)
J.K. Rowlings Favourite Books
(Childrens book | Its a three-way tie between The Story of the
Treasure Seekers by)
Notes:
The sixth of twenty-one titles in the series released by the publisher to
celebrate its twenty-first anniversary in 2007. The setting of text was the
standard A1(a) version, with an additional introduction by Alexander
McCall Smith and new material entitled J.K. Rowlings Favourite
Books at the end.
There are four sections to J.K. Rowlings Favourite Books
Childrens book
(Its a three-way tie between The Story of the Treasure Seekers by Edith Nesbit)
Classic
(Emma by Jane Austen, for the incomparable characterisation)
Contemporary book
(It changes monthly, but the last novel I fell in love with was Arthur and George)
Top 10
(Emma by Jane Austen)
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A1(i)
Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous stars] | and the | Philosophers Stone |
[illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on
banner, 68 by 84mm] | J.K.ROWLING | [publishers device of a dog, 8 by 13mm] | BLOOMSBURY
| LONDON BERLIN NEW YORK SYDNEY (All width centred)
Collation: 112 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
197 by 128mm; [1-7] 8-18 [19] 20-27 [28] 29-38 [39] 40-48 [49]
50-66 [67] 68-84 [85] 86-97 [98] 99-106 [107] 108-120 [121] 122-32
[133] 134-42 [143] 144-57 [158] 159-66 [167] 168-76 [177] 178-90
[191] 192-208 [209] 210-23 [224]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter [signature above z rule
with numerous stars] | and the | Philosophers Stone | [illustration of
Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM
TITILLANDUS on banner, 60 by 75mm]; [2] Titles available in
the Harry Potter series | (in reading order): | Harry Potter and the
Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph] Titles available in the Harry
Potter series | (in Latin): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers
Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | (in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish): | Harry Potter
and the Philosophers Stone; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of this publication may
be reproduced or | transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying | or otherwise,
without the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain
in 1997 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | 36 Soho Square, London, W1D 3QY | [new paragraph]
Bloomsbury Publishing, London, Berlin, New York and Sydney | [new paragraph] This paperback
edition first published in November 2010 | [new paragraph] Copyright J.K.Rowling 1997 | Cover
illustrations by Clare Melinsky copyright Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2010 | [new paragraph] Harry
Potter, names, characters and related indicia are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM
| [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record of
this book is available from the British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 978 1 4088 1054 5 | [new
paragraph] [Forest Stewardship Council logo, 8 by 9mm together with symbol and text: FSC |
www.fsc.org | MIX | Paper from | responsible sources | FSC C018072] | [new paragraph] Typeset
by Dorchester Typesetting | Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] 1 3 5
7 9 10 8 6 4 2 | [new paragraph] | www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] for Jessica, who loves stories,
| for Anne, who loved them too, | and for Di, who heard this one first.; [6] blank; [7]-223 text; [224] blank
A1(j)
Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous stars] | and the | Philosophers Stone |
[illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on
banner, 68 by 84mm] | J.K.ROWLING | [publishers device of a dog, 8 by 13mm] | BLOOMSBURY
| LONDON BERLIN NEW YORK SYDNEY (All width centred)
Collation: 112 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 197 by 124mm; [1-7] 8-18 [19]
20-27 [28] 29-38 [39] 40-48 [49] 50-66 [67] 68-84 [85] 86-97 [98] 99-106 [107] 108-120 [121] 122-32
[133] 134-42 [143] 144-57 [158] 159-66 [167] 168-76 [177] 178-90 [191] 192-208 [209] 210-23 [224]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous stars] | and the |
Philosophers Stone | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM
TITILLANDUS on banner, 60 by 75mm]; [2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in reading
All edges trimmed. Blue sewn bands at head and foot of spine together with blue marker ribbon.
Binding measurements: 205 by 128mm (covers), 205 by 27mm (spine). End-papers: wove paper
overprinted in blue showing design, in white, of spine motifs from the series (see notes).
Dust-jacket: coated wove paper, 205 by 484mm
On spine: Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous stars] [in gilt] and | the Philosophers
Stone [orange, yellow and blue illustration of key-bird, 11 by 16mm] J.K.ROWLING BLOOMSBURY
[publishers device of the head of a dog, 3 by 4mm] (reading lengthways down spine). All in white on
blue.
On upper cover: Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous stars] [in gilt] | and the
| Philosophers Stone | [blue, yellow and light green illustration of white queen chess piece swinging
sword at black knight chess piece, 95 by 111mm] | J.K.ROWLING | BLOOMSBURY (all width
centred). All in blue with deckle-edge effect of white leaf on blue background at fore-edge.
On lower cover: As funny as Roald Dahls stories | and as vivid as the Narnia books. | Daily
Mail | [publishers device of a dog, 6 by 10mm and BLOOMSBURY] [barcode and www.bloomsbury.
com/harrypotter in black on white panel, 24 by 38mm]. All in blue, with brown, blue, yellow and
light green illustration of ornate railway station pillar and sign 9 together with deckle-edge effect
of green and brown leaf on blue background at fore-edge. The initial capital A of As is a drop
capital.
On upper inside flap: Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary | boy. He lives with Uncle Vernon, |
Aunt Petunia and his cousin, Dudley, | who make him sleep in a cupboard under | the stairs. Then
Harry starts receiving | mysterious letters and his life is changed | for ever. He is whisked away by
a beetle-| eyed giant of a man and enrolled in | Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and | Wizardry.
The reason: Harry Potter is | a wizard! | [new paragraph] J. K. Rowling has woken up a whole |
generation to reading. | The Times | [new paragraph] Hooray for Harry Potter as funny as | Roald
Dahls | stories and as vivid as the | Narnia books. | Daily Mail | [new paragraph] A richly textured
first novel given lift-off | by an inventive wit. | Guardian | [new paragraph] [orange, yellow and blue
illustration of key-bird, 14 by 21mm]. All in white on blue. The initial capital H of Harry is a drop
capital.
On lower inside flap: J. K. Rowling has written fiction since she was a child, | and she always
wanted to be an author. Her parents loved | reading and their house in Chepstow was full of books.
| In fact, J. K. Rowling wrote her first book at the age | of six a story about a rabbit called Rabbit.
She studied | French and Classics at Exeter University, then moved to | Edinburgh via London and
Portugal. In 2000 she was | awarded an OBE for services to childrens literature. | [new paragraph]
The idea for Harry Potter occurred to her on the | train from Manchester to London, where she says
| Harry Potter just strolled into my head fully formed, | and by the time she had arrived at Kings
Cross, many | of the characters had taken shape. During the next | five years she outlined the plots
for each book and | began writing the first in the series, Harry Potter and | the Philosophers Stone,
which was first published by | Bloomsbury in 1997. The other Harry Potter titles: | 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 and Harry | Potter
and the Deathly Hallows followed. J. K. Rowling | has also written three companion books: Quidditch
| Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find | Them, in aid of Comic Relief, and The
Tales of Beedle | the Bard, in aid of Lumos. | [new paragraph] THE COMPLETE HARRY POTTER
SERIES: | [colour illustrations in two rows of seven book designs] | Designed by Webb & Webb
Design | Cover illustrations by Clare Melinsky | copyright J. K. Rowling 2010. All in white on
blue with white panel, 19 by 12mm, to right on which in black: [Forest Stewardship Council logo, 6
by 7mm together with symbol] | FSC | www.fsc.org | MIX | Paper from | responsible sources |
FSC C018072.
Publication: 7 November 2011 in an edition of 9,200 copies (confirmed
by Bloomsbury)
Price: 115 [together with A2(o), A7(l), A9(l), A12(i), A13(h) and
A14(g)]
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
(Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to
say)
Notes:
The end-papers carry a design of eight miniature illustrations. Seven
of these reproduce the spine motifs from the series and an eighth
comprises a variant of the key-bird from the first book.
Published as a boxed set of seven volumes comprising A1(j), A2(o),
A7(l), A9(l), A12(i), A13(h) and A14(g). Individual volumes were
not available separately. The ISBN for the boxed set was ISBN 978 1
4088 2594 5.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A1(k)
J.K. Rowling | Harry Potter | and the | Philosophers Stone (Lines 1, 2 and 4 with similar right
margin, line 3 ranged towards left margin and all within blank space in the shape of a letter carried
by an owl)
Collation: single leaf; 1000 by 700mm, [i-ii]
Page contents: [i] full text of Harry Potter and the Philosophers
Stone in 17 columns featuring design in white of Harrys round
glasses held together with a lot of Sellotape (left lens and part
of right) across columns 1-16 (lower left) and design in white of
a letter carried by an owl across columns 11-16 (upper right), at
foot of column 17 HARRY POTTER: TM & Warner Bros.
Entertainment Inc. | Publishing Rights J.K. Rowling 1997
(s13) | spinelessclassics.com; [ii] blank
Paper: wove paper
Publication: 26 November 2012 (see notes)
Price: 44.99
Notes:
Spineless Classics provide the complete text of a book printed on a poster. The companys website
notes no text is lost and all paragraphs and formatting are preserved. Where there are shapes in the
design the words merely wrap to the edges. As the font size used is four point, the text is fully legible
to the naked eye or with light magnification The concept behind Spineless Classics was devised
by Carl Pappenheim in 2003. To date there are over 80 designs in the range.
Spineless Classics announced this edition of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone in a blog on their
website dated 26 November 2012. They noted that all author royalties from the print will be donated
to Lumos, the charity founded by J.K. Rowling to ensure that the eight million children worldwide
living in large institutions are given a real chance of a childhood and a future
The poster was issued rolled in a tube. A label on one end includes a barcode and the code SP131.
The publisher described the paper as lush, satin finish paper with state-of-the-art printing technology.
The text is pin-sharp and the paper non-reflective.
The poster was issued under licence from Warner Bros Consumer Products.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A1(l)
J.K. [in grey] | ROWLING [in grey] [reading lengthways down title-page] | HARRY | POTTER
| &THE [reading lengthways up title-page] PHILOSOPHERS STONE | BLOOMSBURY |
LONDON [point] NEW DELHI [point] NEW YORK [point] SYDNEY (Author and final part of title
justified on right margin, first part of title justified on left margin, publisher with publishers offices
width centred)
Collation: 112 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
198 by 128mm; [1-7] 8-18 [19] 20-27 [28] 29-38 [39] 40-48 [49]
50-66 [67] 68-84 [85] 86-97 [98] 99-106 [107] 108-120 [121] 122-32
[133] 134-42 [143] 144-57 [158] 159-66 [167] 168-76 [177] 178-90
[191] 192-208 [209] 210-23 [224]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | &THE
[reading lengthways up title-page] PHILOSOPHERS STONE;
[2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in reading order): |
Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph] Titles
available in the Harry Potter series | (in Latin): | Harry Potter
and the Philosophers Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of
Secrets | (in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish): | Harry Potter and
the Philosophers Stone | [new paragraph] Also available | (in aid of Comic Relief): | Fantastic Beasts
and Where to Find Them | Quidditch Through the Ages | (in aid of Lumos): | The Tales of Beedle
the Bard; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced or |
transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying | or otherwise, without the prior
permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain in 1997 by Bloomsbury
Publishing Plc | 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP | [new paragraph] Bloomsbury Publishing,
London, New Delhi, New York and Sydney | [new paragraph] This paperback edition first published
in 2013 | [new paragraph] Copyright J.K. Rowling 1997 | Cover illustrations by Andrew Davidson
copyright J.K. Rowling 2013 | [new paragraph] Harry Potter, names, characters and related indicia
are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author
has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library | [new
paragraph] ISBN 978 1 4088 3496 1 | [new paragraph] [Forest Stewardship Council logo, 6 by 7mm
together with symbol and text: FSC | www.fsc.org with MIX | Paper from | responsible sources
| FSC C020471 to the right and all within single ruled border with rounded corners, 12 by 26mm]
| [new paragraph] Typeset by Dorchester Typesetting | Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI
Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon CR0 4YY | [new paragraph] 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 | [new paragraph] | www.
bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] for Jessica, who loves stories, | for Anne, who loved them too, | and for
Di, who heard this one first.; [6] blank; [7]-223 text; [224] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises
chapter title, pp. 8-223
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: J.K. ROWLING [in white] HARRY POTTER [in blue] &THE
[in white] PHILOSOPHERS STONE [in blue] [publishers device of a figure
with a bow, 8 by 6mm] [in white] (reading lengthways down spine with the
exception of &THE and the publishers device which are horizontal). All
on pink.
On upper wrapper: J.K. [in white] | ROWLING [in white] [reading
lengthways down upper wrapper] | HARRY [in pink] | POTTER [in pink] |
&THE [in white] [reading lengthways up upper wrapper] PHILOSOPHERS
STONE [in pink] | BLOOMSBURY [in white] (author and final part
of title justified on right margin, first part of title justified on left margin,
publisher with publishers offices width centred). All on light and dark blue
illustration of the Hogwarts Express, train tracks, lake and Hogwarts castle.
On lower wrapper: Strange things always seem to happen when Harry
Potter | is around. Things that unsettle his guardians, the Dursleys. | They strongly disapprove of
strangeness. Its only when a letter | arrives, delivered by a shaggy giant of a man called Hagrid, |
that Harry learns the truth that will transform his entire future: | his parents were killed by the evil
Lord Voldemort, and he, | Harry, is a wizard. | [new paragraph] Whisked away to Hogwarts School
of Witchcraft and Wizardry, | Harry discovers a world of enchantments, ghosts, Quidditch, | and
friends who will stand, throughout everything, by his side. | But when Harry hears of a stone with
great powers, he finds | that his school has its own dark secrets and an adventure that | will become
the stuff of legend begins | [new paragraph] [section of white illustration of Hogwarts castle, 54 by
110mm] | BLOOMSBURY www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter www.pottermore.com 7.99 [in black]
| [section of white illustration of Hogwarts castle, 27 by 110mm upon which: Forest Stewardship
Council logo, 5 by 6mm together with symbol and text: FSC | www.fsc.org | MIX | Paper from
| responsible sources | FSC C020471 all in black on white panel with rounded corners, 19 by
12mm, with barcode in black on white panel, 18 by 38mm, with Designed by Webb & Webb Design
| Cover illustrations by Andrew Davidson | copyright J.K. Rowling 2013 in black on pink panel,
9 by 38mm]. Lines 1-13 in white and all on pink. The initial capital S of Strange is a drop capital
and is printed in blue.
On inside upper wrapper: pink and white illustration of the Hogwarts Express, train tracks, lake
and Hogwarts castle.
On inside lower wrapper: pink and white illustration of train tracks.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 198 by 128mm (wrappers), 198 by 13mm (spine).
Publication: 18 July 2013 in an edition of 65,200 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury) (see notes)
Price: 7.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
(Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say)
Notes:
The illustrations by Andrew Davidson derive from a single wood engraving. A single illustration
is presented on both the upper wrapper and inside upper wrapper. A section (including part not
previously reproduced) is printed on the lower wrapper. A detail from the upper wrapper is shown on
the inside lower wrapper.
The original source of the illustration was a wood-engraving on nine by seven inch English
boxwood. This was then printed on Japanese paper. Davidson noted I wanted them to look as if they
had come straight from the library at Hogwarts Each image aims to capture the spirit and setting
of each book as the stories become darker, so do the engravings. There are also hidden clues in
each of the illustrations to look out for The project took approximately two and a half months to
complete.
As part of the contract with the artist, Andrew Davidson was permitted to produce a limited
edition of seven prints printed directly from the original engraved woodblocks. The edition was
limited to twenty copies.
James Webb of Webb & Webb Design noted that the brief was to create a set of covers that would
stand out on the shelves of any shop and to make the authors name a key focus, which is why weve
used large type and bold colours we wanted to steer clear of using photographs of the characters, or
the black and white imagery used on a lot of teen fiction, so we presented the idea of using Andrews
illustrations to Bloomsbury. We had originally approached Andrew to work on a set of Harry Potter
covers three years ago This suggests that the signature edition (see A1(i)) may have originally
have been conceived with work by Davidson.
A boxed set containing all seven novels was issued by the publisher on 7 November 2013. All the
novels had previously been available separately.
Although Bloomsburys official publication date was 18 July 2013, copies were available from
amazon.co.uk at the beginning of July.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A1(m)
(2013)
bloomsbury.com/harrypotter | www.pottermore.com; [5] for Jessica, who loves stories, | for Anne, who
loved them too, | and for Di, who heard this one first.; [6] blank; [7]-223 text; [224] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title
comprises chapter title, pp. 8-223
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: [triple rule] HARRY POTTER AND THE
PHILOSOPHERS STONE J.K. ROWLING [publishers device of a
figure with a bow, 9 by 8mm] [triple rule] (reading lengthways down
spine with rules and publishers device horizontally at head or foot of
spine). All in gilt on red.
On upper wrapper: HARRY | POTTER | AND THE |
PHILOSOPHERS | STONE | [illustration of the Hogwarts Express]
| J.K. ROWLING | BLOOMSBURY all width centred and within
broken single ruled border, 183 by 114mm. All in gilt on red.
On lower wrapper: [illustration of Hogwarts Express] | [new
paragraph] Strange things always seem to happen when Harry Potter
| is around. Things that unsettle his guardians, the Dursleys. | They
strongly disapprove of strangeness. Its only when a | letter arrives, delivered by a shaggy giant of a
man called | Hagrid, that Harry learns the truth that will transform | his entire future: his parents
were killed by the evil | Lord Voldemort, and he, Harry, is a wizard. | [new paragraph] Whisked away
to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft | and Wizardry, Harry discovers a world of enchantments, | ghosts,
Quidditch, and friends who will stand, throughout | everything, by his side. But when Harry hears
of a stone | with great powers, he finds that his school has its own | dark secrets and an adventure
that will become | the stuff of legend begins | [new paragraph] [barcodes together with [Forest
Stewardship Council logo, 5 by 6mm together with symbol] | FSC | www.fsc.org | MIX | Paper
from | responsible sources | FSC C020471 within single ruled border with rounded corners, 18 by
12mm together with [publishers device of a figure with a bow, 8 by 7mm] | BLOOMSBURY | www.
bloomsbury.com/harrypotter | www.pottermore.com, all in black on white panel, 23 by 84mm] all
within broken single ruled border, 183 by 114mm. All in yellow on red.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 198 by 128mm (wrappers), 198 by 14mm (spine).
Slipcase: card slipcase covered in blue paper.
On spine: HARRY | POTTER | The magical adventure | begins | [new paragraph] HARRY
POTTER | AND THE | PHILOSOPHERS STONE | [new paragraph] HARRY POTTER |
AND THE | CHAMBER OF | SECRETS | [new paragraph] HARRY POTTER | AND THE
| PRISONER OF | AZKABAN | [new paragraph] JKRowling [facsimile signature] | [publishers
device of a figure with a bow, 12 by 11mm]. All in gilt.
On upper and lower sides: [illustration of the Hogwarts Express] | J.K. ROWLING | HARRY
| POTTER | The magical adventure | begins all width centred and within broken single ruled
border, 183 by 114mm. All in gilt.
HARRY | POTTER | and the Chamber of Secrets | J.K.ROWLING | [publishers device of a dog, 11
by 18mm] | BLOOMSBURY (Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and right margins, and all width centred)
Collation: 128 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
197 by 128mm; [1-7] 8-14 [15] 16-23 [24] 25-36 [37] 38-52 [53]
54-67 [68] 69-80 [81] 82-93 [94] 95-106 [107] 108-121 [122] 123-36
[137] 138-53 [154] 155-69 [170] 171-84 [185] 186-96 [197] 198-209
[210] 211-25 [226] 227-40 [241] 242-51 [252-56]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the Chamber
of Secrets; [2] blank; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of
this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, | without the
prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First published
in Great Britain in 1998 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho
Square, London W1V 5DF | [new paragraph] Copyright Text J.K.
Rowling 1998 | Copyright Cover Illustration Cliff Wright 1997 |
[new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been asserted |
A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the | British
Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 3849 2 | [new paragraph]
Printed and bound in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | Typeset by Dorchester Typesetting |
[new paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 | [new paragraph] Cover design by Michelle Radford; [5] For
San P. F. Harris, | getaway driver and foulweather friend; [6] blank; [7]-251 text; [252] blank; [253]
Acclaim for: | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone by J.K. Rowling | [10 reviews]; [254-55] six
facsimile letters to the author; [256] publishers advertisement: upper cover design of Harry Potter and
the Philosophers Stone
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (25mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-251
Binding: pictorial boards.
On spine: [colour illustration of head of owl in cage on coloured panel, 20 by 13mm] HARRY
POTTER [in green on blue panel, 20 by 51mm] and the Chamber of Secrets [in black] J.K.ROWLING
happens next | [new paragraph] A brilliant sequel to the award-winning | Harry Potter and
the Philosophers Stone. | [new paragraph] REVIEWS FROM SMARTIES YOUNG JUDGES, |
PUPILS FROM COALWAY JUNIOR SCHOOL: | [new paragraph] | I think Harry Potter and the
Philosophers | Stone is a great book its excellent. You | have to just unlock the key and the story
| goes straight into your head. It is very | funny. I would love to be Harry and make | up some magic
spell to play on my | teachers. Tom El-Shawk Age 11 | [new paragraph] Harry Potter is a spectacular
book. You start | it and you can not put it down. I know, | because my mum kept telling me off
because | every night I was using up the electricity | very LATE! I showed Harry to my dad and |
hes reading it now. Its for all ages and its | BRILLIANT. Katrina Farrant Age 10 | [new paragraph]
10.99. All in black on red. The initial capital H of Harry is a drop capital.
On lower inside flap: [illustration of test tube and six stars, 26 by 26mm] | Dear Joanne Rowling,
| [new paragraph] My name is Gail Williams and | I am 10 years old. | [new paragraph] I am writing
to tell you how absolut- | ely astonished I was when I read | your book, Harry Potter and the |
Philosiphers Stone It was just | amazing! I literally loved it. | I was totally hooked!! You described
| All of the characters perfectly, I had | a picture of each of them in my | mind. I could just emajine
Snape, | with an evil, sly face, and an | extremly snappy personality. | [new paragraph] I dont think
you could improve | it in anyway. | [new paragraph] The story is so magical, and | thrilling. | [new
paragraph] Harrys brave, Rons wise, Hermaine |is very brainy, but think my | favouroute has to be
proffecer | Dumbledor. He seems so kind, | and magical. | [new paragraph] I would be very grateful
if you could | in your spare time, (because Im sure | you are very busy), you could write | back to
me, maybe tell what the | next book in the Harry Potter story, (I | cant wait for it to come out),
and | give me a couple of hints, about | the plot. | Yours | Sinceerly, | Gail Williams. All in black
facsimile of childs handwriting on red panel.
Publication: 2 July 1998 in an edition of 706 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 10.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four)
Notes:
Interviewed in September 2013, Nigel Newton noted that its unusual for a series not to stay in
one place, for obvious reasons uniformity of editions and so on. Moreover, Newton proposed that
Bloomsbury had done quite a reasonable job in publishing Philosophers Stone. His recollection of
when each book was signed up is that we signed up one book and then the second book, and then
we signed up the next three, and then we bought the last two together.
Less than a couple of months after the publication of Philosophers Stone, the manuscript of Chamber
of Secrets was at Bloomsbury. Barry Cunningham had, by this stage, passed on the role of editor to Emma
Matthewson. Cunningham would later found the childrens book publishing company Chicken House.
As Nigel Newton, in an interview with me in September 2013, stated its a shame that Barry wasnt
around to see what he spawned. I cannot tell you how exciting publishing this series was to become
A copy of a letter from Emma Matthewson to J.K. Rowling, preserved in the Bloomsbury archives,
is dated 6 August 1997:
I am writing now with my thoughts on HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF
SECRETS. My first thought I should say right now is that it is going to be absolutely brilliant!
There is no doubt about that and no danger of the sequel not coming up to the expectations of
the first enclosed is the manuscript where I have written on various comments and suggestions generally, as weve discussed, the manuscript is over-long. I have suggested some possible
places for cuts
There was also a suggestion made, at this time, for an information/glossary/history at the end of the
book for readers who hadnt read Philosophers Stone. This idea, evidently, was abandoned.
The editorial files suggest that Matthewson and Rowling met in Edinburgh during the afternoon
of 20 August 1997. It appears that the author took back the manuscript for some revision. It was
returned to Bloomsbury on 25 October 1997 with a letter which stated:
here, finally, is the manuscript Ive done more to it that you suggested, but I am very happy
with it now, which wasnt the case before, The hard work, the significant rewrites I wanted to do,
are over, so if it needs more cuts after this, Im ready to make them, speedily
One casualty in the rewritten manuscript was a song for Nearly Headless Nick. The author noted this
was a wrench but admitted that it was superfluous to requirements. The author posted the text on
her website and has also written out the text on at least two occasions, including an auction during
March 2005 to raise funds for a Scottish language dictionary (see D3). The song commences It was
a mistake any wizard could make.
The facsimile fan letters to the author, reproduced on pages 254-55, are by Fiona Chadwick, Valerie
Rutt, Emily Booth, Daniel Hougham, Thomas New and Alexander Benno. The facsimile letter on the
lower inside flap is by Gail Williams. It appears that permission to reproduce letters was sought at the
end of March 1998. One request, dated 31 March 1998 from Pippa le Quesne, an editorial assistant
at Bloomsbury, states:
We have a few spare, blank pages in the back of the book and so we would like to include some
of the fan letters Jo has received. Yours (or part of your letter) is one of the ones we would like to
use, and so I am writing to ask for your permission to publish it.
The upper cover design was composed of two individual pieces by Cliff Wright. The first piece comprises
a pencil and watercolour illustration, 354 by 223mm, showing a landscape with most of a flying Ford
Anglia. The second piece comprises a pencil and watercolour illustration, 356 by 438mm of an entire
Ford Anglia (without landscape). This second piece is annotated by the artist for: Harry Potter shop
display. It appears that Bloomsbury took the landscape from the first piece and superimposed the car
from the second to produce the upper cover design. Both illustrations were offered for sale at auction by
Christies South Kensington on 6 December 2001. The first piece, estimated at 20,000 to 30,000, failed
to sell. The second piece, estimated at 12,000 to 18,000, sold for 14,100 (including buyers premium).
It was later sold again at auction at Sothebys on 10 July 2012 for 12,500 (including buyers premium).
The original lower cover design by Cliff Wright, measuring 355 by 229mm, was also offered for sale
at auction by Christies South Kensington on 6 December 2001. The original shows that Bloomsbury
reversed the image from left to right for publication. Estimated at 4,000 to 6,000 it sold for a total
of 4,700 (including buyers premium).
In Harry Potter and Me (BBC television, 28 December 2001) the dedicatee of the book, San P.F.
Harris, was revealed as a schoolfriend of Rowlings and owner of a turquoise Ford Anglia. On one
occasion the author sent a package containing around thirteen inscribed volumes of foreign translations of Chamber of Secrets to Harris. The parcel went astray and several of the missing volumes were
offered for sale (although seven or eight copies were later recovered). Any copies offered for sale,
therefore, appearing to be foreign dedication copies are likely to derive from this source.
A copy of this edition inscribed by the author to her father and stepmother was offered at auction at
Sothebys New York on 10 December 2003. It was inscribed on the title-page To Dad and Jan | with
lots of love | from Jo x. On the imprint page the author circled the number one in the strike-line and
wrote, with a pointing arrow, 1st edition I got one! Estimated at $10,000/15,000, it sold for $9,000.
The story that this edition was bought by Americans in advance of the American publication by
Scholastic is confirmed by a report in the Wall Street Journal (dated 26 March 1999). The report states
that a dispute between Amazon and Scholastic had been ignited as copies of the book were sent
from Amazon in the UK to the US. The publication of the series and the emergence of significant
levels of buying books on the internet are, of course, inextricably linked.
The English audiobook version, read by Stephen Fry, has a duration of approximately nine and threequarter hours.
Reprints (and subsequent new editions) include a number of corrections to the text. These comprise:
Page 28, line 5
his family were rolling to his family was rolling
Page 28, line 33
Muggle Artifacts Office to Muggle Artefacts Office
Page 29, line 2
The teapot went beserk to The teapot went berserk
Page 31, line 40
yawned George to yawned Fred
Page 32, line 6
glaring at Ron and Fred to glaring at Ron and George
A2(b)
HARRY | POTTER | and the Chamber of Secrets | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 67 by 81mm] | J.K.ROWLING |
[publishers device of a dog, 11 by 18mm] | BLOOMSBURY (Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and right
margins, and all width centred)
Collation: 128 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
197 by 128mm; [1-7] 8-14 [15] 16-23 [24] 25-36 [37] 38-52 [53]
54-67 [68] 69-80 [81] 82-93 [94] 95-106 [107] 108-121 [122] 123-36
[137] 138-53 [154] 155-69 [170] 171-84 [185] 186-96 [197] 198-209
[210] 211-25 [226] 227-40 [241] 242-51 [252-56]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the
Chamber of Secrets | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on
banner, 47 by 57mm]; [2] Also available: | Harry Potter and the
Philosophers Stone; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no
part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by
any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, |
without the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph]
First published in Great Britain in 1998 | Bloomsbury Publishing
Plc, 38 Soho Square, London W1V 5DF | [new paragraph]
Copyright Text J. K. Rowling 1998 | Copyright Cover
Illustration Cliff Wright 1997 | [new paragraph] The moral
right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the
| British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 3848 4 | [new paragraph] Printed and bound
in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | Typeset by Dorchester Typesetting | [new paragraph]
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 | [new paragraph] Cover design by Michelle Radford; [5] For San P. F. Harris,
| getaway driver and foulweather friend; [6] blank; [7]-251 text; [252] blank; [253] Acclaim for: |
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone by J.K. Rowling | [10 reviews]; [254-55] six facsimile
letters to the author; [256] publishers advertisement: upper cover design of Harry Potter and the
Philosophers Stone
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (25mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-251
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: [colour illustration of head of owl in cage on coloured panel, 16 by 11mm] HARRY
POTTER [in green on blue panel, 16 by 49mm] and the Chamber of Secrets [in black] J.K.ROWLING
[in blue, both title conclusion and author on green panel, 16 by 102mm] BLOOMSBURY [publishers
20 19 18 17 16
30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21
30 29 28 27 26 25 24
40 39 38 37 36 35
40 39 38 37
30 29
A2(c)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS | [black and white illustration
of doorway with carved snakes on surrounding pillars, 55 by 74mm] | BY | J.K. ROWLING |
ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY GRANDPR | [publishers device of a lantern, 12 by 9mm] |
ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS | AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC PRESS (All width centred on
a diamond pattern background)
Collation: 176 unsigned leaves bound in eleven gatherings of
sixteen leaves; 228 by 150mm; [I-VI] VII-VIII [IX-X] 1-341 [342]
Page contents: [I] HARRY POTTER | AND THE CHAMBER
OF SECRETS (all on diamond pattern background); [II] ALSO
BY J. K. ROWLING | Harry Potter and the Sorcerors [sic] Stone;
[III] title-page; [IV] [device of twelve stars] | Text copyright
1999 by J.K. Rowling. | Illustrations copyright 1999 by
Mary GrandPr. | All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic
Press, a division of Scholastic Inc., | Publishers since 1920. |
SCHOLASTIC, SCHOLASTIC PRESS, ARTHUR A. LEVINE
BOOKS, and associated logos | are trademarks and/or registered
trademarks of Scholastic Inc. | [new paragraph] No part of this
publication may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system,
or transmitted | in any form or by any means, electronic,
mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, | without
written permission of the publisher. For information regarding
permission, write | to Scholastic Inc., Attention: Permissions Department, 555 Broadway, New York,
NY 10012. | [new paragraph] Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data | [new paragraph]
Rowling, J. K. | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets / by J. K. Rowling. | p. cm. | Summary:
When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School | for Witchcraft and
Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger | from a dark power that has once
more been released on the school. | ISBN 0-439-06486-4 | [square bracket]1. Wizards Fiction.
ALA Notable Book | [publishers device of a lantern, 15 by 11mm] ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS
| An Imprint of Scholastic Press | 555 Broadway, New York, New York 10012 | [new paragraph] Jacket
art 1999 by Mary GrandPr | Jacket design by Mary GrandPr and David Saylor. All in black and all
on colour illustration of a wall, pillar and flaming torch.
Publication: June 1999 (see notes)
Price: $17.95
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four)
Notes:
Although Arthur A. Levine had been the successful highest bidder for the American rights for the
first Harry Potter book, he had not secured the rights to the series. He recalled, in an interview with
me in March 2012, that right away, from the start, we were only sold book one, book two, book three,
etc.
The first American edition omits Year | 2 on the spine and the spine of the dust-jacket. The dust-jacket
also notes a price of $17.95. It is widely reported that the first edition exists in three different states:
State 1 described above with Year 2 omitted from spine and dust-jacket priced at $17.95
State 2 Year 2 added to spine and dust-jacket priced at $17.95
State 3 Year 2 added to spine and dust-jacket priced at $19.95
Only copies of the first state have been consulted and later states presumably correspond to later
impressions.
Although no publication day is recorded, 1 June 1999 is assumed (some newspaper reports suggest
publication on 2 June). In an email to me from January 2013 Arthur A. Levine noted that Im fairly
certain that we didnt have strict on sale dates the publication day would simply be the first of
the month listed.
A publication figure of 250,000 copies is widely accepted throughout the book world. This is unconfirmed by Scholastic.
Scholastic released a dumpbin display case for this edition at the beginning of July 1999 (Nielsen
BookData provides a date of 1 July 1999). The case was filled with 20 copies of the book. Alternatively,
Scholastic made a multiple copy pack available on the same date containing 20 copies of this edition.
The publication date for this edition was brought forward from September to June 1999 according to a
number of press reports. Enterprising fans had ordered the Bloomsbury edition from websites (and a report
in the Wall Street Journal, dated 26 March 1999, cited a dispute between Amazon and Scholastic). The
publisher issued a statement at the end of March in which Barbara Marcus, Executive Vice President of
Scholastic, commented we have received so many requests to publish the sequel, Harry Potter and the
Chamber of Secrets, from both bookstores and consumers, that we felt we had to release the book early in
order to satisfy that demand. People simply cannot wait for more adventures of Harry Potter
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
The American audiobook version, read by Jim Dale, has a duration of approximately nine hours.
Copies: New York Public Library (J FIC R); private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
10 9 8 7
10
20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12
20 19 18 17 16 15 14
30 29 28 27 26 25
9/9 0/0 1 2 3 4
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60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53
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02 03 04 05 06
A2(d)
Harry Potter and the | Chamber of Secrets | J. K. Rowling | BLOOMSBURY (All width centred)
Collation: 128 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 198 by 128mm; [1-7] 8-14 [15]
16-23 [24] 25-36 [37] 38-52 [53] 54-67 [68] 69-80 [81] 82-93 [94] 95-106 [107] 108-121 [122] 123-36
[137] 138-53 [154] 155-69 [170] 171-84 [185] 186-96 [197] 198-209
[210] 211-25 [226] 227-40 [241] 242-51 [252-56]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter and the | Chamber of
Secrets; [2] Also available: | Harry Potter and the Philosophers
Stone; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of this
publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, | without the
prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First published
in Great Britain in 1998 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho
Square, London, W1V 5DF | [new paragraph] This edition first
published in 1999 | [new paragraph] Copyright Text Joanne
Rowling 1998 | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has
been asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this book is available
from the | British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 4407 7 |
[new paragraph] Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc
| [new paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; [5] For San P. F. Harris, |
getaway driver and foulweather friend; [6] blank; [7]-251 text; [252] blank; [253] Acclaim for: | Harry
Potter and the Philosophers Stone by J.K. Rowling | [10 reviews]; [254-55] six facsimile letters to
the author; [256] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (25mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-251
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: HARRY POTTER [in white] | and the Chamber of Secrets [in blue] [black and
white photographic illustration of car in clouds, 16 by 21mm] J. K.
ROWLING [in white within blue rectangle with rounded ends, 9 by
46mm] [publishers device of a figure with a bow, 7 by 7mm] [in white]
(reading lengthways down spine). All on black.
On upper wrapper: HARRY POTTER | and the Chamber of Secrets
[line 1 in white and line 2 in black, all on blue panel, 27 by 128mm]
| J. K. ROWLING [in white on black within double blue rectangle
with rounded ends, 15 by 74mm] | A WONDERFUL CREATION
[in white] IAN HISLOP [in blue] [lines 3 and 4 on black and white
photographic illustration of car in clouds, 171 by 128mm] (all width
centred with the exception of line 2 which is off-set to the right).
On lower wrapper: HARRY POTTER [in blue] | and the Chamber
of Secrets [in black] | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Chamber
of Secrets, unlike many sequels, | is as good as its predecessor
Hogwarts is a creation of | genius. The Times Literary Supplement |
[new paragraph] When Joanne Rowling blithely said she had enough
unworked ideas | from Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone for
six sequels, it | seemed so unlikely that she could replicate the imaginative power, | emotional
intensity and entrancing complexity of the prototype, that | I received the draft of volume two
with trepidation. Its good to be | wrong sometimes. Anne Johnstone, The Herald | [new paragraph]
Harry Potter is an intricately woven, highly imaginative | talecleverly textured, sophisticated
fiction. | Scotland on Sunday | [new paragraph] The Harry Potter books by JK Rowling have turned
out to be | one of publishings great success storiesreaders have been | evangelical about its
meritsthe comic handling of the material | and the insight into the childs world are fresh and
magical in | every sensethe new Harry Potter is in my suitcase ready for | my holiday. Ian Hislop,
The Sunday Telegraph | [BLOOMSBURY [in white on black panel, 6 by 40mm] | paperbacks [in
black on blue panel, 10 by 40mm] (all on left side)] [6.99 [in black] | [barcode in black on white
panel, 19 by 39mm] | http://www.bloomsbury.com [in black] (all on blue panel, 32 by 40mm and on
right side)]. Reading lengthways down right side next to foot of spine COVER PHOTOGRAPH
Ford Anglia National Motor Museum Clouds John Turner/Tony Stone Images. All in black
with the exception of sources which are in blue and all on photographic illustration of clouds, 198
by 128mm.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 198 by 128mm (wrappers), 198 by 16mm (spine)
Publication: 17 June 1999 (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 6.99
Contents:
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Notes:
The registration plate on the Ford Anglia car shown on the upper wrapper is 100 MWC.
Each occurrence of the title on the spine, upper and lower wrappers shows and the Chamber of Secrets
off-set to the right of HARRY POTTER.
Copies: private collection (AJH); private collection (SJH)
Reprints include:
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 BL (H.2000/1727) stamped 20 Apr 2000
20 19
A2(e)
HARRY | POTTER | and the Chamber of Secrets | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRACO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 70 by 86mm] | J.K.ROWLING |
[publishers device of a dog, 12 by 19mm] | BLOOMSBURY (All width centred)
Dust-jacket: none
Publication: 27 September 1999 in an edition of 7,500 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 18
Contents:
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Notes:
It is thought that the first English deluxe editions of Philosophers Stone, Chamber of Secrets and Prisoner
of Azkaban were published on the same date (see note to A7(c)).
Copies: Sothebys, 17 December 2009, lot 169
Reprints include:
10 9 8 7 6 5 4
10 9 8 7
10 9
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(1998 [1999])
banner, 47 by 57mm]; [2] blank; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of this publication
may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or
otherwise, | without the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First published in
Great Britain in 1998 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho Square, London W1V 5DF | [new
paragraph] This edition produced for | The Book People Ltd, | Hall Wood Avenue, | Haydock,
St. Helens WA11 9UL | [new paragraph] Copyright 1998 J.K. Rowling | Cover illustration
copyright Cliff Wright 1998 | Cover illustration from original artwork by Cliff Wright | [new
paragraph] The moral right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this book
is available from the | British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 1-85613-612-4 | [new paragraph]
Printed and bound in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | Typeset by Dorchester Typesetting |
[new paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 | Cover design by Michelle Radford; [5] For San P. F. Harris,
| getaway driver and foulweather friend; [6] blank; [7]-251 text; [252] blank; [253] Acclaim for: |
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone by J.K. Rowling | [10 reviews]; [254-55] six facsimile
letters to the author; [256] publishers advertisement: upper cover design of Harry Potter and the
Philosophers Stone
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title
comprises chapter title, pp. 8-251
Binding: pictorial boards.
On spine: [colour illustration of head of owl in cage on coloured
panel, 20 by 12mm] HARRY POTTER [in green on blue panel, 20
by 51mm] and the Chamber of Secrets [in black] J.K.ROWLING [in
blue, both title conclusion and author on green panel, 20 by 109mm]
[publishers device of a rule, 26mm | TED SMART | rule, 26mm, all
within single ruled border, 5 by 27mm] [in black on red panel, 20 by
33mm] (reading lengthways down spine).
On upper cover: J.K.ROWLING [in white within red panel, 9
by 52mm] | HARRY | POTTER | and the Chamber of Secrets [lines
2-3 in green, line 4 in red, all on blue panel, 62 by 132mm] | [red
rule, 132mm] | [colour illustration of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and
Hedwig the Owl in a flying car, 132 by 132mm] | [red rule, 132mm] Inventive and action-packed
The Bookseller [in white on black panel, 11 by 132mm] (all width centred). There is a circular blue
panel in the lower left corner of the illustration with J.K.ROWLING | 1997 SMARTIES AWARD
WINNER | Shortlisted for the | 1997 CARNEGIE MEDAL | [publishers device of the head of a
dog, 4 by 3mm] in white.
On lower cover: Harry Potter is a wizard. He is in his second year at | Hogwarts School of
Witchcraft and Wizardry. Little does he | know that this year will be just as eventful as the last
| [new paragraph] Acclaim for HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHERS STONE |
An absolutely must-have read of the year The Sunday Times | [new paragraph] Ive yet to meet
a ten-year-old who hasnt been entranced by | its witty, complex plot and the character of the
eponymous | Harry. The Independent on Saturday | [TO ORDER FURTHER COPIES & | SEE
OUR FULL RANGE OF TITLES | [rule, 38mm] | [telephone symbol] 01942 724444 | Lines are
open 7 days a week 8am-8pm | [rule, 38mm] | CALL US NOW FOR YOUR | FREE COLOUR
BROCHURE! | Cover Illustrations by Cliff Wright (with the exception of final line, all within single
ruled border, 20 by 40mm) at centre, with barcode in black on white panel, 13 by 40mm together
with http://www.bloomsbury.com below panel, in black on green panel, 8 by 40mm all to right]. All
in black and all on colour illustration of Hogwarts castle and clouds.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 204 by 132mm (covers), 204 by 24mm (spine).
End-papers: wove paper.
Dust-jacket: coated wove paper, 204 by 483mm
Spine, upper and lower covers replicate the binding.
On upper inside flap: Harry, Ron and Hermione have | returned
to Hogwarts School of | Witchcraft and Wizardry for their second
| year. (But Harry and Ron only just made | it they missed the
Hogwarts Express | and had to get there in a flying car !) | Soon the
threesome are immersed in the | daily round of Potions, Herbology,
| Charms, Defence Against the Dark Arts, | and Quidditch. | [new
paragraph] But then horrible things start happening. | Harry hears
evil voices. Sinister messages | appear on the wall. But nothing
can prepare | the three friends for what happens next | [new
paragraph] A brilliant sequel to the award-winning | Harry Potter
and the Philosophers Stone. | [new paragraph] REVIEWS FROM
SMARTIES YOUNG JUDGES, | PUPILS FROM COALWAY
JUNIOR SCHOOL: | [new paragraph] I think Harry Potter and the
Philosophers | Stone is a great book its excellent. You | have to just
unlock the key and the story | goes straight into your head. It is very | funny. I would love to be Harry
and make | up some magic spell to play on my | teachers. Tom El-Shawk, age 11 | [new paragraph]
Harry Potter is a spectacular book. You start | it and you cannot put it down. I know, | because my
mum kept telling me off because | every night I was using up the electricity | very LATE! I showed
Harry to my dad and | hes reading it now. Its for all ages and its | BRILLIANT. Katrina Farrant,
age 10 | [new paragraph] 10.99. All in black on red panel.
On lower inside flap: [illustration of test tube and six stars, 26 by 26mm] | Dear Joanne Rowling,
| [new paragraph] My name is Gail Williams and | I am 10 years old. | [new paragraph] I am writing
to tell you how absolut- | ely astonished I was when I read | your book, Harry Potter and the |
Philosiphers Stone It was just | amazing! I literally loved it. | I was totally hooked!! You described
| All of the characters perfectly, I had | a picture of each of them in my | mind. I could just emajine
Snape, | with an evil, sly face, and an | extremly snappy personality. | [new paragraph] I dont think
you could improve | it in anyway. | [new paragraph] The story is so magical, and | thrilling. | [new
paragraph] Harrys brave, Rons wise, Hermaine |is very brainy, but think my | favouroute has to be
proffecer | Dumbledor. He seems so kind, | and magical. | [new paragraph] I would be very grateful
if you could | in your spare time, (because Im sure | you are very busy), you could write | back to
me, maybe tell what the | next book in the Harry Potter story, (I | cant wait for it to come out),
and | give me a couple of hints, about | the plot. | Yours | Sinceerly, | Gail Williams. All in black
facsimile of childs handwriting on red panel.
Publication: November 1999 (see notes)
Price: no exact price is recorded (see notes)
Contents:
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Notes:
Neither Ted Smart nor Bloomsbury were able to provide any detail about the Ted Smart/The Book
People editions. Information was provided by the Blair Partnership who noted that this edition
was available from November 1999 (presumably at the same time as A7(d)). Production of the Ted
Smart/The Book People editions ceased in April 2001.
No exact price has been recorded for this edition. A1(b) was, presumably, sold by itself. A slipcase
containing the three volumes A1(b), A2(f) and A7(d) was probably available from November 1999
and a slipcase containing the four volumes A1(b), A2(f), A7(d) and A9(c) was, presumably, available
from November 2000. In each case the price would have been lower than the single (or combined)
prices of the Bloomsbury version.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
10 9 8 7 6 5
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A2(g)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS | [black and white illustration of
doorway with carved snakes on surrounding pillars, 49 by 66mm] | BY | J. K. ROWLING |
ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY GRANDPR | SCHOLASTIC INC. | NEW YORK [four-sided
device] TORONTO [four-sided device] AUCKLAND [four-sided device] SYDNEY | MEXICO
CITY [four-sided device] NEW DELHI [four-sided device] HONG KONG (All width centred on a
diamond pattern background)
Collation: 176 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
193 by 133mm; [I-IV] V-VI [VII-VIII] 1-341 [342-44]
Page contents: [I-II] PRAISE FOR J. K. ROWLINGS | HARRY
POTTER | AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS | [device
of nine stars] | [7 reviews and a listing of 7 statements] |
ALSO BY J. K. ROWLING | Harry Potter and the Sorcerers
Stone | Year One at Hogwarts; [III] title-page; [IV] FOR SEN
P. F. HARRIS, | GETAWAY DRIVER AND FOUL-WEATHER
FRIEND | [device of twelve stars] | Text copyright 1999 by
J. K. Rowling. | Illustrations copyright 1999 by Mary GrandPr.
| [new paragraph] All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic
Inc. SCHOLASTIC, | the LANTERN DESIGN, and associated
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Inc. | [new paragraph] If you purchased this book without a cover,
you should be aware that this book is | stolen property. It was
reported as unsold and destroyed to the publisher, and | neither
the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this stripped book. | [new paragraph]
No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a | retrieval system,
or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, | photocopying, recording, or
otherwise, without written permission | of the publisher. For information regarding permission, write
to Scholastic Inc., | Attention: Permissions Department, 555 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. |
[new paragraph] [publishers device of a lantern, 7 by 5mm] | Arthur A. Levine Books hardcover
edition | art directed by David Saylor, published by | Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint | of
Scholastic Press, June 1999. | [new paragraph] ISBN 0-439-06487-2 | Library of Congress number
98-46370 | 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5/0 | [new paragraph] Printed in the U.S.A. 40 |
First Scholastic Trade paperback printing, September 2000; VI-VII CONTENTS (eighteen chapters
listed with titles and page references); [VII] half-title: HARRY POTTER | AND THE CHAMBER
OF SECRETS (all on diamond pattern background); [VIII] blank; 1-341 text; [342] publishers
advertisement: THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES (advert for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban); [343] HARRY POTTER | AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN | [device of nine stars]
Harry Potter has to sneak back to his third year at | Hogwarts after accidentally inflating his horrible
Aunt | Petunia. But returning to Hogwarts means facing Sirius Black, a | twelve-year prisoner in
the dreaded fortress of Azkaban. | Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, Black
was | said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort. | [new paragraph] Now Black has
escaped, leaving only clues as to where he | might be headed: Black lost everything the night Harry
defeated | You-Know-Who, and the Azkaban guards heard Black muttering | in his sleep, Hes at
Hogwarts hes at Hogwarts. | [new paragraph] Harry Potter isnt safe, not even within the walls
of his magi- | cal school, surrounded by his friends. Because on top of it all, | there may well be a
traitor in their midst.; [344] [device of three stars] ABOUT THE AUTHOR [device of three stars]
| J.K. ROWLING grew up in England in the Forest of Dean | and is a graduate of Exeter University.
She lives in Edinburgh.
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto
title comprises chapter title, pp. 1-341 except for pages on which
a new chapter commences. On these pages, the running title
comprises CHAPTER and chapter number. Each running title
(excluding pages on which new chapters commence) begins and
ends with a three star device (in mirror image)
Illustrations: title-page vignette, together with eighteen vignettes
at the beginning of each chapter (after chapter and chapter number
but before chapter title). In addition to standard typographical
changes (including italics, capitals and small capitals) there are
other typographical features, comprising:
p. 21 facsimile of Mafalda Hopkirks signature
p. 127 course description and students endorsements
p. 221 newspaper headline
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: ROWLING | [rule] | [YEAR | 2 within concave square] (horizontally at head) with
HARRY POTTER | SCHOLASTIC | AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (reading lengthways
down spine). All in silver on green and burgundy diamond pattern background.
On upper wrapper: THE PHENOMENAL NATIONAL BESTSELLER [in silver] | Harry Potter
[hand-drawn lettering] [embossed in silver] | AND THE [hand-drawn lettering in red of illustration]
| CHAMBER [hand-drawn lettering in red of illustration] | OF SECRETS [hand-drawn lettering
in red of illustration] | J. K. ROWLING [embossed in silver] (all width centred). All on colour
illustration of Harry Potter holding onto tail of a flying phoenix. In lower left: [publishers book
device] SCHOLASTIC in white on red panel, 9 by 47mm.
On lower wrapper: Ever since Harry Potter had come home for the summer, the | Dursleys
had been so mean and hideous that all Harry wanted was | to get back to the Hogwarts School for
Witchcraft and Wizardry. But | just as hes packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange,
| impish creature who says that if Harry returns to Hogwarts, disaster will | strike. | [new paragraph]
And strike it does. For in Harrys second year at Hogwarts, fresh tor- | ments and horrors arise,
including an outrageously stuck-up new profes- | sor and a spirit who haunts the girls bathroom. But
then the real trouble | beginssomeone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be | Draco
Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be | Hagrid, whose mysterious past is
finally told? Or could it be the one | everyone at Hogwarts most suspectsHarry Potter himself! |
[new paragraph] [four-sided diamond device] The #1 New York Times Bestseller [four-sided diamond
device] | [new paragraph] Booklist 1999 Editors Choice [four-sided diamond device] Winner of the
1999 National Book Award (UK) | [four-sided diamond device] An ALA Notable Book [four-sided
diamond device] An ALA Best Book for Young Adults 1999 [four-sided diamond device] Winner | of
the 1999 Gold Medal Smarties Prize [four-sided diamond device] School Library Journal, 1999 Best |
Book of the Year | [new paragraph] COVER ART BY MARY GRANDPR. All in black on colour
illustration of a wall, pillar and flaming torch. In lower right: SCHOLASTIC INC. $6.99 US | [rule,
51mm] | [barcode with smaller barcode to the right (06487)] all in black on white panel within
single black ruled border, 26 by 51mm. The initial capital E of Ever is a drop capital.
On inside upper wrapper: barcode with smaller barcode below (5069) all in black.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 193 by 133mm (wrappers), 193 by 20mm (spine).
Publication: September 2000 (see notes)
Price: $6.99
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Notes:
Although no publication day is recorded, 1 September 2000 is assumed. In an email to me from January
2013 Arthur A. Levine noted that Im fairly certain that we didnt have strict on sale dates the
publication day would simply be the first of the month listed. None of the paperbacks were given a
strict on sale date either. Nielsen BookData provides a publication date of August 2000.
Scholastic released a dumpbin display case for this edition at the end of August 2000 (Nielsen BookData
provides a date of 28 August 2000). The case was filled with 36 copies of this edition. Alternatively,
Scholastic made a multiple copy pack available on the same date containing 36 copies of this edition.
Note the incorrect Aunt identified on page [343] in the publishers blurb for Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban. It is Aunt Marge, not Aunt Petunia, who is inflated.
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
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A2(h)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS | [black and white illustration
of doorway with carved snakes on surrounding pillars, 55 by 74mm] | BY | J.K. ROWLING |
ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY GRANDPR | [publishers device of a lantern, 12 by 9mm] |
ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS | AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC PRESS (All width centred on
a diamond pattern background)
Collation: 176 unsigned leaves bound in eleven gatherings of sixteen leaves; 226 by 149mm; [I-VI]
VII-VIII [IX-X] 1-341 [342]
Page contents: [I] HARRY POTTER | AND THE CHAMBER
OF SECRETS (all on diamond pattern background); [II] ALSO
BY J. K. ROWLING | Harry Potter and the Sorcerors [sic] Stone;
[III] title-page; [IV] [device of twelve stars] | Text copyright
1999 by J.K. Rowling. | Illustrations copyright 1999 by
Mary GrandPr. | All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic
Press, a division of Scholastic Inc., | Publishers since 1920. |
SCHOLASTIC, SCHOLASTIC PRESS, ARTHUR A. LEVINE
BOOKS, and associated logos | are trademarks and/or registered
trademarks of Scholastic Inc. | [new paragraph] No part of this
publication may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system,
or transmitted | in any form or by any means, electronic,
mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, | without
written permission of the publisher. For information regarding
permission, write | to Scholastic Inc., Attention: Permissions
Department, 555 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. | [new
paragraph] Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data |
[new paragraph] Rowling, J. K. | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets / by J. K. Rowling. | p. cm.
| Summary: When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School | for Witchcraft
and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger | from a dark power that
has once more been released on the school. | ISBN 0-439-06486-4 | [square bracket]1. Wizards
Fiction. 2. Magic Fiction. 3. Schools Fiction. | 4. England Fiction.[square bracket] I. Title.
| PZ7.R7968Har 1999 | [square bracket]Fic[square bracket] dc21 98-46370 | [new paragraph]
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 9/9 0/0 1 2 3 4 | Printed in the U.S.A. 37 | First American edition, June
1999; [V] FOR SEN P. F. HARRIS, | GETAWAY DRIVER AND FOUL-WEATHER FRIEND;
[VI] blank; VII-VIII CONTENTS (eighteen chapters listed with titles and page references); [IX]
half-title: HARRY POTTER | AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (all on diamond pattern
background); [X] blank; 1-341 text; [342] colophon: [publishers device of a lantern, 13 by 10mm] |
This | book was art | directed by David Saylor. The | art for both the jacket and the interior was | created
using pastels on toned printmaking paper. The | text was set in 12-point Adobe Garamond, a typeface based
on the | sixteenth-century type designs of Claude Garamond, redrawn by Robert | Slimbach in 1989. The
book was printed and bound at | Berryville Graphics in Berryville, Virginia. The | production was supervised
by | Angela Biola and Mike | Derevjanik.
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp.
1-341. Each running title (excluding pages on which new chapters commence) includes a three-star
design to left and right of both running-titles on verso and recto. On pages on which a new chapter
commences, the three-star design is omitted.
Illustrations: title-page vignette, together with eighteen vignettes at the beginning of each chapter
(after chapter and chapter number but before chapter title). In addition to standard typographical
changes (including italics, capitals and small capitals) there are other typographical features,
comprising:
p. 21 facsimile of Mafalda Hopkirks signature
p. 127 course description and students endorsements
p. 221 newspaper headline
Binding: black boards.
On spine: ROWLING | [rule] (horizontally at head) with
HARRY POTTER | AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (reading
lengthways down spine) and [publishers device of a lantern, 18 by
13mm] | ARTHUR A. | LEVINE BOOKS | [rule] | SCHOLASTIC
| PRESS (horizontally at foot). All in silver.
Upper and lower covers: blank.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 233 by 149mm (covers),
233 by 40mm (spine). End-papers: white wove paper.
Dust-jacket: uncoated wove paper, 232 by 564mm. A single illustration
spans the entire dust-jacket.
On spine: ROWLING | [rule] | [YEAR | 2 within concave
square] (horizontally at head) with HARRY POTTER | AND
THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (reading lengthways down spine) and [publishers device of a
lantern, 19 by 14mm] | ARTHUR A. | LEVINE BOOKS | [rule] | SCHOLASTIC | PRESS
(horizontally at foot). All in silver on colour illustration of pillar.
On upper cover: Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering] [in silver] | AND THE [hand-drawn
lettering in red of illustration] | CHAMBER [hand-drawn lettering in red of illustration] | OF
SECRETS [hand-drawn lettering in red of illustration] | J. K. ROWLING [in silver] (all width
centred). All on colour illustration of Harry Potter holding onto tail of a flying phoenix.
On lower cover: Praise for the New York Times Bestseller | HARRY POTTER AND THE
SORCERERS STONE | [new paragraph] You dont have to be a wizard or a kid to appreciate | the
spell cast by Harry Potter. USA Today | [new paragraph] A charming, imaginative, magical |
confection of a novel. Boston Globe | [new paragraph] Harry is destined for greatness. | The
New York Times | [barcode with smaller barcode to the right (un-numbered) all in black on orange
panel, 51 by 21mm]. All in black and all on colour illustration of cat, snake, Hermione Granger and
Ron Weasley.
On upper inside flap: PRINTED IN U.S.A. [on white panel, 5 by 24mm] | THE DURSLEYS
| were so mean and hideous that summer that all | Harry Potter wanted was to get back to the |
Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. | But just as hes packing his bags, Harry receives a
| warning from a strange, impish creature named | Dobby who says that if Harry Potter returns to
| Hogwarts, disaster will strike. | [new paragraph] And strike it does. For in Harrys second year |
at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, | including an outrageously stuck-up profes- | sor,
Gilderoy Lockheart, a spirit named Moaning | Myrtle who haunts the girls bathroom, and the |
unwanted attentions of Ron Weasleys younger | sister, Ginny. | [new paragraph] But each of these
seem minor annoyances | when the real trouble begins, and someoneor | somethingstarts
turning Hogwarts students to | stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poison- | ous rival than ever?
Could it possibly be Hagrid, | whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it | be the one everyone
at Hogwarts most sus- | pects Harry Potter himself! All in black and all on colour illustration of a
pillar and wall.
On lower inside flap: Awards and Accolades for | HARRY POTTER | AND THE SORCERERS
STONE | [new paragraph] [five-pointed star] A delightful romp. Rowling leaves the door wide open
| for a sequel; bedazzled readers will surely clamor for | one. Publishers Weekly, starred review |
[new paragraph] [five-pointed star] Surely the vilest household in childrens literature since | the
family Roald Dahl created for Matilda. Harry himself | is the perfect confused and unassuming hero.
| School Library Journal, starred review | [new paragraph] [five-pointed star] A brilliantly imagined
and beautifully written fantasy. | Booklist, starred review | [new paragraph] [four-sided device]
Winner of the National Book Award (UK) | [four-sided device] Winner of the Gold Medal Smarties
Prize (UK) | [four-sided device] Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1998 |
[four-sided device] School Library Journal Best Book of 1998 | [four-sided
device] Parenting Book of the Year Award 1998 | [four-sided device] New
York Public Library Best Book of the Year 1998 | [four-sided device]
An ALA Notable Book | [publishers device of a lantern, 15 by 11mm]
ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS | An Imprint of Scholastic Press | 555
Broadway, New York, New York 10012 | [new paragraph] Jacket art by
Mary GrandPr | Jacket design by Mary GrandPr and David Saylor. All
in black and all on colour illustration of a wall, pillar and flaming torch.
Publication: between July and December 2000 (see notes)
Price: see notes
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast
at number four)
Notes:
As with A4(a) and A4(c), the American book club edition differs very slightly from the true
American first edition. The contents of the book, including the publishers imprint page, is exactly the
same. The binding, however, is different and slightly shorter. There are some minor differences on the
dust-jacket: there is no embossing present, YEAR | 2 has been added to the spine, the second bar
code lacks the numbers 51795, the price has been replaced with printing information on the upper
inside flap and the jacket art copyright line is different on the lower inside flap.
Given that the true American first and the book club editions share a single ISBN, the Blair
Partnership noted that book club editions could only be dated to within a half-year period end in
their files. This edition was, therefore, published within the period July to December 1999. The
Blair Partnership Royalties Manager noted that the American book club editions did not have a
set price.
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A2(i)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS | [black and white illustration
of doorway with carved snakes on surrounding pillars, 53 by 73mm] | BY | J.K. ROWLING |
ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY GRANDPR | [publishers device of a lantern, 12 by 9mm] |
in | Kingsport, Tennessee. The Managing Editor | was Manuela Soares and the | Manufacturing Director
was | Angela Biola. | [device of six stars]
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title,
pp. 1-341. Each running title (excluding pages on which new chapters commence) includes a
three-star design to left and right of both running-titles on verso and recto. On pages on which a new
chapter commences, the three-star design is omitted.
Illustrations: title-page vignette, together with eighteen vignettes at the beginning of each chapter
(after chapter and chapter number but before chapter title). The original dust-jacket art is present
on an inserted sheet fixed with a glue dot to the rear fixed endpaper. This sheet measures 146 by
222mm. On the textured front there is a colour illustration of Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley and
Harry Potter holding onto tail of a flying phoenix. On the glossy back, at the foot, in black: HARRY
POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS jacket illustration by Mary GrandPr copyright
1999 by Warner Bros. and published by | Arthur A. Levine Books, An Imprint of Scholastic
Press, 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. Printed in the U.S.A. All rights reserved. In addition
to standard typographical changes (including italics, capitals and small capitals) there are other
typographical features, comprising:
p. 21 facsimile of Mafalda Hopkirks signature
p. 127 course description and students endorsements
p. 221 newspaper headline
Binding: red morocco.
On spine: J. K. | ROWLING | [raised band] | Harry [hand-drawn
lettering] | Potter [hand-drawn lettering] | AND THE | CHAMBER |
OF | SECRETS | [bolt of lightning, 26 by 12mm] | YEAR | TWO |
[raised band] | [publishers device of a lantern, 19 by 14mm] | ARTHUR
A. | LEVINE BOOKS | [rule, 23mm] | SCHOLASTIC. All in gilt.
On upper cover: J. K. | ROWLING | Harry Potter [hand-drawn
lettering] | [colour illustration of Harry Potter holding onto tail of a flying
phoenix, 70 by 94mm laid down to blind panel, 71 by 95mm] | AND
THE | CHAMBER OF | SECRETS (within ornate decorative border in
ten sections together with ten stars, 215 by 134mm) (all width centred).
All in gilt.
On lower cover: ornate decorative border in ten sections, 215 by
134mm. All in gilt.
All edges gilt. Red and yellow sewn bands at head and foot of spine. Binding measurements: 234
by 152mm (covers), 234 by 42mm (spine). End-papers: wove paper printed with diamond pattern in
green and purple.
Dust-jacket: clear acetate, 234 by 616mm
Spine: blank.
In March 2012 the publishers New York flagship store was still selling copies of this edition. They
were no longer available by November 2013.
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A2(j)
HARRY | POTTER | and the Chamber of Secrets | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 67 by 82mm] | J.K.ROWLING |
[publishers device of a dog, 11 by 18mm] | BLOOMSBURY (Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and right
margins, and all width centred)
Collation: 128 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
197 by 128mm; [1-7] 8-14 [15] 16-23 [24] 25-36 [37] 38-52 [53]
54-67 [68] 69-80 [81] 82-93 [94] 95-106 [107] 108-121 [122] 123-36
[137] 138-53 [154] 155-69 [170] 171-84 [185] 186-96 [197] 198-209
[210] 211-25 [226] 227-40 [241] 242-51 [252-56]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the
Chamber of Secrets | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on
banner, 47 by 57mm]; [2] Also available: | Harry Potter and the
Philosophers Stone | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban;
[3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of this publication
may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means, electronic,
mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, | without the prior
permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First published in
Great Britain in 1998 | [new paragraph] Bloomsbury Publishing
Plc, 38 Soho Square, | London W1D 3HB | [new paragraph]
This edition first published in 2002 | [new paragraph] Copyright
1998 J.K. Rowling | Cover illustrations copyright by Cliff Wright 1998 | [new paragraph]
Harry Potter, names, characters and related indicia are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros.,
2000TM | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been asserted | [new paragraph] A
CIP catalogue record for this book is | available from the British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN
0 7475 6218 0 | [new paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 | [new paragraph] Typeset by Dorchester
Typesetting | Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] www.bloomsbury.
com/harrypotter; [5] For San P. F. Harris, | getaway driver and foulweather friend; [6] blank; [7]-251
text; [252-53] publishers advertisement: Wondrous editions available | in the celebrated Harry Potter
series: within illustration of scrolls; [254] Also by | J.K. ROWLING | [new paragraph] Read these
books packed with fantastic wizarding | facts and amaze your friends with your knowledge | of Harry
Potters magical world | [upper wrappers of Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts
together with COMIC | RELIEFUK logo] | Available from | www.bloomsburymagazine.com and
retail outlets | [new paragraph] A percentage of the proceeds from the sale of these books will be donated
to Comic Relief; [255-56] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (25mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-251
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: [colour illustration of head of owl in cage on coloured
panel, 16 by 16mm] HARRY POTTER [in blue on silver panel, 16
by 46mm] and the Chamber of Secrets [in white] J.K.ROWLING [in
silver, both title conclusion and author on blue panel, 16 by 103mm]
BLOOMSBURY [publishers device of the head of a dog, 3 by 4mm]
[both in white on dark blue panel, 16 by 32mm] (reading lengthways
down spine).
On upper wrapper: HARRY | POTTER | and the Chamber of
Secrets [lines 1 and 2 in silver, line 3 in white, all on dark blue panel, 61
by 128mm] | [silver rule, 128mm] | [J.K. ROWLING [in silver] with
colour illustration of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hedwig the Owl in
a flying car, within single silver ruled border, 91 by 86mm, all on light
blue panel with orange, yellow and silver stars, 123 by 128mm] | [dark
blue rule, 128mm] | BLOOMSBURY [in dark blue on silver panel, 11
by 128mm] (all width centred).
On lower wrapper: Harry Potter is a wizard. He is in his second
year at | Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Little does |
he know that this year will be just as eventful as the last | [new
paragraph] Joanne Rowlings second book is just as funny, | frightening and unexpected as her
first. The Daily Mail | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is as good as | its
predecessor Hogwarts is a creation of genius. | The Times Literary Supplement | [new paragraph]
[barcode in black on white panel, 23 by 40mm together with [publishers device of a dog, 8 by
14mm] | BLOOMSBURY | 5.99 in black on left side of panel and www.bloomsburymagazine.
com below panel, in white on dark blue panel, 8 by 40mm]. In lower left: Cover illustration
from | original artwork by Cliff Wright. All in black on colour illustration of Hogwarts castle and
clouds.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 197 by 128mm (wrappers), 197 by 16mm (spine).
Publication: 7 October 2002 in an edition of 700,200 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 5.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four)
Notes:
The individual titles in the celebratory edition were each published to celebrate the release of the
film version. The UK premiere of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets took place on 3 November
2002.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
10 9 8
11
A2(k)
any form or by any | means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, | without
written permission of the publisher. For information regarding | permission, write to Scholastic Inc.,
Attention: Permissions | Department, 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. | [new paragraph]
[publishers device of a lantern, 6 by 5mm] | Arthur A. Levine Books hardcover edition | published
by Arthur A. Levine Books, | an imprint of Scholastic Press, July 1999 | [new paragraph] ISBN
0-439-42010-5 | [new paragraph] Text copyright 1999 by J. K. Rowling | Illustrations by Mary
GrandPr copyright 1999 by Warner Bros. | All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Inc. |
HARRY POTTER, characters, names, and related indicia are | trademarks of and Warner Bros.
| SCHOLASTIC, the LANTERN LOGO, and associated logos are | trademarks and/or registered
trademarks of Scholastic Inc. | [new paragraph] | 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7/0 | [new
paragraph] Printed in the U.S.A. 01 | First mass market paperback printing, November 2002;
[VII-IX] CONTENTS (eighteen chapters listed with titles and page references); [X] blank; [XI]
half-title: Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering] | AND THE | CHAMBER | OF SECRETS; [XII]
blank; 1-433 text; [434] blank; [435] J. K. ROWLING | grew up in England in the Forest of Dean and
is a | graduate of Exeter University. She lives in Edinburgh; [436] publishers advertisement: Harry
Potter [hand-drawn lettering] | THE MAGICAL BOOKS THAT STARTED IT ALL!
Paper: wove paper
Running title: none
Illustrations:
In addition to standard typographical changes (including italics,
capitals and small capitals) there are other typographical features,
comprising:
p. 26 facsimile of Mafalda Hopkirks signature
p. 160-61 course description and students endorsements
p. 282 newspaper headline
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: [black panel, 10 by 27mm] | [orange rule,
27mm] (horizontally at head) with ROWLING Harry Potter
[hand-drawn lettering] AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
(reading lengthways down spine) and [orange rule, 27mm] |
[black panel, 8 by 27mm with publishers book device in black
and white at centre] (horizontally at foot). The ND of AND is positioned above the TH of THE.
All in orange with white highlights on dark red.
On upper wrapper: THE #1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER [in white on black panel, 10 by
105mm] | [orange rule, 105mm] | Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering]| AND THE | CHAMBER
| OF SECRETS | [black, grey and white illustration of open doorway to a chamber with two eyes
peering from darkness, 63 by 77mm] | J. K. ROWLING | [orange, rule, 105mm] | [black panel, 8 by
105mm] (all width centred). Title and author in embossed gilt and all on dark red.
On lower wrapper: [black panel, 10 by 105mm] | [orange rule, 105mm] | HARRYS | SECOND
YEAR | AT HOGWARTS [together with black, brown and grey illustration of an unfurled scroll
positioned to the right, 29 by 46mm] | [new paragraph] Strange warnings. | New challenges. | Deadly
surprises. | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | is the haunting, thrilling second
book | in J. K. Rowlings phenomenal saga. | [new paragraph] Those needing a bit of magic, morality
and mystical | worlds can do no better than opening Harry Potter | and the Chamber of Secrets.
USA Today | [new paragraph] Harrys enchanted world is a refreshing break. | The Wall Street
Journal | [new paragraph] A wonderful sequel, as suspenseful, charming and | ultimately satisfying
as its predecessor. | The Los Angeles Times | [new paragraph] Visit Harry Potter on the Web at
| www.scholastic.com/harrypotter. In lower left: barcode with smaller barcode to the right (42010)
together with S within triangle, all in black on white panel within single orange ruled border, 20 by
58mm. In lower right: SCHOLASTIC INC. | Cover art by Mary GrandPr | Cover design by Steve
Scott | $6.99 US [this line in black on white panel within single orange ruled border, 7 by 17mm].
At foot, [orange rule, 105mm (intersected by barcode panel and price panel)] | [black panel, 8 by
105mm]. Lines 1-3 in orange with white highlights, lines 4-6 in white, lines 7-9 in orange, lines 10-17
in white, lines 18-19 in orange and lines 20-22 in white and all on dark red.
On inside upper wrapper: barcode with smaller barcode (50699) together with S within triangle
below, all in black.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 171 by 105mm (wrappers), 171 by 27mm (spine).
Publication: November 2002 (see notes)
Price: $6.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four)
Notes:
Presumably this edition was the Scholastic equivalent of Bloomsburys celebratory edition in that it
was primarily aimed at a movie-going audience. See also A4(e).
Although no publication day is recorded, 1 November 2002 is assumed. In an email to me from
January 2013 Arthur A. Levine noted that Im fairly certain that we didnt have strict on sale
dates the publication day would simply be the first of the month listed. None of the paperbacks
were given a strict on sale date either. Nielsen BookData does not provide a publication date.
Scholastic released two sizes of dumpbin display cases for this edition at the end of October 2002
(Nielsen BookData provides a date of 22 October 2002). The larger display case was filled with 24
copies of the edition. The smaller display case was filled with 18 copies.
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A2(l)
ENGLISH ADULT EDITION (2004)
(Michael Wildsmith photography adult artwork series in paperback)
Harry Potter and the | Chamber of Secrets | J. K. Rowling | BLOOMSBURY (All width centred)
Collation: 184 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 177 by 110mm; [1-7] 8-17 [18]
19-30 [31] 32-49 [50] 51-73 [74] 75-95 [96] 97-114 [115] 116-33 [134] 135-53 [154] 155-75 [176]
177-97 [198] 199-222 [223] 224-45 [246] 247-68 [269] 270-85 [286] 287-304 [305] 306-328 [329]
330-50 [351] 352-66 [367-68]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter and the | Chamber of Secrets; [2] Titles available in the
Harry Potter series | (in reading order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved;
no part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying or otherwise, | without the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First
published in Great Britain in 1998 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho Square, London, W1D
3HB | [new paragraph] This paperback edition first published in 2004 | [new paragraph] Copyright
J. K. Rowling 1998 | [new paragraph] Harry Potter, names, characters and related indicia are |
copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] With thanks to the Natural History
Museum, London, for permission | to photograph the snake stone carving for use on the cover image
| [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this
book is available from the British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 7448 0 | [new paragraph]
1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 | [new paragraph] Typeset by Dorchester Typesetting | Printed in Great Britain
by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] All papers used by Bloomsbury Publishing are natural, |
recyclable products made from wood grown in well-managed forests. | The paper used in this book
contains 20% post consumer waste material | which was de-inked using chlorine free methods. The
| manufacturing processes conform to the environmental | regulations of the country of origin. |
[new paragraph] www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] For San P. F. Harris, | getaway driver and
foulweather friend; [6] blank; [7]-366 text; [367-68] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-366
(excluding pages on which new chapters commence)
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: HARRY POTTER AND THE [colour photograph of a shining green stone eye within a
carved snake, 23 by 18mm] | J.K. ROWLING [publishers device of a figure with a bow, 10 by 10mm]
| CHAMBER OF SECRETS (reading lengthways down spine). All in white with the exception of
last line which is in gilt and all on black.
On upper wrapper: HARRY POTTER AND THE [in white] | CHAMBER OF [embossed in gilt]
| SECRETS [embossed in gilt] | J. K. ROWLING [in white] | BLOOMSBURY [in white] (all width
centred). All on colour photograph of a wall above two entwined carved snakes with shining green
stone eyes.
On lower wrapper: [colour photograph of two entwined carved snakes with shining green stone
eyes, all within single white border, 22 by 22mm] A wonderful creation The comic | handling
of the material and the insight into | the childs world are fresh and magical in | every sense the
new Harry Potter is in | my suitcase ready for my holiday | Ian Hislop, Sunday Telegraph | [new
paragraph] Harry cant wait for his holidays with the dire Dursleys to | end. But a small, self-punishing
house-elf warns Harry of | mortal danger awaiting him at Hogwarts School. Returning | to the
castle nevertheless, Harry hears a rumour about a | chamber of secrets, holding unknown horrors
for wizards | of Muggle parentage. Now someone is casting spells that | paralyse people, making
them seem dead, and a terrible | warning is found painted on the wall. The chief suspect | and
always in the wrong place is Harry. But something | much darker has yet to be unleashed. | [new
paragraph] Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, unlike many | sequels, is as good as its predecessor
Hogwarts is a | creation of genius Times Literary Supplement | [new paragraph] An intricately
woven, highly imaginative tale cleverly | textured, sophisticated fiction Scotland on Sunday |
[new paragraph] It seemed so unlikely that she could replicate the imaginative | power, emotional
intensity and entrancing complexity of | the prototype, that I received the draft of volume two with
| trepidation. Its good to be wrong sometimes | Glasgow Herald | [new paragraph] [barcode in black
on white panel, 24 by 39mm together with bloomsbury[in black]pbk[in white]s[in black] | 6.99 [in
black] | www.bloomsbury.com [in black] and all on red panel, 25 by 75mm] | Cover image: Michael
Wildsmith Design: William Webb Author Photograph: Bill de la HEY. All in white on black with
colour photograph to the left of lines 1-6.
On inside upper wrapper: black and white photograph of J.K. Rowling standing against
bookshelves.
On inside lower wrapper: Other titles available in the | HARRY POTTER series | [colour
illustrations in two columns of four book designs]. All in white on black.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 177 by 110mm (wrappers), 177 by 23mm (spine).
Publication: 10 July 2004 in an edition of 110,200 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 6.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four)
Notes:
See note to A1(f) about this series replacing an existing livery. This volume, A2(l), can be seen as
the successor to A2(d).
Copies: BL (H.2005/1669) stamped 4 May 2004
Reprints include:
3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2
9 10
A2(m)
ENGLISH ADULT EDITION (2004)
(Michael Wildsmith photography adult artwork series in hardback)
Harry Potter and the | Chamber of Secrets | J. K. Rowling | BLOOMSBURY (All width centred)
Collation: 128 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 197 by 125mm; [1-7] 8-14 [15]
16-23 [24] 25-36 [37] 38-52 [53] 54-67 [68] 69-80 [81] 82-93 [94] 95-106 [107] 108-121 [122] 123-36
[137] 138-53 [154] 155-69 [170] 171-84 [185] 186-96 [197] 198-209 [210] 211-25 [226] 227-40 [241]
242-51 [252-56]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter and the | Chamber of Secrets; [2] Titles available in the
Harry Potter series | (in reading order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Philosophers
Stone | also available in Latin, Ancient Greek, Welsh and Irish: | Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis
(Latin) | (Ancient Greek) | Harri Potter a Maen yr
Anthronydd (Welsh) | Harry Potter agus an rchloch (Irish); [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved;
no part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying | or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First
published in Great Britain in 1998 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho Square, London, W1D
3HB | [new paragraph] This edition first published in 2004 | [new paragraph] Copyright 1998
J. K. Rowling | [new paragraph] Harry Potter, names, characters and related indicia are | copyright
and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] With thanks to the Natural History Museum,
London, for permission to | photograph the snake stone carving for use on the cover image | [new
paragraph] The moral right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this book is
available from the British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 7361 1 | [new paragraph] Typeset
by Dorchester Typesetting | [new paragraph] All papers used by Bloomsbury Publishing are natural,
recyclable products made | from wood grown in well-managed forests. The manufacturing processes
| conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. | [new paragraph] Printed in
Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 | [new paragraph] www.
bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] For San P. F. Harris, | getaway driver and foulweather friend; [6]
blank; [7]-251 text; [252-56] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-251
(excluding pages on which new chapters commence)
Binding: black boards.
On spine: HARRY POTTER | J. K. ROWLING | AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
[publishers device of a figure with a bow, 14 by 14mm] (reading lengthways down spine). All in
gilt.
Upper and lower covers: blank.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 204 by 128mm (covers), 204 by 36mm (spine).
End-papers: wove paper.
Dust-jacket: coated wove paper, 204 by 490mm
On spine: [colour photograph of two entwined carved snakes with shining green stone eyes, all
within single white ruled border, 20 by 20mm] HARRY POTTER [in gilt] | J. K. ROWLING [in
white] | AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS [in white] (reading lengthways down spine) together
with publishers device of a figure with a bow, 14 by 14mm [in olive beige] (at foot).
On upper cover: J. K. ROWLING [in white] | HARRY [embossed in gilt] | POTTER [embossed
in gilt] | AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS [in white] | BLOOMSBURY [in white] (all width
centred). All on colour photograph of a wall above two entwined carved snakes with shining green
stone eyes.
On lower cover: black and white photograph of J.K. Rowling standing against bookshelves with
www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter [in black on olive beige panel, 5 by 40mm] | [barcode in black
on white panel, 20 by 39mm] | BLOOMSBURY [in black on olive beige panel, 7 by 40mm] (lower
right).
On upper inside flap: Harry cant wait for his holidays with the | dire Dursleys to end. But a
small, self- | punishing house-elf warns Harry of mortal | danger awaiting him at Hogwarts School.
| Returning to the castle nevertheless, Harry | hears a rumour about a chamber of | secrets, holding
unknown horrors for | wizards of Muggle parentage. Now | someone is casting spells that paralyse |
people, making them seem dead, and a | terrible warning is found painted on the | wall. The chief
suspect and always in the | wrong place is Harry. But something | much darker has yet to be
unleashed. | [new paragraph] A wonderful creation The comic | handling of the material and the
insight | into the childs world are fresh and magical | in every sense the new Harry Potter is in |
my suitcase ready for my holiday | Ian Hislop, Sunday Telegraph | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and
the Chamber of Secrets, | unlike many sequels, is as good as its | predecessor Hogwarts is a creation
of | genius Times Literary Supplement | [new paragraph] An intricately woven, highly imaginative
| tale cleverly textured, sophisticated | fiction Scotland on Sunday | [new paragraph] It seemed
so unlikely that she could | replicate the imaginative power, emotional | intensity and entrancing
complexity of | the prototype, that I received the draft of | volume two with trepidation. Its good to
| be wrong sometimes | Glasgow Herald | [new paragraph] 11.99. All in white on black.
On lower inside flap: J. K. (JOANNE KATHLEEN) ROWLING | has written fiction since she
was a child. | Born in 1965, she grew up in Chepstow | and wrote her first book at the age of six
| a story about a rabbit called Rabbit. | She studied French and Classics at Exeter | University,
then moved to London to | work at Amnesty International, and then | to Portugal to teach English
as a foreign | language, before settling in Edinburgh. | [new paragraph] The idea for Harry Potter
occurred to her | on the train from Manchester to London, | where she says Harry Potter just
strolled | into my head fully formed, and by the | time she had arrived at Kings Cross, | many of
the characters had taken shape. | During the next five years she outlined | the plots for each book
and began writing | the first in the series, Harry Potter and | the Philosophers Stone, which was first
| published by Bloomsbury in 1997. The | other Harry Potter titles: Harry Potter and | the Chamber
of Secrets, Harry Potter and the | Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the | Goblet of Fire, and Harry
Potter and the | Order of the Phoenix, followed. | J. K. Rowling has also written two other | companion
books, Quidditch Through the | Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to | Find Them, in aid of Comic
Relief. | [new paragraph] Jacket Design: William Webb | Jacket Image: Michael Wildsmith | Author
Photograph: Bill de la HEY. All in white on black.
Publication: 4 October 2004 in an edition of 12,500 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 11.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four)
Notes:
Having rebranded the look of the adult artwork edition to feature photography by Michael Wildsmith,
it was perhaps inevitable that a hardback version would become available. A1(g), A2(m) and A7(j)
were all published on 4 October 2004 with A9(i) following a few days later on 10 October 2004. As
the series progressed, later titles published in this livery (see A12(aa), A13(aa) and A14(aa)) would
also comprise the simultaneous first edition issues.
Copies: Bloomsbury Archives
Reprints include:
3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4
7 9 10 8 6
13 15 17 19 20 18 16 14 12
A2(n)
Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous stars] | and the | Chamber of Secrets |
[illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on
banner, 68 by 84mm] | J.K.ROWLING | [publishers device of a dog, 8 by 13mm] | BLOOMSBURY
| LONDON BERLIN NEW YORK SYDNEY (All width centred)
Collation: 128 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 197 by 128mm; [1-7] 8-14 [15]
16-23 [24] 25-36 [37] 38-52 [53] 54-67 [68] 69-80 [81] 82-93 [94] 95-106 [107] 108-121 [122] 123-36
[137] 138-53 [154] 155-69 [170] 171-84 [185] 186-96 [197] 198-209 [210] 211-25 [226] 227-40 [241]
242-51 [252-56]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous stars] | and the |
Chamber of Secrets | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM
mysterious and scary things start happening. First Harry hears | strange
voices, and then Rons sister, Ginny, disappears | [new paragraph]
Joanne Rowlings second book is just as funny, frightening and |
unexpected as her first. | Daily Mail | [new paragraph] The Harry
Potter books are that rare thing, a series of | stories adored by parents
and children alike. | Daily Telegraph | [new paragraph] Harry Potter
and the Chamber of Secrets is as | good as its predecessor Hogwarts
is a | creation of genius. | TLS | [blue, yellow and green illustration
of a tree, 122 by 107mm] | [barcode together with publishers device
of a dog, 6 by 10mm and BLOOMSBURY together with Forest
Stewardship Council logo, 7 by 8mm together with symbol and text:
FSC | Mixed Sources | Product group from well-managed | forests
and other controlled sources | [new paragraph] Cert no. SGS-COC2061 | www.fsc.org | 1996 Forest Stewardship Council] | Designed
by Webb & Webb Design | Cover illustrations by Clare Melinsky www.
bloomsbury.com/harrypotter 6.99 | Author photograph J.P.Masclet.
Lines 1-16 in red with all other text in black, together with deckle-edge
effect of white leaf on red background at fore-edge. The initial capital
H of Harry is a drop capital.
On inside upper wrapper: The magical world of | Harry Potter [signature above z rule with
numerous stars] | [colour illustrations in three columns of seven book designs] | The internationally
bestselling series | [new paragraph] For more from Harry Potter, visit | www.bloomsbury.com/
harrypotter. All in red with the exception of line 2 which is in gold, together with deckle-edge effect
of white leaf on red background at fore-edge.
On inside lower wrapper: colour photograph of J.K. Rowling seated by a window.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 197 by 128mm (wrappers), 197 by 15mm (spine).
Publication: 1 November 2010 in an edition of 63,102 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 6.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four)
Notes:
Published as a boxed set of seven volumes comprising A1(i), A2(n), A7(k), A9(k), A12(h), A13(g)
and A14(f). Individual volumes were also available separately.
Copies: BL (YK.2011.a.21128) stamped 9 Aug 2010; private collection (PWE)
A2(o)
Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous stars] | and the | Chamber of Secrets |
[illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on
banner, 68 by 84mm] | J.K.ROWLING | [publishers device of a dog, 8 by 13mm] | BLOOMSBURY
| LONDON BERLIN NEW YORK SYDNEY (All width centred)
Collation: 128 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
197 by 124mm; [1-7] 8-14 [15] 16-23 [24] 25-36 [37] 38-52 [53]
54-67 [68] 69-80 [81] 82-93 [94] 95-106 [107] 108-121 [122] 123-36
[137] 138-53 [154] 155-69 [170] 171-84 [185] 186-96 [197] 198-209
[210] 211-25 [226] 227-40 [241] 242-51 [252-56]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter [signature above z rule
with numerous stars] | and the | Chamber of Secrets | [illustration of
Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM
TITILLANDUS on banner, 60 by 75mm]; [2] Titles available in
the Harry Potter series | (in reading order): | Harry Potter and the
Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph] Titles available in the Harry
Potter series | (in Latin): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers
Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | (in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish): | Harry
Potter and the Philosophers Stone | [new paragraph] Also available | (in aid of Comic Relief): |
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Quidditch Through the Ages | (in aid of Lumos): |
The Tales of Beedle the Bard; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of this publication may
be reproduced or | transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying | or otherwise,
without the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain in
1998 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | 49-51 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP | [new paragraph]
Bloomsbury Publishing, London, Berlin, New York and Sydney | [new paragraph] This hardback
edition first published in November 2011 | [new paragraph] Copyright J.K.Rowling 1998 | Cover
and endpaper illustrations by Clare Melinsky copyright J.K.Rowling 2010 | [new paragraph] Harry
Potter, names, characters and related indicia are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM
| [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record of
this book is available from the British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 978 1 4088 2581 5 | [new
paragraph] [Forest Stewardship Council logo, 8 by 9mm together with symbol and text: FSC |
www.fsc.org | MIX | Paper from | responsible sources | FSC C018072] | [new paragraph] Typeset
by Dorchester Typesetting | Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph]
her first. | Daily Mail | [new paragraph] The Harry Potter books are that rare thing, | a series of
stories adored by parents and | children alike. | Daily Telegraph | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and
the Chamber of Secrets is | as good as its predecessor Hogwarts | is a creation of genius. | Times
Literary Supplement | [black, yellow and blue illustration of a spider, 12 by 21mm]. All in white on
red. The initial H of Harry is a drop capital.
On lower inside flap: J. K. Rowling has written fiction since she was a child, | and she always
wanted to be an author. Her parents loved | reading and their house in Chepstow was full of books.
| In fact, J. K. Rowling wrote her first book at the age | of six a story about a rabbit called Rabbit.
She studied | French and Classics at Exeter University, then moved to | Edinburgh via London and
Portugal. In 2000 she was | awarded an OBE for services to childrens literature. | [new paragraph]
The idea for Harry Potter occurred to her on the | train from Manchester to London, where she says
| Harry Potter just strolled into my head fully formed, | and by the time she had arrived at Kings
Cross, many | of the characters had taken shape. During the next | five years she outlined the plots
for each book and | began writing the first in the series, Harry Potter and | the Philosophers Stone,
which was first published by | Bloomsbury in 1997. The other Harry Potter titles: | 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 and Harry | Potter
and the Deathly Hallows followed. J. K. Rowling | has also written three companion books: Quidditch
| Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find | Them, in aid of Comic Relief, and The
Tales of Beedle | the Bard, in aid of Lumos. | [new paragraph] THE COMPLETE HARRY POTTER
SERIES: | [colour illustrations in two rows of seven book designs] | Designed by Webb & Webb
Design | Cover illustrations by Clare Melinsky | copyright J. K. Rowling 2010. All in white on
red with white panel, 19 by 12mm, to right on which in black: [Forest Stewardship Council logo, 6
by 7mm together with symbol] | FSC | www.fsc.org | MIX | Paper from | responsible sources |
FSC C018072
Publication: 7 November 2011 in an edition of 9,200 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 115 [together with A1(j), A7(l), A9(l), A12(i), A13(h) and A14(g)]
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four)
Notes:
The end-papers carry a design of eight miniature illustrations. Seven of these reproduce the spine
motifs from the series and an eighth comprises a variant of the key-bird from the first book.
Published as a boxed set of seven volumes comprising A1(j), A2(o), A7(l), A9(l), A12(i), A13(h)
and A14(g). Individual volumes were not available separately. The ISBN for the boxed set was ISBN
978 1 4088 2594 5.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A2(p)
J.K. [in grey] | ROWLING [in grey] [reading lengthways down title-page] | HARRY | POTTER
| &THE [reading lengthways up title-page] CHAMBER OF SECRETS | BLOOMSBURY |
LONDON [point] NEW DELHI [point] NEW YORK [point] SYDNEY (Author and final part of title
justified on right margin, first part of title justified on left margin, publisher with publishers offices
width centred)
Collation: 128 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
198 by 128mm; [1-7] 8-14 [15] 16-23 [24] 25-36 [37] 38-52 [53]
54-67 [68] 69-80 [81] 82-93 [94] 95-106 [107] 108-121 [122] 123-36
[137] 138-53 [154] 155-69 [170] 171-84 [185] 186-96 [197] 198-209
[210] 211-25 [226] 227-40 [241] 242-51 [252-56]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | &THE
[reading lengthways up title-page] CHAMBER OF SECRETS;
[2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in reading order): |
Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph] Titles available
in the Harry Potter series | (in Latin): | Harry Potter and the
Philosophers Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
(in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | [new paragraph] Also
available | (in aid of Comic Relief): | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Quidditch Through
the Ages | (in aid of Lumos): | The Tales of Beedle the Bard; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved;
no part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying | or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First
published in Great Britain in 1998 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | 50 Bedford Square, London
WC1B 3DP | [new paragraph] Bloomsbury Publishing, London, New Delhi, New York and Sydney
| [new paragraph] This paperback edition first published in 2013 | [new paragraph] Copyright
J.K. Rowling 1998 | Cover illustrations by Andrew Davidson copyright J.K. Rowling 2013 | [new
paragraph] Harry Potter, names, characters and related indicia are | copyright and trademark Warner
Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue
record for this book is available from the British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 978 1 4088 3497 8 |
[new paragraph] [Forest Stewardship Council logo, 6 by 7mm together with symbol and text: FSC
| www.fsc.org with MIX | Paper from | responsible sources | FSC C020471 to the right and
all within single ruled border with rounded corners, 12 by 26mm] | [new paragraph] Typeset by
Dorchester Typesetting | Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon CR0
4YY | [new paragraph] 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 | [new paragraph] | www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter;
[5] For San P. F. Harris, | getaway driver and foulweather friend; [6] blank; [7]-251 text; [252-56] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-251
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: J.K. ROWLING [in white] HARRY POTTER [in burgundy] &THE [in white]
CHAMBER OF SECRETS [in burgundy] [publishers device of a figure with a bow, 8 by 6mm] [in
white] (reading lengthways down spine with the exception of &THE and the publishers device
which are horizontal). All on green.
On upper wrapper: J.K. [in white] | ROWLING [in white] [reading
lengthways down upper wrapper] | HARRY [in green] | POTTER [in green]
| &THE [in white] [reading lengthways up upper wrapper] CHAMBER OF
SECRETS [in green] | BLOOMSBURY [in white] (author and final part
of title justified on right margin, first part of title justified on left margin,
publisher with publishers offices width centred). All on light and dark red
illustration of Hogwarts castle viewed through forest foliage.
On lower wrapper: Harry Potter receives an ominous warning from a
house-elf | at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: if he | returns to
the school at the end of the summer, terrible things | will happen. But return
Harry must. | [new paragraph] His second year begins with a new Defence
Against the Dark | Arts teacher, Quidditch training and the intensification of
old | rivalries. Then the warning starts to ring true, as mysterious | words are
daubed on a wall, students are attached and Rons | sister, Ginny, disappears.
And so the search for Salazar | Slytherins heir begins, with the mystery
pointing Harry to a | clandestine chamber and a deadly creature at its heart | [new paragraph]
[section of white illustration of Hogwarts castle and foliage, 55 by 111mm] | BLOOMSBURY www.
bloomsbury.com/harrypotter www.pottermore.com 7.99 [in black] | [section of white illustration of
Hogwarts castle and foliage, 26 by 111mm upon which: Forest Stewardship Council logo, 5 by 6mm
together with symbol and text: FSC | www.fsc.org | MIX | Paper from | responsible sources | FSC
C020471 all in black on white panel with rounded corners, 19 by 12mm, with barcode in black on
white panel, 18 by 38mm, with Designed by Webb & Webb Design | Cover illustrations by Andrew
Davidson | copyright J.K. Rowling 2013 in black on green panel, 9 by 38mm]. Lines 1-11 in white
and all on green. The initial capital H of Harry is a drop capital and is printed in burgundy.
On inside upper wrapper: green and white illustration of Hogwarts castle viewed through forest
foliage.
On inside lower wrapper: green and white illustration of foliage and tree trunk.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 198 by 128mm (wrappers), 198 by 15mm (spine).
Publication: 18 July 2013 in an edition of 57,200 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury) (see notes)
Price: 7.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four)
Notes:
The illustrations by Andrew Davidson derive from a single wood engraving. A single illustration is
presented on both the upper wrapper and inside upper wrapper. A section is printed on the lower
wrapper. A detail from the upper wrapper is shown on the inside lower wrapper.
Although Bloomsburys official publication date was 18 July 2013, copies were available from
amazon.co.uk at the beginning of July.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A2(q)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS | [black and white illustration of
doorway with carved snakes on surrounding pillars, 49 by 66mm] | BY | J. K. ROWLING |
ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY GRANDPR | SCHOLASTIC INC. (All width centred on a
diamond pattern background)
Collation: 184 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 204 by 134mm; [I-IV] V-VI
[VII-VIII] 1-341 [342-60]
in the United States by Arthur A. | Levine Books in 1998, and the series concluded nearly ten years
| later with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, published in 2007. | J. K. Rowling is the recipient
of numerous awards and honorary | degrees, including an OBE for services to childrens literature,
| Frances Lgion dhonneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen | Literature Award. She supports a
wide number of causes through | her charitable trust, Volant, and is the founder of Lumos, a charity
| working to transform the lives of disadvantaged children. J. K. | Rowling lives in Edinburgh with
her husband and three children.; [358] blank; [359] MARY GRANDPR has illustrated more than
twenty | beautiful books for children, including the American editions of | the Harry Potter novels.
Her work has also appeared in the New | Yorker, the Atlantic Monthly, and the Wall Street Journal, and
her | paintings and pastels have been shown in galleries across the United | States. Ms. GrandPr
lives in Sarasota, Florida, with her family. | [new paragraph] KAZU KIBUISHI is the creator of the
New York Times | bestselling Amulet series and Copper, a collection of his popular | webcomic. He is
also the founder and editor of the acclaimed | Flight anthologies. Daisy Kutter: The Last Train, his first
graphic | novel, was listed as one of the Best Books for Young Adults by | YALSA, and Amulet, Book
One: The Stonekeeper was an ALA Best | Book for Young Adults and a Childrens Choice Book Award
| finalist. Kazu lives and works in Alhambra, California, with his | wife and fellow comics artist, Amy
Kim Kibuishi, and their two | children. Visit Kazu online at www.boltcity.com.; [360] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp.
1-341 and pp. [345-55]. Each running title (excluding pages on which new chapters commence)
includes a three-star design to left and right of both running-titles on verso and recto. On pages on
which a new chapter commences, the three-star design is omitted.
Illustrations: title-page vignette, together with eighteen vignettes at the beginning of each chapter
(after chapter and chapter number but before chapter title). The sneak preview also includes a
vignette. In addition to standard typographical changes (including italics, capitals and small capitals)
there are other typographical features, comprising:
p. 21 facsimile of Mafalda Hopkirks signature
p. 127 course description and students endorsements
p. 221 newspaper headline
p. [352] newspaper headline
p. [354] facsimile of Rons signature (repeated twice)
p. [355] facsimile of Hermiones signature
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: ROWLING | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [reading lengthways down
spine] | 2 and [publishers book device] | [rule] | S in white on red panel, 14 by 6mm. All in white
on colour illustration (see notes).
On upper wrapper: J. K. ROWLING | Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering] [embossed in white] |
and the | Chamber of Secrets (all width centred). All in white on colour illustration of Harry Potter
with Ron Weasley in a flying Ford Anglia, driven by Fred Weasley, approaching the Weasleys house.
In centre at foot: [publishers book device] SCHOLASTIC in white on red panel, 5 by 45mm.
On lower wrapper: This diary holds memories of terrible things. Things | that were covered up.
Things that happened at Hogwarts | School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. | Tom Marvolo Riddle
| [new paragraph] Harrys second year at Hogwarts is rife with fresh torments and horrors, | including
an outrageously stuck-up new professor, Gilderoy Lockhart, | a spirit named Moaning Myrtle who
haunts the girls bathroom, and the | unwanted attentions of Ron Weasleys younger sister, Ginny. |
[new paragraph] But these seem minor when the real trouble begins, and someone or | something
starts turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be | Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival
than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, | whose mysterious past is finally revealed? Or could it be the
one everyone at | Hogwarts most suspects Harry Potter himself! | [new paragraph] $12.99 US |
[new paragraph] [publishers book device with SCHOLASTIC in white on red panel, 5 by 45mm] |
www.scholastic.com | COVER DESIGN BY KAZU KIBUISHI AND JASON CAFFOE | COVER
ART BY KAZU KIBUISHI 2013 BY SCHOLASTIC INC. Lines 1-4 in white with other lines in
light blue and all on colour illustration of Harry standing before a giant statue flanked by serpentine
columns. In lower right: barcode with smaller barcode to the right (51299) together with S within
triangle, all in black on white panel, 21 by 53mm.
On inside upper wrapper: barcode with smaller barcode (51299) together with S within triangle
below, all in black on white panel, 53 by 21mm. All on orange brown.
On inside lower wrapper: [colour illustration of book design] Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering]
[in white] | The Complete Series [in white] | Read All of Harrys [in white] | Magical Adventures!
[in white] | [publishers device of a lantern, 10 by 7mm] [in black] | ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS
[in black] | [publishers book device with SCHOLASTIC in white on red panel, 5 by 45mm] |
scholastic.com/harrypotter [in white] | [colour illustrations in three columns of six book designs]. All
on lavender blue.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 204 by 134mm
(wrappers), 204 by 17mm (spine).
Publication: 27 August 2013
Price: $12.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast
at number four)
Notes:
See notes to A4(h) about this series.
The seven volumes in this edition were available individually or as a
set issued in a slipcase. The set, presented in order, reveals a single illustration of Hogwarts castle across the seven spines. Scholastic released
images of the new illustrations in a careful marketing campaign: the
upper wrapper illustration for Chamber of Secrets was unveiled on 30
May 2013 at the Book Expo America in New York.
The sneak preview of Prisoner of Azkaban comprises only the first 11 (of 15) pages of chapter one.
This, therefore, fails to provide the conclusion of Hermiones letter to Harry.
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A2(r)
names, characters and related indicia are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new
paragraph] The moral right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record for this book
is available from the British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 978 1 4088 4993 4 | [new paragraph]
[Forest Stewardship Council logo, 6 by 7mm together with symbol and text: FSC | www.fsc.org
with MIX | Paper from | responsible sources | FSC C020471 to the right and all within single
ruled border with rounded corners, 12 by 26mm] | [new paragraph] Typeset by Dorchester Typesetting
| Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon CR0 4YY | [new paragraph]
1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 | [new paragraph] | www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter | www.pottermore.com;
[5] For San P. F. Harris, | getaway driver and foulweather friend; [6] blank; [7]-251 text; [252-56] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-251
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: [triple rule] HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS J.K. ROWLING
[publishers device of a figure with a bow, 9 by 8mm] [triple rule] (reading lengthways down spine with
rules and publishers device horizontally at head or foot of spine). All in gilt on blue.
On upper wrapper: HARRY | POTTER | AND THE | CHAMBER OF | SECRETS |
[illustration of a snake] | J.K. ROWLING | BLOOMSBURY all width centred and within broken
single ruled border, 183 by 114mm. All in gilt on blue.
On lower wrapper: [illustration of a snake] | [new paragraph] Harry Potter receives an ominous
warning from | a house-elf at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and | Wizardry: if he returns to the
school at the end | of the summer, terrible things will happen. | But return Harry must. | [new
paragraph] His second year begins with a new Defence Against | the Dark Arts teacher, Quidditch
training and | the intensification of old rivalries. Then the warning | starts to ring true, as mysterious
words are daubed | on a wall, students are attached and Rons sister, | Ginny, disappears. And so
the search for Salazar | Slytherins heir begins, with the mystery pointing | Harry to a clandestine
chamber and a deadly | creature at its heart | [new paragraph]
[barcodes together with [Forest Stewardship Council logo, 5 by 6mm
together with symbol] | FSC | www.fsc.org | MIX | Paper from |
responsible sources | FSC C020471 within single ruled border with
rounded corners, 18 by 12mm together with [publishers device of a
figure with a bow, 8 by 7mm] | BLOOMSBURY | www.bloomsbury.com/
harrypotter | www.pottermore.com, all in black on white panel, 23 by
84mm] | [new paragraph] Cover illustration by Joe McLaren all within
broken single ruled border, 183 by 114mm. All in yellow on blue.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 198 by 128mm (wrappers),
198 by 15mm (spine).
Slipcase: card slipcase covered in blue paper (see A1(m))
Publication: 10 October 2013 in an edition of 42,700 copies (confirmed
by Bloomsbury)
Banner:
July 31st 1998 The Daily Prophet Price: 7 Knuts
(All within single ruled border, 15 by 157mm)
Collation: 3 single leaves with staple upper left corner; 297 by 211mm; [1] 2-3
Page contents: [1] Headlines section; 2 Quidditch section; 3 Letters page
Paper: wove paper
Running title: The Daily Prophet (33mm) and July 31st 1998 (23mm); the page number occurs in
the middle of this running title on p. 3 only
Publication: 31 July 1998
Price: issued as part of membership of the Harry Potter Fan Club (membership fee: 4.25 per year)
Contents:
[Headlines section, p. 1]
Muggles Not as Stupid as We Think, Says Ministry Report
(A long-awaited Ministry for Magic report made public today warns)
Faulty Wands Recalled
(The Department of Magical Equipment Control has issued a warning)
[Advert]
(Madam Malkins Robes for All Occasions)
[Quidditch section, p. 2]
Quidditch League Table & Match Information
(1. Tutshill Tornados)
Cannons Go Down in a Shower of Arrows
(The Chudley Cannons, who have been having their worst season)
Magpie Chaser Only Tried Football for a Laugh
(Embarrassed Alasdair Maddock, Chaser for the Montrose Magpies, admitted)
Puddlemere United
(United will be changing the design of their robes)
Holyhead Harpies Draw Record Crowd
(The only all-witch team currently playing in the Quidditch league)
[Letters page, p. 3]
Star Letter
(Dear Sir, | As a law-abiding member of the magical community)
Gripe with Gringotts Bank
(Dear Sir, | Am I alone in wondering why Gringotts Bank has recently)
Gobstones Tournament Overlooked (together with Our editor writes)
(Dear Sir, | As a member of the Welsh National Gobstones Team)
A Word in Support of Hags
(Dear Sir, | I am sick and tired of reading what horrible creatures hags are)
Merlin Remembrance Day Suggestion (together with Our editor writes)
(Dear Sir, | Is it not time that the wizarding community set aside a day)
[Notice]
(Please send your letters by owl to: The Daily Prophet)
Notes:
A copyright note at the foot of page 2 ascribes copyright to J.K. Rowling.
There are six sections presented within ruled borders: Madam Malkins Robes for all Occasions
advert (64 by 48mm), contents banner (4 by 62mm), Quidditch League Table & Match Information
(65 by 157mm), Letters Page banner (13 by 67mm), Star Letter (122 by 71mm) and Please send
your letters by owl (15 by 36mm).
There were four issues of The Daily Prophet, dated as follows:
31 July 1998 A3(a)
8 February 1998 A5(a)
1 June 1999 A6(a)
1 October 1999 A6(a)
Copies: private collection
HARRY POTTER | AND THE SORCERERS STONE | [black and white illustration of Hogwarts
castle, in oval, 52 by 87mm] | BY | J.K. ROWLING | ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY GRANDPR
| [publishers device of a lantern, 12 by 9mm] | ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS | AN IMPRINT OF
SCHOLASTIC PRESS (All width centred on a diamond pattern background)
Collation: 160 unsigned leaves bound in ten gatherings of sixteen
leaves; 228 by 148mm; [I-IV] V-VI [VII-VIIII] 1-309 [310-312]
Page contents: [I] half-title: HARRY POTTER | AND THE
SORCERERS STONE (all on diamond pattern background); [II]
blank; [III] title-page; [IV] FOR JESSICA, WHO LOVES STORIES,
| FOR ANNE, WHO LOVED THEM TOO; | AND FOR DI,
WHO HEARD THIS ONE FIRST. | [device of twelve stars] | Text
copyright 1997 by J.K. Rowling | Illustrations copyright 1998 by
Mary GrandPr | All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Press,
a division of Scholastic Inc., | Publishers since 1920 | by arrangement
with Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. | SCHOLASTIC, SCHOLASTIC
PRESS, ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS, and associated logos | are
trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. | [new
paragraph] No part of this publication may be reproduced, or stored
in a retrieval system, or transmitted | in any form or by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, |
without written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permissions, write | to Scholastic
Inc., Attention: Permissions Department, 555 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. | [new paragraph]
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data | [new paragraph] Rowling, J.K. | Harry Potter and
the Sorcerers Stone / by J.K. Rowling | p. cm. | Summary: Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his
aunt and uncle, a young boy | with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School |
of Witchcraft and Wizardry. | ISBN 0-590-35340-3 | [square bracket]1. Fantasy Fiction. 2. Witches
Fiction. 3. Wizards Fiction. | 4. Schools Fiction. 5. England Fiction.[square bracket] I. Title.
| PZ7.R79835Har 1998 | [square bracket]Fic[square bracket] dc21 97-39059 | [new paragraph] 1 3
5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 8 9/9 0/0 01 02 | Printed in the U.S.A. 23 | First American edition, October 1998;
V-VI CONTENTS (seventeen chapters listed with titles and page references); [VII] half-title: HARRY
POTTER | AND THE SORCERERS STONE (all on diamond pattern background); [VIII] blank;
1-309 text; [310] blank; [311] colophon: [publishers device of a lantern, 17 by 13mm] | This book |
was art directed by | David Saylor and designed by Becky | Terhune. The art for both the jacket and interior
was | created using pastels on toned printmaking paper. The text was | set in 12-point Adobe Garamond, a
typeface based on the sixteenth- | century type designs of Claude Garamond, redrawn by Robert | Slimbach in
1989. The book was printed and bound | at Berryville Graphics in Berryville, Virginia. | The production was
supervised by | Angela Biola and Mike | Derevjanik.; [312] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title,
pp. 1-309. Each running title (excluding pages on which new chapters commence) includes a
three-star design to left and right of both running-titles on verso and recto. On pages on which a new
chapter commences, the three-star design is omitted.
Illustrations: title-page vignette, together with seventeen vignettes at the beginning of each chapter
(after chapter and chapter number but before chapter title). In addition to standard typographical
changes (including italics, capitals and small capitals) there are other typographical features,
comprising:
p. 34 handwritten envelope address
p. 42 handwritten envelope address
p. 51 facsimile of Minerva McGonagalls signature
p. 52 handwritten letter
pp. 135-36 handwritten letter
p. 141 newspaper headline
p. 164 facsimile of Minerva McGonagalls signature [different from that above]
p. 202 handwritten letter
p. 247 facsimile of Minerva McGonagalls signature [as on p. 164]
p. 261 handwritten note
Binding: red cloth-backed spine with purple boards (with diamond
pattern in blind).
On spine: J. K. | ROWLING | [rule] (horizontally at head) with
HARRY POTTER | AND THE SORCERERS STONE (reading
lengthways down spine) and [publishers device of a lantern, 17 by
13mm] | ARTHUR A. | LEVINE BOOKS | [rule] | SCHOLASTIC
| PRESS (horizontally at foot). All in gilt.
Upper and lower covers: blank.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 235 by 150mm (covers),
235 by 40mm (spine). The red cloth continues onto the covers by
39mm. End-papers: green wove paper.
Dust-jacket: uncoated wove paper, 235 by 555mm. A single illustration
spans the entire dust-jacket.
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
(Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say)
Notes:
In an interview with me in March 2012, the publisher Arthur A. Levine explained that he had
first heard about Harry Potter at the Bologna book fair in March 1997. He stated I was just starting
my imprint so this was my first Bologna as Arthur A. Levine Books and this was going to be a
literary imprint and so I was meeting with all of my pals in the literary world seeing what I could
draw from them. In particular I wanted my imprint to be the best of the worlds literature for
American readers. So I met with Bloomsbury, which at that point was a tiny literary start-up, and I
met with their rights director. She talked to me about a bunch of projects which didnt seem right
at all. Then she said, so what is it that you are looking for if none of those things are quite right?
And I said, I just really want one of those books that would be a classic: the kind of book you would
look back on from your adulthood and say that was the book that I loved I still have it on my
shelf. And she said, I think we have one of those coming up, but it hasnt been published and
we dont have the rights.
Levine finds it significant that he was told about the book even though Bloomsbury didnt have
the rights to sell themselves: that is what happens at a book fair like Bologna. People who have
overlapping tastes will tell each other about books which they think are wonderful or authors who
they think are exciting. A set of galley proofs of the book was provided which Levine devoured.
Having returned to the United States, Levine contacted the Christopher Little Agency. He was
told that there were other publishers interested and an auction for the American rights would be
forthcoming. This was sometime in the Spring of 1997 before publication of the English edition. An
auction was held, with Christopher Little talking to interested publishers on the phone. Levine states
I believe there were seven other publishers and after a few rounds it was just me and one other... I
know that, in the end, my bid was only $5,000 more than the other publisher at $105,000... Asked
(once again) why he was the highest bidder, Levine stated quite simply that I knew that I loved that
book. Levine notes that he did not know that he would make back his money right away and felt that
this was a long-term investment.
The publication of Sorcerers Stone in the US, compared to the English title Philosophers Stone,
confuses people in the words of Arthur A. Levine. He states what confuses people is that people
think I bought it. The reality is that Levine identified the book, loved it and bought the US rights
long before the Harry Potter craze took off in the UK. Levine does note, however, that Bloomsburys
enthusiasm for the book was infectious.
Early criticism was directed at Levine for changes that were made to the authors English prose.
There were around 80 word changes and some significant alteration in the placing of commas. When
questioned, in March 2012, he responded that I did not do anything to the text. Every change was
something that I discussed with Jo. In fact, Jo came up with the alternative title of Sorcerers Stone
Its one of the most common conversations that you have in a publishing company with a writer. The
conversation goes something like this: I presented this to the sales and marketing department and
they feel that the title doesnt do this So lets consider alternatives. Of course if the author says no
absolutely not thats my title then thats the title that goes on the book. Its a simple matter. But
authors are professional people and sometimes just changing the title gives the sales and marketing
department a degree of confidence that helps your book. Levine noted that he needed a title that said
magic more overtly to American readers. He continued, I certainly did not mind Harry Potter and
the Philosophers Stone but I can see, if you forget now what happened after, why a book that is titled
Philosophers Stone might seem more arcane or something. So the title that I had suggested to me and
which I then turned to Jo was Harry Potter and the School of Magic. Jo very thoughtfully said No that
doesnt feel right to me... there are objects that I would like. What if we called it the Sorcerers Stone?
And that completely does it. But I would like to point you to the French title of the first book which
is Harry Potter et lecole de Sorcerer.
Levine noted that the print-run was exceptional: I think initially we printed 35,000 copies of the
first book. We went into our sales conference with a proposed print run of 15,000 which, in itself,
would have been a confident run. Memory runs short and people dont remember that in 1997 there
was a notion that you couldnt sell hardcover fiction and especially British fantasy. I didnt go into
it thinking this is a blockbuster. I thought this is something of such special and unique quality that
people will love it. I was right. Going into the sales conference there was such passion among our
sales reps The enthusiasm from within our sales force was so great that it immediately pushed it up
into this very, very large print-run.
Although no publication day is recorded, 1 October 1998 is assumed. In an email to me from January
2013 Arthur A. Levine noted that Im fairly certain that we didnt have strict on sale dates the
publication day would simply be the first of the month listed. Nielsen BookData provides a publication date of 1 October 1998.
In contrast to the first English editions, Scholastic used the artwork of a single illustrator across the
series: Mary GrandPr. To Levine this is part of the image and branding of the series. He noted I
have always said this is a classic book. This is a book that you remember when youre thirty-five and
you remember when you were ten. And that was the book that changed your life. Theres continuity
there when you see that on your shelf you think, wow this is that book
The first American edition omits Year | 1 on the spine and the spine of the dust-jacket. The dustjacket also notes a price of $16.95. There are two states of the dust-jacket reported. The first state
includes a quote from The Guardian on the lower cover. The second state (not seen) replaces this with
a quote from Publishers Weekly. This may be a confusion with the book club edition (see A4(c)). The
only embossed gilt on the dust-jacket is for the hand-drawn lettering of Harry Potter on the upper
cover. Other gilt lettering is not raised.
The facsimile of Minerva McGonagalls signature on page 247 is first printed here. It is missing in the
American proof where the signature is rendered in standard type. Note, also, that the colophon is
different from that in the American proof (see AA3(a)).
A presentation copy inscribed by the author to her father and stepmother was offered at auction at
Sothebys New York on 10 December 2003. It was inscribed on the half-title To Jan and Dad | with
lots of love | Jo x. Estimated at $25,000/35,000, it failed to sell.
During January 1999, the New York Times listed the book in their best-sellers lists with the description
a Scottish boy, neglected by his relatives, finds his fortune attending a school of witchcraft and also a
Scottish boy attends witchcraft school. A slight improvement on accuracy saw this changed quickly
to a British boy.
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
The American audiobook version, read by Jim Dale, has a duration of approximately eight and a
quarter hours.
Copies: New York Public Library (J FIC R); private collection
Reprints include:
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A4(b)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE SORCERERS STONE | [black and white illustration of
Hogwarts castle, in oval, 47 by 83mm] | BY | J. K. ROWLING | ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY
GRANDPR | SCHOLASTIC INC. | NEW YORK [four-sided device] TORONTO [four-sided
device] AUCKLAND [four-sided device] SYDNEY | MEXICO CITY [four-sided device] NEW
DELHI [four-sided device] HONG KONG (All width centred on a diamond pattern background)
Collation: 159 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
193 by 133mm; [I-IV] V-VI 1-309 [310-11] 312
Page contents: [I-II] PRAISE FOR J. K. ROWLINGS | HARRY
POTTER | AND THE SORCERERS STONE | [device of nine
stars] | [9 reviews and a listing of 8 statements]; [III] title-page;
[IV] FOR JESSICA, WHO LOVES STORIES, | FOR ANN, [sic]
WHO LOVED THEM TOO; | AND FOR DI, WHO HEARD
THIS ONE FIRST. | [device of twelve stars] | Text copyright
1997 by J. K. Rowling. | Illustrations copyright 1998 by Mary
GrandPr | [new paragraph] All rights reserved. Published by
Scholastic Inc. SCHOLASTIC, | ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS,
and associated logos are trademarks | and/or registered trademarks
of Scholastic Inc. | [new paragraph] If you purchased this book
without a cover, you should be aware that this book is | stolen
property. It was reported as unsold and destroyed to the publisher,
and | neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this stripped | book. No
part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored | in a retrieval system, or
transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, | mechanical, photocopying, recording, or
otherwise, without written permission | of the publisher. For information regarding permission, write
to Scholastic Inc., | Attention: Permissions Department, 555 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. | [new
paragraph] [publishers device of a lantern, 7 by 5mm] | Arthur A. Levine Books hardcover edition |
art directed by David Saylor and designed by Becky Terhune, | published by Arthur A. Levine Books,
an imprint | of Scholastic Press, October 1998. | [new paragraph] ISBN 0-590-35342-X | Library of
Congress number 97-39059 | 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 9/9 0 1 2 3 4/0 | [new paragraph] Printed
in the U.S.A. 40 | First Scholastic trade paperback printing, September 1999; V-VI CONTENTS
(seventeen chapters listed with titles and page references); 1-309 text; [310] publishers advertisement:
HOGWARTS IS BACK IN SESSION! including upper cover design of Harry Potter and the Chamber
of Secrets; [311] HARRY POTTER | AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS | [device of nine stars]
The summer after his first year at Hogwarts is worse than | ever for Harry Potter. The Dursleys of Privet
Drive reach | new lows of malevolent prissiness. And just when Harry thinks | the endless vacation
is over, a neurotic house-elf named Dobby | shows up to warn him against going back to school. Of
course, | Harry doesnt listen. But Hogwarts isnt the cure he expects it to | be. Almost immediately
a student is found turned to stone, and | then another. And somehow Harry stands accused. Could
Harry | Potter be the long-feared heir of Slytherin? | [new paragraph] Harry and friends are stretched
to their limits dealing with the likes of Moaning Myrtle, a spirit who haunts the girls bathroom; | the
outrageously conceited new professor Gilderoy Lockheart; | and the diary of Tom Riddle (a boy from
Hogwarts past) which | gives terrifying new meaning to the phrase, a compelling read.; 312 [device
of three stars] ABOUT THE AUTHOR [device of three stars] | J.K. ROWLING was a struggling
single mother when she | wrote the beginnings of Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone on | scraps of
paper at a local caf. But her efforts soon paid off, as she | received an unprecedented award from the
Scottish Arts Council | enabling her to finish the book. Since then, the debut novel has | become
an international phenomenon, garnering rave reviews | and major awards, including the British Book
Awards Childrens | Book of the Year, and the Smarties prize. | [new paragraph] Ms. Rowling lives in
Edinburgh with her daughter.
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title,
pp. 1-309. Each running title (excluding pages on which new chapters commence) includes a
three-star design to left and right of both running-titles on verso and recto. On pages on which a new
chapter commences, the three-star design is omitted.
Illustrations: title-page vignette, together with seventeen vignettes at the beginning of each chapter
(after chapter and chapter number but before chapter title). In addition to standard typographical
changes (including italics, capitals and small capitals) there are other typographical features,
comprising:
p. 34 handwritten envelope address
p. 42 handwritten envelope address
p. 51 facsimile of Minerva McGonagalls signature
p. 52 handwritten letter
pp. 135-36 handwritten letter
p. 141 newspaper headline
p. 164 facsimile of Minerva McGonagalls signature [different from that above]
p. 202 handwritten letter
p. 247 facsimile of Minerva McGonagalls signature [as on p.164]
p. 261 handwritten note
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: HARRY POTTER | ROWLING SCHOLASTIC | AND THE SORCERERS
STONE (reading lengthways down spine). All in gilt on blue and red diamond pattern background.
On upper wrapper: THE EXTRAORDINARY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER [in gilt] |
Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering] [embossed in gilt] | AND THE [hand-drawn lettering in brown
of illustration] | SORCERERS STONE [hand-drawn lettering in brown of illustration] | J. K.
ROWLING [embossed in gilt] (all width centred). All on colour illustration of Harry Potter playing
Quidditch with author on blue and red diamond pattern background panel, 15 by 133mm.
On lower wrapper: HARRY POTTER has never played a sport while flying on a | broomstick.
Hes never worn a cloak of invisibility, befriended a giant, or | helped hatch a dragon. All Harry
knows is a miserable life with the | Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son,
| Dudley. Harrys room is a tiny closet at the foot of the stairs, and he | hasnt had a birthday party
in eleven years. | [new paragraph] But all that is about to change when a mysterious letter arrives by
| owl messenger: a letter with an invitation to a wonderful place he | never dreamed existed. There
he finds not only friends, aerial | sports, and magic around every corner, but a great destiny thats
| been waiting for himif Harry can survive the encounter. | [new paragraph] A New York Times
Bestseller [four-sided diamond device] A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1998 | [four-sided diamond
device] Booklist Editors Choice [four-sided diamond device] Winner of the 1997 National Book |
Award (UK) [four-sided diamond device] an ALA Notable Book [four-sided diamond device] Winner
of the 1997 Gold | Medal Smarties Prize [four-sided diamond device] A New York Public Library
Best Book | of the Year 1998 [four-sided diamond device] Parenting Book of the Year Award 1998 |
COVER ART BY [[publishers book device] SCHOLASTIC in white on red panel, 4 by 25mm] |
MARY GRANDPR. All in black on colour illustration of a curtain with hand holding a lit candle.
In lower right: SCHOLASTIC INC. $5.99 US | [rule, 50mm] | [barcode with smaller barcode to
the right (35342)] all in black on white panel within single black ruled border, 26 by 50mm.
On inside upper wrapper: barcode with smaller barcode below (50599) all in black.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 193 by 133mm (wrappers), 193 by 18mm (spine).
Publication: September 1999 (see notes)
Price: $5.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
(Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud
to say)
Notes:
Both half-titles from A4(a) are excluded in this edition. The title
would be the only one in the original paperback series to exclude
all half-titles. A single half-title is found in A4(h).
Although no publication day is recorded, 1 September 1999 is
assumed. In an email to me from January 2013 Arthur A. Levine
noted that Im fairly certain that we didnt have strict on sale
dates the publication day would simply be the first of the
month listed. None of the paperbacks were given a strict on sale
date either.
Note the incorrect spelling of Anne in the dedication on page [IV].
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
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HARRY POTTER | AND THE SORCERERS STONE | [black and white illustration of Hogwarts
castle, in oval, 52 by 87mm] | BY | J.K. ROWLING | ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY GRANDPR
| [publishers device of a lantern, 12 by 9mm] | ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS | AN IMPRINT OF
SCHOLASTIC PRESS (All width centred on a diamond pattern background)
Collation: 160 unsigned leaves bound in ten gatherings of sixteen
leaves; 226 by 150mm; [I-IV] V-VI [VII-VIII] 1-309 [310-312]
Page contents: [I] half-title: HARRY POTTER | AND THE
SORCERERS STONE (all on diamond pattern background);
[II] blank; [III] title-page; [IV] FOR JESSICA, WHO LOVES
STORIES, | FOR ANNE, WHO LOVED THEM TOO; | AND
FOR DI, WHO HEARD THIS ONE FIRST. | [device of twelve
stars] | Text copyright 1997 by J.K. Rowling | Illustrations
copyright 1998 by Mary GrandPr | All rights reserved.
Published by Scholastic Press, a division of Scholastic Inc., |
Publishers since 1920 | by arrangement with Bloomsbury Publishing
Plc. | SCHOLASTIC, SCHOLASTIC PRESS, ARTHUR A.
LEVINE BOOKS, and associated logos | are trademarks and/
or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. | [new paragraph]
No part of this publication may be reproduced, or stored in a
retrieval system, or transmitted | in any form or by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, | without written permission of the
publisher. For information regarding permissions, write | to Scholastic Inc., Attention: Permissions
Department, 555 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. | [new paragraph] Library of Congress Catalogingin-Publication Data | [new paragraph] Rowling, J.K. | Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone / by J.K.
Rowling | p. cm. | Summary: Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young
boy | with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School | of Witchcraft and
Wizardry. | ISBN 0-590-35340-3 | [square bracket]1. Fantasy Fiction. 2. Witches Fiction. 3.
Wizards Fiction. | 4. Schools Fiction. 5. England Fiction.[square bracket] I. Title. | PZ7.
R79835Har 1998 | [square bracket]Fic[square bracket] dc21 97-39059 | [new paragraph] 1 3 5 7 9
10 8 6 4 2 8 9/9 0/0 01 02 | Printed in the U.S.A. 23 | First American edition, October 1998; V-VI
CONTENTS (seventeen chapters listed with titles and page references); [VII] half-title: HARRY
POTTER | AND THE SORCERERS STONE (all on diamond pattern background); [VIII] blank;
1-309 text; [310] blank; [311] colophon: [publishers device of a lantern, 17 by 13mm] | This book |
was art directed by | David Saylor and designed by Becky | Terhune. The art for both the jacket and interior
was | created using pastels on toned printmaking paper. The text was | set in 12-point Adobe Garamond, a
typeface based on the sixteenth- | century type designs of Claude Garamond, redrawn by Robert | Slimbach
in 1989. The book was printed and bound | at Berryville Graphics in Berryville, Virginia. | The production
was supervised by | Angela Biola and Mike | Derevjanik.; [312] MP7EE
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title,
pp. 1-309. Each running title (excluding pages on which new chapters commence) includes a
three-star design to left and right of both running-titles on verso and recto. On pages on which a new
chapter commences, the three-star design is omitted.
Illustrations: title-page vignette, together with seventeen vignettes at the beginning of each chapter
(after chapter and chapter number but before chapter title). In addition to standard typographical
changes (including italics, capitals and small capitals) there are other typographical features,
comprising:
p. 34 handwritten envelope address
p. 42 handwritten envelope address
p. 51 facsimile of Minerva McGonagalls signature
p. 52 handwritten letter
pp. 135-36 handwritten letter
p. 141 newspaper headline
p. 164 facsimile of Minerva McGonagalls signature [different from
that above]
p. 202 handwritten letter
p. 247 facsimile of Minerva McGonagalls signature [as on p. 164]
p. 261 handwritten note
Binding: burgundy board-backed spine with black boards.
On spine: J. K. | ROWLING | [rule] (horizontally at head) with
HARRY POTTER | AND THE SORCERERS STONE (reading
lengthways down spine) and [publishers device of a lantern, 17 by
13mm] | ARTHUR A. | LEVINE BOOKS | [rule] | SCHOLASTIC
| PRESS (horizontally at foot). All in gilt.
Upper and lower covers: blank.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 233 by 150mm (covers), 233 by 37mm (spine). The
burgundy paper board continues onto the covers by 30mm. End-papers: white wove paper.
Dust-jacket: uncoated wove paper, 233 by 560mm. A single illustration
spans the entire dust-jacket.
On spine: J. K. | ROWLING | [rule] (horizontally at head) with
HARRY POTTER | AND THE SORCERERS STONE (reading
lengthways down spine) and [publishers device of a lantern, 19 by
11mm] | ARTHUR A. | LEVINE BOOKS | [rule] | SCHOLASTIC
| PRESS (horizontally at foot). All in dark yellow on colour illustration
of archway.
On upper cover: Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering] [in dark
yellow] | AND THE [hand-drawn lettering in brown of illustration] |
SORCERERS STONE [hand-drawn lettering in brown of illustration]
| J. K. ROWLING [in dark yellow] (all width centred); all on colour
illustration of Harry Potter playing Quidditch.
On lower cover, in black: [five point star] A DELIGHTFUL |
award-winning debut from an author who dances | in the footsteps of
P.L. Travers and Roald Dahl. | Publishers Weekly, starred review |
[barcode with smaller barcode to the right (un-numbered) all in black
on cream panel, 22 by 51mm]; all on colour illustration of owl, key and
shrouded wizard hiding behind column.
On upper inside flap, in black: $17.95 | HARRY POTTER | has never been the star of
a Quidditch team, | scoring points while riding a broom far above | the ground. He knows no
spells, has never | helped to hatch a dragon, and has never worn a | cloak of invisibility. | [new
paragraph] All he knows is a miserable life with the | Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and |
their abominable son, Dudleya great big | swollen spoiled bully. Harrys room is a | tiny closet at
the foot of the stairs, and he | hasnt had a birthday party in eleven | years. | [new paragraph] But
all that is about to change when | a mysterious letter arrives by owl mes- | senger: a letter with an
invitation to | an incredible place that Harry | and anyone who reads about | himwill find
un- |forgettable. | [new paragraph] For its there that he | finds not only friends, | aerial sports,
and magic in | everything from classes to | meals, but a great destiny | thats been waiting for
him | if Harry can survive the | encounter.; all on colour illustration of a curtain with hand
holding a lit candle.
On lower inside flap, in black: J.K. ROWLING | was a struggling single mother when she wrote
| the beginnings of Harry Potter and the Sorcerers | Stone on scraps of paper at a local caf. But her
| efforts soon paid off, as she received an unprece- | dented award from the Scottish Arts Council
| enabling her to finish the book. Since then, the | debut novel has become an international
phe- | nomenon, garnering rave reviews and major | awards, including the British Book Awards
| Childrens Book of the Year, and the Smarties | Prize. | [new paragraph] Ms. Rowling lives in
Edinburgh with her | daughter. | [new paragraph] Jacket art 1998 by Mary GrandPr | Jacket design
by Mary GrandPr and David Saylor | [new paragraph] | [publishers device of a lantern, 12 by 8mm]
| ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS | An Imprint of Scholastic Press | 555 Broadway, New York, | New
York 10012; all on colour illustration of a curtain.
Publication: between July and December 1999 (see notes)
Price: $17.95
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
(Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say)
Notes:
The American book club edition differs very slightly from the true American first edition. The
contents of the book, including the publishers imprint page, is exactly the same. The binding,
however, is different. The dust-jacket also shows two differences: a price of $17.95 and a different
quote on the lower wrapper.
Given that the true American first and the book club editions share a single ISBN, the Blair
Partnership noted that book club editions could only be dated to within a half-year period end in
their files. This edition was, therefore, published within the period July to December 1999. The Blair
Partnership Royalties Manager noted that the American book club editions did not have a set price.
This one appears, however, to cite a price of $17.95 on the dust-jacket. This was, presumably, the
price of the standard retail edition.
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A4(d)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE SORCERERS STONE | [black and white illustration of Hogwarts
castle, in oval, 52 by 88mm] | BY | J.K. ROWLING | ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY GRANDPR
| [publishers device of a lantern, 12 by 9mm] | ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS | AN IMPRINT OF
SCHOLASTIC PRESS (All width centred on a diamond pattern background)
Collation: 160 unsigned leaves bound in ten gatherings of sixteen
leaves; 228 by 150mm; [I-IV] V-VI [VII-VIII] 1-309 [310-312]
Page contents: [I] [illustration, 146 by 98mm] | INK PORTRAIT
OF HARRY POTTER AT NO. 4, PRIVET DRIVE | By J. K.
Rowling, August 1995 | Note the vase on the mantelpiece. I copied
a real one which had been | left in my apartment by the previous
occupant, and which I thought | was horrible enough to belong to
the Dursleys. | JKRowling [facsimile signature]; [II] blank; [III]
title-page; [IV] FOR JESSICA, WHO LOVES STORIES, | FOR
ANNE, WHO LOVED THEM TOO; | AND FOR DI, WHO
HEARD THIS ONE FIRST. | [device of twelve stars] | Text
copyright 1997 by J. K. Rowling | Frontispiece copyright 1995
by J. K. Rowling | Illustrations by Mary GrandPr copyright
1998 Scholastic Inc. | All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic
Press, a division of Scholastic Inc., | Publishers since 1920. |
SCHOLASTIC, SCHOLASTIC PRESS, and the LANTERN
LOGO | are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. | [new paragraph] No
part of this publication may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, | or transmitted in any
form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, | or otherwise, without
written permission of the publisher. For information regarding | permissions write to Scholastic Inc.,
Attention: Permissions Department, | 555 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. | [new paragraph] ISBN
0-439-20352-X | [new paragraph] LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION
DATA | Rowling, J. K. | Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone / by J. K. Rowling | p. cm. |
Summary: Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy | with a great
destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School | of Witchcraft and Wizardry. | [square
bracket]1. Fantasy Fiction. 2. Witches Fiction. 3. Wizards Fiction. | 4. Schools Fiction.
5. England Fiction.[square bracket] I. Title. | PZ7.R79835Har 1998 | [square bracket]Fic[square
bracket] dc21 97-39059 | [new paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0/0 01 02 03 04 | Printed in the
U.S.A. 24 | Collectors Edition, November 2000; V-VI CONTENTS (seventeen chapters listed
with titles and page references); [VII] half-title: HARRY POTTER | AND THE SORCERERS
STONE (all on diamond pattern background); [VIII] blank; 1-309 text; [310] blank; [311] colophon:
[publishers device of a lantern, 17 by 13mm] | This Collectors | Edition was art directed | and designed
by David Saylor. | Mary GrandPrs artwork for both the | case inset and interior was created using | pastels
on toned printmaking paper. The text was | set in 12-point Adobe Garamond, a typeface based on the |
sixteenth-century type designs of Claude Garamond, redrawn by | Robert Slimbach in 1989. The book is
printed on 70-pound acid-free | offset paper, specially manufactured for Scholastic by Fraser Papers in West
| Carrollton, Ohio. The case is wrapped in Taratan Bonded Leather | produced at Corium Corporation in
Seabrook, New Hampshire, | a division of Cromwell Leather Group. The book was | printed and bound at
Quebecor World-Hawkins | in Kingsport, Tennessee. The Managing | Editor was Manuela Soares and the
| Manufacturing Director was | Angela Biola. | [device of seven stars]; [312] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title,
pp. 1-309. Each running title (excluding pages on which new chapters commence) includes a
three-star design to left and right of both running-titles on verso and recto. On pages on which a new
chapter commences, the three-star design is omitted.
Illustrations: three-quarter page illustration by the author, title-page vignette, together with
seventeen vignettes at the beginning of each chapter (after chapter and chapter number but before
chapter title). In addition to standard typographical changes (including italics, capitals and small
capitals) there are other typographical features, comprising:
p. 34 handwritten envelope address
p. 42 handwritten envelope address
p. 51 facsimile of Minerva McGonagalls signature
p. 52 handwritten letter
pp. 135-36 handwritten letter
p. 141 newspaper headline
p. 164 facsimile of Minerva McGonagalls signature [different from that above]
p. 202 handwritten letter
p. 247 facsimile of Minerva McGonagalls signature [as on p. 164]
p. 261 handwritten note
Binding: green morocco.
On spine: J. K. | ROWLING | [raised band] | Harry [hand-drawn
lettering] | Potter [hand-drawn lettering] | AND | THE | SORCERERS
| STONE | [bolt of lightning, 26 by 12mm] | YEAR | ONE | [raised
band] | [publishers device of a lantern, 19 by 14mm] | ARTHUR A. |
LEVINE BOOKS | [rule, 23mm] | SCHOLASTIC. All in gilt.
On upper cover: J. K. | ROWLING | Harry Potter [hand-drawn
lettering] | [colour illustration of Harry Potter playing Quidditch,
70 by 92mm laid down to blind panel, 72 by 94mm] | AND THE |
SORCERERS | STONE (within ornate decorative border in ten
sections together with ten stars, 215 by 134mm) (all width centred). All
in gilt.
On lower cover: ornate decorative border in ten sections, 215 by 134mm. All in gilt.
All edges gilt. Green and yellow sewn bands at head and foot of spine. Binding measurements: 234
by 151mm (covers), 234 by 40mm (spine). End-papers: wove paper printed with diamond pattern in
indigo and burgundy.
Dust-jacket: clear acetate, 234 by 530mm
Spine: blank
On upper cover, in white: COLLECTORS EDITION (all width centred).
On lower cover, in white: This Collectors Edition of | HARRY POTTER | AND THE |
SORCERERS STONE | is a specially produced, leather- | bound gift volume that includes the | complete
text of the original novel | as well as a unique pen-and-ink | drawing by the author, | J. K. Rowling | [new
paragraph] This edition is available for a | limited time only | $75.00 | [new paragraph] [barcode
with smaller barcode to the right (57500) all in black on white panel, 25 by 51mm] (within ornate
decorative border, 147 by 91mm)
Inside flaps: blank.
Publication: November 2000 (see notes)
Price: $75
Contents:
Ink portrait of Harry Potter at no. 4, Privet Drive
(Note the vase on the mantelpiece) (headed, By J. K. Rowling, August 1995)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
(Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say)
Notes:
In an interview with me conducted in March 2012, the publisher Arthur A. Levine was keen to
note that the collectors edition was not marketed as a limited edition, I think that was a way of
allowing us, if we wanted, to reprint
Although no publication day is recorded, 1 November 2000 is assumed. In an email to me from
January 2013 Arthur A. Levine noted that Im fairly certain that we didnt have strict on sale
dates the publication day would simply be the first of the month listed. Nielsen BookData
provides a publication date of 1 October 2000 and a number of contemporary press reports suggest
publication during October.
A publication figure of 100,000 copies is widely accepted throughout the book world. This is unconfirmed by Scholastic.
In March 2012 the publishers New York flagship store was still selling copies of this edition. They
were no longer available by November 2013.
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A4(e)
LOVED THEM TOO; | AND FOR DI, WHO HEARD THIS ONE FIRST. | [new paragraph] Text
copyright 1997 by J. K. Rowling | Illustration by Mary GrandPr copyright 1998 by Warner
Bros. | [new paragraph] All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Inc. SCHOLASTIC, | the
LANTERN LOGO, and associated logos are trademarks and/or | registered trademarks of Scholastic
Inc. HARRY POTTER, characters, | names and all related indicia are trademarks of and Warner
Bros. | [new paragraph] If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware | that this
book is stolen property. It was reported as unsold and | destroyed to the publisher, and neither the
author nor the | publisher has received any payment for this stripped book. | [new paragraph] No
part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, | or stored in a retrieval system, or
transmitted in any form or | by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, | or
otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. | For information regarding permissions, write
to Scholastic Inc., | Attention: Permissions Department, 555 Broadway, | New York, NY 10012. |
[new paragraph] [publishers device of a lantern, 6 by 5mm] | Arthur A. Levine Books hardcover
edition | published by Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of | Scholastic Press, October 1998. |
[new paragraph] ISBN 0-439-36213-X | Library of Congress number 97-39059 | 12 11 10 9 8 7 6
5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6/0 | [new paragraph] Printed in the U.S.A. 01 | First Scholastic mass market
paperback printing, November 2001; [IX-XI] CONTENTS (seventeen chapters listed with titles
and page references); [XII] blank; [XIII] half-title: Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering] | AND THE
| SORCERERS | STONE; [XIV] blank; 1-384 text; [385] J. K. ROWLING | was a struggling single
mother when she wrote the | beginnings of Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone | on scraps of paper
at a local cafe. But her efforts | soon paid off, as she received an unprecedented | award from the
Scottish Arts Council enabling her | to finish the book. Since then, the debut novel | has become
an international phenomenon, garnering | rave reviews and major awards, including the British |
Book Awards Childrens Book of the Year, and the | Smarties prize. | [new paragraph] Ms. Rowling
lives in Edinburgh with her | daughter.; [386] publishers advertisement: J.K. ROWLINGS | Harry
Potter [hand-drawn lettering]
Paper: wove paper
Running title: none
Illustrations: In addition to standard typographical changes (including italics, capitals and small
capitals) there are other typographical features, comprising:
p. 42 handwritten envelope address
p. 52 handwritten envelope address
p. 64 facsimile of Minerva McGonagalls signature
pp. 64-65 handwritten letter
pp. 168-69 handwritten letter
p. 175 newspaper headline
p. 204 facsimile of Minerva McGonagalls signature [different from that above]
p. 250 handwritten letter
p. 308 facsimile of Minerva McGonagalls signature [as on p. 204]
p. 325 handwritten note
Notes:
In an interview with me in March 2012, the publisher Arthur A. Levine noted that at a certain
point in American publishing, some outlets would only carry a mass-market edition. So we made one.
But that changed and the mass-marketers were using the trade paperback, so it didnt seem necessary
anymore There was some sense, initially, that the mass-market edition would cater for the adult
market, but it also became quite clear that adults had no problem reading our original edition.
There was a point that I couldnt go anywhere without seeing people reading the book. I would get
on a plane and walk down the aisle and in every aisle someone would be reading the book. And let
me tell you it wasnt just ten-year-olds
Presumably this edition was the Scholastic equivalent of Bloomsburys celebratory edition in that it
was primarily aimed at a movie-going audience. See also A2(k).
Although no publication day is recorded, 1 November 2001 is assumed. In an email to me from
January 2013 Arthur A. Levine noted that Im fairly certain that we didnt have strict on sale
dates the publication day would simply be the first of the month listed. None of the paperbacks
were given a strict on sale date either. Nielsen BookData provides a publication date of 1 November
2001.
Note the incorrect spelling of Anne in the dedication on page [VIII].
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A4(f)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE SORCERERS STONE | [black and white illustration of
Hogwarts castle, in oval, 47 by 82mm] | BY | J.K. ROWLING | ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY
GRANDPR | SCHOLASTIC INC. | NEW YORK [four-sided device] TORONTO [four-sided
device] AUCKLAND [four-sided device] SYDNEY | MEXICO CITY [four-sided device] NEW
DELHI [four-sided device] HONG KONG (All width centred on a diamond pattern background)
Collation: 160 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 192 by 134mm; [I-IV] V-VI
[VII-VIII] 1-309 [310-12]
Page contents: [I-II] PRAISE FOR J. K. ROWLINGS | HARRY POTTER | AND THE
SORCERERS STONE | [device of nine stars] | [9 reviews and a listing of 8 statements]; [III]
title-page; [IV] FOR JESSICA, WHO LOVES STORIES, | FOR ANN, [sic] WHO LOVED
THEM TOO; | AND FOR DI, WHO HEARD THIS ONE FIRST. | [device of twelve stars] |
Text copyright 1997 by J. K. Rowling | Interior illustrations by Mary GrandPr copyright
1998 by Warner Bros. | Cover illustration by Mary GrandPr copyright 2008 by Warner Bros. |
HARRY POTTER and all related characters and elements are TM of and WBEI. | Harry Potter
Publishing Rights J. K. Rowling. | All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Inc. Scholastic,
the Lantern Logo and | associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic
Inc. | [new paragraph] No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system,
| or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, | recording,
or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. For information | regarding permission,
write to Scholastic Inc., Attention: Permissions Department, | 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012.
| [new paragraph] ISBN-13: 978-0-545-12450-8 | ISBN:10: 0-545-12450-6 | [new paragraph]
[publishers device of a lantern, 6 by 4mm] | Arthur A. Levine Books hardcover edition published by
Arthur A. Levine Books, | an imprint of Scholastic Inc., October 1998. | [new paragraph] 12 11 10
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 8 9 10 11 12/0 | [new paragraph] Printed in the U.S.A. | First Scholastic Book
Clubs paperback printing, September 2008 | Art directed by David Saylor; V-VI CONTENTS
(seventeen chapters listed with titles and page references); [VII] half-title: HARRY POTTER |
AND THE SORCERERS STONE (all on diamond pattern background); [VIII] blank; 1-309 text;
[310] publishers advertisement: HOGWARTS IS BACK IN SESSION! (advert for Harry Potter and
the Chamber of Secrets); [311] HARRY POTTER | AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS | [device
of nine stars] The summer after his first year at Hogwarts is worse than | ever for Harry Potter. The
Dursleys of Privet Drive reach | new lows of malevolent prissiness. And just when Harry thinks |
the endless vacation is over, a neurotic house-elf named Dobby | shows up to warn him against going
back to school. Of course, | Harry doesnt listen. But Hogwarts isnt the cure he expects it to | be.
Almost immediately a student is found turned to stone, and | then another. And somehow Harry
stands accused. Could Harry | Potter be the long-feared heir of Slytherin? | [new paragraph] Harry
and friends are stretched to their limits dealing with the | likes of Moaning Myrtle, a spirit who
haunts the girls bathroom; | the outrageously conceited new professor Gilderoy Lockheart; | and the
diary of Tom Riddle (a boy from Hogwartss past), which | gives terrifying new meaning to the phrase
a compelling read.; [312] [device of three stars] | ABOUT THE AUTHOR [device of three stars] |
J.K. ROWLING began writing stories when she was six years | old. She started working on the Harry
Potter sequence in 1990, | when, she says, the idea simply fell into my head. This first | book,
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, was published in the | United Kingdom in 1997 and the United
States in 1998. Since | then, books in the Harry Potter series have been honored with | many prizes,
including the Anthony Award, the Hugo Award, the | Nebula Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the
Whitbread Childrens | Book Award, the Nestl Smarties Book Prize, and the British | Book Awards
Childrens Book of the Year, as well as New York | Times Notable Book, ALA Notable Childrens
Book, and ALA | Best Book for Young Adults citations. | [new paragraph] Ms. Rowling has also
been named an Officer of the Order of | the British Empire. She lives in Scotland with her family.
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title,
pp. 1-309. Each running title (excluding pages on which new chapters commence) includes a
three-star design to left and right of both running-titles on verso and recto. On pages on which a new
chapter commences, the three-star design is omitted.
Illustrations: seventeen vignettes at the beginning of each chapter (after chapter and chapter number
but before chapter title). In addition to standard typographical changes (including italics, capitals and
small capitals) there are other typographical features, comprising:
p. 34 handwritten envelope address
p. 42 handwritten envelope address
p. 51 facsimile of Minerva McGonagalls signature
p. 52 handwritten letter
pp. 135-36 handwritten letter
p. 141 newspaper headline
p. 164 facsimile of Minerva McGonagalls signature [different from that above]
p. 202 handwritten letter
p. 247 facsimile of Minerva McGonagalls signature [as on p. 164]
p. 261 handwritten note
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: ROWLING | [rule] | [YEAR | 1 within concave square] (horizontally at head) with
HARRY POTTER | SCHOLASTIC | AND THE SORCERERS STONE (reading lengthways
down spine). All in dark yellow on dark purple background with a device of three stars in light purple
on each side of the title. The concave square has a dark yellow ruled border and a red background.
On upper wrapper: EXCLUSIVE SCHOLASTIC SCHOOL MARKET EDITION [in white] |
Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering] [embossed in gilt]| AND [embossed in red] | THE [embossed in
red] | SORCERERS [embossed in red] | STONE [embossed in red] | J. K. ROWLING [embossed
in gilt] | [publishers book device] SCHOLASTIC [in white on red panel, 5 by 45mm] (all width
centred with the exception of lines 3-6 which are set towards the left); all on colour illustration of
Harry Potter testing a wand watched by Mr Ollivander and Hagrid.
On lower wrapper: FOLLOW ALL OF THE [in dark yellow] | Harry Potter [hand-drawn
lettering] [in brown] | ADVENTURES! [in dark yellow] | [colour illustrations of three book
designs, each in an single dark yellow ruled border] | YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 [in dark yellow]
| [colour illustrations of three book designs, each in a single dark yellow ruled border] | YEAR
5 YEAR 6 YEAR 7 [in dark yellow] | This edition is available for distribution [in white] | only
through the school market. [in white] | [publishers book device] SCHOLASTIC [in white on
red panel, 6 by 45mm] | www.scholastic.com/harrypotter [in white] | COVER ART BY MARY
GRANDPR [in white]. In lower right: barcode in black on white panel, 13 by 39mm]. All on dark
purple background with a device of seven stars in top left corner in light purple and a device of six
stars in lower right.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 192 by 134mm (wrappers), 192 by 19mm (spine).
Publication: September 2008 (see notes)
Price: $8.99 (see notes)
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
(Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say)
Notes:
As noted on the wrappers, this edition was available exclusively through the Scholastic book club.
Contemporary marketing material for the club offers this edition as a special limited collectors
edition and notes exclusive new Mary GrandPr cover artwork. A price of $8.99 is cited, reduced to
$6. It is unclear whether the volume was published at the higher price and was available on special
offer for a limited time or whether the $6 price represented the book club price for this volume in
contrast to the standard American paperback edition.
During the course of an interview with the publisher Arthur A. Levine in March 2012 I asked about
the school edition. Mr Levine replied that he wondered what made it exclusive and concluded that
it might have been exclusive purely by dint of it having a different cover
Although no publication day is recorded, 1 September 2008 is assumed. In an email to me from
January 2013 Arthur A. Levine noted that Im fairly certain that we didnt have strict on sale
dates the publication day would simply be the first of the month listed. None of the paperbacks
were given a strict on sale date either.
Note the incorrect spelling of Anne in the dedication on page [IV].
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (AAL)
A4(g)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Year Three at Hogwarts | [new paragraph] | Harry Potter
and the Goblet of Fire | Year Four at Hogwarts | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix | Year Five at Hogwarts | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Year Six at
Hogwarts | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | Year Seven (with additional leaf
inserted on the verso of which is the frontispiece, 209 by 133mm); [III] title-page; [IV] illustration,
168 by 112mm; [V] Snape, as I always saw him. | This was scribbled back in 1992 or 3. Although I have
| spent years denying that Snape is a vampire (one of the more | outlandish and persistent fan theories), I
must say he does | look a little Count Dracula-ish in that cloak. | J. K. Rowling; [VI] FOR JESSICA,
WHO LOVES STORIES, | FOR ANNE, WHO LOVED THEM TOO; | AND FOR DI, WHO
HEARD THIS ONE FIRST. | [device of twelve stars] | Text copyright 1997 by J. K. Rowling |
Sketch of Snape 2008 by J. K. Rowling | Cover illustration and frontispiece by Mary GrandPr
2008 by Warner Bros. | Interior illustrations by Mary GrandPr 1998 by Warner Bros. | HARRY
POTTER and all related characters and elements are TM of and WBEI. | Harry Potter Publishing
Rights J. K. Rowling. | All rights reserved. Published by Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of
Scholastic Inc., | Publishers since 1920. SCHOLASTIC and the LANTERN LOGO are | trademarks
and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. | [new paragraph] No part of this publication may be
reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted | in any form or by any means, electronic,
mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, | without written permission of the publisher. For
information regarding permission, write | to Scholastic Inc., Attention: Permissions Department, 557
Broadway, New York, NY 10012. | [new paragraph] Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication
Data | Rowling, J.K. | Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone / by J.K. Rowling / p. cm. | Summary:
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy | with a great destiny proves
his worth while attending Hogwarts School | of Witchcraft and Wizardry. | ISBN-13: 978-0-59035340-3 [round point] ISBN-10: 0-590-35340-3 | [square bracket]1. Fantasy Fiction. 2. Witches
Fiction. 3. Wizards Fiction. | 4. Schools Fiction. 5. England Fiction.[square bracket] I.
Title. | PZ7.R79835Har 1998 [square bracket]Fic[square bracket] dc21 97-39059 | [new paragraph]
Special Anniversary Edition | ISBN-13: 978-0-545-06967-0 | ISBN-10: 0-545-06967-X | 10 9 8
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 08 09 10 11 12 | Printed in the U.S.A. 12 | October 2008 | [Forest Stewardship
Council logo, 6 by 8mm together with symbol and FSC to the right is the text: Mixed Sources |
Cert no. SW-COC-002550 | 1996 FSC] | [new paragraph] We try to produce the most beautiful
books possible, and we are extremely concerned about | the impact of our manufacturing process on
the forests of the world and the environment as a | whole. Accordingly, we make sure that all of the
paper we used contains 30% post-consumer | recycled fiber, and has been certified as coming from
forests that are managed to insure the | protection of the people and wildlife dependent upon them.;
VII-VIII CONTENTS (seventeen chapters listed with titles and page references); [IX] half-title:
HARRY POTTER | AND THE SORCERERS STONE (all on diamond pattern background); [X]
blank; 1-309 text; [310] colophon: [publishers device of a lantern, 17 by 13mm] | This | book was |
art directed by David | Saylor. The art for both the jacket | and interior was created using pastels on | toned
printmaking paper. The text was set in 12- | point Adobe Garamond, a typeface based on the sixteenth- |
century type designs of Claude Garamond, redrawn by Robert | Slimbach in 1989. The book was typeset by
Brad Walrod | and was printed and bound at Quebecor World | Fairfield in Fairfield, Pennsylvania. | The
manufacturing was super- | vised by Jaime | Capifali.
On upper cover: Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering] [embossed in gilt] | AND THE [in red]
| SORCERERS [in red] | STONE [in red] | J. K. ROWLING [embossed in gilt] | SPECIAL
ANNIVERSARY EDITION [embossed in gilt] (lines 1, 5 and 6 all width centred); lines 1-4 on detail
of colour illustration of Harry Potter gazing into the Mirror of Erised, line 5 on a navy blue, light blue
and purple diamond pattern background.
On lower cover: colour illustration of Harry Potter gazing into the Mirror of Erised together with
barcode with smaller barcode to the right (53000) all in black on yellow panel, 22 by 47mm.
On upper inside flap: $30.00 US | [new paragraph] A SPECIAL | ANNIVERSARY |
EDITION OF | ONE OF THE | BEST-LOVED BOOKS | IN HISTORY! | [new paragraph]
HARRY POTTER | has never been the star | of a Quidditch team, | scoring points on a broom
far above | the ground. He knows no spells, has | never helped to hatch a dragon, and | has never
worn a cloak of invisibility. | [new paragraph] All he knows is a miserable life | with the Dursleys,
his horrible aunt | and uncle, and their abominable son, | Dudleya great big swollen spoiled |
bully. Harrys room is a tiny closet at | the foot of the stairs, and he hasnt had | a birthday party
in eleven years. | [new paragraph] But all that is about to change | when a mysterious letter arrives
by owl | messenger: a letter with an invitation | to an incredible place that Harryand | anyone
who reads about himwill | find unforgettable. | [new paragraph] This special anniversary edition
| celebrates the delightful beginning of a | story that has held millions of readers | in its spell. (line
1 in black, lines 2-7 in blue, line 8 in red and lines 9-31 in black and all on an orange, dark yellow
and light yellow diamond pattern background panel, 216 by 76mm which is on a navy blue, light blue
and purple diamond pattern background). The initial H of HARRY is a drop capital and is printed
in red.
On lower inside flap: WHAT THE CRITICS SAID | [new paragraph] A wonderful first novel.
Much like Roald Dahl, | J. K. Rowling has a gift for keeping the emotions, | fears, and triumphs of her
characters on a human | scale, even while the supernatural is popping out all | over. The book is full
of wonderful, sly humor [square bracket]and[square bracket] | the characters are impressively threedimensional | (occasionally, four-dimensional!) and move along | seamlessly through the narrative.
Harry Potter and the | Sorcerers Stone is as funny, moving and impressive as | the story behind its
writing. Like Harry Potter, [square bracket]J. K. | Rowling[square bracket] has wizardry inside, and has
soared beyond | her modest Muggle surroundings to achieve something | quite special. The New
York Times Book Review | [new paragraph] A charming, magical confection of a novel A | glorious
debut, a book of wonderful comic pleasures | and dizzying imaginative flights. There is no cause | to
doubt Rowlings abilities and promise, and every | reason to expect great things, truly great things,
from | her in the future. The Boston Sunday Globe | [new paragraph] You dont have to be a wizard
or a kid to appreciate | the spell cast by Harry Potter. USA Today | [new paragraph] Readers are
in for a delightful romp with this award- | winning debut from a British author who dances in | the
footsteps of P. L. Travers and Roald Dahl. Rowling | leaves the door wide open for a sequel; bedazzled
| readers will surely clamor for one. | Publishers Weekly, starred review | [new paragraph] Jacket
art by Mary GrandPr 2008 Warner Bros. | Jacket design by Mary GrandPr and David Saylor |
[new paragraph] [publishers device of a lantern, 12 by 9mm] | ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS |
www.arthuralevinebooks.com | An Imprint of | [publishers book device] SCHOLASTIC | www.
scholastic.com | 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012 | [new paragraph] PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.
(line 1 in blue, lines 2-34 in black, line 35 in white on red panel, 4 by 36mm, lines 36-37 in black
and line 38 in blue and all on an orange, dark yellow and light yellow diamond pattern background
panel, 216 by 76mm which is on a navy blue, light blue and purple diamond pattern background).
Publication: October 2008 (see notes)
Price: $30
Contents:
[Portrait of Professor Snape and authors note]
(Snape, as I always saw him. This was scribbled back in 1992 or 3)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
(Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say)
Notes:
The Special Anniverary Edition was published to mark a decade since the first American edition.
The setting of the text was the same as the regular edition but this anniversary edition featured
a colour frontispiece (showing boats arriving at Hogwarts) by Mary GrandPr in addition to an
illustration (and explanatory note) of Professor Snape by the author. The binding and dust-jacket
were also changed for this edition.
Note the omission of at Hogwarts after Year Seven on page [II] since the majority of the final book
does not take place at Hogwarts castle.
Although no publication day is recorded, 1 October 2008 is assumed. In an email to me from January
2013 Arthur A. Levine noted that Im fairly certain that we didnt have strict on sale dates the
publication day would simply be the first of the month listed.
In March 2012 the publishers New York flagship store was still selling copies of this edition. They
were no longer available by November 2013.
A4(h)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE SORCERERS STONE | [black and white illustration of Hogwarts
castle, in oval, 46 by 80mm] | BY | J. K. ROWLING | ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY GRANDPR
| SCHOLASTIC INC. (All width centred on a diamond pattern background)
Collation: 168 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
204 by 134mm; [I-IV] V-VI [VII-VIII] 1-309 [310-28]
Page contents: [I-II] PRAISE FOR J. K. ROWLINGS | HARRY
POTTER | AND THE SORCERERS STONE | [device of nine
stars] | [9 reviews and a listing of 8 statements]; [III] title-page; [IV]
FOR JESSICA, WHO LOVES STORIES, | FOR ANNE, WHO
LOVED THEM TOO; | AND FOR DI, WHO HEARD THIS ONE
FIRST. | [device of twelve stars] | Text 1997 by J. K. Rowling
| Interior illustrations by Mary GrandPr 1998 by Warner Bros.
| Excerpt from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, text
1998 by J. K. Rowling; | illustration by Mary GrandPr 1999
by Warner Bros. | Cover illustration by Kazu Kibuishi 2013 by
Scholastic Inc. | HARRY POTTER and all related characters and
elements are TM of and WBEI. | Harry Potter Publishing Rights
J. K. Rowling | All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Inc.
SCHOLASTIC, the LANTERN LOGO, and associated | logos
are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. |
[new paragraph] If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that this book is
stolen property. | It was reported as unsold and destroyed to the publisher, and neither the author
nor the | publisher has received any payment for this stripped book. | [new paragraph] No part of
this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any | form or by any
means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without | written permission of
the publisher. For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc., | Attention: Permissions
Department, 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. | [new paragraph] [publishers device of a lantern,
6 by 4mm] | Arthur A. Levine Books hardcover edition | art directed by David Saylor and designed
by Becky Terhune, | published by Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., October
1998. | [new paragraph] ISBN 978-0-545-58288-9 | [new paragraph] Library of Congress Control
Number: 97-39059 | [new paragraph] 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 13 14 15 16 17 | [new paragraph]
Printed in the U.S.A. 40 | This edition first printing, September 2013 | [new paragraph] We try to
produce the most beautiful books possible, and we are extremely concerned about the impact of our
| manufacturing process on the forests of the world and the environment as a whole. Accordingly,
we made sure | that the text paper contains a minimum of 30% post-consumer waste, and that all
the paper has been certified as | coming from forests that are managed to insure the protection of the
people and wildlife dependent upon them.; V-VI CONTENTS (seventeen chapters listed with titles
and page references); [VII] half-title: HARRY POTTER | AND THE SORCERERS STONE (all
on diamond pattern background); [VIII] blank; 1-309 text; [310] blank; [311] HARRY POTTERS |
ADVENTURES CONTINUE IN | [new paragraph] HARRY POTTER | AND THE CHAMBER
OF SECRETS | [new paragraph] TURN THE PAGE FOR | A SNEAK PREVIEW! (all on diamond
pattern background); [312] blank; [313-23] text; [324] advertisement for Pottermore; [325] [black
and white photograph of J.K. Rowling seated by curtains, credited ANDREW MONTGOMERY
reading lengthways up right margin] | [new paragraph] J. K. ROWLING is the author of the beloved,
| bestselling, record-breaking Harry Potter series. She started writing | the series during a delayed
Manchester to London Kings Cross | train journey, and during the next five years, outlined the plots
for | each book and began writing the first novel. Harry Potter and the | Sorcerers Stone was published
in the United States by Arthur A. | Levine Books in 1998, and the series concluded nearly ten years
| later with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, published in 2007. | J. K. Rowling is the recipient
of numerous awards and honorary | degrees, including an OBE for services to childrens literature,
| Frances Lgion dhonneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen | Literature Award. She supports a
wide number of causes through | her charitable trust, Volant, and is the founder of Lumos, a charity
| working to transform the lives of disadvantaged children. J. K. | Rowling lives in Edinburgh with
her husband and three children.; [326] blank; [327] MARY GRANDPR has illustrated more than
twenty | beautiful books for children, including the American editions of | the Harry Potter novels.
Her work has also appeared in the New | Yorker, the Atlantic Monthly, and the Wall Street Journal, and
her | paintings and pastels have been shown in galleries across the United | States. Ms. GrandPr
lives in Sarasota, Florida, with her family. | [new paragraph] KAZU KIBUISHI is the creator of the
New York Times | bestselling Amulet series and Copper, a collection of his popular | webcomic. He is
also the founder and editor of the acclaimed | Flight anthologies. Daisy Kutter: The Last Train, his first
graphic | novel, was listed as one of the Best Books for Young Adults by | YALSA, and Amulet, Book
One: The Stonekeeper was an ALA Best | Book for Young Adults and a Childrens Choice Book Award
| finalist. Kazu lives and works in Alhambra, California, with his | wife and fellow comics artist, Amy
Kim Kibuishi, and their two | children. Visit Kazu online at www.boltcity.com.; [328] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title,
pp. 1-309 and pp. [313-23]. Each running title (excluding pages on which new chapters commence)
includes a three-star design to left and right of both running-titles on verso and recto. On pages on
which a new chapter commences, the three-star design is omitted.
Illustrations: title-page vignette, together with seventeen vignettes at the beginning of each chapter
(after chapter and chapter number but before chapter title). The sneak preview also includes a
vignette. In addition to standard typographical changes (including italics, capitals and small capitals)
there are other typographical features, comprising:
p. 34 handwritten envelope address
p. 42 handwritten envelope address
p. 51 facsimile of Minerva McGonagalls signature
p. 52 handwritten letter
pp. 135-36 handwritten letter
p. 141 newspaper headline
p. 164 facsimile of Minerva McGonagalls signature [different from that above]
p. 202 handwritten letter
p. 247 facsimile of Minerva McGonagalls signature [as on p.164]
p. 261 handwritten note
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: ROWLING | Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
[reading lengthways down spine] | 1 and [publishers book device] |
[rule] | S in white on red panel, 14 by 6mm. All in white on colour
illustration (see notes).
On upper wrapper: J. K. ROWLING | Harry Potter [hand-drawn
lettering] [embossed in white] | and the | Sorcerers Stone (all
width centred). All in white on colour illustration of Harry Potter
with Hagrid visiting Diagon Alley. In centre at foot: [publishers
book device] SCHOLASTIC in white on red panel, 5 by 45mm.
On lower wrapper: It does not do to dwell on dreams and |
forget to live, remember that. | Albus Dumbledore | [new
paragraph] Till now theres been no magic for Harry Potter. He lives
with the miserable | Dursleys and their abominable son, Dudley.
Harrys room is a tiny closet | beneath the stairs, and he hasnt had a birthday party in eleven years.
| [new paragraph] But then a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger: a letter with an | invitation
to an incredible place called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and | Wizardry. And there he finds not
only friends, flying sports on broomsticks, | and magic in everything from classes to meals, but a great
destiny thats | been waiting for him if Harry can survive the encounter. | [new paragraph] $12.99
US | [new paragraph] [publishers book device with SCHOLASTIC in white on red panel, 5 by
45mm] | www.scholastic.com | COVER DESIGN BY KAZU KIBUISHI AND JASON CAFFOE |
COVER ART BY KAZU KIBUISHI 2013 BY SCHOLASTIC INC. Lines 1-3 in white with other
lines in light blue and all on colour illustration of Harry staring into the mirror of erised. In lower
right: barcode with smaller barcode to the right (51299) together with S within triangle, all in black
on white panel, 21 by 53mm.
On inside upper wrapper: barcode with smaller barcode (51299) together with S within triangle
below, all in black on white panel, 53 by 21mm. All on lavender blue.
On inside lower wrapper: [colour illustration of book design] Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering]
[in white] | The Complete Series [in white] | Read All of Harrys [in white] | Magical Adventures!
[in white] | [publishers device of a lantern, 10 by 7mm] [in black] | ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS
[in black] | [publishers book device with SCHOLASTIC in white on red panel, 5 by 45mm] |
scholastic.com/harrypotter [in white] | [colour illustrations in three columns of six book designs]. All
on lavender blue.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 204 by 134mm. (wrappers), 204 by 16mm. (spine).
Slipcase: card slipcase covered in paper.
On spine: J. K. R O W L I N G | Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering] | The Complete Series (all
width centred). All in white on colour illustration of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger
and others standing outside Honeydukes sweet shop.
On upper side: J. K. R O W L I N G | Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering] | The Complete
Series (all width centred). All in white on colour of Dumbledore and Hagrid walking past Zonkos
joke shop.
On lower side: J. K. R O W L I N G | Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering] | The Complete
Series (all width centred). All in white on colour illustration of Professor McGonagall with six
students and with the Hogwarts Express and Hogwarts castle behind.
Top edge: J. K. R O W L I N G | Harry Potter [hand-drawn
lettering] | The Complete Series (all width centred). All in
white on colour illustration of a sky in various colours.
Lower edge: The Complete Series | [colour illustrations in
two rows of seven book designs] | [three columns with BOX
ART BY KAZU KIBUISHI 2013 BY SCHOLASTIC INC. |
BOX DESIGN BY KAZU KIBUISHI AND JASON CAFFOE
| PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. 71 in first column, [[publishers
book device] SCHOLASTIC in white on red panel, 5 by 45mm]
| www.scholastic.com | 557 BROADWAY | NEW YORK, NY
10012 in second column and $100.00 US | [barcodes in black
on white panel, 19 by 52mm.] in third column]. All in light
blue on black.
Publication: 27 August 2013
Price: $12.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
(Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say)
Notes:
Despite the new wrapper illustrations, the text was not re-set for this edition and Mary GrandPrs
original vignette illustrations are, therefore, present with the text. A new feature for this series, however,
is the inclusion of the first chapter (or opening of first chapter) from the next book in the sequence.
The seven volumes in this edition were available individually or as a set issued in a slipcase. The set,
presented in order, reveals a single illustration of Hogwarts castle across the seven spines. Scholastic
released images of the new illustrations in a careful marketing campaign: the upper wrapper illustration for Sorcerers Stone was unveiled on 13 February 2013 on the Scholastic website and Good
Morning America.
Purchase of the complete set in slipcase was 93 cents cheaper than buying the individual volumes.
The publishers press release on 13 February 2013 noted that the illustrator found the commission
more than a little surreal. Kazu Kibuishi stated that the Harry Potter covers by Mary GrandPr are
so fantastic and iconic, when I was asked to submit samples, I initially hesitated because I didnt want
to see them reinterpreted! However, I felt that if I were to handle the project, I could bring something
to it that many other designers and illustrators probably couldnt, and that was that I was also a writer
of my own series of middle grade fiction. As an author myself, I tried to answer the question, If I were
the author of the books and they were like my own children how would I want them to be seen
years from now? When illustrating the covers, I tried to think of classic perennial paperback editions
of famous novels and how those illustrations tend to feel. In a way, the project became a tribute to
both Harry Potter and the literary classics.
Note that the lower side, spine, upper side and top edge of the slipcase show panels of a single illustration of part of the village of Hogsmeade.
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 13 14 15 16 17
Banner:
Feb 8th 1999 The Daily Prophet Price: 7 Knuts
(All within single ruled border, 15 by 157mm.)
Collation: 3 single leaves with staple upper left corner; 297 by 211mm.; [1-3]
Page contents: [1] Headlines section; [2] Quidditch section; [3] Classified advertisements
Paper: wove paper
Running title: The Daily Prophet (21mm.) and 8th Feb 1999 (18mm.); the page heading occurs in
the middle of this running title on p. [3] only
Publication: 8 February 1999
Price: issued as part of membership of the Harry Potter Fan Club (membership fee: 4.25 per year)
Contents:
[Headlines section, p. 1]
Enquiry at the Improper Use of Magic Office (together with reference to editorial comment)
(Scandal hit the Improper Use of Magic Office yesterday, as an enquiry was)
Celestina Warbeck Concert Causes Broom Smash Over Liverpool
(Last nights concert by popular singing sorceress Celestina Warbeck was overshadowed)
Troll Rights Movement Out of Control
(In an outspoken speech last night, Artemius Lawson, notorious campaigner)
[Quidditch section, p. 2]
Quidditch League Table & Match Information
(1. Ballycastle Bats)
Bats Survive the Tornados
(To the jubilation of a packed crowd of black-clad Bat fans last night)
Maddock blamed for Kestrels win
(Alasdair Maddock, Chaser for the Montrose Magpies, bore the brunt)
Chaos Reigns on Exmoor for Falcons & Pride of Portree
(Despite repeated announcements from the Department of Magical Sports and Games)
Wilda Wallops the Wigs
(Puddlemere United wearing their new team robes of kingfisher blue)
Cannons Didnt Lose Shock
(After a disappointing match on Wednesday night)
[Classified advertisements, p. 3]
Jobs
[five entries]
For Sale
[nine entries]
Lonely Hearts
[four entries]
Births
[two entries]
Deaths
[two entries]
[Advert]
(S*P*E*C*I*A*L**O*F*F*E*R | Transfiguration | Today)
Notes:
After each story on pages 1 and 2 there is a large circular point. There are two exceptions: the
Quidditch League Table & Match Information (which is in a single ruled border, 65 by 157mm.) and
the story Wilda Wallops the Wigs.
There are thirteen sections presented within ruled borders: the reference to editorial comment banner
(19 by 47mm.), Quidditch League Table & Match Information (65 by 157mm.) and eleven sections
on page 3 including the final one, an advert for Transfiguration Today, which appears within a single
broken ruled border (54 by 47mm).
Copyright notes at the foot of each page ascribe copyright to J.K. Rowling.
Copies: private collection
Banner:
June 1st 1999 The Daily Prophet Price: 7 Knuts
(All within single ruled border, 15 by 157mm)
Collation: 4 single leaves with staple upper left corner; 297 by 211mm; [1-4] (pages 2 and 3 both
mis-numbered page 12)
Page contents: [1] Headlines section; [2-3] Problem pages; [4] Quidditch section
Paper: wove paper
Running title: June 1st 1999 (20mm), The Daily Prophet (33mm) and page 12 (12mm), pp. [2-3] only
Publication: 1 June 1999
Price: issued as part of membership of the Harry Potter Fan Club (membership fee: 4.25 per year)
Contents:
[Headlines section, p.1]
Goblin Riots Erupt in Chipping Clodbury
(Goblin resentment towards the Department for the Regulation and Control)
[Advert]
(Terrortours - action holidays for the wizard family with a sense of adventure)
[Problem page, p. 2]
[Introduction]
(As ever, we have assembled a team of experts)
How Much Revenge is Safe?
(Dear Problem Page, | I have been having a feud with my brother for many years)
Making it Stick
(Dear Problem Page, | No matter how hard I try, I find I am unable to make)
[Problem page, p. 3]
Im Turning Purple
(Dear Problem Page | I have recently noticed a nasty green and purple rash)
He Says He Hates Me
(Dear Problem Page | I am in love with a wizard who says he is not ready to)
[Quidditch section, p. 4]
Quidditch League Table & Match Information
(1. Ballycastle Bats)
Mugglemaniac Maddock Must Quit Magpies, Says McLeod
(In a shock move just before the Magpies game against the Caerphilly Catapults)
Seekers Jinxed as Pride of Portree Fall to the Arrows
(A hard-fought match against Pride of Portree resulted in a controversial victory)
Brand New Harpy Saves the Day
(Replacement for Wilda Griffiths, Valmai Morgan, scored a total of ten goals)
Chudley Canons Win Stuns Fans
(I still cant believe it - pinch me, said shocked Cannons fan)
Notes:
After the first story on page 1 only is there is a large circular point. Compare with A5(a).
There are four sections presented within single ruled borders: Terrortours advert (60 by 157mm),
How Much Revenge is Safe? (78 by 157mm), He Says He Hates Me (69 by 157mm) and Quidditch
League Table & Match Information (59 by 157mm).
Note the presence of commas on the first page of the Problem Page (Dear Problem Page,) compared
to their absence on the second page of the Problem Page (Dear Problem Page). Commas after Yours
sincerely are inconsistent.
Copyright notes at the foot of pages [1] and [4] ascribe copyright to J.K. Rowling.
Copies: private collection
HARRY | POTTER | and the Prisoner of Azkaban | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 67 by 82mm] | J.K.ROWLING |
[publishers device of a dog, 11 by 18mm] | BLOOMSBURY (Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and right
margins, and all width centred)
Collation: 160 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
197 by 127mm; [1-7] 8-17 [18] 19-28 [29] 30-41 [42] 43-55 [56]
57-74 [75] 76-93 [94] 95-106 [107] 108-121 [122] 123-36 [137]
138-56 [157] 158-72 [173] 174-86 [187] 188-98 [199] 200-214 [215]
216-30 [231] 232-43 [244] 245-55 [256] 257-62 [263] 264-76 [277]
278-82 [283] 284-303 [304] 305-317 [318-20]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the Prisoner
of Azkaban | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO
DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 47 by
57mm]; [2] Also available: | Harry Potter and the Philosophers
Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; [3] title-page; [4]
All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced or
| transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying
or otherwise, | without the prior permission of the publisher | [new
paragraph] First published in Great Britain in 1999 | Bloomsbury
Publishing Plc, 38 Soho Square, London, W1V 5DF | [new paragraph] Copyright Joanne Rowling
1999 | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record
of this book is available from the | British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 4215 5 | [new
paragraph] Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1;
[5] To Jill Prewett and Aine Kiely, | the Godmothers of Swing; [6] blank; [7]-317 text; [318-20] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-317
Binding: pictorial boards.
On spine: [colour illustration of head of werewolf on coloured panel, 26 by 17mm] HARRY
POTTER [in light orange on purple panel, 26 by 47mm] and the Prisoner of Azkaban J.K.ROWLING
Smarties Nestle | Book Prize | [round point] Winner of the Childrens Book Award 1998 | [round
point] Winner of the Young Telegraph Book Award 1998 | [round point] Winner of the Sheffield
Childrens Book Award | 1997 | [round point] Winner of the Birmingham Cable Book Award 1997
| [new paragraph] HARRY POTTER AND | THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS | [new paragraph]
Such a marriage of good writing, inventiveness, | and sheer child-appeal has not been seen since |
Roald Dahl, perhaps even since Tolkien, Lewis, | and Ransome. J. K. Rowling has woken a whole |
generation to reading. The Times | 10.99. All in blue, with the exception of the price which is in
black, and all on light orange panel.
On lower inside flap: [three stars, in yellow] | Dear Joanne Rowling, | [new paragraph] I
really, really, really liked Harry Potter | and the philosophers stone and Harry Potter and | the
Chamber of Secrets was FANTASTIC!!!! I | thought it was very
funny when the Memory | Charm backfired and it was driving me
mad | when I was trying to think who the bodyless | voice belonged
to. | [new paragraph] Please can you write another book, because
| Im dying to read more of Harrys adventures. | [new paragraph]
Yours sincerely, | Jamie | Patton | Age eight. | [five stars, in
yellow]. All in light orange facsimile of childs handwriting and all
on blue panel.
Publication: 8 July 1999 (simultaneous with A7(aa) and A7(aaa)) in
an edition of 5,150 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury) (see notes)
Price: 10.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways)
Notes:
An undated letter from J.K. Rowling to Emma Matthewson is preserved in the Bloomsbury archives:
Finally! Ive read this book so much Im sick of it, I never read either of the others over and over
again when editing them, but I really had to this time If you think it needs more work, Im
willing and able, but I do think this draft represents an improvement on the first; the dementors
are much more of a presence this time round, I think
The response was an encouraging letter from Matthewson, dated 18 August 1998:
Its just great Jo quite a huge, teetering tottering plot that never quite falls down! What a feat!
And so moving when Harry thinks that he has seen his father it raises the prickles all down my
back! I will send the manuscript separately with my comments on once Ive had it photocopied as
usual you will find reams of story which I havent touched as it seems so perfect/funny/brilliant
The editorial process continued for at least three months. A letter from Rowling to Matthewson is
dated 17 November and notes:
An annoying little speech bubble has just popped onto my screen saying looks like youre writing
a letter. Would you like some help? This laptop is too clever for its own good I am so sick of
re-reading this one that Ill be hard put to smile when it comes to doing public readings from it.
But perhaps the feeling will have worn off by next summer
The Bloomsbury archives include a print-out of the text labelled Final Final Draft Azkaban 23.12.
This suggests that, at this stage in the series, both author and publisher were well ahead of proposed
publishing schedules.
A further set of proofs is dated 5 January 1999. As with the earlier set, the dedication is still lacking
and the text includes being burned on page 7.
The title was published on 8 July 1999 and released at the precise time of 3.45 pm. In an interview
with me in September 2013, Nigel Newton recalled I think I can claim credit for that particular
idea. The idea was that children wouldnt play truant and leave school to go and buy it. We were very
lucky that the Daily Telegraph perhaps they were tipped off by our publicity department took a
photograph of a queue of children outside the Lion and Unicorn bookshop in Richmond at 3.30pm.
The picture acted as a catalyst as it was published on the front page of the Daily Telegraph. Readers of
that newspaper were core market but other newpapers started regarding Harry Potter as front page
news from this point.
The first state of the first edition is identified by the copyright line Copyright Joanne Rowling
1999 and the incorrect text block on page [7] which appears Wendelin the Weird enjoyed being |
burnt | so much that she allowed herself to be caught no fewer than | forty-seven times in various
disguises. The error was, seemingly, introduced in correcting the text from the proof setting which
read Wendelin the Weird enjoyed being | burned so much that she allowed herself to be caught
no fewer | than forty-seven times in various disguises. The second state (see A7(aa)) ascribes
copyright to J.K. Rowling and corrects the text block. The third state (see A7(aaa)) matches the
second state but lacks the name of the printer and has two publishers advertisements at the end of
the book.
A7(aa)
second state
A7(aaa)
third state
The book trade has generally thought that there were 2,500 copies of the first issue. The total edition
consisting of all three states is 5,150 copies based on figures provided by the publisher.
In the issue following publication of this title, the Bookseller reported that there are many disappointed customers who have not been able to get hold of first editions of The Prisoner of Azkaban (see
Bookseller, 16 July 1999, p. 20). Demand for copies evidently led the publishers to order and distribute
reprints in advance of the day of publication. A report compiled by Clays Ltd, in October 2013, noted
a first edition printing of 5,150 copies in May 1999 with a reprint of 101,800 copies in June 1999.
Note that the title conclusion and the author on the spine (and the spine of the dust-jacket) are in
the same colour. This is the only title in the series in this design where this is the case.
The English audiobook version, read by Stephen Fry, has a duration of approximately twelve hours.
The first, second and third states contain the same textual mistakes. Reprints (and subsequent new
editions) include a number of corrections to the text. These comprise:
Page 7, line 9
Adalbert Waffling to Bathilda Bagshot
Page 35, line 34
spend to spent
Page 36, line 3
Anglesea to Anglesey
Page 36, line 12
BANG to BANG!
Page 37, line 38
a table betwen Fudge and Harry to a table between Fudge and Harry
Page 38, line 9
Magic Reversal Department to Magic Reversal Squad
Page 38, lines 33-34
last two weeks of your holidays to last three weeks of your holidays
Page 40, line 30
clicked her break to clicked her beak
Page 41, line 1
two completely Dursley-free weeks to three completely Dursley-free weeks
Page 47, line 28
the Study of Ancient Runes to Study of Ancient Runes
Page 53, lines 20-21 theyve ended up in the Forbidden Forest twice! to theyve even ended up
in the Forbidden Forest!
Page 53, line 29
Its been three weeks to Its been a month now
Page 61, line 35
massive sherbert balls to massive sherbet balls
Page 63, line 9
stack of cauldron cakes to stack of Cauldron Cakes
Page 63, lines 13-14
taking the cauldron cake to taking the Cauldron Cake
Page 73, line 31
a crime he had not commited to a crime he had not committed
Page 78, line 23
the murmer of voices to the murmur of voices
Page 82, line 8
Profesor Trelawney was staring to Professor Trelawney was staring
Page 85, line 36
everywere to everywhere
Page 92, line 12
almost as a big as a bucket to almost as big as a bucket
Page 145, line 31
Dissendium! to Dissendium!
Page 145, line 38
Lumos! to Lumos!
Page 147, line 12
Droobles Best Blowing Gum to Droobles Best Blowing Gum
Page 152, line 36
or Secret-Keeper to or Secret Keeper
Page 152, lines 37-38 the Secret-Keeper chooses to the Secret Keeper chooses
Page 152, line 38
the Secret-Keeper refused to the Secret Keeper refused
Page 153, line 2
the Potters Secret-Keeper to the Potters Secret Keeper
Page 153, line 8
Secret-Keeper himself to Secret Keeper himself
Page 154, line 13
the Potters Secret-Keeper to the Potters Secret Keeper
Page 154, line 26
the Potters Secret-Keeper to the Potters Secret Keeper
Page 158, line 25
their Secret-Keeper to their Secret Keeper
Page 168, line 25
examing the Firebolt to examining the Firebolt
Page 173, line 20
After last match to After the last match
Page 175, line 24
Professor Binns desk to Professor Binns desk
Page 178, line 16
Its Him! Go! Run! Ill hold him off - to Its him! Go! Run! Ill hold him off -
A7(aa)
HARRY | POTTER | and the Prisoner of Azkaban | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 67 by 82mm] | J.K.ROWLING |
[publishers device of a dog, 11 by 18mm] | BLOOMSBURY (Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and right
margins, and all width centred)
Collation: 160 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
197 by 127mm; [1-7] 8-17 [18] 19-28 [29] 30-41 [42] 43-55 [56]
57-74 [75] 76-93 [94] 95-106 [107] 108-121 [122] 123-36 [137]
138-56 [157] 158-72 [173] 174-86 [187] 188-98 [199] 200-214 [215]
216-30 [231] 232-43 [244] 245-55 [256] 257-62 [263] 264-76 [277]
278-82 [283] 284-303 [304] 305-317 [318-20]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the
Prisoner of Azkaban | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on
banner, 47 by 57mm]; [2] Also available: | Harry Potter and the
Philosophers Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets;
[3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of this publication
may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means, electronic,
mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, | without the prior permission of the publisher | [new
paragraph] First published in Great Britain in 1999 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho Square,
London, W1V 5DF | [new paragraph] Copyright J.K. Rowling 1999 | [new paragraph] The moral
right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the |
British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 4215 5 | [new paragraph] Printed in Great Britain by
Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; [5] To Jill Prewett and Aine Kiely, | the
Godmothers of Swing; [6] blank; [7]-317 text; [318-20] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-317
Binding: as for A7(a)
Dust-jacket: as for A7(a)
Publication: 8 July 1999 (simultaneous with A7(a) and A7(aaa)) (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 10.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways)
Notes:
The second issue of the first edition is identified by the copyright line Copyright J.K. Rowling 1999
and the corrected text block on page [7]. See A7(a) for a comparison.
Neither first or second states (see also A7(a)) include publishers advertisements in the blank
pages at the end of the book. Publishers advertisements have been claimed as a difference between
the first and second states (with adverts apparently included in the first state). However, I have found
no copies to support this. Compare, however, with the third state (A7(aaa)) which does contain
publishers advertisements at the end of the volume.
Copies: Sothebys, 17 December 2008, lot 216
Reprints include:
10
BL (Nov 1999/940) stamped 2 Aug 1999
20 19
20 19 18 17
30 29 28 27 26
A report compiled by the printers, Clays Ltd, in October 2013 noted that, to date, they had produced
a minimum of 7.7 million paperbacks and 1.9 million hardbacks across 216 printings.
A7(aaa)
HARRY | POTTER | and the Prisoner of Azkaban | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 67 by 82mm] | J.K.ROWLING |
[publishers device of a dog, 11 by 18mm] | BLOOMSBURY (Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and right
margins, and all width centred)
Collation: 162 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
195 by 124mm; [1-7] 8-17 [18] 19-28 [29] 30-41 [42] 43-55 [56]
57-74 [75] 76-93 [94] 95-106 [107] 108-121 [122] 123-36 [137]
138-56 [157] 158-72 [173] 174-86 [187] 188-98 [199] 200-214 [215]
216-30 [231] 232-43 [244] 245-55 [256] 257-62 [263] 264-76 [277]
278-82 [283] 284-303 [304] 305-317 [318-24]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the
Prisoner of Azkaban | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on
banner, 47 by 57mm]; [2] Also available: | Harry Potter and the
Philosophers Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets;
[3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of this publication
may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means, electronic,
mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, | without the prior
permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First published
in Great Britain in 1999 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho
Square, London, W1V 5DF | [new paragraph] Copyright J.K. Rowling 1999 | [new paragraph]
The moral right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this book is available
from the | British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 4215 5 | [new paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5
4 3 2 1; [5] To Jill Prewett and Aine Kiely, | the Godmothers of Swing; [6] blank; [7]-317 text; [318]
blank; [319] publishers advertisement: upper cover design of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone;
[320] blank; [321] publishers advertisement: upper cover design of Harry Potter and the Chamber of
Secrets; [322-24] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-317
Binding: pictorial boards.
On spine: [colour illustration of head of werewolf on coloured panel, 27 by 18mm] HARRY
POTTER [in light orange on purple panel, 27 by 47mm] and the Prisoner of Azkaban J.K.ROWLING
[both title conclusion and author in purple on red panel, 27 by 107mm] BLOOMSBURY [publishers
device of the head of a dog, 3 by 4mm] [both in light orange on black panel, 27 by 33mm] (reading
lengthways down spine).
On upper cover: HARRY | POTTER | and the Prisoner of Azkaban [lines 1 and 2 in light orange,
line 3 in green, all on purple panel, 63 by 134mm] | [green rule, 134mm] | [colour illustration of
Harry Potter and Hermione Granger riding the back of Buckbeak the Hippogriff, 125 by 134mm] |
[green rule, 134mm intersected by light orange panel with J.K.ROWLING in purple] | DOUBLE
SMARTIES AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR [in light orange on black panel, 13 by 134mm] (all
width centred).
On lower cover: Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone started a cult | last year, the emergence
of each of the remaining books in | the series of seven deserves to become a major annual | event.
Rowling creates a complete and perfect story. | The Times | [new paragraph] The Harry Potter
books have become a phenomenon | parents squabble over who gets to read them to the kids, |
and teachers say a chapter can silence the most rowdy of | classes. The Guardian | [new paragraph]
HARRY POTTER is a | wizard! Along with Ron | and Hermione, his best | friends, Harry is in
his | third year at Hogwarts | School of Witchcraft | and Wizardry.
Who | knows what will happen | this year? Read on to find | out
and immerse yourself | in the magical world of | Hogwarts
| [barcode in black on white panel, 20 by 37mm together with
[publishers device of a dog, 6 by 10mm] | BLOOMSBURY in
black on left side of panel and http://www.bloomsbury.com below
panel, in black on purple panel, 7 by 37mm]. Reading lengthways
down right side next to foot of spine Cover illustrations based upon
original art by Cliff Wright. All in black on an illustration of a
werewolf in swirling mists.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 204 by 128mm
(covers), 204 by 37mm (spine). End-papers: wove paper.
Dust-jacket: coated wove paper, 204 by 480mm
Spine, upper and lower covers replicate the binding.
All other details as for A7(a).
Publication: 8 July 1999 (simultaneous with A7(a) and A7(aa))
(confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 10.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways)
Notes:
The third state of the first edition is identified by the corrected copyright line (J.K. Rowling), the
omission of a printer, the corrected text-block on page [7] and two publishers advertisements on
additional pages at the end of book. See A7(a) for a comparison. The two publishers advertisements
were black and white reproductions of the upper covers of Philosophers Stone and Chamber of Secrets,
as follows:
There is anecdotal evidence of a variant version of this state containing only an advertisement for
Chamber of Secrets. No copies have been examined, however.
Slightly thicker paper was used for this state and the volume is very slightly wider than volumes in
the first and second state. The weight changes accordingly. Without dust-jackets, both states one and
two weigh 342g. State three weighs 394g (without dust-jacket).
Both the spine and the dust-jacket show a thin column of purple to the left of the werewolf illustration on the spine. In states one and two there is the merest suggestion of a line.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A7(b)
[new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Year Two at Hogwarts; [III] title-page;
[IV] [device of twelve stars] | Text copyright 1999 by J. K. Rowling | Illustrations copyright
1999 by Mary GrandPr | All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Press, a division of Scholastic
Inc., | Publishers since 1920. | SCHOLASTIC, SCHOLASTIC PRESS, ARTHUR A. LEVINE
BOOKS, and associated logos | are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. |
[new paragraph] No part of this publication may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or
transmitted | in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or
otherwise, | without written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permission, write
| to Scholastic Inc., Attention: Permissions Department, 555 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. |
[new paragraph] Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data | [new paragraph] Rowling, J. K.
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban / by J. K. Rowling. | p. cm. | Sequel to: Harry Potter
and the Chamber of Secrets | Summary: During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft
and Wizardry, | Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his
parents deaths. | ISBN 0-439-13635-0 | [square bracket]1. WizardsFiction. 2. MagicFiction. 3.
SchoolsFiction. | 4. EnglandFiction.[square bracket] I. Title. | PZ7.R79835Ham 1999 | [square
bracket]Fic[square bracket] dc21 99-23982 | [new paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 9/9 0/0 1 2 3 4 |
Printed in the U.S.A. 37 | First American edition, October 1999; [V] TO JILL PREWETT AND |
AINE KIELY, | THE GODMOTHERS OF SWING; [VI] blank; VII-IX CONTENTS (twenty-two
chapters listed with titles and page references); [X] blank; [XI] half-title: HARRY POTTER | AND
THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (all on diamond pattern background); [XII] blank; 1-435 text;
[436] colophon: [publishers device of a lantern, 17 by 13mm] | This | book was art | directed by
David Saylor. The | art for both the jacket and the interior was | created using pastels on toned printmaking
paper. The | text was set in 12-point Adobe Garamond, a typeface based on the | sixteenth-century type
designs of Claude Garamond, redrawn by Robert | Slimbach in 1989. The book was printed and bound at
| Berryville Graphics in Berryville, Virginia. The | production was supervised by Angela | Biola and Mike
| Derevjanik.
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title,
pp. 1-435 except for pages on which a new chapter commences. On these pages, the running title
comprises CHAPTER and chapter number. Each running title (excluding pages on which new
chapters commence) begins and ends with a three star device (in mirror image)
Illustrations: title-page vignette, together with twenty-two vignettes at the beginning of each chapter
(after chapter and chapter number but before chapter title). In addition to standard typographical
changes (including italics, capitals and small capitals) there are other typographical features,
comprising:
p. 8 newspaper headline
p. 10 facsimile of Rons signature (repeated twice)
p. 11 facsimile of Hermiones signature
p. 14 handwritten letter from Hagrid
p. 14 facsimile of Professor M. McGonagalls signature
p. 37 newspaper headline
p. 51 advertisement sign
p. 192 The Marauders Map legend
p. 199 notice
p. 272 handwritten letter from Hagrid
p. 287 four different handwritten comments
p. 291 handwritten letter from Hagrid
p. 315 handwritten exam schedule
p. 325 handwritten note from Hagrid
orange panel, 20 by 50mm]. All in grey and all on colour illustration of brick wall with a Dementor
hiding, together with a tree, moon, etc.
On upper inside flap: $19.95 | FOR TWELVE | long years, the dread fortress of | Azkaban
held an infamous prisoner | named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing | thirteen people with a single
curse, he was | said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, | Voldemort. | [new paragraph] Now
he has escaped, leaving only two clues as | to where he might be headed: Harry Potters | defeat of
You-Know-Who was Blacks downfall as | well. And the Azkaban guards heard Black mut- | tering
in his sleep, Hes at Hogwarts hes at | Hogwarts. | [new paragraph] Harry Potter isnt safe, not
even within the | walls of his magical school, surrounded by his | friends. Because on top of it all,
there may well | be a traitor in their midst. All in grey and all on colour illustration of a brick wall
with a rat watching the scene.
On lower inside flap: ALSO BY J. K. ROWLING | [new paragraph] HARRY POTTER | AND
THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS | [new paragraph] [four-sided device, in yellow] #1 New York Times
Bestseller | [four-sided device, in yellow] #1 USA Today Bestseller List | [four-sided device, in yellow]
Winner of the National Book Award (UK) | [four-sided device, in yellow] Winner of the Gold Medal
Smarties Prize (UK) | [new paragraph] [five-pointed star, in yellow] Harry Potters exploits during his
second year at | Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry completely | live up to the bewitching
measure of Harry Potter and the | Sorcerers Stone. The mystery, zany humor, student rivalry, | and
eccentric faculty are as expertly crafted here as in | the first book. Booklist, starred review | [new
paragraph] HARRY POTTER |AND THE SORCERERS STONE | [new paragraph] [four-sided
device, in yellow] Over six months on the New York Times Bestseller List | [four-sided device, in
yellow] Winner of the National Book Award (UK) | [four-sided device, in yellow] Cited as one of the
best books of 1998 by Publishers | Weekly, School Library Journal, and Booklist. | [new paragraph] A
charming, imaginative, magical confection of a novel. | Boston Globe | [new paragraph] Funny,
moving, and impressive. | The New York Times Book Review | [new paragraph] [publishers device
of a lantern, 15 by 11mm] ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS | An Imprint of Scholastic Press | 555
Broadway, New York, New York 10012 | [new paragraph] Jacket art 1999 by Mary GrandPr | Jacket
design by Mary GrandPr and David Saylor. All in grey and all on colour illustration of a stag standing
by a lake in front of a hut on a hill in front of a forest.
Publication: 8 September 1999
Price: $19.95
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways. For
one thing, he hated)
Notes:
In an interview with me in March 2012 the publisher Arthur A.
Levine stated that it was with publication of the third book in the
U.K., prior to American publication, that Amazons distribution
became an issue. Levine noted that Scholastic moved the
publication of Azkaban to meet demandit was the only thing we could do. The situation provided
an opportunity to clarify laws and the ethical limitations of territorial bookselling. Legally, Scholastic
control U.S. rights and Amazon should only have been selling our edition to U.S. customers. The
even greater problem was that some British books were showing up in U.S. bookstores Some
bookstores were trying to serve their customers and were importing British editions.
Although the imprint page notes a publication date of October 1999, the advance readers edition
(see AA4(cc)) cited a publication of September. The date of release, as recorded on an advertising
poster issued by the publisher, was 8 September 1999.
Scholastic released a dumpbin display case for this edition at the beginning of October 1999 (Nielsen
BookData provides a date of 1 October 1999). The case was filled with 44 copies of this edition.
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
The American audiobook version, read by Jim Dale, has a duration of approximately eleven and
three-quarter hours.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
20 19
9/9 0/0 1 2 3 4
30 29 28 37 26 25 24 23
0/0 1 2 3 4
38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 0/0 1 2 3 4 5
A7(c)
HARRY | POTTER | and the Prisoner of Azkaban | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRACO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 70 by 86mm] | J.K.ROWLING |
[publishers device of a dog, 12 by 19mm] | BLOOMSBURY (All width centred)
Collation: 160 unsigned leaves bound in twenty gatherings of eight
leaves; 233 by 151mm; [1-7] 8-17 [18] 19-28 [29] 30-41 [42] 43-55
[56] 57-74 [75] 76-93 [94] 95-106 [107] 108-121 [122] 123-36 [137]
138-56 [157] 158-72 [173] 174-86 [187] 188-98 [199] 200-214 [215]
216-30 [231] 232-43 [244] 245-55 [256] 257-62 [263] 264-76 [277]
278-82 [283] 284-303 [304] 305-317 [318-20]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the
Prisoner of Azkaban | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRACO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on
banner, 49 by 60mm]; [2] Also available: | Harry Potter and
the Philosophers Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of
Secrets; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of this
publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, | without the
prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] This edition
first published in Great Britain in 1999 | Bloomsbury Publishing
Plc, 38 Soho Square, London, W1V 5DF | [new paragraph] Copyright Text Joanne Rowling 1999
| Cover illustration based upon original art by Cliff Wright | [new paragraph] The moral right of the
author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the | British Library
| [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 4511 1 | [new paragraph] Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St
Ives plc | [new paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; [5] To Jill Prewett and Aine Kiely, | the Godmothers of
Swing; [6] blank; [7]-317 text; [318-20] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (25mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-317
Binding: light green cloth.
On spine: HARRY POTTER and the Prisoner of Azkaban J.K.ROWLING (reading lengthways
down spine) with [publishers device of a dog, 12 by 21mm] | BLOOMSBURY (horizontally at foot
of spine). All in gilt.
On upper cover: HARRY | POTTER | and the Prisoner of Azkaban | [double ruled border, 107 by
107mm with the outer border thicker than the inner and colour illustration by Cliff Wright laid down]
| JKRowling [facsimile signature] (all width centred). All in gilt.
Lower cover: blank.
All edges gilt. Yellow sewn bands at head and foot of spine together
with yellow marker ribbon. Binding measurements: 241 by 151mm
(covers), 241 by 42mm (spine). End-papers: dark green wove paper.
Dust-jacket: none
Publication: 27 September 1999 (see notes)
Price: 18
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways. For one
thing, he hated the)
Notes:
The publication date for this edition is unclear. Information provided
by Bloomsbury gives a date of 28 June 1999. This would pre-date
the first trade edition and is evidently incorrect. Bloomsburys
information is replicated by Nielsen BookData. (This source also
notes Bloomsburys publication of an Azkaban Mini Hippogriff stand for the same date which was,
obviously, a publicity stand published in advance of the release of the title).
The legal deposit copy in the British Library is dated 13 August 1999. (A comparison with the
first trade edition does not help establish a sequence since the British Library copy, stamped 2 August
1999, is a tenth impression.)
The Bookseller for 9 July 1999 includes both first English edition and the English deluxe edition as
publications for the week. There are no Harry Potter adverts present in the Bookseller Buyers Guide
for Spring 1999 or Autumn 1999.
The royalties manager at the Blair Partnership has noted, however, that the files held by the
authors agent suggest a publication date of 27 September. This would provide the same publication
date for this edition as the English deluxe editions of Philosophers Stone and Chamber of Secrets (see
A1(d) and A2(e)) and seems the most likely candidate.
Confusion surrounding publication date is also replicated in the Bloomsbury archives with
reference to the print-run and no precise figure can be given.
A copy of this edition inscribed by the author to her father and stepmother was offered at auction at
Sothebys New York on 10 December 2003. It was inscribed on the dedication page To Dad and Jan, |
with lots and lots of love | (and up The Sunday Mail) | Jo x. On the imprint page the author circled
the end of the strike line and wrote, with a pointing arrow, Guard it with your lives!!! Estimated at
$20,000/30,000, it sold for $16,000.
Copies: BL (C.194.b.216) stamped 13 Aug 1999; Sothebys, 17 December 2009, lot 169
A7(d)
HARRY | POTTER | and the Prisoner of Azkaban | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 67 by 82mm] | J.K.ROWLING |
[publishers device of a rule, 39mm | TED SMART | rule, 39mm, all within single ruled border, 7
by 40mm] (Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and right margins, and all width centred)
Collation: 160 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
197 by 127mm; [1-7] 8-17 [18] 19-28 [29] 30-41 [42] 43-55 [56]
57-74 [75] 76-93 [94] 95-106 [107] 108-121 [122] 123-36 [137]
138-56 [157] 158-72 [173] 174-86 [187] 188-98 [199] 200-214 [215]
216-30 [231] 232-43 [244] 245-55 [256] 257-62 [263] 264-76 [277]
278-82 [283] 284-303 [304] 305-317 [318-20]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the Prisoner
of Azkaban | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO
DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 47 by
57mm]; [2] Also available: | Harry Potter and the Philosophers
Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; [3] title-page; [4]
All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced or
| transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying
or otherwise, | without the prior permission of the publisher | [new
paragraph] First published in Great Britain in 1999 | Bloomsbury
Publishing Plc, 38 Soho Square, London, W1V 5DF | [new
paragraph] This edition produced for | The Book People Ltd, | Hall Wood Avenue, | Haydock, St.
Helens WA11 9UL | [new paragraph] Copyright 1999 J.K. Rowling | Cover illustration copyright
Cliff Wright 1999 | Cover illustration from original artwork by Cliff Wright | [new paragraph] The
moral right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the
| British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 1-85613-617-5 | [new paragraph] Printed in Great Britain
by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | Typeset by Dorchester Typesetting | [new paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1;
[5] To Jill Prewett and Aine Kiely, | the Godmothers of Swing; [6] blank; [7]-317 text; [318-20] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-317
Binding: pictorial boards.
On spine: [colour illustration of head of werewolf on coloured panel, 26 by 18mm] HARRY
POTTER [in dark yellow on purple panel, 26 by 47mm] and the Prisoner of Azkaban J.K.ROWLING
[both title conclusion and author in purple on red panel, 26 by 107mm] [publishers device of a rule,
26mm | TED SMART | rule, 26mm, all within single ruled border, 5 by 27mm] [in dark yellow on
black panel, 26 by 33mm] (reading lengthways down spine).
Hart, The Independent | [new paragraph] [round point] Gold Award Winner of the 1997 Smarties Nestle
| Book Prize | [round point] Winner of the Childrens Book Award 1998 | [round point] Winner of the
Young Telegraph Book Award 1998 | [round point] Winner of the Sheffield Childrens Book Award |
1997 | [round point] Winner of the Birmingham Cable Book Award 1997 | [new paragraph] HARRY
POTTER AND | THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS | [new paragraph] Such a marriage of good writing,
inventiveness, | and sheer child-appeal has not been seen since | Roald Dahl, perhaps even since
Tolkien, Lewis, | and Ransome. J. K. Rowling has woken a whole | generation to reading. The Times
| 10.99. All in blue with the exception of the price which is in black and all on orange panel.
On lower inside flap: [three stars, in yellow] | Dear Joanne Rowling, | [new paragraph] I really,
really, really liked Harry Potter | and the philosophers stone and Harry Potter and | the Chamber
of Secrets was FANTASTIC!!!! I | thought it was very funny when the Memory | Charm backfired
and it was driving me mad | when I was trying to think who the bodyless | voice belonged to. | [new
paragraph] Please can you write another book, because | Im dying to read more of Harrys adventures. |
[new paragraph] Yours sincerely, | Jamie | Patton | Age eight. | [four stars, in yellow] | [TO ORDER
FURTHER COPIES & | SEE OUR FULL RANGE OF TITLES | [rule, 38mm] | [telephone symbol]
01942 724444 | Lines are open 7 days a week 8am-8pm | [rule, 38mm] | CALL US NOW FOR YOUR
| FREE COLOUR BROCHURE! in black on white panel and all within single ruled border, 20 by
40mm]. All in orange facsimile of childs handwriting, with the exception of panel, and all on blue panel.
Publication: November 1999 (see notes)
Price: no exact price is recorded (see notes)
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways)
Notes:
Neither Ted Smart nor Bloomsbury were able to provide any detail about the Ted Smart/The Book
People editions. Information was provided by the Blair Partnership who noted that this edition was
available from November 1999 (presumably at the same time as A2(f)). Production of all the Ted
Smart/The Book People editions ceased in April 2001.
No exact price has been recorded for this edition. A1(b) was, presumably, sold by itself. A slipcase
containing the three volumes A1(b), A2(f) and A7(d) was, probably, available from November 1999
and a slipcase containing the four volumes A1(b), A2(f), A7(d) and A9(c) was, presumably, available
from November 2000. In each case the price would have been lower than the single (or combined)
prices of the Bloomsbury version.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23
A7(e)
HARRY | POTTER | and the Prisoner of Azkaban | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 67 by 82mm] | J.K.ROWLING |
[publishers device of a dog, 11 by 18mm] | BLOOMSBURY (Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and right
margins, and all width centred)
Collation: 160 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 197 by 128mm; [1-7] 8-17 [18]
19-28 [29] 30-41 [42] 43-55 [56] 57-74 [75] 76-93 [94] 95-106 [107] 108-121 [122] 123-36 [137]
138-56 [157] 158-72 [173] 174-86 [187] 188-98 [199] 200-214 [215]
216-30 [231] 232-43 [244] 245-55 [256] 257-62 [263] 264-76 [277]
278-82 [283] 284-303 [304] 305-317 [318-20]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the
Prisoner of Azkaban | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner,
47 by 57mm]; [2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in
reading order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | Harry
Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Harry Potter and the Prisoner
of Azkaban; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of this
publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, | without the
prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First published
in Great Britain in 1999 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho
Square, London, W1V 5DF | [new paragraph] Copyright 1999
J.K. Rowling | Cover illustration copyright Cliff Wright 1999 | Cover illustration from original
artwork by Cliff Wright | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been asserted | A CIP
catalogue record of this book is available from the | British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475
4629 0 | [new paragraph] Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | Typeset by Dorchester
Typesetting [new paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; [5] To Jill Prewett and Aine Kiely, | the Godmothers
of Swing; [6] blank; [7]-317 text; [318-20] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-317
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: [colour illustration of head of werewolf on coloured panel,
20 by 16mm] HARRY POTTER [in dark yellow on purple panel, 20 by
45mm] and the Prisoner of Azkaban J.K.ROWLING [both title conclusion
and author in purple on red panel, 20 by 101mm] BLOOMSBURY
[publishers device of the head of a dog, 3 by 4mm] [both in dark yellow
on black panel, 20 by 32mm] (reading lengthways down spine).
On upper wrapper: HARRY | POTTER | and the Prisoner of
Azkaban [lines 1 and 2 in dark yellow, line 3 in green, all on purple
panel, 61 by 128mm] | [green rule, 128mm intersected by dark
yellow panel with J.K.ROWLING in purple] | [colour illustration of
Harry Potter and Hermione Granger riding the back of Buckbeak the
Hippogriff, 124 by 128mm] | [green rule, 128mm] | Winner of the 1999
Whitbread Childrens Book of the Year [in dark yellow on black panel,
8 by 128mm] (all width centred).
On lower wrapper: Harry Potter, along with his best friends, Ron
and Hermione, is about | to start his third year at Hogwarts School
of Witchcraft and Wizardry. | Harry cant wait to get back to school
after the summer holidays. | (Who wouldnt if they lived with the horrible Dursleys?) But when
| Harry gets to Hogwarts, the atmosphere is tense. Theres an escaped | mass murderer on the
loose, and the sinister prison guards of | Azkaban have been called in to guard the school |
[new paragraph] A fantastic new story featuring Harry and his friends from the | spellbinding J.K.
Rowling. | [new paragraph] Children gripped by the funny, quirky and | imaginative storylines
of J.K. Rowlings | books will undoubtedly be hooked | again. The Daily Mail | [new paragraph]
The most eagerly awaited | childrens book for years. | The Evening Standard | [new paragraph]
Spellbinding, enchanting, bewitching | stuff. The Mirror | [new paragraph] J.K. Rowling deserves
all the plaudits | that are being heaped upon her. For | once, the word phenomenon is an |
understatement. Scotland on Sunday | [new paragraph] The Harry Potter books are that | rare
thing, a series of stories adored | by parents and children alike. | The Daily Telegraph | [barcode
in black on white panel, 20 by 38mm together with [publishers device of a dog, 6 by 10mm] |
BLOOMSBURY | 5.99 in black on left side of panel and http://www.bloomsbury.com below
panel, in black on purple panel, 7 by 38mm]. Reading lengthways down right side next to foot of
spine Cover illustrations from original artwork by Cliff Wright. All in black on an illustration of a
werewolf in swirling mists.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 197 by 128mm (wrappers), 197 by 20mm (spine).
Publication: 1 April 2000 (simultaneous with A7(ee)) in an edition of 52,636 copies (confirmed by
Bloomsbury)
Price: 5.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways)
Notes:
The publishers imprint page notes publication in 1999. This paperback edition, however, was first
published on 1 April 2000.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
10 9 8 7 6 5 4
10 9 8 7 6
20 19 18 17 16 15
A7(ee)
| paperbacks [in black on red panel, 10 by 40mm] (all on left side)] [6.99 [in black] | [barcode in
black on white panel, 19 by 39mm] | http://www.bloomsbury.com [in black] (all on red panel, 32 by
40mm and on right side)]. Reading lengthways down right side next to foot of spine Cover image: [in
white] Eagle Michio Hoshino/Robert Harding Horse Kit Houghton Clouds John Turner/Tony
Stone [in red]. All in black with the exception of sources which are in red and all on photographic
illustration of an opened wing with clouds, 198 by 128mm.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 198 by 128mm (wrappers), 198 by 20mm (spine).
Publication: 1 April 2000 (simultaneous with A7(e)) in an edition of 15,700 copies (confirmed by
Bloomsbury)
Price: 6.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways)
Notes:
Each occurrence of the title on the spine, upper and lower wrappers shows and the Prisoner of Azkaban
off-set to the right of HARRY POTTER.
Copies: private collection (AJH); private collection (SJH); Bloomsbury Archives
Reprints include:
20 19 18 17 16 15 14
A7(f)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN | [black and white illustration of a
long-haired man looking at mouse in front of oval window, 49 by 68mm] | BY | J. K. ROWLING
| ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY GRANDPR | SCHOLASTIC INC. | NEW YORK [four-sided
device] TORONTO [four-sided device] AUCKLAND [four-sided device] SYDNEY | MEXICO
CITY [four-sided device] NEW DELHI [four-sided device] HONG KONG [four-sided device]
BUENOS AIRES (All width centred on a diamond pattern background)
Collation: 224 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 193 by 134mm; [I-VI] VII-IX
[X-XII] 1-435 [436]
Page contents: [I-II] PRAISE FOR J. K. ROWLINGS | HARRY POTTER | AND THE PRISONER
OF AZKABAN | [device of nine stars] | [6 reviews and a listing of 7 statements] | [new paragraph]
ALSO BY J. K. ROWLING | Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone | [new paragraph] Harry Potter
Dementor hiding, together with a tree, moon, etc. In lower right: SCHOLASTIC INC. $7.99 US |
[rule, 60mm] | [barcode with smaller barcode to the right (13636) together with S within triangle]
all in black on white panel within single black ruled border, 26 by 60mm. The initial F of For is a
drop capital.
On inside upper wrapper: barcode with smaller barcode (50799) together with S within triangle
below, all in black.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 193 by 134mm (wrappers), 193 by 26mm (spine).
Publication: September 2001 (see notes)
Price: $7.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways. For one thing, he hated)
Notes:
Although no publication date is recorded, 1 September 2000 is assumed. In an email to me from
January 2013 Arthur A. Levine noted that Im fairly certain that we didnt have strict on sale
dates the publication day would simply be the first of the month listed. None of the paperbacks
were given a strict on sale date either. Nielsen BookData provides a publication date of 11
September 2001.
Scholastic released a dumpbin display case for this edition at the beginning of September 2001
(Nielsen BookData provides a date of 11 September 2001). The case was filled with 36 copies of this
edition. Alternatively, Scholastic made a multiple copy pack available on the same date containing
36 copies of this edition.
This is the first time in the series that the publisher printed the stripped book triangle on the binding.
A letter S printed within a triangle denotes that, if the book needs to be returned, the bookseller
need only return the stripped wrappers for a refund. The stripped book is then understood by the
publisher to have been destroyed. One suspects that, to date, not a single Harry Potter has been
stripped due to poor sales.
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5
1 2 3 4 5 6/0 Printed in the U.S.A. 40
48 47
11 12 13/0
Printed in the U.S.A. 40
60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 11 12 13/0
Printed in the U.S.A. 40
A7(g)
A7(h)
HARRY | POTTER | and the Prisoner of Azkaban | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 67 by 82mm] | J.K.ROWLING |
[publishers device of a dog, 11 by 18mm] | BLOOMSBURY (Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and right
margins, and all width centred)
Collation: 160 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 197 by 128mm; [1-7] 8-17 [18]
19-28 [29] 30-41 [42] 43-55 [56] 57-74 [75] 76-93 [94] 95-106 [107] 108-121 [122] 123-36 [137]
138-56 [157] 158-72 [173] 174-86 [187] 188-98 [199] 200-214 [215]
216-30 [231] 232-43 [244] 245-55 [256] 257-62 [263] 264-76 [277]
278-82 [283] 284-303 [304] 305-317 [318-20]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the Prisoner
of Azkaban | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO
DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 47 by
57mm]; [2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in reading
order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved;
no part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by
any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying | or otherwise,
without the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph]
First published in Great Britain in 1999 | Bloomsbury Publishing
Plc, 38 Soho Square, London, W1D 3HB | [new paragraph] This
edition first published in 2004 | [new paragraph] Copyright J. K. Rowling 1999 | Cover illustration
copyright Cliff Wright 1999 | Cover illustration from original artwork by Cliff Wright | [new
paragraph] Harry Potter, names, characters and related indicia | are copyright and trademark Warner
Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue
record of this book is available from the British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 7376 X | [new
paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 | [new paragraph] Typeset by Dorchester Typesetting | Printed in Great
Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] All papers used by Bloomsbury are natural, recyclable
products made | from wood grown in well-managed forests. The paper used in this book | contains 10%
post consumer waste material which was de-inked using | chlorine free methods. The manufacturing
processes conform to the | environmental regulations of the country of origin. | [new paragraph] www.
bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] To Jill Prewett and Aine Kiely, | the Godmothers of Swing; [6] blank;
[7]-317 text; [318-19] blank; [320] publishers advertisement: Also by | J. K. ROWLING | Get your
hands on Harry Potters very own school books
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (25mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-317
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: [colour illustration of head of werewolf on coloured panel,
17 by 17mm] HARRY POTTER [in purple on gilt panel, 17 by 46mm]
and the Prisoner of Azkaban [in white] J.K.ROWLING [in gilt, both title
conclusion and author on purple panel, 17 by 103mm] BLOOMSBURY
[publishers device of the head of a dog, 3 by 4mm] [both in white on
dark blue panel, 16 by 32mm] (reading lengthways down spine).
On upper wrapper: HARRY | POTTER | and the Prisoner of
Azkaban [lines 1 and 2 in gilt, line 3 in white, all on dark blue panel,
62 by 128mm] | [gilt rule, 128mm] | [J.K. ROWLING [in gilt] with
colour illustration of Harry Potter and Hermione Granger riding the
back of Buckbeak the Hippogriff, within single gilt ruled border, 91 by
87mm, all on purple panel with orange, yellow and gilt stars, 123 by
128mm] | [dark blue rule, 128mm] | BLOOMSBURY [in dark blue on
gilt panel, 9 by 128mm] (all width centred).
On lower wrapper: Harry Potter, along with his best friends, Ron
and Hermione, is about | to start his third year at Hogwarts School of
Witchcraft and Wizardry. | Harry cant wait to get back to school after the summer holidays. | (Who
wouldnt if they lived with the horrible Dursleys?) But when | Harry gets to Hogwarts, the atmosophere
is tense. | Theres an escaped | mass murderer on the loose, and the sinister prison guards of | Azkaban
have been called in to guard the school | [new paragraph] A fantastic story featuring Harry and
his friends from the | spellbinding J.K. Rowling. | [new paragraph] Children gripped by the funny,
quirky and | imaginative storylines of J.K. Rowlings | books will undoubtedly be hooked | again.
The Daily Mail | [new paragraph] Spellbinding, enchanting, | bewitching stuff. The Mirror | [new
paragraph] J.K. Rowling deserves all the | plaudits that are being heaped upon her. | For once, the word
phenomenon is an | understatement. Scotland on Sunday | [new paragraph] The Harry Potter books
are that rare | thing, a series of stories adored by | parents and children alike. | The Daily Telegraph |
[new paragraph] [barcode in black on white panel, 20 by 38mm together with [publishers device of a
dog, 6 by 10mm] | BLOOMSBURY | 5.99 in black on left side of panel and www.bloomsbury.com
below panel, in white on dark purple panel, 7 by 38mm]. Reading lengthways down right side next to
foot of spine Cover illustrations from original artwork by Cliff Wright. All in black on an illustration
of a werewolf in swirling mists.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 197 by 128mm (wrappers), 197 by 17mm (spine).
Publication: 3 May 2004 in an edition of 200,080 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 5.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways)
Notes:
The individual titles in the celebratory edition were each published to celebrate the release of the
film version. The UK premiere of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban took place on 30 May 2004.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A7(i)
ENGLISH ADULT EDITION (2004)
(Michael Wildsmith photography adult artwork series in paperback)
Harry Potter and the | Prisoner of Azkaban | J. K. Rowling | BLOOMSBURY (All width centred)
Collation: 240 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 177 by 110mm; [1-7] 8-22 [23]
24-38 [39] 40-56 [57] 58-78 [79] 80-106 [107] 108-134 [135] 136-53 [154] 155-75 [176] 177-98 [199]
200-228 [229] 230-52 [253] 254-73 [274] 275-91 [292] 293-314 [315] 316-38 [339] 340-57 [358]
359-75 [376] 377-85 [386] 387-406 [407] 408-415 [416] 417-47 [448] 449-68 [469-80]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter and the | Prisoner of Azkaban; [2] Titles available in the
Harry Potter series | (in reading order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved;
no part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying or otherwise, | without the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First
published in Great Britain in 1999 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho Square, London, W1D 3HB
| [new paragraph] This paperback edition first published in 2004 | [new paragraph] Copyright J. K.
Rowling 1999 | [new paragraph] Harry Potter, names, characters and related indicia are | copyright
and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] Thanks to both National Trust Dunstanburgh
Castle and to the | buildings custodian English Heritage for permission to photograph | the castle
for use on the cover image | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been asserted | A
CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475
7449 9 | [new paragraph] 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 | [new paragraph] Typeset by Dorchester Typesetting
| Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] All papers used by Bloomsbury
Publishing are natural, | recyclable products made from wood grown in well-managed forests. | The
paper used in this book contains 20% post consumer waste material | which was de-inked using
chlorine free methods. The | manufacturing processes conform to the environmental | regulations
of the country of origin. | [new paragraph] www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] To Jill Prewett and
Aine Kiely, | the Godmothers of Swing; [6] blank; [7]-468 text; [469-80] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-468
(excluding pages on which new chapters commence)
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: HARRY POTTER AND THE [colour photograph of a castle on desolated rocks,
surrounded by the sea, 30 by 18mm] | J.K. ROWLING [publishers device of a figure with a bow, 10
by 10mm] | PRISONER OF AZKABAN (reading lengthways down spine). All in white with the
exception of last line which is in gilt and all on black.
On upper wrapper: HARRY POTTER AND THE [in white] | PRISONER OF [embossed in
gilt] | AZKABAN [embossed in gilt] | J. K. ROWLING [in white] | BLOOMSBURY [in white] (all
width centred). All on colour photograph of a castle on desolated rocks, surrounded by the sea.
On lower wrapper: [colour photograph of a castle on desolated rocks, surrounded by the sea,
all within single white border, 22 by 22mm] I can honestly say I cant remember the last | time
I encountered an author who has had | this effect on me. For the first time in years | the book
lives up to the hype perfection | Daily Express | [new paragraph] Harry Potter is lucky to reach
the age of thirteen, since he | has already survived the murderous attacks of the feared | Dark
Lord on more than one occasion. But his hopes for | a quiet term concentrating on Quidditch are
dashed when | a maniacal mass-murderer escapes from Azkaban, pursued | by the soul-sucking
Dementors who guard the prison. | Its assumed that Hogwarts is the safest place for Harry to | be.
But is it a coincidence that he can feel eyes watching him | in the dark, and should he be taking
Professor Trelawneys | ghoulish predictions seriously? | [new paragraph] The most remarkable
publishing sensation for a generation | the story is told with such momentum, imagination and
| irrepressible humour that it can captivate both adults and | children Sunday Express | [new
paragraph] Rowling deserves all the plaudits that are being heaped | upon her. For once, the word
phenomenon is an | understatement Scotland on Sunday | [new paragraph] Extraordinarily vivid
and exceptionally well-imagined | Independent on Sunday | [new paragraph] Wild about Harry?
Join the queue The Times | [new paragraph] [barcode in black on white panel, 24 by 39mm together
with bloomsbury[in black]pbk[in white]s[in black] | 6.99 [in black] | www.bloomsbury.com [in
black] and all on red panel, 25 by 75mm] | Cover image: Michael Wildsmith Design: William
Webb Author Photograph: Bill de la HEY. All in white on black with colour photograph to the
left of lines 1-5.
On inside upper wrapper: black and white photograph of J.K. Rowling standing against
bookshelves.
On inside lower wrapper: Other titles available in the | HARRY POTTER series | [colour
illustrations in two columns of four book designs]. All in white on black.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 177 by 110mm (wrappers), 177 by 30mm (spine).
Publication: 10 July 2004 in an edition of 110,200 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 6.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways)
Notes:
See note to A1(f) about this series replacing an existing livery. This volume, A7(i), can be seen as
the successor to A7(ee).
Copies: BL (H.2005/1743) stamped 4 May 2004
Reprints include:
11
A7(j)
ENGLISH ADULT EDITION (2004)
(Michael Wildsmith photography adult artwork series in hardback)
Harry Potter and the | Prisoner of Azkaban | J. K. Rowling | BLOOMSBURY (All width centred)
Collation: 160 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 197 by 125mm; [1-7] 8-17 [18]
19-28 [29] 30-41 [42] 43-55 [56] 57-74 [75] 76-93 [94] 95-106 [107] 108-121 [122] 123-36 [137]
138-56 [157] 158-72 [173] 174-86 [187] 188-98 [199] 200-214 [215] 216-30 [231] 232-43 [244] 245-55
[256] 257-62 [263] 264-76 [277] 278-82 [283] 284-303 [304] 305-317 [318-20]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter and the | Prisoner of Azkaban; [2] Titles available in the Harry
Potter series | (in reading order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | also
available in Latin, Ancient Greek, Welsh and Irish: | Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis (Latin) |
(Ancient Greek) | Harri Potter a Maen yr Anthronydd (Welsh) |
Harry Potter agus an rchloch (Irish); [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of this publication
dark, and should | he be taking Professor Trelawneys | ghoulish predictions seriously? | [new paragraph]
I can honestly say I cant remember the | last time I encountered an author who has | had this effect
on me. For the first time in | years the book lives up to the hype | perfection Daily Express | [new
paragraph] The most remarkable publishing sensation | for a generation the story is told with | such
momentum, imagination and | irrepressible humour that it can captivate | both adults and children
Sunday Express | [new paragraph] Rowling deserves all the plaudits that are | being heaped upon
her. For once, the word | phenomenon is an understatement | Scotland on Sunday | [new paragraph]
Extraordinarily vivid and exceptionally | well-imagined Independent on Sunday | [new paragraph] Wild
about Harry? Join the queue | The Times | [new paragraph] 11.99. All in white on black.
On lower inside flap: J. K. (JOANNE KATHLEEN) ROWLING | has written fiction since she was
a child. | Born in 1965, she grew up in Chepstow | and wrote her first book at the age of six | a
story about a rabbit called Rabbit. | She studied French and Classics at Exeter | University, then moved
to London to | work at Amnesty International, and then | to Portugal to teach English as a foreign |
language, before settling in Edinburgh. | [new paragraph] The idea for Harry Potter occurred to her | on
the train from Manchester to London, | where she says Harry Potter just strolled | into my head fully
formed, and by the | time she had arrived at Kings Cross, | many of the characters had taken shape.
| During the next five years she outlined | the plots for each book and began writing | the first in the
series, Harry Potter and | the Philosophers Stone, which was first | published by Bloomsbury in 1997. The
| other Harry Potter titles: Harry Potter and | the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the | Prisoner of
Azkaban, Harry Potter and the | Goblet of Fire, and Harry Potter and the | Order of the Phoenix, followed. |
J. K. Rowling has also written two other | companion books, Quidditch Through the | Ages and Fantastic
Beasts and Where to | Find Them, in aid of Comic Relief. | [new paragraph] Jacket Design: William Webb
| Jacket Image: Michael Wildsmith | Author Photograph: Bill de la HEY. All in white on black.
Publication: 4 October 2004 in an edition of 12,500 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 11.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways)
Notes:
Having rebranded the look of the adult artwork edition to feature photography by Michael Wildsmith,
it was perhaps inevitable that a hardback version would become available. A1(g), A2(m) and A7(j)
were all published on 4 October 2004 with A9(i) following a few days later on 10 October 2004. As
the series progressed, later titles published in this livery (see A12(aa), A13(aa) and A14(aa)) would
also comprise the simultaneous first edition issues.
Copies: Bloomsbury Archives
Reprints include:
3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2
5 7 9 10 8 6 4
10
A7(k)
Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous stars] | and the | Prisoner of Azkaban |
[illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on
banner, 68 by 84mm] | J.K.ROWLING | [publishers device of a dog, 8 by 13mm] | BLOOMSBURY
| LONDON BERLIN NEW YORK SYDNEY (All width centred)
Collation: 160 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
197 by 128mm; [1-7] 8-17 [18] 19-28 [29] 30-41 [42] 43-55 [56]
57-74 [75] 76-93 [94] 95-106 [107] 108-121 [122] 123-36 [137]
138-56 [157] 158-72 [173] 174-86 [187] 188-98 [199] 200-214 [215]
216-30 [231] 232-43 [244] 245-55 [256] 257-62 [263] 264-76 [277]
278-82 [283] 284-303 [304] 305-317 [318-20]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter [signature above
z rule with numerous stars] | and the | Prisoner of Azkaban |
[illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS
NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 60 by 75mm]; [2]
Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in reading order): |
Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph] Titles
available in the Harry Potter series | (in Latin): | Harry Potter and
the Philosophers Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | (in Welsh, Ancient Greek
and Irish): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no
part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying | or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph]
First published in Great Britain in 1999 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | 36 Soho Square, London,
W1D 3QY | [new paragraph] Bloomsbury Publishing, London, Berlin, New York and Sydney
| [new paragraph] This paperback edition first published in November 2010 | [new paragraph]
Copyright J.K.Rowling 1999 | Cover illustrations by Clare Melinsky copyright Bloomsbury
Publishing Plc 2010 | [new paragraph] Harry Potter, names, characters and related indicia are |
copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author
has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library |
[new paragraph] ISBN 978 1 4088 1056 9 | [new paragraph] [Forest Stewardship Council logo, 8
by 9mm together with symbol and text: FSC | www.fsc.org | MIX | Paper from | responsible
sources | FSC C018072] | [new paragraph] Typeset by Dorchester Typesetting | Printed in
Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 | [new paragraph]
| www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] To Jill Prewett and Aine Kiely, | the Godmothers of Swing;
[6] blank; [7]-317 text; [318-20] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (25mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-317
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous
stars] [in gilt] and | the Prisoner of Azkaban [black, yellow, orange,
white and blue illustration of an hour-glass on a chain, 16 by 21mm]
J.K.ROWLING BLOOMSBURY [publishers device of the head of a
dog, 3 by 4mm] (reading lengthways down spine). All in white on green.
On upper wrapper: Harry Potter [signature above z rule with
numerous stars] [embossed in gilt] | and the | Prisoner of Azkaban | [light
blue, dark blue and green illustration of cloaked and hooded Dementors
with a stag, 94 by 116mm] | J.K.ROWLING | BLOOMSBURY (all
width centred). All in green with deckle-edge effect of white leaf on
green background at fore-edge.
On lower wrapper: Harry Potter, along with his best friends, Ron
and | Hermione, is about to start his third year at Hogwarts | School
of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry cant wait to get | back to school
after the summer holidays (who wouldnt if they | lived with the
horrible Dursleys?). [sic] But when Harry arrives | at Hogwarts, the
atmosphere is tense. Theres an escaped | mass murderer on the loose, and the sinister prison guards
of | Azkaban have been called in to guard the school | [new paragraph] The Harry Potter books
are that rare thing, a series of stories | adored by parents and children alike. | Daily Telegraph |
[new paragraph] Children gripped by the funny, quirky and imaginative storylines | of J.K. Rowlings
books will undoubtedly be hooked again. | Daily Mail | [new paragraph] Spellbinding, enchanting,
| bewitching stuff. | Mirror | [dark blue, light blue and green illustration of Hogwarts castle in front
of clouds and rising from swirling waves, 82 by 117mm] | [barcode together with publishers device of
a dog, 6 by 10mm and BLOOMSBURY together with Forest Stewardship Council logo, 7 by 8mm
together with symbol and text: FSC | Mixed Sources | Product group from well-managed | forests
and other controlled sources | [new paragraph] Cert no. SGS-COC-2061 | www.fsc.org | 1996
Forest Stewardship Council] | Designed by Webb & Webb Design | Cover illustrations by Clare
Melinsky www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter 6.99 | Author photograph J.P.Masclet. Lines 1-17 in
green with all other text in black, together with deckle-edge effect of white leaf on green background
at fore-edge. The intial capital H of Harry is a drop capital.
On inside upper wrapper: The magical world of | Harry Potter [signature above z rule with
numerous stars] | [colour illustrations in three columns of seven book designs] | The internationally
bestselling series | [new paragraph] For more from Harry Potter, visit | www.bloomsbury.com/
harrypotter. All in green with the exception of line 2 which is in gold, together with deckle-edge
effect of white leaf on green background at fore-edge.
A7(l)
Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous stars] | and the | Prisoner of Azkaban |
[illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on
banner, 68 by 84mm] | J.K.ROWLING | [publishers device of a dog, 8 by 13mm] | BLOOMSBURY
| LONDON BERLIN NEW YORK SYDNEY (All width centred)
Collation: 160 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
197 by 124mm; [1-7] 8-17 [18] 19-28 [29] 30-41 [42] 43-55 [56]
57-74 [75] 76-93 [94] 95-106 [107] 108-121 [122] 123-36 [137]
138-56 [157] 158-72 [173] 174-86 [187] 188-98 [199] 200-214 [215]
216-30 [231] 232-43 [244] 245-55 [256] 257-62 [263] 264-76 [277]
278-82 [283] 284-303 [304] 305-317 [318-20]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter [signature above z rule
with numerous stars] | and the | Prisoner of Azkaban | [illustration
of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM
TITILLANDUS on banner, 60 by 75mm]; [2] Titles available in
the Harry Potter series | (in reading order): | Harry Potter and the
Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph] Titles available in the Harry Potter series |
(in Latin): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
(in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | [new paragraph] Also
available | (in aid of Comic Relief): | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Quidditch Through
the Ages | (in aid of Lumos): | The Tales of Beedle the Bard; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved;
no part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying | or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First
published in Great Britain in 1999 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | 49-51 Bedford Square, London,
WC1B 3DP | [new paragraph] Bloomsbury Publishing, London, Berlin, New York and Sydney | [new
paragraph] This hardback edition first published in November 2011 | [new paragraph] Copyright
J.K.Rowling 1999 | Cover and endpaper illustrations by Clare Melinsky copyright J.K.Rowling
2010 | [new paragraph] Harry Potter, names, characters and related indicia are | copyright and
trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been asserted
| A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN
978 1 4088 2585 3 | [new paragraph] [Forest Stewardship Council logo, 8 by 9mm together with
symbol and text: FSC | www.fsc.org | MIX | Paper from | responsible sources | FSC C018072] |
[new paragraph] Typeset by Dorchester Typesetting | Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives
plc | [new paragraph] 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 | [new paragraph] | www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter;
[5] To Jill Prewett and Aine Kiely, | the Godmothers of Swing; [6] blank; [7]-317 text; [318-20] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-317
Binding: green boards.
On spine: Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous
stars] and | the Prisoner of Azkaban [illustration of an hour-glass on
a chain, 16 by 21mm] J.K.ROWLING BLOOMSBURY [publishers
device of the head of a dog, 3 by 4mm] (reading lengthways down
spine). All in gilt.
Upper and lower covers: blank.
All edges trimmed. Green sewn bands at head and foot of spine
together with green marker ribbon. Binding measurements: 205 by
128mm (covers), 205 by 38mm (spine). End-papers: wove paper
overprinted in green showing design, in white, of spine motifs from the
series (see notes).
Dust-jacket: coated wove paper, 205 by 490mm
On spine: Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous
stars] [in gilt] and | the Prisoner of Azkaban [black, yellow, orange,
white and blue illustration of an hour-glass on a chain, 16 by 21mm] J.K.ROWLING BLOOMSBURY
[publishers device of the head of a dog, 3 by 4mm] (reading lengthways down spine). All in white on
green.
On upper cover: Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous stars] [in gilt] | and the |
Prisoner of Azkaban | [light blue, dark blue and green illustration of cloaked and hooded Dementors
with a stag, 94 by 116mm] | J.K.ROWLING | BLOOMSBURY (all width centred). All in green
with deckle-edge effect of white leaf on green background at fore-edge.
On lower cover: Spellbinding, enchanting, | bewitching stuff. | Mirror | [dark blue, light
blue and green illustration of Hogwarts castle in front of clouds and rising from swirling waves, 72
by 97mm] | [publishers device of a dog, 6 by 10mm and BLOOMSBURY] [barcode and www.
bloomsbury.com/harrypotter in black on white panel, 24 by 39mm]. All in green, with deckle-edge
effect of white leaf on green background at fore-edge. The initial capital S of Spellbinding is a drop
capital.
On upper inside flap: Harry Potter, along with his best | friends, Ron and Hermione, is | about
to start his third year at Hogwarts | School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. | Harry cant wait to get back
to school | after the summer holidays (who wouldnt | if they lived with the horrible Dursleys?). [sic]
| But when Harry arrives at Hogwarts, the | atmosphere is tense. Theres an escaped | mass murderer
on the loose, and the | sinister prison guards of Azkaban have | been called in to guard the school
| [new paragraph] The Harry Potter books are that rare thing, | a series of stories adored by parents
and | children alike. | Daily Telegraph | [new paragraph] Children gripped by the funny, quirky and
| imaginative storylines of J. K. Rowlings | books will undoubtedly be hooked again. | Daily Mail |
[new paragraph] Wild about Harry? Join the queue. | The Times | [black, yellow, orange, white and
blue illustration of an hour-glass on a chain, 23 by 18mm]. All in white on green. The initial capital
H of Harry is a drop capital.
On lower inside flap: J. K. Rowling has written fiction since she was a child, | and she always
wanted to be an author. Her parents loved | reading and their house in Chepstow was full of books.
| In fact, J. K. Rowling wrote her first book at the age | of six a story about a rabbit called Rabbit.
She studied | French and Classics at Exeter University, then moved to | Edinburgh via London and
Portugal. In 2000 she was | awarded an OBE for services to childrens literature. | [new paragraph]
The idea for Harry Potter occurred to her on the | train from Manchester to London, where she says
| Harry Potter just strolled into my head fully formed, | and by the time she had arrived at Kings
Cross, many | of the characters had taken shape. During the next | five years she outlined the plots
for each book and | began writing the first in the series, Harry Potter and | the Philosophers Stone,
which was first published by | Bloomsbury in 1997. The other Harry Potter titles: | 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 and Harry | Potter
and the Deathly Hallows followed. J. K. Rowling | has also written three companion books: Quidditch
| Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find | Them, in aid of Comic Relief, and The
Tales of Beedle | the Bard, in aid of Lumos. | [new paragraph] THE COMPLETE HARRY POTTER
SERIES: | [colour illustrations in two rows of seven book designs] | Designed by Webb & Webb
Design | Cover illustrations by Clare Melinsky | copyright J. K. Rowling 2010. All in white on
green with white panel, 19 by 12mm, to right on which in black: [Forest Stewardship Council logo,
6 by 7mm together with symbol] | FSC | www.fsc.org | MIX | Paper from | responsible sources
| FSC C018072
Publication: 7 November 2011 in an edition of 9,200 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 115 [together with A1(j), A2(o), A9(l), A12(i), A13(h) and
A14(g)]
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways)
Notes:
The end-papers carry a design of eight miniature illustrations. Seven
of these reproduce the spine motifs from the series and an eighth
comprises a variant of the key-bird from the first book.
Published as a boxed set of seven volumes comprising A1(j), A2(o),
A7(l), A9(l), A12(i), A13(h) and A14(g). Individual volumes were
not available separately. The ISBN for the boxed set was ISBN 978 1
4088 2594 5.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A7(m)
J.K. [in grey] | ROWLING [in grey] [reading lengthways down title-page] | HARRY | POTTER
| &THE [reading lengthways up title-page] PRISONER OF AZKABAN | BLOOMSBURY |
LONDON [point] NEW DELHI [point] NEW YORK [point] SYDNEY (Author and final part of title
justified on right margin, first part of title justified on left margin, publisher with publishers offices
width centred)
lengthways down spine with the exception of &THE and the publishers
device which are horizontal). All on purple.
On upper wrapper: J.K. [in white] | ROWLING [in white] [reading
lengthways down upper wrapper] | HARRY [in purple] | POTTER
[in purple] | &THE [in white] [reading lengthways up upper wrapper]
PRISONER OF AZKABAN [in purple] | BLOOMSBURY [in white]
(author and final part of title justified on right margin, first part of title
justified on left margin, publisher with publishers offices width centred). All
on light and dark green illustration of Buckbeak the Hippogriff flying over
Hogwarts castle.
On lower wrapper: On the morning of his thirteenth birthday, Harry
Potter learns | that mass-murderer Sirius Black has escaped the iron |
grasp of Azkaban fortress. Harry has barely survived his first | two years at
Hogwarts; now it looks as though Sirius Black | is determined to make sure
Harry doesnt finish his third. | [new paragraph] With Ron and Hermione
at his side, Harry is forced to confront | this new enemy while the sinister
Dementors of Azkaban | patrol the school grounds threatening to suck the
very soul | from those who they encounter with a deadly kiss | [new paragraph] [section of white
illustration of Buckbeak the Hippogriff flying over Hogwarts castle, 69 by 111mm] | BLOOMSBURY
www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter www.pottermore.com 7.99 [in black] | [section of white illustration
of Buckbeak the Hippogriff flying over Hogwarts castle, 28 by 111mm upon which: Forest Stewardship
Council logo, 5 by 6mm together with symbol and text: FSC | www.fsc.org | MIX | Paper from |
responsible sources | FSC C020471 all in black on white panel with rounded corners, 19 by 12mm,
with barcode in black on white panel, 18 by 38mm, with Designed by Webb & Webb Design | Cover
illustrations by Andrew Davidson | copyright J.K. Rowling 2013 in black on purple panel, 9 by
38mm]. Lines 1-9 in white and all on purple. The initial capital O of On is a drop capital and is
printed in green.
On inside upper wrapper: purple and white illustration of Buckbeak the Hippogriff flying over
Hogwarts castle.
On inside lower wrapper: purple and white illustration of Hogwarts castle.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 198 by 128mm (wrappers), 198 by 19mm (spine).
Publication: 18 July 2013 in an edition of 57,200 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury) (see notes)
Price: 7.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways)
Notes:
The illustrations by Andrew Davidson derive from a single wood engraving. A single illustration is
presented on both the upper wrapper and inside upper wrapper. A section is printed on the lower
wrapper. A detail from the upper wrapper is shown on the inside lower wrapper.
Although Bloomsburys official publication date was 18 July 2013, copies were available from
amazon.co.uk at the beginning of July.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A7(n)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN | [black and white illustration of a
long-haired man looking at mouse in front of oval window, 53 by 70mm] | BY | J. K. ROWLING
| ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY GRANDPR | SCHOLASTIC INC. (All width centred on a
diamond pattern background)
Collation: 232 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
204 by 134mm; [I-IV] V-VII [VIII-X] 1-435 [436-54]
Page contents: [I-II] PRAISE FOR J. K. ROWLINGS | HARRY
POTTER | AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN | [device
of nine stars] | [6 reviews and a listing of 7 statements]; [III]
title-page; [IV] TO JILL PREWETT AND | AINE KIELY, | THE
GODMOTHERS OF SWING | [device of twelve stars] | Text
1999 by J. K. Rowling | Interior illustrations by Mary GrandPr
1999 by Warner Bros. | Excerpt from Harry Potter and the Goblet of
Fire, text 2000 by J. K. Rowling; | illustration by Mary GrandPr
2000 by Warner Bros. | Cover illustration by Kazu Kibuishi
2013 by Scholastic Inc. | HARRY POTTER and all related
characters and elements are TM of and WBEI. | Harry Potter
Publishing Rights J. K. Rowling | All rights reserved. Published
by Scholastic Inc. SCHOLASTIC, the LANTERN LOGO, and
associated | logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of
Scholastic Inc. | [new paragraph] If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware
that this book is stolen property. | It was reported as unsold and destroyed to the publisher, and
neither the author nor the | publisher has received any payment for this stripped book. | [new
paragraph] No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted
in any | form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise,
without | written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permission, write to
Scholastic Inc., | Attention: Permissions Department, 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. | [new
paragraph] [publishers device of a lantern, 6 by 4mm] | Arthur A. Levine Books hardcover edition
art directed by David Saylor, | published by Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.,
October 1999. | [new paragraph] ISBN 978-0-545-58293-3 | [new paragraph] Library of Congress
Illustrations: title-page vignette, together with twenty-two vignettes at the beginning of each chapter
(after chapter and chapter number but before chapter title). The sneak preview also includes a
vignette. In addition to standard typographical changes (including italics, capitals and small capitals)
there are other typographical features, comprising:
p. 8 newspaper headline
p. 10 facsimile of Rons signature (repeated twice)
p. 11 facsimile of Hermiones signature
p. 14 handwritten letter from Hagrid
p. 14 facsimile of Professor M. McGonagalls signature
p. 37 newspaper headline
p. 51 advertisement sign
p. 192 The Marauders Map legend
p. 199 notice
p. 272 handwritten letter from Hagrid
p. 287 four different handwritten comments
p. 291 handwritten letter from Hagrid
p. 315 handwritten exam schedule
p. 325 handwritten note from Hagrid
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: ROWLING | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
[reading lengthways down spine] | 3 and [publishers book device] |
[rule] | S in white on red panel, 14 by 6mm. All in white on colour
illustration (see notes).
On upper wrapper: J. K. ROWLING | Harry Potter [hand-drawn
lettering] [embossed in white] | and the | Prisoner of Azkaban (all
width centred). All in white on colour illustration of Harry Potter
conjuring a stag Patronus driving away dementors over a lake. In
centre at foot: [publishers book device] SCHOLASTIC in white on
red panel, 5 by 45mm.
On lower wrapper: What you fear most of all isfear. | Remus
Lupin | [new paragraph] For twelve long years, the dreaded fortress of
Azkaban held an infamous | prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted
of killing thirteen people with | a single curse, he was said to be a
dedicated follower of the Dark Lord, | Voldemort. Now hes escaped.
And the Azkaban guards heard Black | muttering in his sleep, Hes
at Hogwarts hes at Hogwarts. Is he coming | for Harry? | [new
paragraph] Harry Potter isnt safe, not even within the walls of his
magical school, | surrounded by his friends. Because on top of it all, there may be a traitor in | their
midst. | [new paragraph] $12.99 US | [new paragraph] [publishers book device with SCHOLASTIC
in white on red panel, 5 by 45mm] | www.scholastic.com | COVER DESIGN BY KAZU KIBUISHI
AND JASON CAFFOE | COVER ART BY KAZU KIBUISHI 2013 BY SCHOLASTIC INC. Lines
1-2 in white with other lines in peach and all on colour illustration of pupils and a teacher standing by
an ornate closed wardrobe. In lower right: barcode with smaller barcode to the right (51299) together
with S within triangle, all in black on white panel, 21 by 53mm.
On inside upper wrapper: barcode with smaller barcode (51299) together with S within triangle
below, all in black on white panel, 53 by 21mm. All on purple.
On inside lower wrapper: [colour illustration of book design] Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering]
[in white] | The Complete Series [in white] | Read All of Harrys [in white] | Magical Adventures!
[in white] | [publishers device of a lantern, 10 by 7mm] [in black] | ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS
[in black] | [publishers book device with SCHOLASTIC in white on red panel, 5 by 45mm] |
scholastic.com/harrypotter [in white] | [colour illustrations in three columns of six book designs]. All
on lavender blue.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 204 by 134mm (wrappers), 204 by 22mm (spine).
Publication: 27 August 2013
Price: $12.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways. For one thing, he hated)
Notes:
See notes to A4(h) about this series.
The seven volumes in this edition were available individually or as a set issued in a slipcase. The set,
presented in order, reveals a single illustration of Hogwarts castle across the seven spines. Scholastic
released images of the new illustrations in a careful marketing campaign: the upper wrapper illustration
for Prisoner of Azkaban was released on 28 June 2013 at the fourth annual LeakyCon Convention in
Portland, Oregon.
The sneak preview of Goblet of Fire comprises only the first nine (and approximately three-quarters)
(of fifteen) pages of chapter one.
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 13 14 15 16 17
A7(o)
Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon CR0 4YY | [new paragraph] 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 | [new paragraph] |
www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter | www.pottermore.com; [5] To Jill Prewett and Aine Kiely, | the
Godmothers of Swing; [6] blank; [7]-317 text; [318-20] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-317
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: [triple rule] HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER
OF AZKABAN J.K. ROWLING [publishers device of a figure with a
bow, 9 by 8mm] [triple rule] (reading lengthways down spine with rules
and publishers device horizontally at head or foot of spine). All in gilt
on green.
On upper wrapper: HARRY | POTTER | AND THE | PRISONER
OF | AZKABAN | [illustration of a stag] | J.K. ROWLING |
BLOOMSBURY all width centred and within broken single ruled
border, 183 by 114mm. All in gilt on green.
On lower wrapper: [illustration of a stag] | [new paragraph] On
the morning of his thirteenth birthday, Harry Potter | learns that
mass-murderer Sirius Black has escaped the | iron grasp of Azkaban
fortress. Harry has barely survived | his first two years at Hogwarts;
now it looks as though | Sirius Black is determined to make sure
Harry | doesnt finish his third. | [new paragraph] With Ron and
Hermione at his side, Harry is forced | to confront this new enemy
while the sinister | Dementors of Azkaban patrol the school grounds
| threatening to suck the very soul from those who | they encounter
with a deadly kiss | [new paragraph] [barcodes together with [Forest Stewardship Council logo,
5 by 6mm together with symbol] | FSC | www.fsc.org | MIX | Paper from | responsible sources
| FSC C020471 within single ruled border with rounded corners, 18 by 12mm together with
[publishers device of a figure with a bow, 8 by 7mm] | BLOOMSBURY | www.bloomsbury.com/
harrypotter | www.pottermore.com, all in black on white panel, 23 by 84mm] | [new paragraph]
Cover illustration by Joe McLaren all within broken single ruled border, 183 by 114mm. All in
yellow on green.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 198 by 128mm (wrappers), 198 by 19mm (spine).
Slipcase: card slipcase covered in blue paper (see A1(m)).
Publication: 10 October 2013 in an edition of 42,700 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 21 [together with A1(m) and A2(r)]
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways)
Notes:
Published as a boxed set of three volumes comprising A1(m), A2(r) and A7(o). Individual volumes
were not available separately. Bloomsbury announced the set stating: Every great story has a great
beginning and this is where Harry Potters extraordinary, magical adventure starts... Harry Potter
is a milestone in every childs reading life and this gorgeous, collectable boxed set is the perfect
introduction for new readers, wizard and Muggle alike.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Banner:
Oct 1st 1999 The Daily Prophet Price: 7 Knuts
(All within single ruled border, 15 by 157mm)
Collation: 4 single leaves with staple upper left corner; 297 by 211mm; [1-4]
Page contents: [1] Headlines section; [2] Quidditch section; [3] Crossword clues; [4] Crossword
grid
Paper: wove paper
Running title: none
Publication: 1 October 1999
Price: issued as part of membership of the Harry Potter Fan Club (membership fee: 4.25 per year)
Contents:
[Headlines section, p. 1]
Ministry Imposes Restrictions
(Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge, has announced Ministry plans to introduce)
New Potion Gives Hope for Hags
(Professor Regulus Moonshine announced at a packed press-conference)
[Advert]
(Poor memory?)
[Quidditch section, p. 2]
Quidditch League Table & Match Information
(1. Ballycastle Bats)
Puddlemere Chaser Vanishes Amid Chaos at Holyhead Match
(The Department of Magical Games and Sports was in urgent conference)
Cannons Blast the Falcons
(Chudley Cannons manager Ragmar Dorkins collapsed with shock)
[Advert]
(Buy Your Second-Hand Brooms at)
[Crossword clues]
(Across 1. She has a backing group of banshees)
Fiendishly Difficult Crossword
[grid]
Notes:
After the two stories on page 1 only is there is a large circular point. Compare with A5(a).
There are three sections presented within single ruled borders: the Mnemosyne Clinic for Memory
Modification advert (45 by 158mm), Quidditch League Table & Match Information (65 by 158mm)
and the Splinter & Kreeks advert (27 by 158mm).
Copyright notes at the foot of pages [1] and [2] ascribe copyright to J.K. Rowling.
Copies: private collection
HARRY | POTTER | and the Goblet of Fire | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO
DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 67 by 82mm] | J.K.ROWLING | [publishers
device of a dog, 11 by 18mm] | BLOOMSBURY (Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and right margins,
and all width centred)
Collation: 320 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
197 by 127mm; [1-7] 8-19 [20] 21-28 [29] 30-38 [39] 40-48 [49]
50-61 [62] 63-69 [70] 71-86 [87] 88-105 [106] 107-129 [130]
131-40 [141] 142-51 [152] 153-70 [171] 172-84 [185] 186-200 [201]
202-218 [219] 220-38 [239] 240-52 [253] 254-74 [275] 276-94 [295]
296-316 [317] 318-35 [336] 337-50 [351] 352-76 [377] 378-97 [398]
399-415 [416] 417-41 [442] 443-64 [465] 466-89 [490] 491-504
[505] 506-525 [526] 527-51 [552] 553-58 [559] 560-71 [572] 573-81
[582] 583-600 [601] 602-620 [621] 622-36 [637-40]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the Goblet
of Fire | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO
DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 47 by
57mm]; [2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in reading
order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | Harry Potter
and the Chamber of Secrets | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; [3] title-page; [4]
All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, | without the prior permission of the publisher
| [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain in 2000 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho
Square, London, W1V 5DF | [new paragraph] Copyright 2000 J.K. Rowling | Cover illustrations
copyright by Giles Greenfield 2000 | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been
asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the | British Library | [new
paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 4624 X | [new paragraph] Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives
plc | Typeset by Dorchester Typesetting | [new paragraph] First Edition | [new paragraph] www.
bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] To Peter Rowling, | in memory of Mr Ridley | and to Susan Sladden,
| who helped Harry out of his cupboard; [6] blank; [7]-636 text; [637-40] blank
Notes:
Files preserved within the Bloomsbury archives suggest that, in contrast with Prisoner of Azkaban,
the editorial process continued until close to publication date. A letter from J.K. Rowling to Emma
Matthewson is dated 8 March 2000 and included
my very preliminary responses to all the points you raised. I thought it would be a good idea to
let you have a look at them before we meet
This letter includes a number of suggestions from the author about the title, comprising: Harry Potter
and the Death Eaters, Harry Potter and the Fire Goblet and Harry Potter and the Three Champions. There
is also a suggestion that the Doomspell Tournament be renamed the Triwizard Tournament, which
was evidently accepted. This letter suggests that, in contrast with the first three books in the series,
Arthur A. Levine and Scholastic had some editorial input. This was verified in an interview with the
American publisher in March 2012.
A set of proofs in the editorial files at Bloomsbury reveal that on 12 April 2000 the book was titled
Harry Potter and. The file name given to the work was simply new book. This was a deliberate attempt
to keep the final title secret until the official press announcement. A set of proofs in the Bloomsbury
archives reveal a much earlier state of the text at this stage together with many corrections.
The first English edition of this title is the first book in the series to include details of the typesetter
on the publishers imprint page. It was also the first title in the series to note First Edition rather than
print the numerical strike-line.
The advertising campaign for this title included a large banner poster featuring the words Harrys
Back! accompanied by an image of the upper cover of the book and the publication date of 8 July
2000. In contrast to the afternoon publication time for Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire was released
at midnight. In an interview with me in September 2013, Nigel Newton stated Im not sure where the
idea came from. It might have been the movie industry We came to call this denial marketing
what people like most is not being able to get something. Its like life itself: you want most what you
cant have. For the month or two months (or six months later on), between when it was announced
that Jo had completed and delivered to her publisher the new book and the date it came out, there was
just intense press interest in the book and nobody knew what it was because we were good at keeping
it secret and we had to go to extraordinary lengths to do so. He also notes that we did nothing to
promote denial marketing. It just happened.
A number of book-signing sessions were organized by Bloomsbury. Tickets announced Harrys Back! and
noted that the author would be signing copies of the new Harry Potter adventure. Sessions included:
17 July 2000 Harrods, Knightsbridge, London
morning
17 July 2000 Hatchards, 187 Piccadilly, London
3.30 to 5 pm
18 July 2000 Borders Books, Music and Caf, Churchill Square, Brighton 6.30 to 8 pm
19 July 2000 Books Etc, 02 Centre, 255 Finchley Road, London
10 to 11.30 am
The editorial files at Bloomsbury include a set of untrimmed and unbound sheets in gatherings for this
edition. This is noted as an untrimmed set of Harry 4 pages and comprises collections of folded sheets
with the text printed twice (each set starting at opposite ends and reversed by 180 degrees). The first
untrimmed gathering therefore presents the first and final signature and the tenth gathering presents
the tenth and eleventh signature. Each sheet, as printed, therefore had eight pages on each side and
the production of the book created volumes from 20 original gatherings.
The original artwork by Giles Greenfield for this title remained in the possession of Bloomsbury, in
contrast to the artwork for earlier titles in the series.
With such large print-runs, I asked Nigel Newton in an interview with me in September 2013 whether
a variety of different printers were used to print the first edition. Newton replied in the negative and
noted that they were all printed by Clays who were absolutely superb. Two specific requirements were
made of the firm. Firstly they were required to produce more books in a shorter period of time than
anyone had ever done before. Secondly they had to produce those books in conditions of extreme
secrecy. Newton remarked that, later in the series, Clays became the point of distribution given that
there was no need to send an edition to Bloomsburys Macmillan warehouse. Newton noted that the
other heroes of the logistical side of the story other than a handful of key people in the office and
Clays themselves were Macmillan Distribution Limited (a third-party warehouse weve used for two
decades). Their order processing division was based in Basingstoke and the physical warehouse was
in Swansea. So they brought many of their workforce up to Bungay in Suffolk in order to be able to
do the distribution They pre-printed all the invoices down in Basingstoke for 11 million books and
then took them up there and then worked with the Clays personel to get all of these books into boxes
and despatched. The arrival of orders on time became significant: early delivery posed a security risk
and late delivery would miss the official release date.
Despite Newtons recollection, it appears a variant issue exists with Printed in Great Britain by
Omnia Books Limited, Glasgow on the imprint page. Omnia Books printed far fewer copies than
Clays. No copies have been consulted.
A copy of this edition inscribed by the author to her father, and therefore a dedication copy, was
offered at auction at Sothebys New York on 10 December 2003. It was inscribed on the dedication
page Dear Dad | If I had said Ronald (Weasley) | Ridley they would have | tracked the poor bloke
down | but thats why Rons called | Ron of course! | Happy Fathers Day 2000 | and lots of love |
from your first born | JKRowling | xxxxxxxxx. There is also a sketch of a hand (labelled Pesticide)
reaching for a running gnome (also labelled). Estimated at $50,000/75,000, it sold for $40,000.
The English audiobook version, read by Stephen Fry, has a duration of approximately twenty-one hours.
Reprints (and subsequent new editions) include a number of corrections to the text. These comprise:
Page 14, line 2
said the first voice softly to said the second voice softly
Page 15, line 5
whispered the first voice to whispered the second voice
Page 15, line 25
said the first voice again to said the second voice again
Page 32, line 1
Harry would dearly loved to to Harry would have dearly loved to
Page 34, line 35
a disgusting swearword to a disgusting swear word
Page 49, line 21
dragons in Rumania to dragons in Romania
Page 82, line 11
tucking it away into the front of his robes to tucking it away carefully
Page 93, line 16
Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans to Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans
Page 120, line 3
Enervate! to Rennervate!
Page 133, line 10
Sunday morning to Saturday morning
Page 136, line 11
the Gringotts curse breakers to the Gringotts curse breakers
Page 144, line 35
No-Heat, Wet-Start Fireworks to Wet-Start, No-Heat Fireworks
Page 150, line 18
Grade Four to Grade 4
Page 150, line 19
Malfoys pale face to Malfoys pale face.
Page 155, line 34
though his half-moon spectacles to through his half-moon spectacles
Page 171, line 9 running his finger down the Monday column of his timetable to running
his finger down his timetable
Page 183, line 31
leaning forwards to leaning forwards.
Page 185, line 9
frog guts to toad guts
Page 203, line 21
competely to completely
Page 207, line 18
Ernie MacMillan to Ernie Macmillan
Page 215, line 15
Madam Maximes to Madame Maximes
Page 231, line 29
re-appearance to reappearance
Page 247, line 23
paragraph break after impatience
Page 248, line 30
someone else had had considered it to someone else had considered it
Page 256, line 13
I dont who put my to I dont know who pit my
Page 323, line 23
This is ony me second year to This is ony me second year
Page 344, line 10
Eloise Midgeon to Eloise Midgen
Page 353, line 33
Conjunctivitus to Conjunctivitis
Page 357, line 9
Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans to Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans
Page 357, line 10
Droobles Best Blowing Gum to Droobles Best Blowing Gum
Page 362, line 5
all though dinner to all through dinner
Page 364, line 5
Chreetsmas to Chreestmas
Page 379, line 6
through the snow to through the snow.
Page 382, line 11
reputed to have a developed to reputed to have developed
Page 434, lines 11-12 started pointed excitedly to started pointing excitedly
A9(aa)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE | [black and white illustration of a flaming goblet
on a casket with curtains in background, 54 by 54mm] | BY | J. K. ROWLING | ILLUSTRATIONS
BY MARY GRANDPR | [publishers device of a lantern, 12 by 9mm] | ARTHUR A. LEVINE
BOOKS | AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC PRESS (All width centred on a diamond pattern
background)
Collation: 376 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
228 by 150mm; [I-VI] VII-XI [XII-XIV] 1-734 [735-38]
Page contents: [I] HARRY POTTER | AND THE GOBLET
OF FIRE (all on diamond pattern background); [II] ALSO
BY J. K. ROWLING | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the
Sorcerers Stone | Year One at Hogwarts | [new paragraph] Harry
Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Year Two at Hogwarts | [new
paragraph] Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Year Three
at Hogwarts; [III] title-page; [IV] [device of twelve stars] |
Text copyright 2000 by J. K. Rowling | Illustrations by Mary
GrandPr copyright 2000 Scholastic Inc. | All rights reserved.
Published by Scholastic Press, a division of Scholastic Inc., |
Publishers since 1920. | SCHOLASTIC, SCHOLASTIC PRESS,
and the LANTERN LOGO | are trademarks and/or registered
trademarks of Scholastic Inc. | [new paragraph] No part of this
publication may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system,
or transmitted | in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording,
or otherwise, | without written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permission,
write | to Scholastic Inc., Attention: Permissions Department, 555 Broadway, New York, NY 10012.
| [new paragraph] Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Available | [new paragraph]
Library of Congress catalog card number: 00-131084 | [new paragraph] ISBN 0-439-13959-7 |
[new paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0/0 01 02 03 04 | Printed in the U.S.A. 23 | First American
edition, July 2000; [V] TO PETER ROWLING, | IN MEMORY OF MR. RIDLEY | AND TO
SUSAN SLADDEN, | WHO HELPED HARRY | OUT OF HIS CUPBOARD; [VI] blank;
VII-XI CONTENTS (thirty-seven chapters listed with titles and page references); [XII] blank;
[XIII] half-title: HARRY POTTER | AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (all on diamond pattern
background); [XIV] blank; 1-734 text; [735-736] blank; [737] colophon: [publishers device of a
lantern, 17 by 12mm] | This | book was art | directed by David Saylor. The | art for both the jacket
and the interior was | created using pastels on toned printmaking paper. The | text was set in 12-point
Adobe Garamond, a typeface based on | the sixteenth-century type designs of Claude Garamond, redrawn
by | Robert Slimbach in 1989. The book was typeset by Brad Walrod | and was printed and bound
at RR Donnelley in | Harrisonberg, Virginia. The Managing | Editor was Manuela Soares and the |
Manufacturing Director | was Angela | Biola.; [738] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title,
pp. 1-734. Each running title (excluding pages on which new chapters commence) includes a
three-star design to left and right of both running-titles on verso and recto. On pages on which a new
chapter commences, the three-star design is omitted.
Illustrations: title-page vignette, together with thirty-seven vignettes at the beginning of each chapter
(after chapter and chapter number but before chapter title). In addition to standard typographical
changes (including italics, capitals and small capitals) there are other typographical features, comprising:
p. 25 facsimile of Harrys signature
p. 30 facsimile of Molly Weasleys signature
p. 36 facsimiles of Ron and Harrys signatures
pp. 96-97 advertisements written on a gigantic blackboard
p. 102 further advertisements written on a gigantic blackboard, also a Quidditch score
p. 109 lettering displayed on Harrys Omnioculars
p. 113 Quidditch score
p. 202 newspaper headline
p. 226 facsimile of Sirius signature
p. 228 facsimile of Harrys signature
p. 235 text of announcement sign
p. 240 facsimile of Sirius signature
p. 292 facsimile of Harrys signature
p. 297 text of badges
p. 298 text of badge
p. 304 facsimile of Rita Skeeters quills writing
p. 305 facsimile of Rita Skeeters quills writing
p. 306 facsimile of Rita Skeeters quills writing
p. 312 facsimile of Sirius signature
p. 406 facsimile of Sirius signature
p. 437 newspaper headline
p. 511 magazine headline
p. 541 text of letter in poison-pen style
p. 572 facsimile of Sirius signature
p. 611 newspaper headline
p. 638 headstone engraved name
Binding: black cloth-backed spine with orange-red boards (with diamond pattern in blind).
On spine: ROWLING | [rule] | [YEAR | 4 within concave square] (horizontally at head)
with HARRY POTTER | AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (reading lengthways down spine) and
On lower inside flap: ALSO BY J. K. ROWLING | #1 New York Times, USA Today, and
international best- | sellers, winners of the National Book Award (UK) and | Gold Medal Smarties
prize three years running, and ALA | Notable Books: | [new paragraph] HARRY POTTER | AND
THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN | WINNER OF THE WHITBREAD AWARD | Isnt it reassuring
that some things just get better and bet- | ter? This is a fabulously entertaining read that will have |
Harry Potter fans cheering for more. | School Library Journal | [new paragraph] HARRY POTTER
| AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS | [five-pointed star] Harry Potters exploits during his
second year at | Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry completely | live up to the bewitching
measure of Harry Potter and the | Sorcerers Stone. The mystery, zany humor, student rivalry, | and
eccentric faculty are as expertly crafted here as in | the first book. Booklist, starred review | [new
paragraph] HARRY POTTER | AND THE SORCERERS STONE | A charming, imaginative,
magical confection | of a novel. Boston Globe | Funny, moving, and impressive. | The New
York Times Book Review | [new paragraph] [publishers device of a lantern, 15 by 10mm] | ARTHUR
A. LEVINE BOOKS | An Imprint of Scholastic Press | 555 Broadway, New York, New York 10012 |
[new paragraph] Jacket art by Mary GrandPr | Jacket design by Mary GrandPr and David Saylor. Lines
1-26 in black and lines 27-32 in orange and all on colour illustration of a maze hedge engulfed by
tentacles.
Publication: 8 July 2000 (simultaneous with A9(a))
Price: $25.95
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(The villagers of Little Hangleton still called it the Riddle House, even though)
Notes:
In an interview with me in March 2012 the publisher Arthur A. Levine noted that prior to book four
the publishing houses of Bloomsbury and Scholastic had not worked together during the editorial
process. However, this situation changed with Goblet of Fire. Emma Matthewson from Bloomsbury
notes that queries were collated by Bloomsbury who then passed them to Rowling. Scholastic would
contact the author directly only for questions resulting from different house-styles or American
English.
Goblet of Fire was the first title in the series for which unprecedented demand required printing the
first edition at a number of different printers. Copies have been examined with the following printing
plant codes on the imprint page:
Printed in the U.S.A. 13
Printed in the U.S.A. 23
An initial print run of 3.8 million copies was reported by PR Newswire on 20 November 2000.
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
The American audiobook version, read by Jim Dale, has a duration of approximately twenty and a
half hours.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
10 9 8 7 6 5
20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13
39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30
48 47 46 45 44 43 43 42 41
A9(b)
0/0 01 02 03 04
0/0 01 02 03 04
02 03 04
07 08 09 10 11
HARRY | POTTER | and the Goblet of Fire | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRACO
DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 70 by 86mm] | J.K.ROWLING | [publishers
device of a dog, 12 by 19mm] | BLOOMSBURY (All width centred)
Collation: 320 unsigned leaves bound in forty gatherings of eight leaves; 233 by 150mm, [1-7] 8-19
[20] 21-28 [29] 30-38 [39] 40-48 [49] 50-61 [62] 63-69 [70] 71-86 [87] 88-105 [106] 107-129 [130]
131-40 [141] 142-51 [152] 153-70 [171] 172-84 [185] 186-200 [201] 202-218 [219] 220-38 [239]
240-52 [253] 254-74 [275] 276-94 [295] 296-316 [317] 318-35 [336] 337-50 [351] 352-76 [377] 378-97
[398] 399-415 [416] 417-41 [442] 443-64 [465] 466-89 [490] 491-504 [505] 506-525 [526] 527-51 [552]
553-58 [559] 560-71 [572] 573-81 [582] 583-600 [601] 602-620 [621] 622-36 [637-40]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the Goblet of Fire | [illustration of Hogwarts
crest with legend DRACO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 49 by 60mm];
[2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in reading order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers
Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of this publication may
be reproduced or | transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, |
without the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain in
2000 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho Square, London, W1V 5DF | [new paragraph] Copyright
2000 J.K. Rowling | Cover illustrations copyright by Giles Greenfield 2000 | [new paragraph]
Harry Potter, names, characters and related indicia are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros.,
2000TM | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record
of this book is available from the | British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 4971 0 | [new
paragraph] Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | Typeset by Dorchester Typesetting
| [new paragraph] First Edition | [new paragraph] | www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] To Peter
Rowling, | in memory of Mr Ridley | and to Susan Sladden, | who helped Harry out of his cupboard; [6]
blank; [7]-636 text; [637-40] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (25mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-636
Binding: light purple cloth.
On spine: HARRY POTTER and the Goblet of Fire J.K.ROWLING (reading lengthways down
spine) with [publishers device of a dog, 12 by 21mm] | BLOOMSBURY (horizontally at foot of
spine). All in gilt.
On upper cover: HARRY | POTTER | and the Goblet of Fire | [double ruled border, 104 by
104mm with the outer border thicker than the inner and colour illustration by Giles Greenfield laid
down] | JKRowling [facsimile signature] (all width centred). All in gilt.
Lower cover: blank.
All edges gilt. Red sewn bands at head and foot of spine together with red marker ribbon.
Binding measurements: 241 by 151mm (covers), 241 by 62mm (spine). End-papers: navy blue wove
paper.
Dust-jacket: none
Publication: 2 October 2000 in an edition of 10,000 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 25
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(The villagers of Little Hangleton still called it the Riddle House, even though it had)
Notes:
This is the first English publication to note Warner Brothers copyright and trademark of Harry
Potter, names, characters and related indicia. Although the film rights for the first two books were
first purchased in October 1998, it took until late 2000 for Warners rights to be noted in English
editions.
Copies: Sothebys, 17 December 2009, lot 169
A9(c)
HARRY | POTTER | and the Goblet of Fire | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO
DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 67 by 82mm] | J.K.ROWLING | [publishers
device of a rule, 31mm | TED SMART | rule, 31mm, all within single ruled border, 6 by 32mm]
(Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and right margins, and all width centred)
Collation: 320 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate
gatherings; 197 by 127mm; [1-7] 8-19 [20] 21-28 [29] 30-38 [39]
40-48 [49] 50-61 [62] 63-69 [70] 71-86 [87] 88-105 [106] 107-29
[130] 131-40 [141] 142-51 [152] 153-70 [171] 172-84 [185]
186-200 [201] 202-18 [219] 220-38 [239] 240-52 [253] 254-74
[275] 276-94 [295] 296-316 [317] 318-35 [336] 337-50 [351]
352-76 [377] 378-97 [398] 399-415 [416] 417-41 [442] 443-64
[465] 466-89 [490] 491-504 [505] 506-25 [526] 527-51 [552]
553-58 [559] 560-71 [572] 573-81 [582] 583-600 [601] 602-20
[621] 622-36 [637-40]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the Goblet
of Fire | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO
DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 47 by
57mm]; [2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in reading
order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | Harry Potter
and the Chamber of Secrets | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; [3] title-page; [4]
All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, | without the prior permission of the publisher
| [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain in 2000 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho
Square, London, W1V 5DF | [new paragraph] This edition produced for | The Book People Ltd, |
Hall Wood Avenue, | Haydock, St. Helens WA11 9UL | [new paragraph] Copyright 2000 J.K.
Rowling | Cover illustrations copyright by Giles Greenfield 2000 | [new paragraph] Harry Potter,
names, characters and related indicia are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new
paragraph] The moral right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this book
is available from the | British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 1-85613-769-4 | [new paragraph]
Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | Typeset by Dorchester Typesetting | [new
paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 | [new paragraph] www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] To Peter
Rowling, | in memory of Mr Ridley | and to Susan Sladden, | who helped Harry out of his cupboard; [6]
blank; [7]-636 text; [637-40] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-636
(excluding pages on which new chapters commence)
Binding: pictorial boards.
On spine: [colour illustration of an owl on staircase banister
on coloured panel, 58 by 18mm] HARRY POTTER [in blue
on red panel, 58 by 47mm] and the Goblet of Fire [in light blue]
J.K.ROWLING [in red, both title conclusion and author on blue
panel, 58 by 107mm] [publishers device of a rule, 36mm | TED
SMART | rule, 36mm, all within single ruled border, 5 by 37mm
[in black on light blue panel, 58 by 33mm] (reading lengthways
down spine).
On upper cover: HARRY | POTTER | and the Goblet of
Fire [lines 1 and 2 in blue, line 3 in black, all on red panel, 64 by
132mm] | [light blue rule, 132mm] | [colour illustration of Harry
Potter flying on a broomstick about to seize a golden egg that is
protected by a fire-breathing dragon, 125 by 132mm] | [light blue
rule, 132mm intersected by blue panel with J.K.ROWLING in
red] | [black panel, 12 by 132mm] (all width centred).
On lower cover: The summer holidays are dragging on and Harry Potter | cant wait for the
start of the school year. It is his fourth | year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, | and
there are spells to be learnt, potions to be brewed | and Divination lessons (sigh) to be attended.
Harry | is expecting these: however, other quite unexpected | events are already on the march
| [new paragraph] A much-awaited new Harry Potter adventure | from an acclaimed story-telling
genius. | [new paragraph] Like Gameboys, Teletubbies and films by | George Lucas, Harry Potter
has permeated | the national child consciousness. | The Independent on Sunday | [new paragraph]
The world of Hogwarts is complete | in every riotous, headlong detail. The | richness and scale
of Rowlings invention | is exhilarating but the real proof of | quality lies in J.K. Rowlings
power to | draw the reader into Harrys world and | make it seem believable. The Guardian | [new
paragraph] The Harry Potter books are that rare | thing, a series of stories adored by | children
and parents alike. | The Daily Telegraph | [barcode in black on white panel, 20 by 37mm] | [blue
panel, 7 by 37mm]. Reading lengthways down right side next to foot of spine Cover illustrations by
Giles Greenfield | Cover design by Richard Horne. All in black on colour illustration of staircase at
Hogwarts castle.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 205 by 132mm (covers), 205 by 58mm (spine).
End-papers: wove paper.
Notes:
The Ted Smart edition includes the Warner Brothers copyright and trademark statement that is not
present in A9(a).
Neither Ted Smart nor Bloomsbury were able to provide any detail about the Ted Smart/The Book
People editions. Information was provided by the Blair Partnership who noted that this edition was
available from November 2000. Production of the Ted Smart/The Book People editions ceased in
April 2001.
Evidence to support this date is not provided by textual evidence. The correction of text on page
579 in which the ghost of Harrys mother precedes that of Harrys father suggests publication no earlier
than January 2001. The Evening Standard published details of the error on 18 January 2001 and quoted
a Bloomsbury spokesman who stated it was a genuine mistake. Lily did come out before James
and that was wrong. We decided recently to make the correction, and it has been printed correctly
for the last two weeks.
No exact price has been recorded for this edition. A1(b) was, presumably, sold by itself. A slipcase
containing the three volumes A1(b), A2(f) and A7(d) was, probably, available from November 1999
and a slipcase containing the four volumes A1(b), A2(f), A7(d) and A9(c) was, presumably, available
from November 2000. In each case the price would have been lower than the single (or combined)
prices of the Bloomsbury version.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A9(d)
Harry Potter and the | Goblet of Fire | J. K. Rowling | BLOOMSBURY (All width centred)
by 128mm] | J. K. ROWLING [in white on black within single dark red rectangle with rounded ends,
13 by 73mm] [line 3 on silver and black photographic illustration of oriental dragon, 168 by 128mm]
(all width centred with the exception of line 2 which is off-set to the right).
On lower wrapper: HARRY POTTER [in dark red] | and the Goblet of Fire [in white] | [new
paragraph] Spectacularly action-packed plot Rowlings story | exerts a relentless pull Heat | [new
paragraph] Somewhere in this enchanting mixture is a formula so | brilliant it eludes analysis Rich
and demanding stuff | Mail on Sunday | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has finally
been unleashed. | And is it good? You bet it is. Harrys and our fourth year | at Hogwarts is funny,
full of delicious parodies of our own | world, and wildly action-packed The Times | [new paragraph]
There isnt a dull page The plot fits together like | a wondrous jigsaw Sunday Express | [new
paragraph] Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is inventive, open- | minded, and carries the hallmark
of Rowlings imagination | and scholarship pure magic Mirror | [new paragraph] Every bit as good
as Potters 1 through 3 Stephen King | [new paragraph] A real diamond Spectator | [new paragraph]
The story is compelling: the humour satisfyingly anarchic, | the moral stance reassuringly strong; JK
Rowling has | delivered her best book yet Sunday Telegraph | [new paragraph] JK Rowlings most
ambitious and best book so far full | of good humour and suspense, as well as real and tender |
feelings Financial Times | [new paragraph] The dazzling plot and pace are more impressive than ever
| theres simply too much to praise. On yer broomstick! | Go get! Go read! Irish Times | [new
paragraph] [barcode in black on white panel, 25 by 40mm] [bloomsbury[in black]pbk[in white]s[in
black] | 6.99 [in black] | www.bloomsburymagazine.com [in black] all on red panel, 25 by 35mm]
| [new paragraph] Cover image: Corbis Images. All in black with the exception of sources which
are in dark red and all on silver with small section of a photographic illustration of a dragons coils.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 197 by 127mm (wrappers), 197 by 39mm (spine).
Publication: 5 July 2001 in an edition of 20,000 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 6.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(The villagers of Little Hangleton still called it the Riddle House, even though)
Notes:
Each occurrence of the title on the spine, upper and lower wrappers shows and the Goblet of Fire
off-set to the right of HARRY POTTER.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
10
A9(e)
HARRY | POTTER | and the Goblet of Fire | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO
DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 67 by 82mm] | J.K.ROWLING | [publishers
device of a dog, 11 by 18mm] | BLOOMSBURY (Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and right margins,
and all width centred)
Collation: 320 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
197 by 127mm; [1-7] 8-19 [20] 21-28 [29] 30-38 [39] 40-48 [49]
50-61 [62] 63-69 [70] 71-86 [87] 88-105 [106] 107-129 [130]
131-40 [141] 142-51 [152] 153-70 [171] 172-84 [185] 186-200 [201]
202-218 [219] 220-38 [239] 240-52 [253] 254-74 [275] 276-94 [295]
296-316 [317] 318-35 [336] 337-50 [351] 352-76 [377] 378-97 [398]
399-415 [416] 417-41 [442] 443-64 [465] 466-89 [490] 491-504
[505] 506-525 [526] 527-51 [552] 553-58 [559] 560-71 [572] 573-81
[582] 583-600 [601] 602-620 [621] 622-36 [637-40]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the
Goblet of Fire | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on
banner, 47 by 57mm]; [2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series
| (in reading order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; [3]
title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of this publication may
be reproduced or | transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise,
| without the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain
in 2000 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho Square, London, W1D 3HB | [new paragraph]
Copyright 2000 J.K. Rowling | Cover illustrations copyright by Giles Greenfield 2000 |
[new paragraph] Harry Potter, names, characters and related indicia are | copyright and trademark
Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been asserted | A CIP
catalogue record of this book is available from the | British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0
7475 5099 9 | [new paragraph] Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | Typeset by
Dorchester Typesetting | [new paragraph] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 |
[new paragraph] www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] To Peter Rowling, | in memory of Mr Ridley
| and to Susan Sladden, | who helped Harry out of his cupboard; [6] blank; [7]-636 text; [637] blank;
[638-39] publishers advertisement: Wondrous editions available | in the celebrated Harry Potter
series:; [640] blank
Paper: wove paper
A9(f)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE | [black and white illustration of a flaming goblet
on a casket with curtains in background, 47 by 45mm] | BY | J. K. ROWLING | ILLUSTRATIONS
BY MARY GRANDPR | SCHOLASTIC INC. | NEW YORK [four-sided device] TORONTO
[four-sided device] LONDON [four-sided device] AUCKLAND [four-sided device] SYDNEY |
MEXICO CITY [four-sided device] NEW DELHI [four-sided device] HONG KONG [four-sided
device] BUENOS AIRES (All width centred on a diamond pattern background)
Collation: 376 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 192 by 132mm; [I-VI] VII-XI
[XII-XIV] 1-734 [735-38]
Page contents: [I-II] PRAISE FOR J. K. ROWLINGS | HARRY POTTER | AND THE GOBLET
OF FIRE | [device of nine stars] | [9 reviews and a listing of 6 statements] | [new paragraph]
ALSO BY J. K. ROWLING | Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone | Year One at Hogwarts | [new
paragraph] Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Year Two at Hogwarts | [new paragraph] Harry
| [new paragraph] And in his case, different can be deadly. | [new paragraph] [four-sided device] The
#1 New York Times Bestseller [four-sided device] | [new paragraph] Winner of the Hugo Award for
Best Novel | A Publishers Weekly Best Childrens Book of 2000 | A Booklist Editors Choice 2000
| An ALA Notable Book | A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age | [new paragraph]
Visit Harry Potter on the Web at | www.scholastic.com/harrypotter | COVER ART BY MARY
GRANDPR. All in black on colour illustration of a maze hedge engulfed by tentacles. In lower
right: SCHOLASTIC INC. $8.99 US | [rule, 60mm] | [barcode with smaller barcode to the right
(13960) together with S within triangle] all in black on white panel within single black ruled border,
26 by 60mm. The initial capital H of Harry is a drop capital.
On inside upper wrapper: barcode with smaller barcode (50899) together with S within triangle
below, all in black.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 192 by 132mm (wrappers), 192 by 42mm (spine).
Publication: September 2002
Price: $8.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(The villagers of Little Hangleton still called it the Riddle House, even though)
Notes:
Note the slight reworking of the publishers blurb from the text present in the first American edition
(A9(aa)).
Although no publication day is recorded, 1 September 2002 is assumed. In an email to me from
January 2013 Arthur A. Levine noted that Im fairly certain that we didnt have strict on sale
dates the publication day would simply be the first of the month listed. None of the paperbacks
were given a strict on sale date either.
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
24 23
7/0
Printed in the U.S.A. 40
45 44 43 42 11 12 13 14 15/0 Printed in the U.S.A. 40
A9(g)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE | [black and white illustration of a flaming goblet
on a casket with curtains in background, 51 by 51mm] | BY | J. K. ROWLING | ILLUSTRATIONS
Illustrations: title-page vignette, together with thirty-seven vignettes at the beginning of each
chapter (after chapter and chapter number but before chapter title). In addition to standard
typographical changes (including italics, capitals and small capitals) there are other typographical
features, comprising:
p. 25 facsimile of Harrys signature
p. 30 facsimile of Molly Weasleys signature
p. 36 facsimiles of Ron and Harrys signatures
pp. 96-97 advertisements written on a gigantic blackboard
p. 102 further advertisements written on a gigantic blackboard, also a Quidditch score
p.109 lettering displayed on Harrys Omnioculars
p. 113 Quidditch score
p. 202 newspaper headline
p. 226 facsimile of Sirius signature
p. 228 facsimile of Harrys signature
p. 235 text of announcement sign
p. 240 facsimile of Sirius signature
p. 292 facsimile of Harrys signature
p. 297 text of badges
p. 298 text of badge
p. 304 facsimile of Rita Skeeters quills writing
p. 305 facsimile of Rita Skeeters quills writing
p. 306 facsimile of Rita Skeeters quills writing
p. 312 facsimile of Sirius signature
p. 406 facsimile of Sirius signature
p. 437 newspaper headline
p. 511 magazine headline
p. 541 text of letter in poison-pen style
p. 572 facsimile of Sirius signature
p. 611 newspaper headline
p. 638 headstone engraved name
Binding: black boards.
On spine: ROWLING | [rule] | [YEAR | 4 within concave square] (horizontally at head)
with HARRY POTTER | AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (reading lengthways down spine)
and [publishers device of a lantern, 16 by 13mm] | ARTHUR A. | LEVINE BOOKS | [rule] |
SCHOLASTIC (horizontally at foot). All in gilt.
Upper and lower covers: blank.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 216 by 139mm (covers), 216 by 57mm (spine).
End-papers: white wove paper.
Dust-jacket: uncoated wove paper, 216 by 513mm. A single illustration spans the entire dust-jacket.
On spine: ROWLING | [rule] | [YEAR | 4 within concave square] (horizontally at head)
with HARRY POTTER | AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (reading lengthways down spine) and
1-26 in black and lines 27-29 in orange and all on colour illustration of a maze hedge engulfed by
tentacles.
Publication: between July and December 2002 (see notes)
Price: see notes
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(The villagers of Little Hangleton still called it the Riddle House, even though)
Notes:
Unlike the first book club editions of Sorcerers Stone and Chamber of Secrets, the binding of this
edition is shorter than the first American edition. Also note that the publishers imprint page omits
mention of the Library of Congress. The strike-line and printers number is also absent. Also note the
change of printer and binder cited in the colophon.
Given that the true American first and the book club editions share a single ISBN, the Blair
Partnership noted that book club editions could only be dated to within a half-year period end in
their files. This edition was, therefore, published within the period July to December 2002. The
Blair Partnership Royalties Manager noted that the American book club editions did not have a
set price.
Contrast the barcode panel on the dust-jacket of the First American edition. In A9(aa) there are
two barcodes. In this book club edition, the smaller barcode is replaced with the numbers 03257
only. Note also some minor differences in the setting of text on the lower inside panel, including the
removal of the publishers device and name.
A9(h)
ENGLISH ADULT EDITION (2004)
(Michael Wildsmith photography adult artwork series in paperback)
Harry Potter and the | Goblet of Fire | J. K. Rowling | BLOOMSBURY (All width centred)
Collation: 400 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 177 by 111mm; [1-7] 8-22 [23]
24-33 [34] 35-46 [47] 48-59 [60] 61-75 [76] 77-85 [86] 87-107 [108] 109-131 [132] 133-61 [162]
163-75 [176] 177-89 [190] 191-212 [213] 214-29 [230] 231-50 [251] 252-72 [273] 274-98 [299]
300-315 [316] 317-43 [344] 345-69 [370] 371-97 [398] 399-420 [421] 422-39 [440] 441-72 [473]
474-98 [499] 500-521 [522] 523-53 [554] 555-81 [582] 583-612 [613] 614-30 [631] 632-56 [657]
658-88 [689] 690-97 [698] 699-713 [714] 715-25 [726] 727-49 [750] 751-75 [776] 777-96 [797-800]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter and the | Goblet of Fire; [2] Titles available in the Harry
Potter series | (in reading order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of this
publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying
or otherwise, | without the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First published in
Great Britain in 2000 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho Square, London, W1D 3HB | [new
paragraph] This paperback edition first published in 2004 | [new paragraph] Copyright J. K.
Rowling 2000 | [new paragraph] Harry Potter, names, characters and related indicia are | copyright
and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been
asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library | [new paragraph]
ISBN 0 7475 7450 2 | [new paragraph] 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 | [new paragraph] Typeset by Dorchester
Typesetting | Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] All papers used by
Bloomsbury Publishing are natural, | recyclable products made from wood grown in well-managed
forests. | The paper used in this book contains 20% post consumer waste material | which was
de-inked using chlorine free methods. The | manufacturing processes conform to the environmental
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(The villagers of Little Hangleton still called it the Riddle House, even though)
Notes:
See note to A1(f) about this series replacing an existing livery. This volume, A9(h), can be seen as
the successor to A9(d).
Copies: BL (H.2006/288) stamped 14 May 2004
Reprints include:
3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4
10
A9(i)
ENGLISH ADULT EDITION (2004)
(Michael Wildsmith photography adult artwork series in hardback)
Harry Potter and the | Goblet of Fire | J. K. Rowling | BLOOMSBURY (All width centred)
Collation: 320 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 197 by 125mm; [1-7] 8-19 [20]
21-28 [29] 30-38 [39] 40-48 [49] 50-61 [62] 63-69 [70] 71-86 [87] 88-105 [106] 107-129 [130] 131-40
[141] 142-51 [152] 153-70 [171] 172-84 [185] 186-200 [201] 202-218 [219] 220-38 [239] 240-52
[253] 254-74 [275] 276-94 [295] 296-316 [317] 318-35 [336] 337-50 [351] 352-76 [377] 378-97 [398]
399-415 [416] 417-41 [442] 443-64 [465] 466-89 [490] 491-504 [505] 506-525 [526] 527-51 [552]
553-58 [559] 560-71 [572] 573-81 [582] 583-600 [601] 602-620 [621] 622-36 [637-40]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter and the | Goblet of Fire; [2] Titles available in the Harry
Potter series | (in reading order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Philosophers
Stone | also available in Latin, Ancient Greek, Welsh and Irish: | Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis
(Latin) | (Ancient Greek) | Harri Potter a Maen yr
Anthronydd (Welsh) | Harry Potter agus an rchloch (Irish); [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved;
no part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying | or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First
published in Great Britain in 2000 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho Square, London, W1D
3HB | [new paragraph] This edition first published in 2004 | [new paragraph] Copyright 2000
J. K. Rowling | [new paragraph] Harry Potter, names, characters and related indicia are | copyright
and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been
asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library | [new paragraph]
ISBN 0 7475 7363 8 | [new paragraph] Typeset by Dorchester Typesetting | [new paragraph] All
papers used by Bloomsbury Publishing are natural, recyclable products made | from wood grown in
well-managed forests. The manufacturing processes | conform to the environmental regulations of
the country of origin. | [new paragraph] Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new
paragraph] 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 | [new paragraph] www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] To Peter
Rowling, | in memory of Mr Ridley | and to Susan Sladden, | who helped Harry out of his cupboard; [6]
blank; [7]-636 text; [637-40] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-636
(excluding pages on which new chapters commence)
Binding: black boards.
On spine: HARRY POTTER | J. K. ROWLING | AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE [publishers
device of a figure with a bow, 14 by 14mm] (reading lengthways down spine). All in gilt.
Upper and lower covers: blank
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 204 by 128mm (covers), 204 by 65mm (spine).
End-papers: wove paper.
Dust-jacket: coated wove paper, 204 by 519mm
On spine: [colour photograph of a wooden cup with dancing blue flames, all within single white
ruled border, 20 by 20mm] HARRY POTTER [in gilt] | J. K. ROWLING [in white] | AND THE
GOBLET OF FIRE [in white] (reading lengthways down spine) together with publishers device of a
figure with a bow, 14 by 14mm [in olive beige] (at foot).
On upper cover: J. K. ROWLING [in white] | HARRY [embossed in gilt] | POTTER [embossed
in gilt] | AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE [in white] | BLOOMSBURY [in white] (all width centred).
All on colour photograph of a wooden cup with dancing blue flames.
On lower cover: black and white photograph of J.K. Rowling standing against bookshelves with
www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter [in black on olive beige panel, 5 by 40mm] | [barcode in black
on white panel, 20 by 39mm] | BLOOMSBURY [in black on olive beige panel, 7 by 40mm] (lower
right).
On upper inside flap: When the Quidditch World Cup is | disrupted by Voldemorts rampaging
| supporters and the resurrection of the | terrifying Dark Mark, it is obvious to | Harry that, far
from weakening, Voldemort | is getting stronger. The ultimate signal to | the magic world of the
Dark Lords return | would be defeat of the one and only | survivor of his death curse, Harry Potter.
| So when Harry is entered for the | prestigious yet dangerous Triwizard | Tournament he knows
that rather than win | it, he must get through the tasks alive. | [new paragraph] Every bit as good as
Potters 1 through 3 | Stephen King | [new paragraph] Harrys and our fourth year at | Hogwarts
is funny, full of delicious | parodies of our own world, and wildly | action-packed The Times | [new
paragraph] There isnt a dull page The plot fits | together like a wondrous jigsaw | Sunday Express
| [new paragraph] The dazzling plot and pace are more | impressive than ever theres simply too
| much to praise. On yer broomstick! | Go get! Go read! Irish Times | [new paragraph] The story
is compelling: the humour | satisfyingly anarchic, the moral stance | reassuringly strong her best
book yet | Sunday Telegraph | [new paragraph] 14.99. All in white on black.
On lower inside flap: J. K. (JOANNE KATHLEEN) ROWLING | has written fiction since she
was a child. | Born in 1965, she grew up in Chepstow | and wrote her first book at the age of six
| a story about a rabbit called Rabbit. | She studied French and Classics at Exeter | University,
then moved to London to | work at Amnesty International, and then | to Portugal to teach English
as a foreign | language, before settling in Edinburgh. | [new paragraph] The idea for Harry Potter
occurred to her | on the train from Manchester to London, | where she says Harry Potter just
strolled | into my head fully formed, and by the | time she had arrived at Kings Cross, | many of
the characters had taken shape. | During the next five years she outlined | the plots for each book
and began writing | the first in the series, Harry Potter and | the Philosophers Stone, which was first
| published by Bloomsbury in 1997. The | other Harry Potter titles: Harry Potter and | the Chamber
of Secrets, Harry Potter and the | Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the | Goblet of Fire, and Harry
Potter and the | Order of the Phoenix, followed. | J. K. Rowling has also written two other | companion
books, Quidditch Through the | Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to | Find Them, in aid of Comic
Relief. | [new paragraph] Jacket Design: William Webb | Jacket Image: Michael Wildsmith | Author
Photograph: Bill de la HEY. All in white on black.
Publication: 10 October 2004 in an edition of 12,500 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury) (see notes)
Price: 14.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(The villagers of Little Hangleton still called it the Riddle House, even though)
Notes:
Having rebranded the look of the adult artwork edition to feature photography by Michael Wildsmith,
it was perhaps inevitable that a hardback version would become available. A1(g), A2(m) and A7(j)
were all published on 4 October 2004 with A9(i) following a few days later on 10 October 2004
(although, in contrast to the date provided by Bloomsbury, Nielsen BookData cites a publication date
of 4 October 2004 for this title too). As the series progressed, later titles published in this livery (see
A12(aa), A13(aa) and A14(aa)) would also comprise the simultaneous first edition issues.
Copies: Bloomsbury Archives
Reprints include:
3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2
5 7 9 10 8 6 4
9 10
A9(j)
ENGLISH CELEBRATORY
EDITION
(childrens artwork series in paperback)
(2000 [2005])
HARRY | POTTER | and the Goblet of Fire | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO
DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 67 by 82mm] | J.K.ROWLING | [publishers
device of a dog, 11 by 18mm] | BLOOMSBURY (Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and right margins,
and all width centred)
Collation: 320 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
197 by 128mm; [1-7] 8-19 [20] 21-28 [29] 30-38 [39] 40-48 [49]
50-61 [62] 63-69 [70] 71-86 [87] 88-105 [106] 107-129 [130]
131-40 [141] 142-51 [152] 153-70 [171] 172-84 [185] 186-200
[201] 202-218 [219] 220-38 [239] 240-52 [253] 254-74 [275]
276-94 [295] 296-316 [317] 318-35 [336] 337-50 [351] 352-76
[377] 378-97 [398] 399-415 [416] 417-41 [442] 443-64 [465]
466-89 [490] 491-504 [505] 506-525 [526] 527-51 [552] 553-58
[559] 560-71 [572] 573-81 [582] 583-600 [601] 602-620 [621]
622-36 [637-40]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the Goblet
of Fire | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO
DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 47 by
57mm]; [2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in reading
order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph] Harry Potter
and the Philosophers Stone | also available in Latin, Ancient Greek, Welsh and Irish: | Harrius Potter
et Philosophi Lapis (Latin) | (Ancient Greek) | Harri
Potter a Maen yr Anthronydd (Welsh) | Harry Potter agus an rchloch (Irish); [3] title-page; [4]
All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, | without the prior permission of the publisher
| [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain in 2000 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 36 Soho
Square, London, W1D 3QY | [new paragraph] Copyright 2000 J.K. Rowling | Cover illustrations
copyright by Giles Greenfield 2000 | [new paragraph] Harry Potter, names, characters and related
indicia are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] The moral right of
the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the | British
Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 8238 6 | ISBN 9780747582380 | [new paragraph] Printed
in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | Typeset by Dorchester Typesetting | [new paragraph]
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 | [new paragraph] www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] To Peter Rowling, | in
memory of Mr Ridley | and to Susan Sladden, | who helped Harry out of his cupboard; [6] blank; [7]-636
text; [637-40] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-636
(excluding pages on which new chapters commence)
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: [colour illustration of an owl on staircase banister
on coloured panel, 38 by 17mm] HARRY POTTER [in red
on gilt panel, 38 by 46mm] and the Goblet of Fire [in white]
J.K.ROWLING [in gilt, both title conclusion and author on red
panel, 38 by 103mm] BLOOMSBURY [publishers device of the
head of a dog, 3 by 4mm] [both in white on dark blue panel, 38
by 31mm] (reading lengthways down spine).
On upper wrapper: HARRY | POTTER | and the Goblet of
Fire [lines 1 and 2 in gilt, line 3 in white, all on dark blue panel,
62 by 127mm] | [gilt rule, 127mm] | [J.K. ROWLING [in gilt]
with colour illustration of Harry Potter flying on a broomstick
about to seize a golden egg that is protected by a fire-breathing
dragon, within single gilt ruled border, 91 by 87mm, all on red
panel with orange, yellow and gilt stars, 124 by 127mm] | [dark
blue rule, 127mm] | BLOOMSBURY [in dark blue on gilt panel,
10 by 127mm] (all width centred).
On lower wrapper: It is the summer holidays and soon Harry
Potter will be starting his fourth | year at Hogwarts School
of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry is counting the | days: there are new spells to be learnt, more
Quidditch to be played, and | Hogwarts castle to continue exploring. But Harry needs to be careful
| there are unexpected dangers lurking | [new paragraph] J.K. Rowling continues to surprise and
delight with the power of her | rich, demanding and action-packed storytelling. | [new paragraph]
From the black heart of Voldemort to the fever pitch excitement | of the Quidditch World Cup, the
magical world of Hogwarts and | Harry Potter is more spellbinding than ever. Deep in mystery, | rich
in history and sparky in adventure, J.K. Rowlings rare gift | for storytelling enthralls. Julia Eccleshare
| [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has finally been | unleashed. And is it good?
You bet it is. Harrys and | our fourth year at Hogwarts is funny, full of delicious | parodies of our
own world, and wildly action-packed. | The Times | [new paragraph] There isnt a dull page The
plot fits together | like a wondrous jigsaw. The Sunday Express | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and
the Goblet of Fire is inventive, | open-minded, and carries the hallmark of | Rowlings imagination
and scholarship | pure magic. The Mirror | [new paragraph] J.K. Rowling has delivered Her
best | book yet. The Sunday Telegraph | [new paragraph] Further-reaching than any yet, this is the
book | in which Harry and Ron start to notice girls, | with comic consequences, and in which |
Voldemort returns, with fatal ones. | It is darker than the previous books, | but just as dazzling. |
Nicolette Jones | [barcode in black on white panel, 20 by 38mm together with [publishers device of
a dog, 6 by 10mm] | BLOOMSBURY and 6.99 in black above panel and http://www.bloomsbury.
com below panel, in white on red panel, 7 by 38mm] | Cover illustrations from original artwork by
Cliff Wright. All in black on colour illustration of staircase at Hogwarts castle.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 197 by 128mm (wrappers), 197 by 38mm (spine).
Publication: 3 October 2005 in an edition of 115,000 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 6.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(The villagers of Little Hangleton still called it the Riddle House, even though)
Notes:
The individual titles in the celebratory edition were each published to celebrate the release of the
film version. The UK premiere of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire took place on 6 November 2005.
Note that no new edition information is provided for this celebratory edition on the publishers
imprint page. The publication year of 2005 is therefore entirely omitted.
Bloomsbury released a dumpbin display case for this edition at the beginning of October 2005
(Nielsen BookData provides a date of 3 October 2005). The case was empty but could be filled with
24 copies of this edition.
Nielsen BookData Online records a Goblet of Fire bookmark and also a promotional poster were both
issued by Bloomsbury on the same date as this edition was published.
Copies: private collection (PWE); Bloomsbury Archives
Reprints include:
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
A9(k)
Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous stars] | and the | Goblet of Fire | [illustration of
Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 68 by
84mm] | J.K.ROWLING | [publishers device of a dog, 8 by 13mm] | BLOOMSBURY | LONDON
BERLIN NEW YORK SYDNEY (All width centred)
Collation: 320 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 197 by 128mm; [1-7] 8-19 [20]
21-28 [29] 30-38 [39] 40-48 [49] 50-61 [62] 63-69 [70] 71-86 [87] 88-105 [106] 107-129 [130] 131-40
Notes:
Published as a boxed set of seven volumes comprising A1(i), A2(n), A7(k), A9(k), A12(h), A13(g)
and A14(f). Individual volumes were also available separately.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A9(l)
Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous stars] | and the | Goblet of Fire | [illustration of
Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 68 by
84mm] | J.K.ROWLING | [publishers device of a dog, 8 by 13mm] | BLOOMSBURY | LONDON
BERLIN NEW YORK SYDNEY (All width centred)
Collation: 320 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
197 by 124mm; [1-7] 8-19 [20] 21-28 [29] 30-38 [39] 40-48 [49]
50-61 [62] 63-69 [70] 71-86 [87] 88-105 [106] 107-129 [130]
131-40 [141] 142-51 [152] 153-70 [171] 172-84 [185] 186-200 [201]
202-218 [219] 220-38 [239] 240-52 [253] 254-74 [275] 276-94 [295]
296-316 [317] 318-35 [336] 337-50 [351] 352-76 [377] 378-97 [398]
399-415 [416] 417-41 [442] 443-64 [465] 466-89 [490] 491-504
[505] 506-525 [526] 527-51 [552] 553-58 [559] 560-71 [572] 573-81
[582] 583-600 [601] 602-620 [621] 622-36 [637-40]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter [signature above z rule
with numerous stars] | and the | Goblet of Fire | [illustration of
Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM
TITILLANDUS on banner, 60 by 75mm]; [2] Titles available in
the Harry Potter series | (in reading order): | Harry Potter and the
Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph]
Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in Latin): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | (in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish): | Harry Potter
and the Philosophers Stone | [new paragraph] Also available | (in aid of Comic Relief): | Fantastic
Beasts and Where to Find Them | Quidditch Through the Ages | (in aid of Lumos): | The Tales of
Beedle the Bard; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced
or | transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying | or otherwise, without
the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain in 2000
by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | 49-51 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP | [new paragraph]
Bloomsbury Publishing, London, Berlin, New York and Sydney | [new paragraph] This hardback
edition first published in November 2011 | [new paragraph] Copyright J.K.Rowling 2000 | Cover
and endpaper illustrations by Clare Melinsky copyright J.K.Rowling 2010 | [new paragraph] Harry
Potter, names, characters and related indicia are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM
| [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record of
this book is available from the British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 978 1 4088 2583 9 | [new
paragraph] [Forest Stewardship Council logo, 8 by 9mm together with symbol and text: FSC |
www.fsc.org | MIX | Paper from | responsible sources | FSC C018072] | [new paragraph] Typeset
by Dorchester Typesetting | Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph]
1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 | [new paragraph] | www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] To Peter Rowling, | in
memory of Mr Ridley | and to Susan Sladden, | who helped Harry out of his cupboard; [6] blank; [7]-636
text; [637-40] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-636
Binding: orange boards.
On spine: Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous
stars] and | the Goblet of Fire [illustration of a flaming goblet, 16 by
28mm] J.K.ROWLING BLOOMSBURY [publishers device of the
head of a dog, 3 by 4mm] (reading lengthways down spine). All in
gilt.
Upper and lower covers: blank.
All edges trimmed. Yellow sewn bands at head and foot of spine
together with yellow marker ribbon. Binding measurements: 205
by 128mm (covers), 205 by 59mm (spine). End-papers: wove paper
overprinted in orange showing design, in white, of spine motifs from
the series (see notes).
Dust-jacket: coated wove paper, 205 by 511mm
On spine: Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous
stars] [in gilt] and | the Goblet of Fire [brown, yellow, white and light
blue illustration of a flaming goblet, 16 by 28mm] J.K.ROWLING BLOOMSBURY [publishers device
of the head of a dog, 3 by 4mm] (reading lengthways down spine). All in white on light orange.
On upper cover: Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous stars] [in gilt] | and the |
Goblet of Fire | [light green, dark green and red illustration of a snake and skull, 101 by 116mm] |
J.K.ROWLING | BLOOMSBURY (all width centred). All in light orange with deckle-edge effect
of white leaf on light orange background at fore-edge.
On lower cover: Inventive, open-minded, and carries | the hallmark of Rowlings imagination
| and scholarship pure magic. | Mirror | [dark blue, light blue, dark yellow, light yellow black
and green illustration of a giant carriage drawn by two winged horses above clouds, 81 by 94mm]
| [publishers device of a dog, 6 by 10mm and BLOOMSBURY] [barcode and www.bloomsbury.
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(The villagers of Little Hangleton still called it the Riddle House, even though)
Notes:
The end-papers carry a design of eight miniature illustrations. Seven of these reproduce the spine
motifs from the series and an eighth comprises a variant of the key-bird from the first book.
This is the first of the books in the series to carry different press quotes from the equivalent
signature paperback edition. For this hardback edition there is an additional quote (from the
Sunday Telegraph) on the upper inside flap.
Published as a boxed set of seven volumes comprising A1(j), A2(o), A7(l), A9(l), A12(i), A13(h)
and A14(g). Individual volumes were not available separately. The ISBN for the boxed set was ISBN
978 1 4088 2594 5.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A9(m)
J.K. [in grey] | ROWLING [in grey] [reading lengthways down title-page] | HARRY | POTTER |
&THE [reading lengthways up title-page] GOBLET OF FIRE | BLOOMSBURY | LONDON [point]
NEW DELHI [point] NEW YORK [point] SYDNEY (Author justified on right margin, first part of
title justified on left margin, publisher with publishers offices width centred)
Notes:
The illustrations by Andrew Davidson derive from a single wood engraving. A single illustration is
presented on both the upper wrapper and inside upper wrapper. A section is printed on the lower
wrapper. A detail from the upper wrapper is shown on the inside lower wrapper.
Although Bloomsburys official publication date was 15 August 2013, copies were available from
amazon.co.uk at the beginning of August.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A9(n)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE | [black and white illustration of a flaming goblet
on a casket with curtains in background, 49 by 49mm] | BY | J. K. ROWLING | ILLUSTRATIONS
BY MARY GRANDPR | SCHOLASTIC INC. (All width centred on a diamond pattern
background)
Collation: 384 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
204 by 134mm; [I-IV] V-IX [X-XII] 1-734 [735-56]
Page contents: [I-II] PRAISE FOR J. K. ROWLINGS | HARRY
POTTER | AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE | [device of nine
stars] | [9 reviews and a listing of 6 statements]; [III] title-page;
[IV] TO PETER ROWLING, | IN MEMORY OF MR. RIDLEY
| AND TO SUSAN SLADDEN, | WHO HELPED HARRY |
OUT OF HIS CUPBOARD | [device of twelve stars] | Text
2000 by J. K. Rowling | Interior illustrations by Mary GrandPr
2000 by Warner Bros. | Excerpt from Harry Potter and the Order of
the Phoenix, text 2003 by J. K. Rowling; | illustration by Mary
GrandPr 2003 by Warner Bros. | Cover illustration by Kazu
Kibuishi 2013 by Scholastic Inc. | HARRY POTTER and all
related characters and elements are TM of and WBEI. | Harry
Potter Publishing Rights J. K. Rowling | All rights reserved.
Published by Scholastic Inc. SCHOLASTIC, the LANTERN
LOGO, and associated | logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. | [new
paragraph] If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that this book is stolen
property. | It was reported as unsold and destroyed to the publisher, and neither the author nor
the | publisher has received any payment for this stripped book. | [new paragraph] No part of this
publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any | form or by any
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title,
pp. 1-734 and pp. [737-52]. Each running title (excluding pages on which new chapters commence)
includes a three-star design to left and right of both running-titles on verso and recto. On pages on
which a new chapter commences, the three-star design is omitted.
Illustrations: title-page vignette, together with thirty-seven vignettes at the beginning of each
chapter (after chapter and chapter number but before chapter title). The sneak preview also includes
a vignette. In addition to standard typographical changes (including italics, capitals and small
capitals) there are other typographical features, comprising:
p. 25 facsimile of Harrys signature
p. 30 facsimile of Molly Weasleys signature
p. 36 facsimiles of Ron and Harrys signatures
pp. 96-97 advertisements written on a gigantic blackboard
p. 102 further advertisements written on a gigantic blackboard, also a Quidditch score
p. 113 Quidditch score
p. 202 newspaper headline
p. 226 facsimile of Sirius signature
p. 228 facsimile of Harrys signature
p. 235 text of announcement sign
p. 240 facsimile of Sirius signature
p. 292 facsimile of Harrys signature
p. 297 text of badges
p. 298 text of badge
p. 304 facsimile of Rita Skeeters quills writing
p. 305 facsimile of Rita Skeeters quills writing
p. 306 facsimile of Rita Skeeters quills writing
p. 312 facsimile of Sirius signature
p. 406 facsimile of Sirius signature
p. 437 newspaper headline
p. 511 magazine headline
p. 541 text of letter in poison-pen style
p. 572 facsimile of Sirius signature
p. 611 newspaper headline
p. 638 headstone engraved name
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: ROWLING | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [reading lengthways down spine] | 4
and [publishers book device] | [rule] | S in white on red panel, 14 by 6mm. All in white on colour
illustration (see notes).
On upper wrapper: J. K. ROWLING | Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering] [embossed in white]
| and the | Goblet of Fire (all width centred). All in white on colour illustration of Harry Potter
clutching a golden egg and challenged, in a spectators ring, by a Hungarian Horntail dragon. In
centre at foot: [publishers book device] SCHOLASTIC in white on red panel, 5 by 45mm.
On lower wrapper: It matters not what someone is born, | but what they grow to be! |
Albus Dumbledore | [new paragraph] Harry Potter wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys
and go to the | Quidditch World Cup with Hermione, Ron, and the Weasleys. He wants to | dream
about Cho Chang, his crush (and maybe do more than dream). He | wants to find out about the
mysterious event involving two rival schools of | magic, and a competition that hasnt happened for
hundreds of years. He | wants to be a normal fourteen-year-old wizard. Unfortunately for Harry |
Potter, hes not normal; hes different even by Wizarding standards. | [new paragraph] And in this
case, different can be deadly. | [new paragraph] $14.99 US | [new paragraph] [publishers book device
with SCHOLASTIC in white on red panel, 5 by 45mm] | www.scholastic.com | COVER DESIGN
BY KAZU KIBUISHI AND JASON CAFFOE | COVER ART BY KAZU KIBUISHI 2013 BY
SCHOLASTIC INC. Lines 1-3 in white with other lines in yellow and all on colour illustration of
Harry standing before a door opening onto a Hungarian Horntail dragon. In lower right: barcode with
smaller barcode to the right (51499) together with S within triangle, all in black on white panel, 21
by 53mm.
On inside upper wrapper: barcode with smaller barcode (51499) together with S within triangle
below, all in black on white panel, 53 by 21mm. All on dark green.
On inside lower wrapper: [colour illustration of book design] Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering]
[in white] | The Complete Series [in white] | Read All of Harrys [in white] | Magical Adventures!
[in white] | [publishers device of a lantern, 10 by 7mm] [in black] | ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS
[in black] | [publishers book device with SCHOLASTIC in white on red panel, 5 by 45mm] |
scholastic.com/harrypotter [in white] | [colour illustrations in three columns of six book designs]. All
on lavender blue.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 204 by 134mm (wrappers), 204 by 36mm (spine).
Publication: 27 August 2013
Price: $14.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(The villagers of Little Hangleton still called it the Riddle House, even though)
Notes:
See notes to A4(h) about this series.
The seven volumes in this edition were available individually or as a set issued in a slipcase. The
set, presented in order, reveals a single illustration of Hogwarts castle across the seven spines.
Scholastic released images of the new illustrations in a careful marketing campaign: the upper wrapper
illustration for Goblet of Fire was revealed on 29 June 2013 at the American Library Association
convention in Chicago.
The sneak preview of Order of the Phoenix comprises only the first 16 (of 19) pages of chapter one.
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
projects as well. | Comic Relief is a registered charity, number 326568. [iii] title-page; [iv] [facsimile of a
game of hangman, graffiti and a noughts and crosses game] | [new paragraph] Text copyright J. K.
Rowling 2001 | Illustrations and hand lettering copyright J. K. Rowling 2001 | First published
in Great Britain in 2001 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho Square, London, W1D 3HB | All
rights reserved | The moral right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this
book is available from the British Library | ISBN 0 7475 5466 8 | Printed in Scotland by Omnia
Books Limited | 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; [v] CONTENTS (ten individual parts listed with titles and
page references; also four lines of facsimile handwriting); vi ABOUT THE AUTHOR (NEWTON
(NEWT) Artemis Fido Scamander was born); vii-[viii] FOREWORD (I was deeply honoured
when Newt Scamander asked me) (signed, Albus Dumbledore [facsimile signature]); ix-xxi
INTRODUCTION (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them represents the fruit of many years
travel) (unsigned); xxii MINISTRY OF MAGIC CLASSIFICATIONS (The Department for the
Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures); 1-42 text and illustrations
Paper: wove paper
Running title: none
Illustrations: there are eight illustrations throughout the text of magical creatures:
p. 4 Billywig
p. 10 Doxy
p. 18 Fwooper
p. 19 Gnome
p. 23 Kelpie
p. 33 Plimpy
p. 35 Quintaped
p. 37 Runespoor
There are examples of facsimile handwriting comprising marginal
notes, graffiti, doodles and games on pp. [i], [iv], [v], vi, x, xiv, xix, xxii,
1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 19, 21, 23, 25, 29, 32, 34, 41 and 42.
Binding: pictorial wrappers, in red with stitching in outline, clasps
in yellow at each corner and slashed effect in yellow.
On spine: FANTASTIC BEASTS & WHERE TO FIND THEM
Newt Scamander Obscurus Books (reading lengthways down spine).
All in black on red.
On upper wrapper: FANTASTIC BEASTS [in yellow] | & [in
yellow] | WHERE TO FIND THEM [in yellow] | Newt Scamander
[in yellow] | Property of: [in black] | Harry Potter [facsimile signature
in black]). Lines 1-3 within ornate decorative panel, 47 by 92mm in
yellow and white (all width centred) with lines 5-6 on white and grey
angled panel, 32 by 55mm (off-set to the right).
On lower wrapper: A copy of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find |
Them resides in almost every wizarding household | in the country. Now,
for a limited period only, Muggles | too have the chance to discover where the Quintaped lives, | what the
Puffskein eats and why it is best not to leave | milk out for a Knarl. | [new paragraph] Proceeds from the
sale of this book will go to Comic | Relief, which means that the pounds and Galleons you | exchange for
it will do magic beyond the powers of any | wizard. If you feel that this is insufficient reason to part | with
your money, I can only hope that passing wizards | feel more charitable if they ever see you being attacked by
| a Manticore. | [new paragraph] Albus Dumbledore [facsimile signature] | [new paragraph] Comic
Relief will give the money it gets from the sale of this book to | projects helping some of the poorest
and most vulnerable people in | the poorest countries of the world. | [new paragraph] [COMIC |
RELIEFUK logo, diameter 20mm at left, with publishers devices comprising [publishers device of a
moon with face within a large black O]bscurus Books | in association with | [publishers device of a
dog, 6 by 10mm] | BLOOMSBURY at centre, with At least 2 from the sale of | this book will go
to Comic Relief, barcode in black on white panel, 21 by 37mm and price 2.50 (14 Sickles 3 Knuts)
in black on light green panel, 7 by 37mm below barcode with both at right] | www.comicrelief.
com/harrysbooks | www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter | World Book Day 1 Book Tokens are not |
redeemable against this charity book (UK and Ireland). All in black on red. The initial capital A is
a drop capital.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 177 by 111mm (wrappers), 177 by 5mm (spine).
Publication: 12 March 2001 (simultaneous with A10(aa)) in an edition of 400,000 copies (confirmed
by Bloomsbury)
Price: 2.50
Contents:
About the Author
(Newton (Newt) Artemis Fido Scamander was born in 1897)
Foreword
(I was deeply honoured when Newt Scamander asked me to write the foreword)
(signed, Albus Dumbledore [facsimile signature])
Introduction
(Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them represents the fruit of many years travel)
Ministry of Magic Classifications
(The Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures)
An A-Z of Fantastic Beasts
(Acromantula | M.O.M. Classification: XXXXX)
Notes:
The Comic Relief books (see also A11) were announced on 16 October 2000. Rowling is reported
to have said Ive always had a secret hankering to write these two books. When Richard Curtis [the
screenwriter and Comic Relief co-founder] wrote to me I thought it was a wonderful chance to be
involved with a charity Ive always supported. Publication was to be for Red Nose Day on 16 March
2001.
The actual launch date of the books appears to have been 12 March 2001. On that day the author
appeared on Blue Peter and participated in a question and answer session to launch the two titles.
Printing World reported on 26 March 2001 that the two books had a combined print run of two
million copies and that the first million were printed free and the second million were printed at a
discount.
Bloomsbury cite a print run of 400,000 copies (in contrast to 2,000,000 copies of A11(a)). This may
be explained by the different printers. A10(a) was printed in Scotland by Omnia Books Limited. No
printer is given for A11(a) although Clays Ltd may be assumed.
The foreword, sections of the introduction and author note all commence with a drop capital.
Copies: BL (YA.2002.a.6217) stamped 3 Apr 2001; private collection (PWE)
A10(aa)
Rowling for creating this book and so generously | giving all her royalties from it to Comic Relief.;
[iii] title-page; [iv] [facsimile of a game of hangman, graffiti and a noughts and crosses game] |
[new paragraph] Text and illustrations copyright 2001 by J. K. Rowling. | All rights reserved.
Published by Scholastic Press, a division of Scholastic Inc., Publishers since 1920. SCHOLASTIC,
| SCHOLASTIC PRESS, and the LANTERN LOGO are trademarks and/or registered trademarks
of Scholastic Inc. | HARRY POTTER and all related characters, names, and related indicia are
trademarks of Warner Bros. | [new paragraph] No part of this publication may be reproduced, or
stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any | means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. For |
information regarding permissions, write to Scholastic Inc., Attention: Permissions Department,
555 Broadway, New York, | NY 10012. | [new paragraph] Scholastic Inc.s net proceeds from the
sale of this book will go to Comic Relief U.K.s Harrys Books fund. | J.K. Rowling is donating all
royalties to which she would be entitled. The purchase of this book is not tax deductible. Comic
| Relief may be contacted at: Comic Relief, 5th Floor, Albert Embankment, London SE1 77P,
England | (www.comicrelief.com). Comic Relief in the United Kingdom is not affiliated with
the organization of the same name in | the United States. | ISBN 0-439-29501-7 | Library of
Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Available | 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1/0 2/0 3/0 4/0
5/0 | Printed in the U. S. A. 37 | First American edition, February 2001; [v] CONTENTS (ten
individual parts listed with titles and page references; also four lines of facsimile handwriting);
vi ABOUT THE AUTHOR (NEWTON (NEWT) Artemis Fido Scamander was born);
vii-[viii] FOREWORD (I was deeply honoured when Newt Scamander asked me) (signed,
Albus Dumbledore [facsimile signature]); ix-xxi INTRODUCTION (Fantastic Beasts and Where
to Find Them represents the fruit of many years travel) (unsigned); xxii MINISTRY OF MAGIC
CLASSIFICATIONS (The Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures);
1-42 text and illustrations
Paper: wove paper
Running title: none
Illustrations: there are eight illustrations throughout the text of magical
creatures:
p. 4 Billywig
p. 10 Doxy
p. 18 Fwooper
p. 19 Gnome
p. 23 Kelpie
p. 33 Plimpy
p. 35 Quintaped
p. 37 Runespoor
There are examples of facsimile handwriting comprising marginal notes,
graffiti, doodles and games on pp. [i], [iv], [v], vi, x, xiv, xix, xxii, 1, 2, 4,
5, 7, 12, 13, 19, 21, 23, 25, 29, 32, 34, 40, 41 and 42.
Binding: pictorial wrappers, in red with stitching in outline, clasps in yellow at each corner and
slashed effect in yellow.
On spine: FANTASTIC BEASTS & WHERE TO FIND THEM Newt Scamander Obscurus
Books (reading lengthways down spine) with publishers book device in black and white on red panel,
5 by 4mm (horizontally at foot of spine). All in black.
On upper wrapper: FANTASTIC BEASTS [in yellow] | & [in yellow] | WHERE TO FIND
THEM [in yellow] | Newt Scamander [in yellow] | Property of: [in black] | Harry Potter [facsimile
signature in black] . Lines 1-3 within ornate decorative panel, 47 by 113mm in yellow and white (all
width centred) with lines 5-6 on white and grey angled panel, 35 by 68mm (off-set to the right).
On lower wrapper: A copy of Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find | Them resides in almost every
wizarding household | in the country. Now, for a limited period only, Muggles | too have the chance to
discover where the Quintaped lives, | what the Puffskein eats, and why it is best not to leave | milk out for
a Knarl. | [new paragraph] Proceeds from the sale of this book will go to improving | and saving the lives of
children around the world, which | means that the dollars and Galleons you exchange for it | will do magic
beyond the powers of any wizard. If you | feel that this is insufficient reason to part with your | money,
I can only hope most sincerely that passing wiz- | ards feel more charitable if they ever see you being |
attacked by a Manticore. | [new paragraph] Albus Dumbledore [facsimile signature] | [new paragraph]
J. K. ROWLING and SCHOLASTIC INC.s net proceeds from the | sale of this book will go to the
Harrys Books fund to help needy | children in the poorest countries in the world. | [new paragraph]
www.comicrelief.com/harrysbooks | [new paragraph] [device of a moon with face within a large
black O]bscurus Books | in association with | [publishers device of a lantern, 8 by 6mm] | Arthur
A. Levine Books | AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC PRESS | [publishers book device in white and
SCHOLASTIC in white on red panel, 7 by 43mm]. All in black on red. To left of lines 20-23 is the
COMIC | RELIEFUK logo, diameter 20mm, and to the right of lines 20-25 is a barcode with smaller
barcode to the right (29501) all in black on white panel, 22 by 51mm and price $3.99 US (14 Sickles
3 Knuts) in black on light green panel, 7 by 51mm below barcode. The initial capital A is a drop
capital.
On inside upper wrapper: barcode with smaller barcode below (50399) all in black.
On inside lower wrapper: About Comic Relief: A note from J. K. Rowling (Comic Relief is
one of Britains most famous and successful charities.) (signed, JKRowling [facsimile signature]) (all
within single ruled border, 155 by 95mm). All in black.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 194 by 133mm (wrappers), 194 by 4mm (spine).
Publication: 12 March 2001 (simultaneous with A10(a)) (see notes)
Price: $3.99
Contents:
About the Author
(Newton (Newt) Artemis Fido Scamander was born in 1897)
Foreword
(I was deeply honoured when Newt Scamander asked me to write the foreword)
(signed, Albus Dumbledore [facsimile signature])
Introduction
(Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them represents the fruit of many years travel)
Ministry of Magic Classifications
(The Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures)
An A-Z of Fantastic Beasts
(Acromantula | M.O.M. Classification: XXXXX)
About Comic Relief: A note from J.K. Rowling
(Comic Relief is one of Britains most famous and successful charities)
(signed, JKRowling [facsimile signature])
Notes:
The Comic Relief books (see also A11) were announced on 16 October 2000. The American
Publishers Weekly described them as a welcome in-joke for Potter fans (see Publishers Weekly, 23
October 2000, p. 20) and noted that the titles will be released worldwide (by Scholastic in the U.S.,
by Bloomsbury everywhere else) on March 16, Comic Reliefs Red Nose Day.
PR Newswire reported on 20 November 2000 the comments of Barbara Marcus, President of
Scholastic. She stated Scholastic is so fortunate to be J.K.s publisher and were delighted to join her
in supporting Comic Reliefs Fund, which helps children around the world Millions of children
have been touched by J.K. Rowlings magical creation of Harry Potter. This initiative is an opportunity for those fans to express their goodwill and make a difference by helping other children who
are less fortunate. PR Newswire reported that the two books would have a worldwire on-sale date of
February 13th.
Despite these dates (and the publication month of February 2001 noted on the imprint page),
publication appears to have been on 12 March 2001 (as with the English editions). A report
entitled 2 Harry Potter Spinoffs Done for Charity in the New York Times for 12 March noted that
Scholastic in the United States and Bloomsbury in Britain, are releasing today two new books
to raise money for the British charity Comic Relief
In a March 2012 interview with me, the publisher Arthur A. Levine noted that the Comic Relief
volumes were not Americanized. He stated those are exactly the same we didnt have time or
anything Did I change the spellings? I might have I might not have Because, of course, the
conceit is that its a British school book anyway. Its not narrated
The note about Comic Relief is unique to the American edition. The text of the Foreword has also
been changed slightly to identify the charity as Comic Relief U.K.
This is the first American publication to note Warner Brothers trademark of Harry Potter and all
related characters, names, and related indicia. Although the film rights for the first two books were
first purchased in October 1998, it took until early 2001 for Warners rights to be noted in English
editions. In her paper, J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter: Publishing, But Not as We Know It (see
Journal of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society, number 1, Edinburgh: 2006, pp. 11-19), Diana Patterson
notes that Warner Bros. negotiated something more significant than film rights, and which was
clearly linked to controlling the look and visual feel of Potter material. Significantly, Warner Brothers
bought the copyright of the hand-drawn lettering used for Harry Potter and, consequently, the films
show a visual kinship with the American books.
The foreword, sections of the introduction and author note all commence with a drop capital.
Information provided by Nielsen BookData suggests that Turtleback Books issued a hardback
library binding during March 2001. This edition has the ISBN 0-606-22140-9. No copies have been
consulted.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A10(b)
Inc., Attention: Permissions Department, 555 Broadway, New York, | NY 10012. | [new paragraph]
Scholastic Inc. has arranged for twenty percent of the retail sales price less taxes from the sale of this
book to go to Comic | Relief U.K.s Harrys Books fund. J. K. Rowling is donating all royalties to
which she would be entitled. The purchase of this | book is not tax deductible. Comic Relief may
be contacted at: Comic Relief, 5th Floor, Albert Embankment, London SE1 | 77P, England (www.
comicrelief.com). Comic Relief in the United Kingdom is not affiliated with the organization of the
| same name in the United States. | [new paragraph] ISBN 0-439-32160-3 | Library of Congress
Cataloging-in-Publication Data Available | 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 01 02 03 04 05 | Printed in
the U. S. A. 37 | First hardback boxset edition, September 2001; [v] CONTENTS (ten individual
parts listed with titles and page references; also four lines of facsimile handwriting); vi ABOUT THE
AUTHOR (NEWTON (NEWT) Artemis Fido Scamander was born); vii-[viii] FOREWORD
(I was deeply honoured when Newt Scamander asked me) (signed, Albus Dumbledore [facsimile
signature]); ix-xxi INTRODUCTION (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them represents the fruit
of many years travel) (unsigned); xxii MINISTRY OF MAGIC CLASSIFICATIONS (The
Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures); 1-42 text and illustrations
Paper: wove paper
Running title: none
Illustrations: there are eight illustrations throughout the text of magical creatures:
p. 4 Billywig
p. 10 Doxy
p. 18 Fwooper
p. 19 Gnome
p. 23 Kelpie
p. 33 Plimpy
p. 35 Quintaped
p. 37 Runespoor
There are examples of facsimile handwriting comprising marginal notes,
graffiti, doodles and games on pp. [i], [iv], [v], vi, x, xiv, xix, xxii, 1, 2, 4,
5, 7, 12, 13, 19, 21, 23, 25, 29, 32, 34, 40, 41 and 42.
Binding: pictorial boards, in red with stitching in outline, clasps in
yellow at each corner and slashed effect in yellow.
On spine: FANTASTIC BEASTS & WHERE TO FIND THEM
Newt Scamander Obscurus Books (reading lengthways down spine). All
in black.
On upper cover: FANTASTIC BEASTS [in yellow] | & [in yellow]
| WHERE TO FIND THEM [in yellow] | Newt Scamander [in yellow]
| Property of: [in black] | Harry Potter [facsimile signature in black]
Lines 1-3 within ornate decorative panel, 50 by 114mm in yellow and
white (all width centred) with lines 5-6 on white and grey angled panel,
35 by 69mm (off-set to the right).
On lower cover: A copy of Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find | Them resides in almost every
wizarding household | in the country. Now, for a limited period only, Muggles | too have the chance to
discover where the Quintaped lives, | what the Puffskein eats, and why it is best not to leave | milk out
for a Knarl. | [new paragraph] Proceeds from the sale of this book will go to improving | and saving the
lives of children around the world, which | means that the dollars and Galleons you exchange for it | will
do magic beyond the powers of any wizard. If you feel | that this is insufficient reason to part with your
money, | I can only hope most sincerely that passing wizards feel | more charitable if they ever see you
being attacked by a | Manticore. | [new paragraph] Albus Dumbledore [facsimile signature] | [new
paragraph] J. K. ROWLING and SCHOLASTIC INC. have arranged for twenty | percent of the
retail sales price less taxes of this book to go to the | Harrys Books fund to help needy children in
the poorest countries in | the world. | [new paragraph] www.comicrelief.com/harrysbooks | [new
paragraph] [three publishers devices in three columns, in the first column is [device of a moon with
face within a large black O]bscurus Books | in association with, in the second column is [publishers
device of a lantern, 8 by 6mm] | Arthur A. Levine Books | AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC
PRESS and in the third column is COMIC | RELIEFUK logo, diameter 20mm] | [new paragraph]
[publishers book device in white and SCHOLASTIC in white on red panel, 7 by 43mm] [ISBN
0-439-32160-3 in black on yellow panel, 7 by 37mm]. All in black on red. The initial capital A
is a drop capital.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 201 by 136mm (covers), 201 by 19mm (spine).
End-papers: red wove paper.
Dust-jacket: none
Slipcase: thick card slipcase covered in paper printed in
purple.
On spine: J. K. | Rowling | [star in yellow and orange]
| Fantastic | Beasts & | Where to | Find Them | [star in
yellow and orange] | Quidditch | Through | the Ages |
[publishers device of a lantern, 16 by 12mm, in yellow and
white] | Levine | [rule] | Scholastic. All in yellow.
On upper side: J. K. | ROWLING | CLASSIC BOOKS
FROM THE LIBRARY OF | HOGWARTS SCHOOL | OF
WITCHCRAFT | AND WIZARDRY together with device
of five stars in yellow and orange to left and device of five stars
in yellow and orange to right, Property of: [in black] | Harry
Potter [facsimile signature in black] (on white and grey angled
panel, 35 by 67mm) and publishers book device in white and
SCHOLASTIC (in white on red panel, 6 by 35mm). All in
yellow.
On lower side: J. K. | ROWLING | CLASSIC BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF |
HOGWARTS SCHOOL | OF WITCHCRAFT | AND WIZARDRY together with device of five
stars in yellow and orange to left and device of five stars in yellow and orange to right and circular red
wax stamp stating PROPERTY OF | HOGWARTS | LIBRARY. All in yellow.
A10(c)
Money | from worldwide sales of this book will go to help the very poorest communities in the | very poorest
countries in the world; money from sales within the UK will go to UK | projects as well. | Comic Relief is
a registered charity, number 326568.; [vii] With thanks to J. K. Rowling for creating | this book and
so generously giving all her | royalties to Comic Relief | [illustration of a Billywig]; [viii] blank; [ix]
illustration of a Plimpy; [x] four lines of facsimile handwriting; [xi] Contents (ten individual parts
listed with titles and page references); [xii] blank; xiii-[xv] FOREWORD (I was deeply honoured
when Newt Scamander asked me) (signed, Albus Dumbledore [facsimile signature]); [xvi] blank;
xvii-[xxxiv] INTRODUCTION (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them represents the fruit of
many years travel) (unsigned); [xxxv] MINISTRY OF MAGIC | CLASSIFICATIONS; [xxxvi]
blank; [1] divisional title: AN A-Z | OF | FANTASTIC BEASTS (within decorative border); [2]
blank; 3-88 text and illustrations (with blank pages); [89] illustration of a Quintaped; [90] blank; [91]
COMIC | RELIEF logo, diameter 23mm and text; [92] facsimile of a game of hangman, graffiti and
a noughts and crosses game
Paper: wove paper
Running title: none
Illustrations: there are eight illustrations throughout the text of magical creatures:
p. 8 Billywig
p. 18 Doxy
p. 31 Fwooper
p. 34 Gnome
p. 44 Kelpie
p. 62 Plimpy
p. 68 Quintaped
p. 72 Runespoor
Three illustrations are repeated outside the text for additional adornment (Billywig on p. [vii], a part
of the Plimpy illustration on p. [ix] and a Quintaped on p. [89]). In addition, letters of the alphabet
(lacking letters V, X and Z) are represented in illustrated panels embellished with foliage. A drop
capital N is intertwined with an illustration of a newt on p. 87. There are examples of facsimile
handwriting comprising marginal notes, graffiti, doodles and games on pp. [i], [x], xviii, xxiv, xxxii,
xxxv, 3, 4, 8, 9, 12, 22, 23, 34, [38], 43, 48, 55, 62, 64, 79, 83, 85, 87 and [92].
Binding: pictorial wrappers, in mottled brown.
On spine: FANTASTIC BEASTS & WHERE TO FIND THEM J.K.ROWLING BLOOMSBURY
[publishers device of the head of a dog, 4 by 5mm] (reading lengthways down spine). All in brown.
On upper wrapper: FANTASTIC | BEASTS & | WHERE TO | FIND THEM | NEWT
SCAMANDER | [coloured illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS
NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 54 by 67mm] | BY | J.K.ROWLING | FROM THE
WORLD OF | HARRY POTTER (all within single broken ruled border, 186 by 116mm) (all width
centred). All in brown.
On lower wrapper: A copy of Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them | resides in almost every
wizarding household | in the country. Now Muggles too have the chance | to discover where the
Quintaped lives, what the | Puffskein eats and why it is best not to leave milk | out for a Knarl. |
[new paragraph] Proceeds from the sale of this book will go to | Comic Relief, which means that the
pounds and | Galleons you exchange for it will do magic beyond | the powers of any wizard. If you
feel that this is | insufficient reason to part with your money, I can | only hope that passing wizards
feel more charitable | if they see you being attacked by a Manticore. | Albus Dumbledore [facsimile
signature] | [new paragraph] Comic Relief will give the money | it gets from the sale of this book |
to projects helping some of the | poorest and most vulnerable | people in the poorest countries | of
the world. | [COMIC | RELIEF logo, diameter 17mm, at centre, with publishers devices comprising
[publishers device of a moon with face within a large black O]bscurus Books | in association with |
[publishers device of a dog, 6 by 11mm] | BLOOMSBURY at right | [barcode] | 4.99 (1 Galleon
11 Sickles) at left, [Forest Stewardship Council logo, 7 by 8mm together with symbol] | FSC |
Mixed Sources | Product group from well-managed | forests and other controlled sources | [new
paragraph] Cert no. SGS-COC-2061 | www.fsc.org | 1996 Forest Stewardship Council at centre,
and 1.15 from the sale of this book will | go to Comic Relief | [new paragraph] World Book Day 1
Book Tokens | are not redeemable against this | charity book (UK and Ireland) | [new paragraph]
www.comicrelief.com | www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter at right and all in black on white panel,
27 by 93mm] | Comic Relief, registered charity 326568 (England/Wales); SCO39730 (Scotland)
(all within single broken ruled border, 186 by 115mm). All in brown. The initial capital A is a drop
capital.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 196 by 127mm (wrappers), 196 by 11mm (spine).
Publication: 6 July 2009 in an edition of 56,700 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 4.99
Contents:
Foreword
(I was deeply honoured when Newt Scamander asked me to write the foreword)
(signed, Albus Dumbledore [facsimile signature])
Introduction
(Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them represents the fruit of many years travel)
Ministry of Magic Classifications
(The Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures)
An A-Z of Fantastic Beasts
(A | Acromantula | M.O.M. Classification: XXXXX)
About the Author
(Newton (Newt) Artemis Fido Scamander was born in 1897)
Notes:
The foreword, sections of the introduction and author note all commence with a drop capital.
Copies: BL (YK.2010.a.21574) stamped 22 Jun 2009
Reprints include:
25
A10(d)
FANTASTIC | BEASTS & | WHERE TO | FIND THEM | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with
legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 40 by 49mm] | NEWT |
SCAMANDER | [publishers device of a dog, 5 by 9mm] | BLOOMSBURY | in association with |
[publishers device of a moon with face within a large black O]bscurus Books | 18a Diagon Alley,
LONDON (All width centred)
Collation: 64 unsigned leaves bound in eight gatherings of
eight leaves; 198 by 128mm; [i-xii] xiii-xiv [xv-xvi] xvii-xxxiii
[xxxiv] xxxv [xxxvi] [1-2] 3-5 [6] 7-9 [10] 11-14 [15-16] 17-25
[26] 27 [28] 29-31 [32] 33-35 [36] 37 [38] 39 [40] 41 [42] 43-44
[45-46] 47-50 [51-52] 53-55 [56] 57 [58] 59 [60] 61-64 [65-66]
67-68 [69-70] 71-73 [74] 75-77 [78] 79 [80] 81 [82] 83 [84] 85
[86] 87-88 [89-92]
Page contents: [i] bookplate with picture of a blazing sun and THIS
BOOK BELONGS TO | Harry Potter [facsimile handwriting]
within double ruled border, 76 by 54mm and below which are
nine lines of facsimile handwriting; [ii] blank; [iii] half-title:
FANTASTIC | BEASTS & | WHERE TO | FIND THEM;
[iv] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in reading order): |
Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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
| [new paragraph] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in Latin): | Harry Potter and the
Philosophers Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | (in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish):
| Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | [new paragraph] Also available | (in aid of Comic Relief):
| Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Quidditch Through the Ages | (in aid of Lumos): |
The Tales of Beedle the Bard; [v] title-page; [vi] Text copyright J. K. Rowling 2001 | Illustration
and hand lettering copyright J. K. Rowling 2001 | [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain
in 2001 | This edition published in 2012 | [new paragraph] Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | 50 Bedford
Square, London, WC1B 3DP | [new paragraph] Bloomsbury Publishing, London, New Delhi,
New York and Sydney | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been asserted | [new
paragraph] All rights reserved | No part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by
any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying | or otherwise, without the prior permission of the
publisher | [new paragraph] A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library
| [new paragraph] ISBN 978 1 4088 3505 0 [new paragraph] [Forest Stewardship Council logo, 6 by
7mm together with symbol and text: FSC | www.fsc.org with MIX | Paper from | responsible
sources | FSC C008047 to the right and all within single ruled border with rounded corners, 12 by
26mm] | [new paragraph] Printed in China by C&C Offset Printing Co Ltd, Shenzhen, Guangdong
| [new paragraph] 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 | [new paragraph] www.bloomsbury.com | [new paragraph]
Comic Relief (UK) was set up in 1985 by a group of British comedians to raise | funds for projects promoting
social justice and helping to tackle poverty. Money from | worldwide sales of this book will go to help the very
poorest communities in the very | poorest countries in the world. Money from sales within the UK will go
to UK | projects as well. | Comic Relief (UK) is a registered charity number 326568 (England & Wales)
and | SCO39730 (Scotland).; [vii] With thanks to J. K. Rowling for creating | this book and so
generously giving all her | royalties to Comic Relief | [illustration of a Billywig]; [viii] blank; [ix]
illustration of a Plimpy; [x] four lines of facsimile handwriting; [xi] CONTENTS (ten individual
parts listed with titles and page references); [xii] blank; xiii-[xv] FOREWORD (I was deeply
honoured when Newt Scamander asked me) (signed, Albus Dumbledore [facsimile signature]);
[xvi] blank; xvii-[xxxiv] INTRODUCTION (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them represents the
fruit of many years travel) (unsigned); [xxxv] MINISTRY OF MAGIC | CLASSIFICATIONS;
[xxxvi] blank; [1] divisional title: AN A-Z | OF | FANTASTIC BEASTS (within decorative
border); [2] blank; 3-88 text and illustrations (with blank pages); [89] illustration of a Quintaped;
[90] blank; [91] COMIC | RELIEFUK logo and text; [92] facsimile of a game of hangman, graffiti
and a noughts and crosses game
Paper: wove paper
Running title: none
Illustrations: there are eight illustrations throughout the text of magical creatures:
p. 8 Billywig
p. 18 Doxy
p. 31 Fwooper
p. 34 Gnome
p. 44 Kelpie
p. 62 Plimpy
p. 68 Quintaped
p. 72 Runespoor
Three illustrations are repeated outside the text for additional adornment
(Billywig on p. [vii], a part of the Plimpy illustration on p. [ix] and a
Quintaped on p. [89]). In addition, letters of the alphabet (lacking
letters V, X and Z) are represented in illustrated panels embellished
with foliage. A drop capital N is intertwined with an illustration of a
newt on p. 87. There are examples of facsimile handwriting comprising
marginal notes, graffiti, doodles and games on pp. [i], [x], xviii, xxiv,
xxxii, xxxv, 3, 4, 8, 9, 12, 22, 23, 34, [38], 43, 48, 55, 62, 64, 79, 83, 85,
87 and [92].
Binding: decorated boards in half-bound style with spine and corner
pieces in green/brown and with covers in light green.
paragraph] FANTASTIC | BEASTS & | WHERE TO | FIND THEM | [new paragraph] THE
TALES | OF BEEDLE | THE BARD | [new paragraph] JKRowling [facsimile signature] (all width
centred). All in gilt.
On upper and lower sides: [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS
NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 80 by 98mm] | [new paragraph] HOGWARTS |
LIBRARY (all within single broken ruled border, 187 by 117mm) (all width centred). All in gilt.
Top and lower edges: blank.
Publication: 11 October 2012 in an edition of 77,200 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 25 [together with A11(d) and A15(b)]
Contents:
Foreword
(I was deeply honoured when Newt Scamander asked me to write the foreword)
(signed, Albus Dumbledore [facsimile signature])
Introduction
(Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them represents the fruit of many years travel)
Ministry of Magic Classifications
(The Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures)
An A-Z of Fantastic Beasts
(A | Acromantula | M.O.M. Classification: XXXXX)
About the Author
(Newton (Newt) Artemis Fido Scamander was born in 1897)
Notes:
The foreword, sections of the introduction and author note all commence with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A10(e)
FANTASTIC | BEASTS & | WHERE TO | FIND THEM | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with
legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 40 by 49mm] | NEWT
| SCAMANDER | [publishers device of a lantern, 9 by 7mm] | ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS |
An Imprint of Scholastic Inc. | in association with | [publishers device of a moon with face within a
large black O]bscurus Books | 18a Diagon Alley, LONDON (All width centred)
Collation: 64 unsigned leaves bound in eight gatherings of eight leaves; 197 by 127mm; [i-xii]
xiii-xiv [xv-xvi] xvii-xxxiii [xxxiv] xxxv [xxxvi] [1-2] 3-5 [6] 7-9 [10] 11-14 [15-16] 17-25 [26] 27
[28] 29-31 [32] 33-35 [36] 37 [38] 39 [40] 41 [42] 43-44 [45-46]
47-50 [51-52] 53-55 [56] 57 [58] 59 [60] 61-64 [65-66] 67-68
[69-70] 71-73 [74] 75-77 [78] 79 [80] 81 [82] 83 [84] 85 [86] 87-88
[89-92]
Page contents: [i] bookplate with picture of a blazing sun and THIS
BOOK BELONGS TO | Harry Potter [facsimile handwriting]
within double ruled border, 76 by 54mm and below which are
nine lines of facsimile handwriting; [ii] blank; [iii] half-title:
FANTASTIC | BEASTS & | WHERE TO | FIND THEM;
[iv] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in reading order):
| Harry Potter and the Sorcerers 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 | [new paragraph] Also available
| (in aid of Comic Relief): | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find
Them | Quidditch Through the Ages | (in aid of Lumos): | The
Tales of Beedle the Bard; [v] title-page; [vi] Text copyright J. K. Rowling 2001 | Illustration
and hand lettering copyright J. K. Rowling 2001 | HARRY POTTER and all related characters
| and elements are TM of and WBEI. | Harry Potter Publishing Rights J. K. Rowling | [new
paragraph] All rights reserved. Published by Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of | Scholastic Inc.,
Publishers since 1920. SCHOLASTIC, the LANTERN | LOGO, and associated logos are trademarks
and/or registered trademarks of | Scholastic Inc. | [new paragraph] No part of this publication
may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, | or transmitted in any form or by any means,
electronic, mechanical, | photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the
| publisher. For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc., | Attention: Permissions
Department, 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. | [new paragraph] ISBN 978-0-545-61540-2 |
[new paragraph] 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 13 14 15 16 17 | [new paragraph] Printed in China
95 | This edition first printing, November 2013 | [new paragraph] From every sale of the Hogwarts
Library, Scholastic will donate twenty percent of | the suggested retail sales price less taxes of this boxed
set to two charities selected by | the author J. K. Rowling: Lumos, a charity founded by J. K. Rowling
that works to | end the institutionalization of children (wearelumos.org), and Comic Relief, | a UK-based
charity that strives to create a just world free from poverty | (www.comicrelief.com). Purchase of this book
is not tax deductible.; [vii] With thanks to J. K. Rowling for creating | this book and so generously
giving all her | royalties to Comic Relief | [illustration of a Billywig]; [viii] blank; [ix] illustration of
a Plimpy; [x] four lines of facsimile handwriting; [xi] CONTENTS (ten individual parts listed with
titles and page references); [xii] blank; xiii-[xv] FOREWORD (I was deeply honoured when Newt
Scamander asked me) (signed, Albus Dumbledore [facsimile signature]); [xvi] blank; xvii-[xxxiv]
INTRODUCTION (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them represents the fruit of many years
travel) (unsigned); [xxxv] MINISTRY OF MAGIC | CLASSIFICATIONS; [xxxvi] blank; [1]
divisional title: AN A-Z | OF | FANTASTIC BEASTS (within decorative border); [2] blank; 3-88
text and illustrations (with blank pages); [89] illustration of a Quintaped; [90] blank; [91] COMIC |
RELIEFUK logo and text; [92] facsimile of a game of hangman, graffiti and a noughts and crosses game
Paper: wove paper
Running title: none
Illustrations: there are eight illustrations throughout the text of magical creatures:
p. 8 Billywig
p. 18 Doxy
p. 31 Fwooper
p. 34 Gnome
p. 44 Kelpie
p. 62 Plimpy
p. 68 Quintaped
p. 72 Runespoor
Three illustrations are repeated outside the text for additional adornment (Billywig on p. [vii], a part
of the Plimpy illustration on p. [ix] and a Quintaped on p. [89]). In addition, letters of the alphabet
(lacking letters V, X and Z) are represented in illustrated panels embellished with foliage. A drop
capital N is intertwined with an illustration of a newt on p. 87. There are examples of facsimile
handwriting comprising marginal notes, graffiti, doodles and games on pp. [i], [x], xviii, xxiv, xxxii,
xxxv, 3, 4, 8, 9, 12, 22, 23, 34, [38], 43, 48, 55, 62, 64, 79, 83, 85, 87 and [92].
Binding: decorated boards in half-bound style with spine and corner
pieces in green/brown and with covers in light green.
On spine: NEWT | FANTASTIC BEASTS & WHERE TO
FIND THEM [illustration of a Billywig, 8 by 15mm, in yellow] |
SCAMANDER (reading lengthways down spine) with publishers
device of a lantern, 10 by 7mm and [publishers book device] | [rule]
| S within single ruled border, 12 by 6mm (horizontally at foot of
spine). All in gilt.
On upper cover: FANTASTIC | BEASTS & | WHERE TO |
FIND THEM | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO
DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 61 by
75mm] | NEWT | SCAMANDER (all width centred). All in gilt
with the exception of the illustration of the crest which is in yellow.
To the left of the author is a circular wax stamp in green and black
stating Property of | HOGWARTS | LIBRARY within circular
single ruled border, diameter 20mm, with border and lettering in gilt.
On lower cover: [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner,
25 by 31mm] | A copy of Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them | resides in almost every wizarding
household | in the country. Now Muggles too have | the chance to discover where the Quintaped
lives, | what the Puffskein eats and why it is best not | to leave milk out for a Knarl. | [new
paragraph] Proceeds from the sale of this book will go to | Comic Relief, which means that the dollars
and | Galleons you exchange for it will do magic beyond | the powers of any wizard. If you feel that
this | is insufficient reason to part with your money, | I can only hope that passing wizards feel more |
charitable if they see you being attacked | by a Manticore. | Albus Dumbledore [facsimile signature] |
[new paragraph] [three columns, in the first column is [Lumos logo, 9 by 10mm] [in purple]| LUMOS
[in purple] | From every sale of the Hogwarts | Library, Scholastic will donate twenty | percent of the
suggested retail sales | price less taxes of this boxed set to two | charities selected by the author J. K.
| Rowling: Lumos, a charity founded | by J. K. Rowling that works to end | the institutionalization
of children | (wearelumos.org), and Comic Relief, | a UK-based charity that strives to | create a just
world free from poverty | (www.comicrelief.com)., in the second column is [COMIC | RELIEFUK
logo, diameter 15mm] [in red, black and white] | Not to be sold separately. and in the third column
is [publishers device of a moon with face within a large black O]bscurus Books | in association with
| [publishers device of a lantern, 10 by 7mm] | ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS | [publishers book
device with SCHOLASTIC in white on red panel, 5 by 45mm] | scholastic.com]. All in yellow.
All edges trimmed. Blue and yellow sewn bands at head and foot of spine. Binding measurements:
203 by 128mm (covers), 203 by 24mm (spine). End-papers: wove paper. The green/brown spine
colour continues onto the covers by approximately 13mm.
Dust-jacket: none
Slipcase: card slipcase covered in red paper.
On spine: [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO
DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 30 by
36mm] | [new paragraph] HOGWARTS | LIBRARY | [new
paragraph] QUIDDITCH | THROUGH | THE AGES | [new
paragraph] FANTASTIC | BEASTS & | WHERE TO | FIND
THEM | [new paragraph] THE TALES | OF BEEDLE | THE
BARD | [new paragraph] JKRowling [facsimile signature] (all width
centred). All in gilt.
On upper and lower sides: [illustration of Hogwarts crest with
legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on
banner, 80 by 98mm] | [new paragraph] HOGWARTS | LIBRARY
(all within single broken ruled border, 187 by 117mm) (all width
centred). All in gilt.
Top and lower edges: blank.
Publication: 29 October 2013
Price: $29.99 [together with A11(e) and A15(c)]
Contents:
Foreword
(I was deeply honoured when Newt Scamander asked me to write the foreword)
(signed, Albus Dumbledore [facsimile signature])
Introduction
(Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them represents the fruit of many years travel)
Ministry of Magic Classifications
(The Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures)
An A-Z of Fantastic Beasts
(A | Acromantula | M.O.M. Classification: XXXXX)
About the Author
(Newton (Newt) Artemis Fido Scamander was born in 1897)
Notes:
The Scholastic edition is almost exactly the same as the Bloomsbury Hogwarts Library (see A10(d)).
Note, however, the different imprint pages and the change of Philosophers Stone to Sorcerers Stone
in the list of authors works. The listing of Harry Potter books also omits the Latin, Welsh, Ancient
Greek and Irish editions that are unique to Bloomsbury.
The foreword, sections of the introduction and author note all commence with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
| Illustrations and hand lettering copyright J. K. Rowling 2001 | First published in Great Britain
in 2001 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho Square, London, W1D 3HB | All rights reserved |
The moral right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this book is available
from the British Library | ISBN 0 7475 5471 4 | Printed in Great Britain | 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; [iii]
title-page; [iv] Praise for Quidditch through the Ages (six quotes with sources); [v] About the Author
(KENNILWORTHY WHISP is a renowned Quidditch expert); [vi] Contents (sixteen individual
parts listed with titles and page references); vii-[viii] Foreword (QUIDDITCH THROUGH THE
AGES is one of the most popular titles) (signed, Albus Dumbledore [facsimile signature]); 1-56
text and illustrations
Paper: wove paper
Running title: none
Illustrations: there are seven illustrations throughout the text (labelled Fig. A to Fig. G), in addition
to an illustration of a flying Quidditch ball at the end of the text (from the Whizz Hard Books device)
Binding: pictorial wrappers, in mottled green with stitching in light
green at outer edges and ageing effect in light yellow.
On spine: QUIDDITCH THROUGH THE AGES
KENNILWORTHY WHISP Whizz Hard Books (reading lengthways
down spine). All in black on mottled green.
On upper wrapper: QUIDDITCH | THROUGH THE AGES
| KENNILWORTHY WHISP | [illustration of a Golden Snitch,
16 by 25mm] | [circular red wax stamp stating PROPERTY OF |
HOGWARTS | LIBRARY] (all width centred with the exception
of the stamp which is off-set to the right). All in yellow and all on
mottled green.
On lower wrapper: If you have ever asked yourself where the Golden
| Snitch came from, how the Bludgers came into | existence or why the
Wigtown Wanderers have pictures | of meat cleavers on their robes, you
need Quidditch | Through the Ages. This limited edition is a copy of the
| volume in Hogwarts School Library where it is consulted | by young
Quidditch fans on an almost daily basis. | [new paragraph] Proceeds
from the sale of this book will go to Comic | Relief, who will use your money to continue improving | and
saving lives work that is even more important and | astonishing than the three and a half second capture
of | the Golden Snitch by Roderick Plumpton in 1921 | Albus Dumbledore [facsimile signature] | [new
paragraph] Comic Relief will give the money it gets from the sale of this book to | projects helping
some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in | the poorest countries of the world. | [new
paragraph] At least 2 from the sale of | this book will go to Comic Relief | [COMIC | RELIEFUK
logo, diameter 20mm at left, with publishers devices comprising Whizz Hard | [illustration of a flying
Quidditch ball, 4 by 7mm] | Books | in association with | [publishers device of a dog, 6 by 10mm] |
BLOOMSBURY at centre, with At least 2 from the sale of | this book will go to Comic Relief,
barcode in black on white panel, 21 by 37mm and price 2.50 (14 Sickles 3 Knuts) in black on light
A11(aa)
Illustrations: there are seven illustrations throughout the text (labelled Fig. A to Fig. G), in addition
to an illustration of a flying Quidditch ball at the end of the text (from the Whizz Hard Books device)
Binding: pictorial wrappers, in mottled green with stitching in light
green at outer edges and ageing effect in light yellow.
On spine: QUIDDITCH THROUGH THE AGES KENNILWORTHY
WHISP Whizz Hard Books (reading lengthways down spine) with
publishers book device in black and white on red panel, 5 by 4mm
(horizontally at foot of spine). All in black.
On upper wrapper: QUIDDITCH | THROUGH THE AGES
| KENNILWORTHY WHISP | [illustration of a Golden Snitch,
17 by 30mm] | [circular red wax stamp stating PROPERTY OF |
HOGWARTS | LIBRARY] (all width centred with the exception of
the stamp which is off-set to the right). All in yellow and all on mottled
green.
On lower wrapper: If you have ever asked yourself where the Golden |
Snitch came from, how the Bludgers came into | existence, or why the Wigtown
Wanderers have pictures | of meat cleavers on their robes, you need Quidditch
| Through the Ages. This limited edition is a copy of the | volume in Hogwarts
School Library, where it is | consulted by young Quidditch fans on an almost
daily basis. | [new paragraph] Proceeds from the sale of this book will go to
improving | and saving the lives of children around the world work | that is even more important and
astonishing than the | three-and-a-half-second capture of the Golden Snitch by | Roderick Plumpton in 1921
| Albus Dumbledore [facsimile signature] | [new paragraph] J. K. ROWLING and SCHOLASTIC
INC.s net proceeds from the | sale of this book will go to the Harrys Books fund to help needy |
children in the poorest countries in the world. | [new paragraph] www.comicrelief.com/harrysbooks |
[new paragraph] [publishers device comprising Whizz Hard | [illustration of a flying Quidditch ball]
| Books] | in association with | [publishers device of a lantern, 8 by 6mm] | Arthur A. Levine Books |
AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC PRESS | [publishers book device in white and SCHOLASTIC
in white on red panel, 7 by 43mm]. All in black and all on mottled green. To right of lines 20-24 is
the COMIC | RELIEFUK logo, diameter 20mm, and to the extreme right of lines 22-27 is a barcode
with smaller barcode to the right (29502) all in black on white panel, 22 by 51mm and price $3.99
US (14 Sickles 3 Knuts) in black on light green panel, 7 by 51mm below barcode. The initial I of If
is a drop capital.
On inside upper wrapper: barcodes.
On inside lower wrapper: About Comic Relief: A note from J. K. Rowling (Comic Relief is
one of Britains most famous and successful charities.) (signed, JKRowling [facsimile signature]) (all
within single ruled border, 155 by 95mm). All in black.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 192 by 133mm (wrappers), 192 by 4mm (spine).
Publication: 12 March 2001 (simultaneous with A11(a)) (see notes)
Price: $3.99
Contents:
About the Author
(KENNILWORTHY WHISP is a renowned Quidditch expert)
Foreword
(QUIDDITCH THROUGH THE AGES is one of the most popular titles)
(signed, Albus Dumbledore [facsimile signature])
Quidditch Through the Ages
(No spell yet devised enables wizards to fly unaided in human form)
About Comic Relief: A note from J.K. Rowling
(Comic Relief is one of Britains most famous and successful charities)
(signed, JKRowling [facsimile signature])
Notes:
The note about Comic Relief is unique to the American edition. The text of the Foreword has also
been changed slightly to identify the charity as Comic Relief U.K.
See A10(aa) for notes on publication date.
Each section (foreword, chapter or author note) commences with a drop capital.
Information provided by Nielsen BookData suggests that Turtleback Books issued a hardback
library binding during March 2001. This edition has the ISBN 0-613-32974-0. No copies have been
consulted.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A11(b)
Wanderers have pictures | of meat cleavers on their robes, you need Quidditch | Through the Ages. This
limited edition is a copy of the | volume in Hogwarts School Library, where it is consulted | by young
Quidditch fans on an almost daily basis. | [new paragraph] Proceeds from the sale of this book will go to
improving | and saving the lives of children around the world work | that is even more important and
astonishing than the | three-and-a-half-second capture of the Golden Snitch by | Roderick Plumpton in 1921
| Albus Dumbledore [facsimile signature] | [new paragraph] J. K. ROWLING and SCHOLASTIC
INC. have arranged for twenty | percent of the retail sales price less taxes of this book to go to the |
Harrys Books fund to help needy children in the poorest countries in | the world. | [new paragraph]
www.comicrelief.com/harrysbooks | [new paragraph] [three publishers devices in three columns, in
the first column is publishers device comprising Whizz Hard | [illustration of a flying Quidditch ball]
| Books | in association with, in the second column is [publishers device of a lantern, 8 by 6mm]
| Arthur A. Levine Books | AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC PRESS and in the third column is
COMIC | RELIEFUK logo, diameter 20mm] | [new paragraph] [publishers book device in white and
SCHOLASTIC in white on red panel, 7 by 43mm] [ISBN 0-439-32161-1 in black on yellow panel,
7 by 37mm]. All in black and all on mottled green. The initial I of If is a drop capital.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 201 by 136mm (covers), 201 by 19mm (spine).
End-papers: green wove paper.
Dust-jacket: none
Slipcase: see A10(b)
Publication: September 2001 (see notes)
Price: $12.95 [together with A10(b)]
Contents:
About Comic Relief: A note from J.K. Rowling
(Comic Relief is one of Britains most famous and successful charities)
(signed, JKRowling [facsimile signature])
About the Author
(KENNILWORTHY WHISP is a renowned Quidditch expert)
Foreword
(QUIDDITCH THROUGH THE AGES is one of the most popular titles)
(signed, Albus Dumbledore [facsimile signature])
Quidditch Through the Ages
(No spell yet devised enables wizards to fly unaided in human form)
Notes:
Although no publication date is recorded, 1 September 2001 is assumed. In an email to me from
January 2013 Arthur A. Levine noted that Im fairly certain that we didnt have strict on sale
dates the publication day would simply be the first on the month listed.
Each section (foreword, chapter or author note) commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A11(c)
Save the Children and Oxfam. Money | from worldwide sales of this book will go to help the very poorest
communities in the | very poorest countries in the world; money from sales within the UK will go to UK |
projects as well. | Comic Relief is a registered charity, number 326568.; [ix] With thanks to J. K. Rowling
for creating | this book and so generously giving all her | royalties to Comic Relief | [illustration of
a Golden Snidget]; [x] blank; [xi] illustration of a flying Quidditch ball; [xii] blank; [xiii] Contents
(seventeen individual parts listed with titles and page references); [xiv] blank; xv-[xviii] Foreword
(QUIDDITCH THROUGH THE AGES is one of the most popular titles) (signed, Albus
Dumbledore [facsimile signature]); [1]-103 text and illustrations (with blank pages); [104] blank; 105
About the Author (KENNILWORTHY WHISP is a renowned Quidditch expert); [106] blank;
[107] illustration of a flying Quidditch ball; [108] blank; [109] COMIC | RELIEF logo, diameter
23mm and text; [110] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: Foreword (14mm) on both verso and recto, pp. xvi-[xviii]; Quidditch Through the Ages
(45mm) on both verso and recto, pp. 4-[101]
Illustrations: there are seven illustrations throughout the text (labelled Fig. A to Fig. G), in addition
to the repetition of figure B, an illustration of a flying Quidditch ball at the beginning and end of the
text (from the Whizz Hard Books device) and a Golden Snitch before each section. Page numbers
are each centred within a further illustration of a Golden Snitch.
Binding: pictorial wrappers, in mottled blue.
On spine: QUIDDITCH THROUGH THE AGES J.K.ROWLING BLOOMSBURY [publishers
device of the head of a dog, 4 by 5mm] (reading lengthways down spine). All in yellow.
On upper wrapper: QUIDDITCH | THROUGH | THE AGES | KENNILWORTHY | WHISP
| [illustration of a Golden Snitch, 43 by 77mm] | BY | J.K.ROWLING | FROM THE WORLD OF
| HARRY POTTER (all within single broken ruled border, 186 by 116mm) (all width centred). All
in yellow.
On lower wrapper: If you have ever asked yourself where the | Golden Snitch came from, how the
Bludgers | came into existence or why the Wigtown Wanderers | have pictures of meat cleavers on
their robes, you | need Quidditch Through the Ages. This edition is a copy | of the volume in Hogwarts
School Library, where it | is consulted by young Quidditch fans on an almost | daily basis. | [new
paragraph] Proceeds from the sale of this book will go to | Comic Relief, who will use your money to
continue | improving and changing lives work that is even | more important and astonishing than
the three | and a half second capture of the Golden Snitch by | Roderick Plumpton in 1921. | Albus
Dumbledore [facsimile signature] | [new paragraph] Comic Relief will give the money | it gets from the
sale of this book | to projects helping some of the | poorest and most vulnerable | people in the poorest
countries | of the world. | [COMIC | RELIEF logo, diameter 17mm, at centre, with publishers
devices comprising Whizz Hard | [illustration of a flying Quidditch ball] | Books | in association with |
[publishers device of a dog, 6 by 11mm] | BLOOMSBURY at right | [barcode] | 4.99 (1 Galleon 11
Sickles) at left, [Forest Stewardship Council logo, 7 by 8mm together with symbol] | FSC | Mixed
Sources | Product group from well-managed | forests and other controlled sources | [new paragraph]
Cert no. SGS-COC-2061 | www.fsc.org | 1996 Forest Stewardship Council at centre, and 1.15
from the sale of this book will | go to Comic Relief | [new paragraph] World Book Day 1 Book
Tokens | are not redeemable against this | charity book (UK and Ireland) | [new paragraph] www.
comicrelief.com | www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter at right and all in black on white panel, 27 by
94mm] | Comic Relief, registered charity 326568 (England/Wales); SCO39730 (Scotland) (all within
single broken ruled border, 186 by 116mm). All in yellow. The initial I of If is a drop capital.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 196 by 127mm (wrappers), 196 by 9mm (spine).
Publication: 6 July 2009 in an edition of 56,700 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 4.99
Contents:
Foreword
(Quidditch Through the Ages is one of the most popular titles)
(signed, Albus Dumbledore [facsimile signature])
Quidditch Through the Ages
(No spell yet devised enables wizards to fly unaided in human form)
About the Author
(Kennilworthy Whisp is a renowned Quidditch expert)
Notes:
Each section (foreword, chapter or author note) commences with a drop capital.
Copies: BL (YK.2010.a.21575) stamped 22 Jun 2009
Reprints include:
21
A11(d)
Running title: Foreword (14mm) on both verso and recto, pp. xvi-[xviii]; Quidditch Through the Ages
(45mm) on both verso and recto, pp. 4-[101]
Illustrations: there are seven illustrations throughout the text (labelled Fig. A to Fig. G), in addition
to the repetition of figure B, an illustration of a flying Quidditch ball at the beginning and end of the
text (from the Whizz Hard Books device) and a Golden Snitch before each section. Page numbers
are each centred within a further illustration of a Golden Snitch.
Binding: decorated boards in half-bound style with spine and corner pieces
in brown and with covers in red.
On spine: KENNILWORTHY | QUIDDITCH THROUGH THE
AGES [illustration of a flying Quidditch ball, 7 by 14mm, in yellow]
BLOOMSBURY [publishers device of the head of a dog, 3 by 4mm] |
WHISP (reading lengthways down spine). All in gilt.
On upper cover: QUIDDITCH | THROUGH | THE AGES |
[illustration of a Golden Snitch, 38 by 69mm, in yellow] | KENNILWORTHY
| WHISP (all width centred). All in gilt. To the left of the author
is a circular wax stamp in crimson and black stating Property of |
HOGWARTS | LIBRARY within circular single ruled border, diameter
20mm, with border and lettering in gilt.
On lower cover: [illustration of a Golden Snitch, 24 by 42mm] | If you
have ever asked yourself where the | Golden Snitch came from, how the
Bludgers | came into existence or why the Wigtown Wanderers | have
pictures of meat cleavers on their robes, | you need Quidditch Through
the Ages. | This invaluable volume is consulted by young | Quidditch fans on an almost daily
basis. | [new paragraph] Proceeds from the sale of this book will go to | Comic Relief, who will
use your money to | continue improving and changing lives work that | is even more important
and astonishing than | the three and a half second capture of the Golden | Snitch by Roderick
Plumpton in 1921. | Albus Dumbledore [facsimile signature] | [new paragraph] [three columns, in
the first column is Comic Relief will give the money | it gets from the sale of this book | to projects
helping some of the | poorest and most vulnerable | people in the UK and some of the | poorest
countries of the world., in the second column is COMIC | RELIEFUK logo, diameter 15mm and
in the third column is Whizz Hard | [illustration of a flying Quidditch ball] | Books | in association
with | [publishers device of a dog, 5 by 9mm] | BLOOMSBURY] | [new paragraph] [three columns,
in the first column is the barcode, in the second column is [Forest Stewardship Council logo, 6 by
7mm] | FSC | MIX | Paper | FSC C008047 all within single ruled border with rounded corners,
17 by 12mm, and in the third column is www.comicrelief.com | www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter
| www.pottermore.com] | Comic Relief, registered charity 326568 (England/Wales); SCO39730
(Scotland). All in yellow with the exception of the Comic Relief logo which is in black and red on
white and the final three columns which are in black on a white panel, 23 by 82mm.
All edges trimmed. Red and yellow sewn bands at head and foot of spine. Binding measurements:
205 by 128mm (covers), 205 by 28mm (spine). End-papers: wove paper. The brown spine colour
continues onto the covers by approximately 13mm.
Dust-jacket: none
Slipcase: card slipcase covered in red paper (see description for A10(d))
Publication: 11 October 2012 in an edition of 77,200 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 25 [together with A10(d) and A15(b)]
Contents:
Foreword
(Quidditch Through the Ages is one of the most popular titles)
(signed, Albus Dumbledore [facsimile signature])
Quidditch Through the Ages
(No spell yet devised enables wizards to fly unaided in human form)
About the Author
(Kennilworthy Whisp is a renowned Quidditch expert)
Notes:
Note the appearance of the arrow and heart drawing on page [i]. This is not present in previous editions.
Each section (foreword, chapter or author note) commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A11(e)
Contents:
Foreword
(Quidditch through the Ages is one of the most popular titles)
(signed, Albus Dumbledore [facsimile signature])
Quidditch Through the Ages
(No spell yet devised enables wizards to fly unaided in human form)
About the Author
(Kennilworthy Whisp is a renowned Quidditch expert)
Notes:
The Scholastic edition is almost exactly the same as the Bloomsbury Hogwarts Library (see A11(d)).
Note, however, the different imprint pages and the change of Philosophers Stone to Sorcerers Stone
in the list of authors works. The listing of Harry Potter books also omits the Latin, Welsh, Ancient
Greek and Irish editions that are unique to Bloomsbury.
Note that the lower cover includes two minor features specific to this volume in the Scholastic
Hogwarts Library set. The note Not to be sold separately. is slightly off-set to the left and the
publishers SCHOLASTIC banner is enclosed by a single ruled border in white.
Each section (foreword, chapter or author note) commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
HARRY | POTTER | and the Order of the Phoenix | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 66 by 81mm] | J. K. ROWLING
| [publishers device of a dog, 11 by 18mm] | BLOOMSBURY (Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and
right margins, and all width centred)
Collation: 384 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
197 by 127mm; [1-7] 8-23 [24] 25-42 [43] 44-57 [58] 59-75 [76]
77-91 [92] 93-111 [112] 113-25 [126] 127-38 [139] 140-62 [163]
164-80 [181] 182-99 [200] 201-225 [226] 227-50 [251] 252-73
[274] 275-94 [295] 296-311 [312] 313-31 [332] 333-51 [352]
353-71 [372] 373-89 [390] 391-411 [412] 413-34 [435] 436-55
[456] 457-79 [480] 481-502 [503] 504-527 [528] 529-49 [550]
551-73 [574] 575-95 [596] 597-619 [620] 621-42 [643] 644-61
[662] 663-73 [674] 675-88 [689] 690-711 [712] 713-22 [723]
724-44 [745] 746-66 [767-68]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the
Order of the Phoenix | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner,
46 by 57mm]; [2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in
reading order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone |
also available in Latin and Welsh: | Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis (Latin) | Harri Potter a Maen
yr Athronydd (Welsh); [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be
reproduced or | transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, |
without the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain in
2003 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho Square, London W1D 3HB | [new paragraph] Copyright
2003 J.K. Rowling | Cover illustrations by Jason Cockcroft 2003 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
[new paragraph] Harry Potter, names, characters and related indicia are | copyright and trademark
Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been asserted | A CIP
catalogue record for this book is available | from the British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475
5100 6 | [new paragraph] Typeset by Palimpsest Book Production Limited, | Polmont, Stirlingshire |
[new paragraph] All paper used by Bloomsbury Publishing, including that in this book, | is a natural,
recyclable product made from wood grown in sustainable, | well-managed forests. The manufacturing
processes conform to the | environmental regulations of the country of origin. | [new paragraph]
Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] First edition | [new paragraph]
www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] To Neil, Jessica and David, | who make my world magical; [6]
blank; [7]-766 text; [767-68] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title
comprises chapter title, pp. 8-766 (excluding pages on which
new chapters commence)
Binding: pictorial boards.
On spine: [colour illustration of a golden feather on blue
panel, 65 by 15mm] HARRY POTTER [in burgundy on yellow
panel, 65 by 47mm] and the Order of the Phoenix [in yellow]
J.K.ROWLING [in white, both title conclusion and author on
burgundy panel, 65 by 109mm] BLOOMSBURY [publishers
device of the head of a dog, 4 by 3mm] [both in yellow on blue
panel, 65 by 35mm] (reading lengthways down spine).
On upper cover: HARRY | POTTER | and the Order of the
Phoenix [lines 1 and 2 in burgundy, line 3 in blue, all on yellow
panel, 62 by 131mm] | [blue rule, 131mm] | [colour illustration
of a phoenix rising from flames, 125 by 131mm] | [blue rule,
131mm intersected by burgundy panel with J.K.ROWLING in
white] | BLOOMSBURY [in burgundy on yellow panel, 15 by 131mm] (all width centred).
On lower cover: Dumbledore lowered | his hands and surveyed Harry | through his half-moon glasses.
It is time, | he said, for me to tell you what I should have | told you five years ago, Harry. Please sit
down. | I am going to tell you everything. | [new paragraph] Harry Potter is due to start his fifth year at
Hogwarts School | of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He is desperate to get back to | school and find out
why his friends Ron and Hermione | have been so secretive all summer. However, | what Harry is
about to discover in his | new year at Hogwarts will turn | his world upside down | [new paragraph]
This is a gripping and | electrifying new novel, | full of suspense, secrets, | and of course magic, |
from the incomparable | J.K. Rowling. | [barcode in black on white panel, 21 by 40mm together with
[publishers device of a dog, 5 by 9mm] | BLOOMSBURY in black on right side of panel and http://
www.bloomsbury.com below panel, in burgundy on yellow panel, 5 by 40mm]. Reading lengthways
down right side next to foot of spine Cover illustrations by Jason Cockcroft. All in black and all on
colour illustration of an arch, with runic characters above, a candle-lit vaulted ceiling passage and a
wizard, witch, centaur, goblin and house-elf comprising characters in the fountain of magical brethren
with pouring water.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 205 by 131mm (covers), 205 by 65mm (spine).
End-papers: wove paper.
Dust-jacket: coated wove paper, 206 by 527mm
Spine, upper and lower covers replicate the binding, with the
exception of the illustration note which is omitted.
On upper inside flap: Dumbledore lowered his hands and surveyed
Harry | through his half-moon glasses. It is time, he said, | for me
to tell you what I should have told you five | years ago, Harry. Please
sit down. I am | going to tell you everything. | [new paragraph]
Harry Potter is about to start his fifth year at | Hogwarts School
of Witchcraft and Wizardry. | Unlike most schoolboys, Harry
never enjoys his | summer holidays, but this summer is even
worse | than usual. The Dursleys, of course, are making | his life a
misery, but even his best friends, Ron | and Hermione, seem to be
neglecting him. | Harry has had enough. He is beginning to think
| he must do something, anything, to change his | situation, when
the summer holidays come to an | end in a very dramatic fashion.
What Harry is | about to discover in his new year at Hogwarts | will turn his world upside down |
[new paragraph] This is a gripping and electrifying new novel, | full of suspense, secrets, and of course
magic, | from the incomparable J.K. Rowling. | 16.99. All in white on burgundy panel with the
exception of the price which is in black, and all on an illustration of flames.
On lower inside flap: J.K. (Joanne Kathleen) Rowling has written | fiction since she was a child,
and always wanted | to be an author. Her parents loved reading, and | their house in Chepstow was
full of books. In | fact, J.K. Rowling wrote her first book at the | age of six a story about a rabbit
called Rabbit! | [new paragraph] The idea for Harry Potter occurred to | J.K. Rowling on the train
from Manchester to | London, where she says Harry Potter just strolled | into my head fully formed,
and by the time she | had arrived at Kings Cross, many of the characters | had taken shape. During
the next five years she | outlined the plots for each book and began | writing the first in the series,
Harry Potter and | the Philosophers Stone, which was first published | by Bloomsbury in 1997. The
other Harry Potter | titles: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban, and | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, followed. | J.K. Rowling has also written two other
| companion books, Quidditch Through the Ages | and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, in |
aid of Comic Relief. | Cover illustrations by Jason Cockcroft. All in white on burgundy panel with
the exception of the illustration note, which is in burgundy on an illustration of flames.
Publication: 21 June 2003 (simultaneous with A12(aa) and A12(aaa)) in an edition of 4 million
copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 16.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay)
Notes:
In an interview with me in September 2013, Nigel Newton recalled receiving the manuscript of this
title. He noted Christopher Little phoned me out of the blue and said, Nigel, drink at the Pelican
tonight? and I said, Drink at the Pelican? Yes, Chris, 6 pm. That was where he had delivered the
previous book to me. So I drove to the Pelican, a pub off the Fulham Road not far from Stamford
Bridge, in a state of high alert. And I went in and there was a massive Sainsburys plastic carrier bag
at his feet... he said nothing about that and I said nothing and he just said Drink? and I said, a pint,
please. So we stood at the bar and drank our pints and said nothing about Harry Potter. But when we
left I walked out with the carrier bag. It was a classic dead letter drop. So I put this bag into the back
of my car and drove it home. By this stage the series was so enormous that I was almost frightened
to be in physical possession of it. My three children and wife were all enormous fans themselves so
I couldnt say anything to them. I shoved it under the bed. I had another typescript sitting there
(publishers lives are about reading typescripts, not books) so I stuck [the] top four pages of David
Gutersons East of the Mountains on the top and then stayed up all night reading it, which my wife did
find a bit odd. I think I did tell her (because you tell your wife everything dont you?) There was no
question of showing any of it to her. Even then I was putting bits of it in the safe. The next morning
at about 10 am I rung up Emma Matthewson, Jos editor at Bloomsbury, and, having finished it, drove
it over to her I was so relieved to hand it over. By this stage we had done quite a lot to secure her
house and we had various common-sense systems. People seem to love editing online (I dont know
why) and so the first thing we did was to make sure she had a computer that wasnt attached to the
internet. No hacking in the world could get at something that wasnt plugged-in.
The editorial files preserved at Bloomsbury include an early proposed schedule for the book:
December 2002
delivery of manuscript and briefing of artists
January 2003
editing of manuscript and finalisation of visuals
February 2003
copy-editing and proofs of artwork
March 2003
text sent for proofing
March/April 2003
May 2003
June 2003
July 2003
There is a letter from Emma Matthewson to J.K. Rowling dated 4 February 2003 thanking the author
for going through everything so fast . On 11 March 2003 Bloomsbury sent the author a long fax
with copy-edit questions. Matthewson explained that it looks more daunting than it is. These are
combined from the UK and US copy-editors. The earliest preserved set of proofs is dated 16 March
2003. This is a proof-readers marked-up set. The text, in this state, lacks the dedication. Certainly
by March the text was available to Scholastic since two copyediting queries from Scholastic were
communicated to the Christopher Little Agency on 20 March. These were sent to the editorial team
at Bloomsbury. Another proof of the text was printed on 18 April 2003. Two global search and replace
requests were communicated to the typesetters on 24 April. These were the change of unforgiveable
to unforgivable and the name Prewitt changed to Prewett.
While working on the commission for the English childrens edition, the artist Giles Greenfield
suffered a devastating loss when his six-month-old daughter was diagnosed with a terminal genetic
illness. Greenfields original designs were, consequently, developed by Jason Cockcroft. Proof sheets
for dust-jackets for both the childrens edition and the adult edition are preserved in the Bloomsbury
archives dated 25 April 2003.
Publication was slightly later than originally scheduled.
This title enjoyed a publicity campaign hitherto unknown in the series. As early as February 2003 posters
were available. On 2 June posters were released to retailers together with a two-week countdown card.
Then, on 16 June, Bloomsbury released additional publicity material. This included a dumpbin display
case (empty), a cut-out and posters. A window-piece was also available for the publication date.
To cope with demand for duplicate copies, Bloomsbury released:
A triple pack comprising three copies of this edition, three door signs and three bookmarks
(priced at 50.97).
A family triple pack comprising two copies of this edition, one copy of the adult edition (see
A12(aa)), three door signs and three bookmarks (priced at 50.97).
A family four pack comprising two copies of this edition, two copies of the adult edition (see
A12(aa)), four door signs and four bookmarks (priced at 67.96).
This title was the first new Harry Potter novel to be published after the release of the first Harry
Potter film (in November 2001). Nigel Newton, in an interview with me in September 2013, noted
that the movie opened up the audience from people who shopped in Waterstones and read the Daily
Telegraph to a wider group of people. He also recalled that the movies caused the supermarkets to
swing into action. They had only recently begun to sell books due to the repeal of the net book
agreement and were still working out that books were items that would respond to the supermarket
model of sales. As Newton recalls they hadnt been selling the new Harry Potters originally, but
whenever the movie of number one came along they all said, right well try this. So then what we
witnessed was that Philosophers Stone went back to number one on the bestseller list even though it
was some years old by then, and then two weeks later, the Chamber of Secrets went to number one.
And you could watch this cascade as new readers became completely hooked just like everyone else
and read right the way through to being up-to-date to whatever book we were at by then. With the
release, therefore, of Order of the Phoenix, demand had grown to an unprecedented extent.
With such a significant print-run there are occasional anomalies in the printing. One anomaly occurs
on page [7], where boy on the ninth line of text is printed as bo only. Such oddities cannot, I
suggest, be regarded as issue points but rather as minor errors in book production on an unprecedented
scale.
The English audiobook version, read by Stephen Fry, has a duration of approximately twenty-nine
and a quarter hours.
Reprints (and subsequent new editions) include a number of corrections to the text. These comprise:
Page 18, line 25
beat up a ten year old to beat up a ten-year-old
Page 20, line 19
Harry stood stock still to Harry stood stock-still
Page 23, line 9
he span on his heel to he spun on his heel
Page 33, line 24
Harry supplied dully to Harry supplied tonelessly
Page 36, line 5
what ARE Dementoids? to what ARE Dementoids?
Page 38, line 31
Harry said dully to Harry said
Page 40, line 23
dont know, Marge was right to dont know. Marge was right
Page 56, line 11
yelled Moody to yelled Moody.
Page 66, line 18
Apparation tests to Apparition tests
Page 70, line 70
said Ron dully to said Ron
Page 79, line 34
closely examining to minutely examining
Page 96, line 6
a shifty at it to a shufti at it
Page 99, line 26
closely to intently
Page 103, lines 24-25 the bottom of the tree closely to the bottom of the tree
Page 105, line 19
examining the tapestry closely to examining the tapestry carefully
Page 119, line 32
Apparation Test Centre to Apparition Test Centre
Page 128, line 17
surveyed Fudge to looked at Fudge
Page 131, line 33
eyeing her closely to eying her suspiciously
Page 138, line 4
clearing the witness to clearing the accused
Page 145, line 23
SPEW to S.P.E.W.
Page 145, line 27
SPEW to S.P.E.W.
Page 145, line 29
SPEW to S.P.E.W.
Page 151, lines 20-21 Harry hurried across the room, closed the door, then returned slowly to his
bed and sank on to it to Harry returned slowly to his bed and sank on to it
Page 153, line 13
lying it on his folded robes to laying it on his folded robes
Page 161, line 16
The Order are better prepared to The Order is better prepared
Page 468, line 16 Snape continued to survey him through narrowed eyes for a moment, then
said, Now, Occlumency. to Now, Occlumency.
Page 472, line 22
said Snape, watching him closely to said Snape contemptuously
Page 474, line 37
watching Snapes face closely to watching Snape closely for a reaction
Page 477, line 19
watching Fred and George closely to watching Fred and George
Page 480, line 18
Algernon Rookwood to Augustus Rookwood
Page 487, line 16
she predicted students answers to she predict students answers
Page 492, lines 6-7 Remember the first time we played against each other, in the third year?
she asked to Remember the first time we played against each other? she
asked
Page 519, lines 27-33 delete paragraph (Harry was so angry with her he did not talk to her for
the rest of the day, which proved to be another bad one. When people were
not discussing the escaped Death Eaters in the corridors, they were laughing
at Gryffindors abysmal performance in their match against Hufflepuff; the
Slytherins were singing Weasley is our King so loudly and frequently that
by sundown Filch had banned it from the corridors out of sheer irritation.)
Page 526, line 24
Locomotor trunks! to Locomotor trunks!
Page 526, line 27
standing stock still to standing stock-still
Page 533, line 9
Firenze surveyed Harry to Firenze looked at Harry
Page 533, line 24
hed repeated Firenzes words to hed passed on Firenzes message
Page 536, line 9 the elf tried to kick himself and fell to the floor to Dobby tried to kick
himself and sank to his knees
Page 536, lines 11-12 Dobby let out a howl, and began beating his bare feet hard on the floor to
Dobby let out a howl
Page 551, lines 13-14 Draco Malfoy had slid out from behind the door, closely followed to Draco
Malfoy had slid out from behind the door, followed
Page 551, line 18 Its only teachers who can dock points from houses, Malfoy to You cant
take points from fellow prefects, Malfoy
Page 551, line 20
delete line (Yeah, were prefects, too, remember? snarled Ron.)
Page 551, line 21 I know prefects cant dock points, Weasel King to I know prefects cant dock
points from each other
Page 554, lines 35-36 surveying him complacently, like a toad to looking like a toad
Page 555, lines 24-25 watching him closely to watching him
Page 555, line 36
I dont know where he is, Harry repeated. to I dont know where he is.
Page 555, line 37 He pretended to drink again. She was watching him very closely to Harry
pretended to drink again.
Page 556, line 1 Very well, she said, though she looked displeased to Very well, said
Umbridge, looking displeased
Page 572, line 32 You will not repeat what you saw to anybody! to You will not tell anybody
what you saw!
Page 575, line 2
he said dully to he said
Page 575, line 31
wasnt he? to wasnt he?
A12(aa)
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION (2003)
(Michael Wildsmith photography adult artwork series in hardback)
Harry Potter and the | Order of the Phoenix | J. K. Rowling | BLOOMSBURY (All width centred)
Collation: 384 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 197 by 127mm; [1-7] 8-23 [24]
25-42 [43] 44-57 [58] 59-75 [76] 77-91 [92] 93-111 [112] 113-25 [126] 127-38 [139] 140-62 [163]
164-80 [181] 182-99 [200] 201-225 [226] 227-50 [251] 252-73 [274] 275-94 [295] 296-311 [312]
313-31 [332] 333-51 [352] 353-71 [372] 373-89 [390] 391-411 [412] 413-34 [435] 436-55 [456] 457-79
[480] 481-502 [503] 504-527 [528] 529-49 [550] 551-73 [574] 575-95 [596] 597-619 [620] 621-42 [643]
644-61 [662] 663-73 [674] 675-88 [689] 690-711 [712] 713-22 [723]
724-44 [745] 746-66 [767-68]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter and the | Order of the
Phoenix; [2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in reading
order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph] Harry Potter
and the Philosophers Stone | also available in Latin and Welsh: |
Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis (Latin) | Harri Potter a Maen
yr Athronydd (Welsh); [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no
part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by
any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, |
without the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph]
First published in Great Britain in 2003 | Bloomsbury Publishing
Plc, 38 Soho Square, London W1D 3HB | [new paragraph] Copyright 2003 J.K. Rowling | [new
paragraph] Harry Potter, names, characters and related indicia are | copyright and trademark Warner
Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue
record for this book is available | from the British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 6940 1
| [new paragraph] Typeset by Palimpsest Book Production Limited, | Polmont, Stirlingshire | [new
paragraph] All paper used by Bloomsbury Publishing, including that in this book, | is a natural,
recyclable product made from wood grown in sustainable, |
well-managed forests. The manufacturing processes conform
to the | environmental regulations of the country of origin. |
[new paragraph] Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives
plc | [new paragraph] First edition | [new paragraph] www.
bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] To Neil, Jessica and David, |
who make my world magical; [6] blank; [7]-766 text; [767-68]
blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title
comprises chapter title, pp. 8-766 (excluding pages on which
new chapters commence)
Binding: black boards.
On spine: J.K. ROWLING | HARRY | POTTER | AND
THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX | [publishers device of a
figure with a bow, 13 by 12mm]. All in gilt.
Upper and lower covers: blank.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 205 by 128mm (covers), 205 by 73mm (spine).
End-papers: wove paper.
William Webb | Jacket Image: Michael Wildsmith | Author Photograph: Bill de la HEY. All in
white on black.
Publication: 21 June 2003 (simultaneous with A12(a) and A12(aaa)) in an edition of 500,000 copies
(confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 16.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay)
Notes:
This was the first title in the series for which the childrens and adult editions were published
simultaneously.
At least one reprint of this edition (sixth impression) included the Hogwarts crest on both the halftitle and title-page (from the childrens edition).
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
7 9 10 8 6
9 10 8
A12(aaa)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX | [black and white illustration
of a black dog passing through a doorway, with knarled tree on right, 70 by 52mm] | BY | J. K.
Mary GrandPr works in a style she calls soft geometry, | combining her concerns for color, light,
drawing, and de- | sign with her signature chalk pastels. She has illustrated | more than fifteen
beautiful books, including Plum, a col- | lection of poetry by Tony Mitton, and the American edi- |
tions of all five Harry Potter novels. Her work has also | appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic
Monthly, and | Communication Arts, and on the cover of Time. | [new paragraph] Ms. GrandPr
lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, with her | family.; [876] blank; [877] colophon: [publishers device of
a lantern, 17 by 12mm] | This | book was art | directed by David Saylor. | The art for both the jacket
and the | interior was created using pastels on toned | printmaking paper. The text was set in 11.5-point
Adobe | Garamond, a typeface based on the sixteenth-century type designs of | Claude Garamond, redrawn
by Robert Slimbach in 1989. The book was typeset | by Brad Walrod and was printed and bound at RR
Donnelley in | Crawsfordsville, Indiana. No old-growth forests were used to | create the paper for this book.
The Managing | Editor was Manuela Soares and the | Manufacturing Director | was Angela | Biola.;
[878-82] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title,
pp. 1-870. Each running title (excluding pages on which new chapters commence) includes a
three-star design to left and right of both running-titles on verso and recto. On pages on which a new
chapter commences, the three-star design is omitted.
Illustrations: title-page vignette, together with thirty-eight vignettes at the beginning of each
chapter (after chapter and chapter number but before chapter title). In addition to standard
typographical changes (including italics, capitals and small capitals) there are other typographical
features, comprising:
p. 27 facsimile of Mafalda Hopkirks signature
p. 28 facsimile of Arthur Weasleys signature
p. 33 facsimile of Mafalda Hopkirks signature
p. 35 note from Sirius Black
p. 58 facsimile of handwriting
p. 111 embroidered tapestry title
p. 127 text of sign
p. 190 magazine headlines
p. 191 magazine headline
pp. 191-93 texts of magazine articles
p. 222 text of sign
p. 239 blackboard text
p. 240 blackboard text
p. 280 facsimile of Harrys signature
p. 287 newspaper headline
p. 298 facsimile of Percys signature
p. 306 newspaper headline
p. 351-52 text (together with facsimile signature and seal) of sign
| J. K. ROWLING [embossed in blue] (all width centred). All on colour illustration of Harry Potter
clutching wand surrounded by doors and candles.
On lower cover: Sequel to the #1 New York Times Bestseller | HARRY POTTER | AND THE
GOBLET OF FIRE | [barcode with smaller barcode to the right (52999) all in black on red panel, 23
by 53mm]. All in light blue and all on colour illustration of three figures behind a door.
On upper inside flap: $29.99 | THERE IS A DOOR at the end | of a silent corridor. And
its haunting Harry | Potters dreams. Why else would he be waking in | the middle of the night,
screaming in terror? | [new paragraph] Here are just a few things on Harrys mind: | [new paragraph]
[six-pointed star] A Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher | with a personality like poisoned honey
| [six-pointed star] A venomous, disgruntled house-elf | [six-pointed star] Ron as keeper of the
Gryffindor | Quidditch team | [six-pointed star] The looming terror of the end-of-term | Ordinary
Wizarding Level exams | [new paragraph] and of course, the growing threat of | He-Who-MustNot-Be-Named. In the richest | installment yet of J. K. Rowlings seven-part | story, Harry Potter
is faced with the unreliability | of the very government of the magical world and | the impotence
of the authorities at Hogwarts. | [new paragraph] Despite this (or perhaps because of it), he | finds
depth and strength in his friends, beyond | what even he knew; boundless loyalty; and | unbearable
sacrifice. | [new paragraph] Though thick runs the plot (as well as the | spine), readers will race
through these pages and | leave Hogwarts, wishing only for the | next train back. All in light blue
and all on colour illustration of swirling misty wind and candles.
On lower inside flap: ALSO BY J. K. ROWLING: | [new paragraph] HARRY POTTER | AND
THE GOBLET OF FIRE | [new paragraph] Another grand tale of magic and mystery, of wheels | within
wheels oiled in equal measure by terror and comedy, | featuring an engaging young hero-in-training
whos not | above the occasional snit, and clicking along so smoothly | that it seems shorter than it
is. Kirkus Reviews | [new paragraph] HARRY POTTER | AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
| [new paragraph] Isnt it reassuring that some things just get better and | better? This is a fabulously
entertaining read that will have | Harry Potter fans cheering for more. | School Library Journal | [new
paragraph] HARRY POTTER | AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS | [new paragraph] Rowling
might be a Hogwarts graduate herself, for her | ability to create such an engaging, imaginative, funny,
and, above all, heart-poundingly suspenseful yarn is nothing | short of magical. Publishers Weekly
| [new paragraph] HARRY POTTER | AND THE SORCERERS STONE | [new paragraph] You
dont have to be a wizard or a kid to appreciate the | spell cast by Harry Potter. USA Today | [new
paragraph] Jacket art by Mary GrandPr 2003 Warner Bros. | Jacket design by Mary GrandPr and David
Saylor | [new paragraph] [publishers device of a lantern, 19 by 14mm] ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS
| An Imprint of Scholastic Press | 557 Broadway, New York, New York 10012 | WWW.SCHOLASTIC.
COM. All in light blue and all on colour illustration of swirling misty wind.
Publication: 21 July 2003 (simultaneous with A12(a) and A12(aa))
Price: $29.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence)
Notes:
Copies have been examined with the following printing plant codes on the imprint page:
Printed in the U.S.A. 12
Printed in the U.S.A. 23
Printed in the U.S.A. 58
The editorial files at Bloomsbury provide one suggested alteration from the English text. Page 860,
line 28 reads only wizards. The files state that Jo does not want this changed in English
language editions, but if you feel the need to make it clear that it is not just the male form, you may
add and witches . The alteration was not made.
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
The American audiobook version, read by Jim Dale, has a duration of approximately twenty-four
hours.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 03 04 05 06 07
10 9 8 7 6 5 4
03 04 05 06 07
A12(b)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX | [black and white illustration
of a black dog passing through a doorway, with knarled tree on right, 70 by 52mm] | BY | J. K.
Rowling lives in Scotland with her husband and | two children.; [874] blank; [875] ABOUT THE
ILLUSTRATOR | [new paragraph] Mary GrandPr works in a style she calls soft geometry, |
combining her concerns for color, light, drawing, and de- | sign with her signature chalk pastels.
She has illustrated | more than fifteen beautiful books, including Plum, a col- | lection of poetry
by Tony Mitton, and the American edi- | tions of all five Harry Potter novels. Her work has also
| appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and | Communication Arts, and on the cover
of Time. | [new paragraph] Ms. GrandPr lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, with her | family.; [876]
blank; [877] colophon: [publishers device of a lantern, 17 by 12mm] | This Deluxe | Edition was art
| directed and designed by | David Saylor. Mary GrandPrs | artwork for the slipcase, the endpapers, the
| interior, and the special jacket illustration was | created using pastels on toned printmaking paper. The
| text was set in 11.5-point Adobe Garamond, a typeface based | on the sixteenth-century type designs
of Claude Garamond, redrawn | by Robert Slimbach in 1989. The book was typeset by Brad Walrod and
| printed on acid-free 55-pound offset paper manufactured for Scholastic by Fraser | Papers in Berlin,
New Hampshire. No old-growth forests were used to | create the paper in this book. The case is wrapped
in Sierra cloth, | an acid-free rayon-based material manufactured in Europe | exclusively for Ecological
Fibers. This edition was | printed, bound, and packaged by RR Donnelley | in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
The Managing | Editor was Manuela Soares and | the Manufacturing Director | was Angela Biola. |
[device of six stars]; [878-82] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title,
pp. 1-870. Each running title (excluding pages on which new chapters commence) includes a
three-star design to left and right of both running-titles on verso and recto. On pages on which a new
chapter commences, the three-star design is omitted.
Illustrations: title-page vignette, together with thirty-eight vignettes at the beginning of each
chapter (after chapter and chapter number but before chapter title). In addition to standard
typographical changes (including italics, capitals and small capitals) there are other typographical
features, comprising:
p. 27 facsimile of Mafalda Hopkirks signature
p. 28 facsimile of Arthur Weasleys signature
p. 33 facsimile of Mafalda Hopkirks signature
p. 35 note from Sirius Black
p. 58 facsimile of handwriting
p. 111 embroidered tapestry title
p. 127 text of sign
p. 190 magazine headlines
p. 191 magazine headline
pp. 191-93 texts of magazine articles
p. 222 text of sign
p. 239 blackboard text
p. 240 blackboard text
to have originated from the full double-page versions reproduced in this edition on the endpapers.
Both are reversed so that Harrys wand is in his right hand and the three figures face right. These full
double-page versions and entirely new dust-jacket design are unique to this deluxe edition.
Note the change from a collectors edition for Sorcerers Stone and Chamber of Secrets to deluxe
edition for this edition of Order of the Phoenix. There were no Scholastic collectors or deluxe editions
for Prisoner of Azkaban or Goblet of Fire.
Although no publication day is recorded, 1 July 2003 is assumed. In an email to me from January
2013 Arthur A. Levine noted that Im fairly certain that we didnt have strict on sale dates the
publication day would simply be the first of the month listed.
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 03 04 05 06 07
A12(c)
HARRY | POTTER | and the Order of the Phoenix | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRACO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 70 by 85mm] | J.K.ROWLING |
[publishers device of a dog, 12 by 19mm] | BLOOMSBURY (All width centred)
Collation: 384 unsigned leaves bound in forty-eight gatherings of eight leaves; 233 by 150mm, [1-7]
8-23 [24] 25-42 [43] 44-57 [58] 59-75 [76] 77-91 [92] 93-111 [112] 113-25 [126] 127-38 [139] 140-62
[163] 164-80 [181] 182-99 [200] 201-225 [226] 227-50 [251] 252-73 [274] 275-94 [295] 296-311 [312]
313-31 [332] 333-51 [352] 353-71 [372] 373-89 [390] 391-411 [412] 413-34 [435] 436-55 [456] 457-79
[480] 481-502 [503] 504-527 [528] 529-49 [550] 551-73 [574] 575-95 [596] 597-619 [620] 621-42 [643]
644-61 [662] 663-73 [674] 675-88 [689] 690-711 [712] 713-22 [723] 724-44 [745] 746-66 [767-68]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the Order of the Pheonix | [illustration of
Hogwarts crest with legend DRACO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 49
by 60mm]; [2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in reading order): | Harry Potter and the
Philosophers 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 | [new
paragraph] Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | also available in Latin and Welsh: | Harrius Potter
et Philosophi Lapis (Latin) | Harri Potter a Maen yr Athronydd (Welsh); [3] title-page; [4] All rights
reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means, electronic,
mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, | without the prior permission of the publisher | [new
paragraph] First published in Great Britain in 2003 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho Square,
London W1D 3HB | [new paragraph] Copyright 2003 J.K. Rowling | Cover illustration by Jason
Cockcroft 2003 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | [new paragraph] Harry Potter, names, characters and
related indicia are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] The moral
right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this book is available | from the
British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 6961 4 | [new paragraph] Typeset by Palimpsest
Book Production Limited, | Polmont, Stirlingshire | [new paragraph] All paper used by Bloomsbury
Publishing, including that in this book, | is a natural, recyclable product made from wood grown in
sustainable, | well-managed forests. The manufacturing processes conform to the | environmental
regulations of the country of origin. | [new paragraph] Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives
plc | [new paragraph] First Edition | [new paragraph] | www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] To
Neil, Jessica and David, | who make my world magical; [6] blank; [7]-766 text; [767-68] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (25mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-766
Binding: burgundy cloth.
On spine: HARRY POTTER and the Order of the Phoenix J.K.ROWLING (reading lengthways
down spine) with [publishers device of a dog, 12 by 21mm] | BLOOMSBURY (horizontally at foot).
All in gilt.
On upper cover: HARRY | POTTER | and the Order of the Phoenix | [double ruled border, 103
by 103mm with the outer border thicker than the inner and colour illustration by Jason Cockcroft
laid down] | JKRowling [facsimile signature] (all width centred). All in gilt.
Lower cover: blank.
All edges gilt. Yellow sewn bands at head and foot of spine together with yellow marker ribbon.
Binding measurements: 241 by 151mm (covers), 241 by 70mm (spine). End-papers: burgundy wove
paper.
Dust-jacket: none
Publication: 6 October 2003 in an edition of 26,700 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 30
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay)
Copies: Sothebys, 17 December 2009, lot 169
A12(d)
HARRY | POTTER | and the Order of the Phoenix | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 66 by 81mm] | J. K. ROWLING
| [publishers device of a dog, 11 by 18mm] | BLOOMSBURY (Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and
right margins, and all width centred)
Collation: 384 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
197 by 128mm; [1-7] 8-23 [24] 25-42 [43] 44-57 [58] 59-75 [76]
77-91 [92] 93-111 [112] 113-25 [126] 127-38 [139] 140-62 [163]
164-80 [181] 182-99 [200] 201-225 [226] 227-50 [251] 252-73
[274] 275-94 [295] 296-311 [312] 313-31 [332] 333-51 [352]
353-71 [372] 373-89 [390] 391-411 [412] 413-34 [435] 436-55
[456] 457-79 [480] 481-502 [503] 504-527 [528] 529-49 [550]
551-73 [574] 575-95 [596] 597-619 [620] 621-42 [643] 644-61
[662] 663-73 [674] 675-88 [689] 690-711 [712] 713-22 [723]
724-44 [745] 746-66 [767-68]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the
Order of the Phoenix | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner,
46 by 57mm]; [2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in
reading order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | also available
in Latin and Welsh: | Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis (Latin) | Harri Potter a Maen yr Athronydd
(Welsh); [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced or |
transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, | without the prior
permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain in 2003 | Bloomsbury
Publishing Plc, 38 Soho Square, London W1D 3HB | [new paragraph] This paperback edition first
published in 2004 | [new paragraph] Copyright J.K. Rowling 2003 | Cover illustration by Jason
Cockcroft 2003 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | [new paragraph] Harry Potter, names, characters and
related indicia are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] The moral
right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record for this book is available | from the
British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 6107 9 | [new paragraph] 1 3 5 9 10 8 6 4 2 | [new
paragraph] Typeset by Palimpsest Book Production Limited, | Polmont, Stirlingshire | Printed in
Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] All papers used by Bloomsbury Publishing
are natural, | recyclable products made from wood grown in well-managed forests. | The paper used
in this book contains 10% post consumer waste | material which was de-inked using chlorine free
methods. The | manufacturing processes conform to the environmental | regulations of the country
of origin. | www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] To Neil, Jessica and David, | who make my world
magical; [6] blank; [7]-766 text; [767-68] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-766
(excluding pages on which new chapters commence)
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: [colour illustration of a golden feather on blue panel,
41 by 16mm] HARRY POTTER [in burgundy on yellow panel, 41
by 45mm] and the Order of the Phoenix [in yellow] J.K.ROWLING
[in white, both title conclusion and author on burgundy panel, 41
by 103mm] BLOOMSBURY [publishers device of the head of a dog,
4 by 3mm] [both in yellow on blue panel, 41 by 32mm] (reading
lengthways down spine).
On upper wrapper: HARRY | POTTER | and the Order of
the Phoenix [lines 1 and 2 in burgundy, line 3 in blue, all on yellow
panel, 62 by 128mm] | [blue rule, 128mm] | [colour illustration of
a phoenix rising from flames, 132 by 128mm] | [blue rule, 128mm
intersected by burgundy panel with J.K.ROWLING in white] |
BLOOMSBURY [in burgundy on yellow panel, 10 by 128mm] (all
width centred).
On lower wrapper: Harry Potter is due to start | his fifth year at Hogwarts School of | Witchcraft
and Wizardry. His best friends Ron | and Hermione have been very secretive all summer | and he is
desperate to get back to school and find out | what has been going on. However, what Harry discovers
| is far more devastating than he could ever have expected | [new paragraph] Suspense, secrets
and thrilling action from the pen of J.K. Rowling | ensure an electrifying adventure that is impossible
to put down. | [new paragraph] Rowlings imagination and daring put | her in a class of her own. The
Times | [new paragraph] Every seven-year-old I know is desperate | to read that great paving slab of a
book, | The Order of the Phoenix. Daily Mail | For Christmas I would like | The Order of the Phoenix,
as its | wonderfully written and is a story | the whole family is following. | Anne Diamond, Sunday
Express | [publishers device of a dog, 6 by 10mm] | BLOOMSBURY | [barcode in black on white
panel, 21 by 38mm together with http://www.bloomsbury.com below panel, in burgundy on yellow
panel, 6 by 38mm and 7.99 to the right]. Reading lengthways up left side next to fore-edge Cover
illustrations by Jason Cockcroft. All in white with the exception of the illustration credit which is in
black, and all on an illustration of an arch, with runic characters above, a candle-lit vaulted ceiling
passage and a wizard, witch, centaur, goblin and house-elf comprising characters in the fountain of
magical brethren with pouring water.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 197 by 128mm (wrappers), 197 by 41mm (spine).
Publication: 10 July 2004 (simultaneous with A12(dd)) in an edition of 1,635,828 copies (confirmed
by Bloomsbury)
Price: 7.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay)
Notes:
Bloomsbury released a dumpbin display case for this edition at the beginning of July (Nielsen
BookData provides a date of 10 July 2004). The case was available empty or filled with 48 copies of
this edition. A promotional poster was apparently released on the same date.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A12(dd)
ENGLISH ADULT EDITION (2004)
(Michael Wildsmith photography adult artwork series in paperback)
Harry Potter and the | Order of the Phoenix | J. K. Rowling | BLOOMSBURY (All width centred)
Collation: 480 unsigned leaves bound in forty gatherings of twelve
leaves; 177 by 111mm; [1-7] 8-27 [28] 29-51 [52] 53-70 [71] 72-92
[93] 94-112 [113] 114-37 [138] 139-54 [155] 156-70 [171] 172-200
[201] 202-222 [223] 224-45 [246] 247-77 [278] 279-309 [310]
311-39 [340] 341-65 [366] 367-87 [388] 389-412 [413] 414-38 [439]
440-63 [464] 465-85 [486] 487-512 [513] 514-41 [542] 543-68 [569]
570-98 [599] 600-627 [628] 629-58 [659] 660-86 [687] 688-715
[716] 717-43 [744] 745-73 [774] 775-801 [802] 803-824 [825]
826-39 [840] 841-58 [859] 860-86 [887] 888-900 [901] 902-928
[929] 930-56 [957-60]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter and the | Order of the
Phoenix; [2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in reading
order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved;
no part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by
any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, | without the prior permission of the
publisher | [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain in 2003 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
38 Soho Square, London W1D 3HB | [new paragraph] This edition first published in 2004 | [new
paragraph] Copyright 2003 J.K. Rowling | [new paragraph] Harry Potter, names, characters and
related indicia are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] The moral
right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this book is available | from the
British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 7073 6 | [new paragraph] 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 | [new
paragraph] Typeset by Palimpsest Book Production Limited, | Polmont, Stirlingshire | Printed in
Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] All papers used by Bloomsbury Publishing
are natural, | recyclable products made from wood grown in well-managed forests. | The paper used
in this book contains 20% post consumer waste | material which was de-inked using chlorine free
methods. The | manufacturing processes conform to the environmental | regulations of the country
of origin. | [new paragraph] www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] To Neil, Jessica and David, | who
make my world magical; [6] blank; [7]-956 text; [957-60] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-956
(excluding pages on which new chapters commence)
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: HARRY POTTER AND THE [colour photograph
of a metallic phoenix rising through flame, 58 by 18mm] | J.K.
ROWLING [publishers device of a figure with a bow, 11 by
11mm] | ORDER OF THE PHOENIX (reading lengthways
down spine). All in white with the exception of last line which
is in gilt and all on black.
On upper wrapper: HARRY POTTER AND THE [in white]
| ORDER OF THE [embossed in gilt] | PHOENIX [embossed in
gilt] | J. K. ROWLING [in white] | BLOOMSBURY [in white]
(all width centred). All on colour photograph of a metallic
phoenix rising through flame.
On lower wrapper: [colour photograph of a metallic phoenix
rising through flame, all within single white border, 22 by 22mm]
What more could one want? Rowlings | take on 15-year-old
boyhood is masterfully | done and places humanity, not magic,
at | the centre of the book Time Out | [new paragraph] Harry
is furious that he has been abandoned at the | Dursleys house for the summer, for he suspects that |
Voldemort is gathering an army, that he himself could | be attacked, and that his so-called friends are
keeping him | in the dark. Finally rescued by wizard bodyguards, he | discovers that Dumbledore is
regrouping the Order of the | Phoenix a secret society first formed years ago to fight | Voldemort.
But the Ministry of Magic is against the Order, | lies are being spread by the wizards tabloid the Daily
| Prophet, and Harry fears that he may have to take on | this epic battle against evil alone. | [new
paragraph] Dont be alienated by the hype, Rowlings imagination | and daring put her in a class
of her own The Times | [new paragraph] In discovering the magical world of Hogwarts and Harry
| himself, I found more than just great characters and stories | Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix is even | better than its predecessors Irelands Sunday Independent | [new paragraph] Read
it yet? Five is bigger and better than ever Heat | [new paragraph] [barcode in black on white panel,
24 by 39mm together with bloomsbury[in black]pbk[in white]s[in black] | 7.99 [in black] | www.
bloomsbury.com [in black] and all on red panel, 25 by 75mm] | Cover image: Michael Wildsmith
Design: William Webb Author Photograph: Bill de la HEY. All in white on black with colour
photograph to the left of lines 1-4.
On inside upper wrapper: black and white photograph of J.K. Rowling standing against
bookshelves.
On inside lower wrapper: Other titles available in the | HARRY POTTER series | [colour
illustrations in two columns of four book designs]. All in white on black.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 177 by 111mm (wrappers), 177 by 58mm (spine).
Publication: 10 July 2004 (simultaneous with A12(d)) in an edition of 325,200 copies (confirmed
by Bloomsbury)
Price: 7.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay)
Notes:
Previous titles in the Michael Wildsmith photography adult artwork series in paperback had replaced
existing adult livery editions. However, this was the first title in this guise which did not replace a
previous edition. See note to A1(f) about earlier titles in this series.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2
A12(e)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX | [black and white illustration
of a black dog passing through a doorway, with knarled tree on right, 61 by 46mm] | BY | J. K.
ROWLING | ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY GRANDPR | SCHOLASTIC INC. | NEW YORK
[four-sided device] TORONTO [four-sided device] LONDON [four-sided device] AUCKLAND
[four-sided device] SYDNEY | MEXICO CITY [four-sided device] NEW DELHI [four-sided device]
HONG KONG [four-sided device] BUENOS AIRES (All width centred on a diamond pattern
background)
Collation: 448 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 192 by 132mm; [I-X] XI-XV
[XVI-XVIII] 1-870 [871-78]
Scotland with her husband and two children.; [874] blank; [875] ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR |
[new paragraph] Mary GrandPr works in a style she calls soft geometry, combining | her concerns
for color, light, drawing, and design with her signature | chalk pastels. She has illustrated more
than fifteen beautiful books, | including Plum, a collection of poetry by Tony Mitton, and the |
American editions of all five Harry Potter novels. Her work has also | appeared in The New Yorker,
The Atlantic Monthly, and | Communication Arts, and on the cover of Time. | [new paragraph] Ms.
GrandPr lives in Sarasota, Florida, with her family.; [876] blank; [877] publishers advertisement:
Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering] | THE MAGICAL BOOKS THAT STARTED IT ALL!;
[878] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title,
pp. 1-870. Each running title (excluding pages on which new chapters commence) includes a
three-star design to left and right of both running-titles on verso and recto. On pages on which a new
chapter commences, the three-star design is omitted.
Illustrations: title-page vignette, together with thirty-eight vignettes at the beginning of each
chapter (after chapter and chapter number but before chapter title). In addition to standard
typographical changes (including italics, capitals and small capitals) there are other typographical
features, comprising:
p. 27 facsimile of Mafalda Hopkirks signature
p. 28 facsimile of Arthur Weasleys signature
p. 33 facsimile of Mafalda Hopkirks signature
p. 35 note from Sirius Black
p. 58 facsimile of handwriting
p. 111 embroidered tapestry title
p. 127 text of sign
p. 190 magazine headlines
p. 191 magazine headline
pp. 191-93 texts of magazine articles
p. 222 text of sign
p. 239 blackboard text
p. 240 blackboard text
p. 280 facsimile of Harrys signature
p. 287 newspaper headline
p. 298 facsimile of Percys signature
p. 306 newspaper headline
p. 351-52 text (together with facsimile signature and seal) of sign
p. 359 note from Sirius Black
p. 404 text and outline of badge
p. 485 text of portrait label
pp. 485-86 text of floor guide
A12(f)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX | [black and white illustration
of a black dog passing through a doorway, with knarled tree on right, 65 by 49mm] | BY | J. K.
ROWLING | ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY GRANDPR | [publishers device of a lantern, 11 by
8mm] | ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS | AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC PRESS (All width
centred on a diamond pattern background)
Collation: 448 unsigned leaves bound in twenty-eight gatherings
of sixteen leaves; 209 by 136mm; [I-VI] VII-XI [XII-XIV] 1-870
[871-82]
Page contents: [I] half-title: HARRY POTTER | AND
THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX (all on diamond pattern
background); [II] ALSO BY J. K. ROWLING | [new paragraph]
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone | Year One at Hogwarts |
[new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Year
Two at Hogwarts | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban | Year Three at Hogwarts | [new paragraph] Harry Potter
and the Goblet of Fire | Year Four at Hogwarts; [III] title-page; [IV]
[device of twelve stars] | Text copyright 2003 by J. K. Rowling
| Illustrations by Mary GrandPr copyright 2003 by Warner
Bros. | HARRY POTTER, characters, names and related indicia
are trademarks of | and Warner Bros. Harry Potter Publishing
Rights J. K. Rowling. | All rights reserved. Published by
Scholastic Press, a division of Scholastic Inc., | Publishers since
1920. | SCHOLASTIC, SCHOLASTIC PRESS, and the LANTERN LOGO | are trademarks
and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. | [new paragraph] No part of this publication
may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted | in any form or by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, | without written permission of the
publisher. For information regarding permission, write | to Scholastic Inc., Attention: Permissions
Department, 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. | [new paragraph] ISBN 0-439-35806-X [new
paragraph] Printed in the U.S.A.; [V] TO NEIL, JESSICA, AND DAVID, | WHO MAKE MY
WORLD MAGICAL.; [VI] blank; VII-XI CONTENTS (thirty-eight chapters listed with titles
and page references); [XII] blank; [XIII] half-title: HARRY POTTER | AND THE ORDER OF
THE PHOENIX (all on diamond pattern background); [XIV] blank; 1-870 text; [871-72] blank;
[873] ABOUT THE AUTHOR | [new paragraph] J. K. Rowling is the author of five magnificent
novels in the | Harry Potter series. Her books have been honored with the | Hugo Award, the
Bram Stoker Award, the Whitbread | Childrens Book Award, the Nestl Smarties Book Prize,
| the British Book Awards Childrens Book of the Year, and | numerous state, magazine, and
childrens choice citations. | Ms. Rowling herself has received a special certificate for be- | ing
a three-year winner of the Nestl Smarties Book Prize | as well as a special commendation from
the Anne Spencer | Lindbergh Prize for her outstanding contribution to chil- | drens fantasy
literature. She has also been named an Offi- | cer of the Order of the British Empire. | [new
paragraph] Ms. Rowling lives in Scotland with her husband and | two children.; [874] blank; [875]
ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR | [new paragraph] Mary GrandPr works in a style she calls soft
geometry, | combining her concerns for color, light, drawing, and de- | sign with her signature
chalk pastels. She has illustrated | more than fifteen beautiful books, including Plum, a col- |
lection of poetry by Tony Mitton, and the American edi- | tions of all five Harry Potter novels.
Her work has also | appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and | Communication Arts,
and on the cover of Time. | [new paragraph] Ms. GrandPr lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, with her
| family.; [876] blank; [877] colophon: [publishers device of a lantern, 15 by 12mm] | This | book
was art | directed by David Saylor. | The art for both the jacket and the | interior was created using pastels
on toned | printmaking paper. The text was set in 11.5-point Adobe | Garamond, a typeface based on
the sixteenth-century type designs of | Claude Garamond, redrawn by Robert Slimbach in 1989. The book
was typeset | by Brad Walrod and was printed and bound at Berryville Graphics in | Beryville, Virginia.
No old-growth forests were used to | create the paper for this book. The Managing | Editor was Manuela
Soares and the | Manufacturing Director | was Angela | Biola.; [878-82] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title,
pp. 1-870. Each running title (excluding pages on which new chapters commence) includes a
three-star design to left and right of both running-titles on verso and recto. On pages on which a new
chapter commences, the three-star design is omitted.
Illustrations: title-page vignette, together with thirty-eight vignettes at the beginning of each
chapter (after chapter and chapter number but before chapter title). In addition to standard
typographical changes (including italics, capitals and small capitals) there are other typographical
features, comprising:
p. 27 facsimile of Mafalda Hopkirks signature
p. 28 facsimile of Arthur Weasleys signature
p. 33 facsimile of Mafalda Hopkirks signature
p. 35 note from Sirius Black
p. 58 facsimile of handwriting
p. 111 embroidered tapestry title
p. 127 text of sign
p. 190 magazine headlines
p. 191 magazine headline
pp. 191-93 texts of magazine articles
p. 222 text of sign
p. 239 blackboard text
p. 240 blackboard text
On upper cover: Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering] [in blue] | and the [hand-drawn lettering
in grey of illustration] | Order of the Phoenix [hand-drawn lettering in grey of illustration] | J. K.
ROWLING [in light blue] (all width centred). All on colour illustration of Harry Potter clutching
wand surrounded by doors and candles.
On lower cover: Sequel to the #1 New York Times Bestseller | HARRY POTTER | AND THE
GOBLET OF FIRE | [barcode in black on red panel, 23 by 49mm] [116133 in black on white panel,
6 by 17mm] [64951 in black on white panel, 6 by 13mm]. All in white and all on colour illustration
of three figures behind a door.
On upper inside flap: THERE IS A DOOR at the end | of a silent corridor. And its haunting
Harry | Potters dreams. Why else would he be waking in | the middle of the night, screaming in
terror? | [new paragraph] Here are just a few things on Harrys mind: | [new paragraph] [six-pointed
star] A Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher | with a personality like poisoned honey | [six-pointed
star] A venomous, disgruntled house-elf | [six-pointed star] Ron as keeper of the Gryffindor |
Quidditch team | [six-pointed star] The looming terror of the end-of-term | Ordinary Wizarding
Level exams | [new paragraph] and of course, the growing threat of | He-Who-Must-Not-BeNamed. In the richest | installment yet of J. K. Rowlings seven-part | story, Harry Potter is faced
with the unreliability | of the very government of the magical world and | the impotence of the
authorities at Hogwarts. | [new paragraph] Despite this (or perhaps because of it), he | finds depth
and strength in his friends, beyond | what even he knew; boundless loyalty; and | unbearable
sacrifice. | [new paragraph] Though thick runs the plot (as well as the | spine), readers will race
through these pages and | leave Hogwarts, wishing only for the | next train back. All in light blue
and all on colour illustration of swirling misty wind and candles.
On lower inside flap: ALSO BY J. K. ROWLING: | [new paragraph] HARRY POTTER |
AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE | [new paragraph] Another grand tale of magic and mystery, of
wheels | within wheels oiled in equal measure by terror and comedy, | featuring an engaging
young hero-in-training whos not | above the occasional snit, and clicking along so smoothly |
that it seems shorter than it is. Kirkus Reviews | [new paragraph] HARRY POTTER | AND
THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN | [new paragraph] Isnt it reassuring that some things just
get better and | better? This is a fabulously entertaining read that will have | Harry Potter fans
cheering for more. | School Library Journal | [new paragraph] HARRY POTTER | AND THE
CHAMBER OF SECRETS | [new paragraph] Rowling might be a Hogwarts graduate herself,
for her | ability to create such an engaging, imaginative, funny, and, above all, heart-poundingly
suspenseful yarn is nothing | short of magical. Publishers Weekly | [new paragraph] HARRY
POTTER | AND THE SORCERERS STONE | [new paragraph] You dont have to be a wizard
or a kid to appreciate the | spell cast by Harry Potter. USA Today | [new paragraph] Jacket art
by Mary GrandPr 2003 Warner Bros. | Jacket design by Mary GrandPr and David Saylor | [new
paragraph] Printed in the U.S.A. All in light blue and all on colour illustration of swirling misty
wind.
Publication: between July and December 2004 (see notes)
Price: see notes
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence)
Notes:
As with the first book club edition of Goblet of Fire (see A9(g)), the binding of this edition is smaller
than that for the first American edition. Also note that the publishers imprint page omits mention
of the Library of Congress. The strike-line and printers number is also absent. Also note the change
of printer and binder noted in the colophon.
Given that the true American first and the book club editions share a single ISBN, the Blair
Partnership noted that book club editions could only be dated to within a half-year period end in
their files. This edition was, therefore, published within the period July to December 2004. The Blair
Partnership Royalties Manager noted that the American book club editions did not have a set price.
Contrast the barcode panel on the dust-jacket of the First American edition. In A12(aaa) there are
two barcodes. In this book club edition, the smaller barcode is omitted and two white panels appear
to the right of the barcode. Note also the removal of the publishers device and name from the lower
inside flap.
A12(g)
HARRY | POTTER | and the Order of the Phoenix | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 66 by 81mm] | J. K. ROWLING
| [publishers device of a dog, 11 by 18mm] | BLOOMSBURY (Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and
right margins, and all width centred)
Collation: 384 unsigned leaves bound by the perfect binding process; 197 by 128mm; [1-7] 8-23
[24] 25-42 [43] 44-57 [58] 59-75 [76] 77-91 [92] 93-111 [112] 113-25 [126] 127-38 [139] 140-62
[163] 164-80 [181] 182-99 [200] 201-225 [226] 227-50 [251] 252-73 [274] 275-94 [295] 296-311
[312] 313-31 [332] 333-51 [352] 353-71 [372] 373-89 [390] 391-411 [412] 413-34 [435] 436-55
[456] 457-79 [480] 481-502 [503] 504-27 [528] 529-49 [550] 551-73 [574] 575-95 [596] 597-619
[620] 621-42 [643] 644-61 [662] 663-73 [674] 675-88 [689] 690-711 [712] 713-22 [723] 724-44 [745]
746-66 [767-68]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the Order of the Phoenix | [illustration of
Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 46
by 57mm]; [2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in reading order): | Harry Potter and the
Philosophers 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| [new paragraph] Titles available in the Harry Potter series |
(in Latin): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
| (in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone; [3] title-page;
[4] All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any
means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, | without the prior permission of the
publisher | [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain in 2003 | Bloomsbury Publishing
Plc, 36 Soho Square, London W1D 3QY | [new paragraph] This edition first published in 2007 |
[new paragraph] Copyright J.K. Rowling 2003 | Cover illustration by Jason Cockcroft 2003
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | [new paragraph] Harry Potter, names, characters and related indicia are
| copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has
been asserted | A CIP catalogue record for this book is available | from the British Library | [new
paragraph] ISBN 978 0 7475 9126 9 | [new paragraph] 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 | [new paragraph] Typeset
by Palimpsest Book Production Limited, | Grangemouth, Stirlingshire | Printed in Great Britain by
Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] The paper this book is printed on is 100% post-consumer
waste recycled | [new paragraph] www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] To Neil, Jessica and David, |
who make my world magical; [6] blank; [7]-766 text; [767-68] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-766
(excluding pages on which new chapters commence)
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: [colour illustration of a golden feather on blue panel, 25 by 17mm] HARRY POTTER
[in yellowish red on metallic brown panel, 25 by 45mm] and the Order of the Phoenix [in blue]
J.K.ROWLING [in metallic brown, both title conclusion and author on yellow panel, 25 by 102mm]
BLOOMSBURY [publishers device of the head of a dog, 3 by 4mm] [both in white on blue panel, 25
by 31mm] (reading lengthways down spine).
On upper wrapper: HARRY | POTTER | and the Order of the Phoenix [lines 1 and 2 in metallic
brown, line 3 in white, all on blue panel, 62 by 128mm] | [metallic brown rule, 128mm] | [J.K.
ROWLING [in metallic brown] with colour illustration of a phoenix rising from flames, within single
metallic brown ruled border, 91 by 86mm, all on yellow panel with orange, yellow and metallic brown
stars, 123 by 128mm] | [blue rule, 128mm] | BLOOMSBURY [in dark blue on metallic brown panel,
10 by 128mm] (all width centred).
On lower wrapper: Harry Potter is due to start | his fifth year at Hogwarts School of |
Witchcraft and Wizardry. His best friends Ron | and Hermione have been very secretive all summer
| and he is desperate to get back to school and find out | what has been going on. However, what
Harry discovers | is far more devastating than he could ever have expected | [new paragraph]
Suspense, secrets and thrilling action from the pen of J.K. Rowling | ensure an electrifying adventure
that is impossible to put down. | [new paragraph] Rowlings imagination and daring put | her in
a class of her own. The Times | [new paragraph] I cant put it down. It is THE BEST. | Sarah
Poynton, aged 10, Observer | [new paragraph] Wonderfully written a story | the whole family
is following. | Anne Diamond, Sunday Express | [new paragraph] [publishers device of a dog, 6
by 10mm] | BLOOMSBURY | [new paragraph] [barcode in black on white panel, 21 by 38mm]
[recycling device of three arrows] [in green] | The paper that this [in green] | book is printed on is
[in green] | 100% post-consumer [in green] | waste recycled [in green] [these five lines to the right
of the barcode panel] | [www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter below barcode panel, in burgundy on
yellow panel, 6 by 38mm] 7.99 [to the right of the web address panel]. Reading lengthways up left
side from foot of spine Cover illustrations by Jason Cockcroft (in white). All in black on colour
illustration of an arch, with runic characters above, a candle-lit vaulted ceiling passage and a wizard,
witch, centaur, goblin and house-elf comprising characters in the fountain of magical brethren with
pouring water.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 197 by 128mm (wrappers), 197 by 25mm (spine).
Publication: 4 June 2007 in an edition of 47,660 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 7.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay)
Notes:
The individual titles in the celebratory edition were each published to celebrate the release of
the film version. The UK premiere of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix took place on 3 July
2007.
The first edition of this celebratory edition featured thin paper (with a spine width of only 25mm).
Reprints would use thicker paper (with a spine width of 46mm).
Copies: Bloomsbury Archives
Reprints include:
5 7 9 10 8 6
7 9 10 8
A12(h)
Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous stars] | and the | Order of the Phoenix |
[illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on
banner, 68 by 84mm] | J.K.ROWLING | [publishers device of a dog, 8 by 13mm] | BLOOMSBURY
| LONDON BERLIN NEW YORK SYDNEY (All width centred)
Collation: 384 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 197 by 128mm; [1-7] 8-23 [24] 25-42
[43] 44-57 [58] 59-75 [76] 77-91 [92] 93-111 [112] 113-25 [126] 127-38 [139] 140-62 [163] 164-80 [181]
182-99 [200] 201-225 [226] 227-50 [251] 252-73 [274] 275-94 [295] 296-311 [312] 313-31 [332] 333-51
[352] 353-71 [372] 373-89 [390] 391-411 [412] 413-34 [435] 436-55 [456] 457-79 [480] 481-502 [503]
504-527 [528] 529-49 [550] 551-73 [574] 575-95 [596] 597-619 [620] 621-42 [643] 644-61 [662] 663-73
[674] 675-88 [689] 690-711 [712] 713-22 [723] 724-44 [745] 746-66 [767-68]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous stars] | and
the | Order of the Phoenix | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS
Published as a boxed set of seven volumes comprising A1(i), A2(n), A7(k), A9(k), A12(h), A13(g)
and A14(f). Individual volumes were also available separately.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A12(i)
Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous stars] | and the | Order of the Phoenix |
[illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on
banner, 68 by 84mm] | J.K.ROWLING | [publishers device of a dog, 8 by 13mm] | BLOOMSBURY
| LONDON BERLIN NEW YORK SYDNEY (All width centred)
Collation: 384 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
197 by 124mm; [1-7] 8-23 [24] 25-42 [43] 44-57 [58] 59-75 [76]
77-91 [92] 93-111 [112] 113-25 [126] 127-38 [139] 140-62 [163]
164-80 [181] 182-99 [200] 201-225 [226] 227-50 [251] 252-73
[274] 275-94 [295] 296-311 [312] 313-31 [332] 333-51 [352]
353-71 [372] 373-89 [390] 391-411 [412] 413-34 [435] 436-55
[456] 457-79 [480] 481-502 [503] 504-527 [528] 529-49 [550]
551-73 [574] 575-95 [596] 597-619 [620] 621-42 [643] 644-61
[662] 663-73 [674] 675-88 [689] 690-711 [712] 713-22 [723]
724-44 [745] 746-66 [767-68]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter [signature above
z rule with numerous stars] | and the | Order of the Phoenix |
[illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS
NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 60 by 75mm]; [2]
Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in reading order): |
Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph] Titles available in the Harry Potter series
| (in Latin): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of
Secrets | (in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | [new
paragraph] Also available | (in aid of Comic Relief): | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them |
Quidditch Through the Ages | (in aid of Lumos): | The Tales of Beedle the Bard; [3] title-page; [4]
All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying | or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher
| [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain in 2003 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | 49-51
Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP | [new paragraph] Bloomsbury Publishing, London, Berlin,
New York and Sydney | [new paragraph] This hardback edition first published in November 2011
| [new paragraph] Copyright J. K. Rowling 2003 | Cover and endpaper illustrations by Clare
Melinsky copyright J. K. Rowling 2010 | [new paragraph] Harry Potter, names, characters and
related indicia are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] The moral
right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the
British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 978 1 4088 2587 7 | [new paragraph] [Forest Stewardship
Council logo, 8 by 9mm together with symbol and text: FSC | www.fsc.org | MIX | Paper from
| responsible sources | FSC C018072] | [new paragraph] Typeset by Palimpsest Book Production
Limited, Falkirk, Stirlingshire | Printed in Great Britain by
Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 |
[new paragraph] | www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] To Neil,
Jessica and David, | who make my world magical; [6] blank; [7]-766
text; [767-68] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title
comprises chapter title, pp. 8-766
Binding: purple boards.
On spine: Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous
stars] and | the Order of the Phoenix [illustration of a phoenix with
flames at feet, 23 by 18mm] J.K.ROWLING BLOOMSBURY
[publishers device of the head of a dog, 3 by 4mm] (reading
lengthways down spine). All in gilt.
Upper and lower covers: blank.
All edges trimmed. Purple sewn bands at head and foot of spine
together with purple marker ribbon. Binding measurements: 205
by 128mm (covers), 205 by 66mm (spine). End-papers: wove paper
overprinted in purple showing design, in white, of spine motifs from
the series (see notes).
Dust-jacket: coated wove paper, 205 by 521mm
On spine: Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous
stars] [in gilt] and | the Order of the Phoenix [red, orange, yellow and
green illustration of a phoenix with flames at feet, 23 by 18mm]
J.K.ROWLING BLOOMSBURY [publishers device of the head of
a dog, 3 by 4mm] (reading lengthways down spine). All in white
on purple.
On upper cover: Harry Potter [signature above z rule with
numerous stars] [in gilt] | and the | Order of the Phoenix |
[light green, dark green, brown, light blue, dark blue and yellow
illustration of a small glass sphere on a shelf with a label, 89 by
104mm] | J.K.ROWLING | BLOOMSBURY (all width centred). All in purple with deckle-edge
effect of white leaf on purple background at fore-edge.
On lower cover: The Harry Potter books | are that rare thing, | a series of stories adored by |
parents and children alike. | Daily Telegraph [dark blue and olive green illustration of stairs, railing
and door in cracked doorway, 91 by 59mm to the left of lines 1-5] | [publishers device of a dog, 6
by 10mm and BLOOMSBURY] [barcode and www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter in black on white
panel, 24 by 39mm]. All in purple, with deckle-edge effect of white leaf on purple background at
fore-edge. The initial T of The is a drop capital.
On upper inside flap: Harry Potter is due to start his | fifth year at Hogwarts School | of
Witchcraft and Wizardry. He is | desperate to return to Hogwarts and | find out why his friends, Ron
and | Hermione, have been so secretive all | summer. But before he even gets to | school, Harry
survives a terrifying | encounter with two Dementors, attends | a court hearing at the Ministry of |
Magic and is escorted on a night-time | broomstick ride to the secret | headquarters of a mysterious
group | called the Order of the Phoenix | [new paragraph] Hooray for Harry Potter as funny as
| Roald Dahls stories and as vivid as the | Narnia books. | Daily Mail | [new paragraph] Rowlings
imagination and daring put her | in a class of her own. | The Times | [red, orange, yellow and green
illustration of a phoenix with flames at feet, 20 by 25mm]. All in white on purple. The initial H of
Harry is a drop capital.
On lower inside flap: J. K. Rowling has written fiction since she was a child, | and she always
wanted to be an author. Her parents loved | reading and their house in Chepstow was full of books.
| In fact, J. K. Rowling wrote her first book at the age | of six a story about a rabbit called Rabbit.
She studied | French and Classics at Exeter University, then moved to | Edinburgh via London and
Portugal. In 2000 she was | awarded an OBE for services to childrens literature. | [new paragraph]
The idea for Harry Potter occurred to her on the | train from Manchester to London, where she says
| Harry Potter just strolled into my head fully formed, | and by the time she had arrived at Kings
Cross, many | of the characters had taken shape. During the next | five years she outlined the plots
for each book and | began writing the first in the series, Harry Potter and | the Philosophers Stone,
which was first published by | Bloomsbury in 1997. The other Harry Potter titles: | 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 and Harry | Potter
and the Deathly Hallows followed. J. K. Rowling | has also written three companion books: Quidditch
| Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find | Them, in aid of Comic Relief, and The
Tales of Beedle | the Bard, in aid of Lumos. | [new paragraph] THE COMPLETE HARRY POTTER
SERIES: | [colour illustrations in two rows of seven book designs] | Designed by Webb & Webb
Design | Cover illustrations by Clare Melinsky | copyright J. K. Rowling 2010. All in white on
purple with white panel, 19 by 12mm, to right on which in black: [Forest Stewardship Council logo,
6 by 7mm together with symbol] | FSC | www.fsc.org | MIX | Paper from | responsible sources
| FSC C018072.
Publication: 7 November 2011 in an edition of 9,200 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 115 [together with A1(j), A2(o), A7(l), A9(l), A13(h) and A14(g)]
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay)
Notes:
The end-papers carry a design of eight miniature illustrations. Seven of these reproduce the spine
motifs from the series and an eighth comprises a variant of the key-bird from the first book.
This is the second of the books in the series to carry different press quotes from the equivalent
signature paperback edition see A12(h). For this hardback edition there is an additional quote
(from The Times) on the upper inside flap.
Published as a boxed set of seven volumes comprising A1(j), A2(o), A7(l), A9(l), A12(i), A13(h)
and A14(g). Individual volumes were not available separately. The ISBN for the boxed set was ISBN
978 1 4088 2594 5.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A12(j)
J.K. [in grey] | ROWLING [in grey] [reading lengthways down title-page] | HARRY | POTTER
| &THE [reading lengthways up title-page] ORDER OF THE PHOENIX | BLOOMSBURY |
LONDON [point] NEW DELHI [point] NEW YORK [point] SYDNEY (Author and final part of title
justified on right margin, first part of title justified on left margin, publisher with publishers offices
width centred)
Notes:
The illustrations by Andrew Davidson derive from a single wood engraving. A single illustration is
presented on both the upper wrapper and inside upper wrapper. A section is printed on the lower
wrapper. A detail from the upper wrapper is shown on the inside lower wrapper.
Although Bloomsburys official publication date was 15 August 2013, copies were available from
amazon.co.uk at the beginning of August.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A12(k)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX | [black and white illustration
of a black dog passing through a doorway, with knarled tree on right, 63 by 48mm] | BY | J. K.
ROWLING | ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY GRANDPR | SCHOLASTIC INC. (All width
centred on a diamond pattern background)
Collation: 456 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
204 by 134mm; [I-VI] VII-XI [XII-XIV] 1-870 [871-98]
Page contents: [I-II] PRAISE FOR J. K. ROWLINGS | HARRY
POTTER | AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX | [device
of nine stars] | [6 reviews and a listing of 5 statements]; [III]
ALSO BY J. K. ROWLING | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the
Sorcerers Stone | Year One at Hogwarts | [new paragraph] Harry
Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Year Two at Hogwarts | [new
paragraph] Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Year Three
at Hogwarts | [new paragraph] | Harry Potter and the Goblet of
Fire | Year Four at Hogwarts | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and
the Half-Blood Prince | Year Six at Hogwarts | [new paragraph]
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | Year Seven; [IV] blank;
[V] title-page; [VI] TO NEIL, JESSICA, AND DAVID, | WHO
MAKE MY WORLD MAGICAL. | [device of twelve stars] | Text
2003 by J. K. Rowling | Interior illustrations by Mary GrandPr
2003 by Warner Bros. | Excerpt from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, text 2005 by J. K.
Rowling; | illustration by Mary GrandPr 2005 by Warner Bros. | Cover illustration by Kazu
Kibuishi 2013 by Scholastic Inc. | HARRY POTTER and all related characters and elements
are TM of and WBEI. | Harry Potter Publishing Rights J. K. Rowling | All rights reserved.
Published by Scholastic Inc. SCHOLASTIC, the LANTERN LOGO, and associated | logos are
trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. | [new paragraph] If you purchased this
book without a cover, you should be aware that this book is stolen property. | It was reported as
unsold and destroyed to the publisher, and neither the author nor the | publisher has received any
payment for this stripped book. | [new paragraph] No part of this publication may be reproduced,
stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any | form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without | written permission of the publisher. For information
regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc., | Attention: Permissions Department, 557 Broadway,
New York, NY 10012. | [new paragraph] [publishers device of a lantern, 6 by 4mm] | Arthur A.
Levine Books hardcover edition art directed by David Saylor, | published by Arthur A. Levine
Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., July 2003. | [new paragraph] ISBN 978-0-545-58297-1 | [new
paragraph] Library of Congress Control Number: 2003102525 | [new paragraph] 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5
4 3 2 1 13 14 15 16 17 | [new paragraph] Printed in the U.S.A. 40 | This edition first printing,
September 2013 | [new paragraph] We try to produce the most beautiful books possible, and we
are extremely concerned about the impact of our | manufacturing process on the forests of the
world and the environment as a whole. Accordingly, we made sure | that the text paper contains a
minimum of 30% post-consumer waste, and that all the paper has been certified as | coming from
forests that are managed to insure the protection of the people and wildlife dependent upon them.;
VII-XI CONTENTS (thirty-eight chapters listed with titles and page references); [XII] blank; [XIII]
half-title: HARRY POTTER | AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX (all on diamond pattern
background); [XIV] blank; 1-870 text; [871-72] blank; [873] HARRY POTTERS | ADVENTURES
CONTINUE IN | [new paragraph] HARRY POTTER | AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
| [new paragraph] TURN THE PAGE FOR | A SNEAK PREVIEW! (all on diamond pattern
background); [874] blank; [875-92] text; [893] blank; [894] advertisement for Pottermore; [895] [black
and white photograph of J.K. Rowling seated by curtains, credited ANDREW MONTGOMERY
reading lengthways up right margin] | [new paragraph] J. K. ROWLING is the author of the beloved,
| bestselling, record-breaking Harry Potter series. She started writing | the series during a delayed
Manchester to London Kings Cross | train journey, and during the next five years, outlined the plots
for | each book and began writing the first novel. Harry Potter and the | Sorcerers Stone was published
in the United States by Arthur A. | Levine Books in 1998, and the series concluded nearly ten years
| later with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, published in 2007. | J. K. Rowling is the recipient
of numerous awards and honorary | degrees, including an OBE for services to childrens literature,
| Frances Lgion dhonneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen | Literature Award. She supports a
wide number of causes through | her charitable trust, Volant, and is the founder of Lumos, a charity
| working to transform the lives of disadvantaged children. J. K. | Rowling lives in Edinburgh with
her husband and three children.; [896] blank; [897] MARY GRANDPR has illustrated more than
twenty | beautiful books for children, including the American editions of | the Harry Potter novels.
Her work has also appeared in the New | Yorker, the Atlantic Monthly, and the Wall Street Journal, and
her | paintings and pastels have been shown in galleries across the United | States. Ms. GrandPr
lives in Sarasota, Florida, with her family. | [new paragraph] KAZU KIBUISHI is the creator of the
New York Times | bestselling Amulet series and Copper, a collection of his popular | webcomic. He
is also the founder and editor of the acclaimed | Flight anthologies. Daisy Kutter: The Last Train, his
first graphic | novel, was listed as one of the Best Books for Young Adults by | YALSA, and Amulet,
Book One: The Stonekeeper was an ALA Best | Book for Young Adults and a Childrens Choice Book
Award | finalist. Kazu lives and works in Alhambra, California, with his | wife and fellow comics
artist, Amy Kim Kibuishi, and their two | children. Visit Kazu online at www.boltcity.com.; [898]
blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title,
pp. 1-870 and pp. [875-92]. Each running title (excluding pages on which new chapters commence)
includes a three-star design to left and right of both running-titles on verso and recto. On pages on
which a new chapter commences, the three-star design is omitted.
Illustrations: title-page vignette, together with thirty-eight vignettes at the beginning of each
chapter (after chapter and chapter number but before chapter title). The sneak preview also includes
a vignette. In addition to standard typographical changes (including italics, capitals and small
capitals) there are other typographical features, comprising:
p. 27 facsimile of Mafalda Hopkirks signature
p. 28 facsimile of Arthur Weasleys signature
p. 33 facsimile of Mafalda Hopkirks signature
p. 35 note from Sirius Black
p. 58 facsimile of handwriting
p. 111 embroidered tapestry title
p. 127 text of sign
p. 190 magazine headlines
p. 191 magazine headline
pp. 191-93 texts of magazine articles
p. 222 text of sign
p. 239 blackboard text
p. 240 blackboard text
p. 280 facsimile of Harrys signature
p. 287 newspaper headline
p. 298 facsimile of Percys signature
p. 306 newspaper headline
p. 351-52 text (together with facsimile signature and seal) of sign
p. 359 note from Sirius Black
p. 404 text and outline of badge
p. 485 text of portrait label
pp. 485-86 text of floor guide
p. 544 newspaper headline
p. 546 newspaper headline
p. 551 text (together with facsimile signature and seal) of sign
p. 578 facsimile of envelope address
p. 579 magazine headline
[in black] | [publishers book device with SCHOLASTIC in white on red panel, 5 by 45mm] |
scholastic.com/harrypotter [in white] | [colour illustrations in three columns of six book designs]. All
on lavender blue.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 204 by 134mm (wrappers), 204 by 42mm (spine).
Publication: 27 August 2013
Price: $14.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence)
Notes:
See notes to A4(h) about this series.
The seven volumes in this edition were available individually or as a set issued in a slipcase. The set,
presented in order, reveals a single illustration of Hogwarts castle across the seven spines. Scholastic
released images of the new illustrations in a careful marketing campaign: the upper wrapper illustration for Order of the Phoenix was released on 1 July on the publishers website.
In contrast with A12(e), this edition only includes the second half-title.
The sneak preview of Half-Blood Prince comprises the entire first chapter.
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 13 14 15 16 17
HARRY | POTTER | and the Half-Blood Prince | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 66 by 81mm] | J. K. ROWLING
| [publishers device of a dog, 11 by 18mm] | BLOOMSBURY (Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and
right margins, and all width centred)
Collation: 304 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
197 by 127mm; [1-7] 8-24 [25] 26-41 [42] 43-58 [59] 60-80 [81]
82-102 [103] 104-123 [124] 125-47 [148] 149-62 [163] 164-83 [184]
185-204 [205] 206-222 [223] 224-41 [242] 243-60 [261] 262-83
[284] 285-304 [305] 306-326 [327] 328-49 [350] 351-73 [374]
375-395 [396] 397-418 [419] 420-38 [439] 440-59 [460] 461-79
[480] 481-499 [500] 501-518 [519] 520-40 [541] 542-56 [557]
558-69 [570] 571-89 [590] 591-607 [608]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the
Half-Blood Prince | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner,
46 by 57mm]; [2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in
reading order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | also available in Latin, Ancient Greek,
Welsh and Irish: | Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis (Latin) |
(Ancient Greek) | Harri Potter a Maen yr Anthronydd (Welsh) | Harry Potter agus an
rchloch (Irish); [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced
or | transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying | or otherwise, without the
prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain in 2005 |
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho Square, London, W1D 3HB | [new paragraph] Copyright
2005 J. K. Rowling | Cover illustrations by Jason Cockcroft copyright 2005 Bloomsbury Publishing
Plc | Harry Potter, names, characters and related indicia are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros.,
2000TM | [new paragraph] J. K. Rowling has asserted her moral rights | A CIP catalogue record of this
book is available from the British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 8108 8 | [new paragraph]
The paper this book is printed on is certified by the Forest Stewardship | Council (FSC). It is made
up of 30% FSC certified pulp and 70% pulp from | controlled sources. FSC products with percentage
claims meet environmental | requirements to be ancient-forest friendly. The printer holds FSC chain
of | custody SGS-COC-2061. | [new paragraph] Typeset by RefineCatch Limited, Bungay, Suffolk |
Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] First Edition | [new paragraph]
www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] To Mackenzie, | my beautiful daughter, | I dedicate | her ink and
paper twin; [6] blank; [7]-607 text; [608] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 10-607
(excluding pages on which new chapters commence)
Binding: pictorial boards.
On spine: [colour illustration of a ring on burgundy panel,
53 by 16mm] HARRY POTTER [in green on blue panel, 53 by
47mm] and the Half-Blood Prince [in white] J.K.ROWLING [in
blue, both title conclusion and author on green panel, 53 by
109mm] BLOOMSBURY [publishers device of the head of a dog,
4 by 3mm] [both in white on blue panel, 53 by 34mm] (reading
lengthways down spine).
On upper cover: HARRY | POTTER | and the Half-Blood
Prince [lines 1 and 2 in green, line 3 in white, all on blue panel,
62 by 132mm] | [green rule, 132mm] | [colour illustration of
Dumbledore and Harry Potter clutching wands and engulfed by
swirls of fire, 125 by 132mm] | [green rule, 132mm intersected by
green panel with J.K.ROWLING in blue] | BLOOMSBURY [in
white on blue panel, 15 by 132mm] (all width centred).
On lower cover: It is the middle of the summer, but there
is an unseasonal mist | pressing against the windowpanes. Harry is waiting | nervously in his
bedroom at the Dursleys house in Privet Drive | for a visit from Professor Dumbledore himself.
One of the last | times he saw the Headmaster was in a fierce one-to-one duel with | Lord
Voldemort, and Harry cant quite believe that Professor | Dumbledore will actually appear at the
Dursleys of all places. | Why is the Professor coming to visit him now? What is it that | cannot
wait until Harry returns to Hogwarts in a few weeks | times? Harrys sixth year at Hogwarts has
already got off to | an unusual start, as the worlds of Muggle and magic | start to intertwine |
[new paragraph] J.K. Rowling charts Harry Potters latest adventures | in his sixth year at Hogwarts
with | consummate skill and in | breathtaking fashion. | [barcode in black on white panel, 21
by 40mm together with [publishers device of a dog, 5 by 9mm] | BLOOMSBURY in white on
right side of panel and http://www.bloomsbury.com below panel, in white on green panel, 5 by
40mm]. Reading lengthways down right side next to foot of spine Cover illustrations by Jason
Cockcroft. All in white with the exception of the illustrations credit which is in black, and all on
an illustration of a stone basin on top of a pedestal, emitting a phosphorescent glow, situated in the
middle of a small island of smooth rock by a great black lake with a tiny boat to the left.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 205 by 132mm (covers), 205 by 53mm (spine).
End-papers: wove paper.
Dust-jacket: coated wove paper, 204 by 516mm
Spine, upper and lower covers replicate the binding, with the
exception of the illustrations credit which is omitted.
On upper inside flap: 16.99 | Harry has yet again spent the
summer holidays | at the Dursleys. He has had plenty to think
| about, though from the death of his beloved | godfather
Sirius Black, to the terrifying chase | through the Ministry of
Magic by the Death | Eaters, to the fierce duel he witnessed
between | Professor Dumbledore and Lord Voldemort. | Now
he is waiting nervously in his bedroom | at the Dursleys for a
visit from his headmaster. | Harry cant think why Dumbledore
would | want to visit him now. What is it that cannot | possibly
wait until the beginning of term? He | is also not quite sure how
the Dursleys will | react to the Headmasters sudden appearance
| in their own home | [new paragraph] J.K. Rowling charts
Harry Potters adventure | in his sixth year at Hogwarts with a
mix of detail | and humour that is unsurpassed, pace that is | breathless and above all a flair that is
magical | [colour illustration of an old lower arm and hand locked in a clench with a young lower
arm and hand, 45 by 90mm]. All in white on green panel with the exception of the price which is
in black.
On lower inside flap: J.K. (Joanne Kathleen) Rowling has written | fiction since she was a child,
and always wanted | to be an author. Her parents loved reading, and | their house in Chepstow was
full of books. In | fact, J.K. Rowling wrote her first book at the | age of six a story about a rabbit
called Rabbit! | [new paragraph] The idea for Harry Potter occurred to | J.K. Rowling on the train
from Manchester to | London, where she says Harry Potter just | strolled into my head fully formed,
and by | the time she had arrived at Kings Cross, many | of the characters had taken shape. During
the | next five years she outlined the plots for each | book and began writing the first in the series,
| Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, which | was first published by Bloomsbury in 1997. | The
other Harry Potter titles: Harry Potter | and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and | the Prisoner of
Azkaban, Harry Potter and the | Goblet of Fire, and Harry Potter and the Order | of the Phoenix followed.
| [new paragraph] J.K. Rowling has also written two other | companion books, Quidditch Through the
Ages | and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, | in aid of Comic Relief. | Cover illustrations by
Jason Cockcroft | [colour illustration of an old lower arm and hand locked in a clench with a young
lower arm and hand, 45 by 90mm]. All in white on green panel with the exception of the illustrations
credit which is in black on an illustration of flames.
Publication: 16 July 2005 (simultaneous with A13(aa), A13(aaa) and A13(aaaa)) in an edition of
6.3 million copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 16.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office)
Notes:
The manuscript was delivered to Bloomsbury at the end of 2004. The editorial files at the publisher
include an email from Emma Matthewson to J.K. Rowling dated 3 December 2004. Matthewson
wrote:
what a marvellous book (book seems too small a word) you have created. I do think that revised
opening is a masterstroke what I think is wonderful about this book is that for the first time
readers will really and truly begin to appreciate the breadth of the vision you have. They will really
begin to appreciate all those carefully and painstakingly laid plots and clues and important objects
and scenes. This is the marvel of your writing
There was then a period of copy-editing throughout December. An email from Rowling to Matthewson,
dated 16 December 2004, provided responses to your queries. A few days later, on Christmas Eve,
Rowling emailed Matthewson detailing the further edits we have agreed are needed
Within Bloomsbury itself, Nigel Newton communicated with an internal email noting that Emma
Matthewson is working on the percentage of editorial changes made to the typescripts, which she
guesses might be about 1%.
A publication announcement poster was released at the beginning of February 2005. Promotional
countdown posters were then issued at the beginning of July 2005. Furthermore, Bloomsbury released
packs of 20 Half-Blood Prince bags for retailers as part of the their marketing campaign. Other promotional material included double-sided banners and window displays.
A set of proofs is preserved within the editorial files at Bloomsbury. They are dated 27 February 2005
and reveal some small copy-editing changes.
Bloomsbury started to compile a file (with assistance commissioned from outside the company)
known as the HP Bible around September 2004. This was to assist with consistency across the series.
The English audiobook version, read by Stephen Fry, has a duration of approximately twenty and a
half hours.
Reprints (and subsequent new editions) include a number of corrections to the text. These comprise:
Page 99, line 9
eleven to ten
Page 101, line 27
ten to nine
Page 139, line 31
Bat Bogey Hex to Bat-Bogey Hex
Page 212, lines 16-17 They now joined Katie, Demelza and Ginny to They now joined the
spectators
Page 252, line 7 an old wardrobe and an iron bedstead to an old wardrobe, a wooden chair
and an iron bedstead
Page 272, line 12
Bat Bogey Hex to Bat-Bogey Hex
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
5 7 9 10 8 6
A report compiled by the printers, Clays Ltd, in October 2013 noted that, to date, they had produced
a minimum of 2.3 million paperbacks and 7.6 million hardbacks across 75 printings.
A13(aa)
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION (2005)
(Michael Wildsmith photography adult artwork series in hardback)
Harry Potter and the | Half-Blood Prince | J. K. Rowling |
BLOOMSBURY (All width centred)
Collation: 304 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
197 by 127mm; [1-7] 8-24 [25] 26-41 [42] 43-58 [59] 60-80 [81]
82-102 [103] 104-123 [124] 125-47 [148] 149-62 [163] 164-83 [184]
185-204 [205] 206-222 [223] 224-41 [242] 243-60 [261] 262-83
[284] 285-304 [305] 306-326 [327] 328-49 [350] 351-73 [374]
375-395 [396] 397-418 [419] 420-38 [439] 440-59 [460] 461-79
[480] 481-499 [500] 501-518 [519] 520-40 [541] 542-56 [557]
558-69 [570] 571-89 [590] 591-607 [608]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter and the | Half-Blood
Prince; [2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in reading
order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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
| [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | also available in Latin, Ancient Greek, Welsh
and Irish: | Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis (Latin) |
(Ancient Greek) | Harri Potter a Maen yr Anthronydd (Welsh) | Harry Potter agus an rchloch
(Irish); [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced or |
transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying | or otherwise, without the prior
permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First published
in Great Britain in 2005 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho
Square, London, W1D 3HB | [new paragraph] Copyright 2005
J. K. Rowling | Harry Potter, names, characters and related indicia
are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new
paragraph] J. K. Rowling has asserted her moral rights | A CIP
catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library
| [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 8110 X | [new paragraph] The
paper this book is printed on is certified by the Forest Stewardship
| Council (FSC). It is made up of 30% FSC certified pulp and 70%
pulp from | controlled sources. FSC products with percentage
claims meet environmental | requirements to be ancient-forest
friendly. The printer holds FSC chain of | custody SGS-COC2061. | [new paragraph] Typeset by RefineCatch Limited, Bungay,
Suffolk | Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new
paragraph] First Edition | [new paragraph] www.bloomsbury.com/
harrypotter; [5] To Mackenzie, | my beautiful daughter, | I dedicate
| her ink and paper twin; [6] blank; [7]-607 text; [608] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title
comprises chapter title, pp. 8-607 (excluding pages on which new
chapters commence)
Binding: black boards.
On spine: J. K. ROWLING | HARRY | POTTER | AND
THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE | [publishers device of a figure
with a bow, 13 by 12mm]. All in gilt.
Upper and lower covers: blank.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 205 by 128mm
(covers), 205 by 60mm (spine). End-papers: wove paper.
Dust-jacket: coated wove paper, 205 by 517mm
On spine: [colour photograph of a battered-looking copy of
Advanced Potion-Making by Libatius Borage lying on desk, all
within single white ruled border, 58 by 42mm] | J. K. ROWLING
[in white] | HARRY [in gilt] | POTTER [in gilt] | AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE [in white]
| [publishers device of a figure with a bow, 13 by 12mm] [in olive beige]. All on black.
On upper cover: J. K. ROWLING [in white] | HARRY [embossed in gilt] | POTTER [embossed
in gilt] | AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE [in white] | BLOOMSBURY [in white] (all width
centred). All on colour photograph of a battered-looking copy of Advanced Potion-Making by Libatius
Borage lying on desk.
On lower cover: black and white photograph of J.K. Rowling standing against bookshelves with
www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter [in black on olive beige panel, 5 by 40mm] | [barcode in black on
white panel, 20 by 39mm] | BLOOMSBURY [in black on olive beige panel, 7 by 40mm] (lower right).
On upper inside flap: Harrys sixth year at Hogwarts begins, | and it feels like a reassuring place
to | return to after the strange events of the | summer. Disappearances, murder and an | ominous
chilling mist which swirls | through both the Muggle and wizarding | worlds are harbingers of more
sinister | purpose. Voldemorts army is swelling, | and with it the Death Eaters are growing | bolder
and more deadly. Suspicions are | rife, and allegiances questioned as even | the safest havens cease
to feel secure from | the Dark wizards. As the storm gathers | strength, Harry must face the terrifying
| truth of his destiny. | [new paragraph] With her irresistibly deft mix of suspense | and humour, J.K.
Rowling reveals the | sheer intricacy and brilliance of the world | she has created, as the pieces of
the jigsaw | start to fall into place. | [new paragraph] 16.99. All in white on black.
On lower inside flap: J. K. (JOANNE KATHLEEN) ROWLING | has written fiction since she
was a child. | Born in 1965, she grew up in Chepstow | and wrote her first book at the age of six
| a story about a rabbit called Rabbit. | She studied French and Classics at Exeter | University,
then moved to London to | work at Amnesty International, and then | to Portugal to teach English
as a foreign | language, before settling in Edinburgh. | [new paragraph] The idea for Harry Potter
occurred to her | on the train from Manchester to London, | where she says Harry Potter just
strolled | into my head fully formed, and by the | time she had arrived at Kings Cross, | many of
the characters had taken shape. | During the next five years she outlined | the plots for each book
and began writing | the first in the series, Harry Potter and | the Philosophers Stone, which was first
| published by Bloomsbury in 1997. The | other Harry Potter titles: Harry Potter and | the Chamber
of Secrets, Harry Potter and | the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter | and the Goblet of Fire, and Harry
Potter | and the Order of the Phoenix, followed. | J. K. Rowling has also written two other | companion
books, Quidditch Through the | Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to | Find Them, in aid of Comic
Relief. | [new paragraph] Jacket Design: William Webb | Jacket Image: Michael Wildsmith | Author
Photograph: Bill de la HEY. All in white on black.
Publication: 16 July 2005 (simultaneous with A13(a), A13(aaa) and A13(aaaa)) in an edition of 1
million copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 16.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office)
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A13(aaa)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE | [black and white illustration of a
battered book, with swirl of bubbling potion and a lit candle in holder, 68 by 57mm]| BY | J. K.
ROWLING | ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY GRANDPR | [publishers device of a lantern, 12
by 9mm] | ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS | AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC INC. (All width
centred on a diamond pattern background)
Collation: 336 unsigned leaves bound in twenty-one gatherings of
sixteen leaves; 228 by 150mm; [I-VI] VII-X [XI-XII] 1-652 [653-60]
Page contents: [I] HARRY POTTER | AND THE HALF-BLOOD
PRINCE (all on diamond pattern background); [II] ALSO BY
J. K. ROWLING | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Sorcerers
Stone | Year One at Hogwarts | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and
the Chamber of Secrets | Year Two at Hogwarts | [new paragraph]
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Year Three at Hogwarts
| [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Year Four
at Hogwarts | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix | Year Five at Hogwarts; [III] title-page; [IV] [device
of twelve stars] | Text copyright 2005 by J. K. Rowling |
Illustrations by Mary GrandPr copyright 2005 by Warner Bros.
| HARRY POTTER, characters, names and related indicia are
trademarks of | and Warner Bros. Harry Potter Publishing Rights J. K. Rowling. | All rights
reserved. Published by Arthur A. Levine Books, | an imprint of Scholastic Inc., Publishers since 1920.
| SCHOLASTIC, the LANTERN LOGO, and associated logos are | trademarks and/or registered
trademarks of Scholastic Inc. | [new paragraph] No part of this publication may be reproduced, or
stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted | in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying, recording, or otherwise, | without written permission of the publisher. For information
regarding permission, write | to Scholastic Inc., Attention: Permissions Department, 557 Broadway,
New York, NY 10012. | [new paragraph] Library of Congress Control Number: 2005921149 | [new
paragraph] ISBN 0-439-78454-9 | [new paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 05 06 07 08 09 | Printed
in the U.S.A. 37 | First American edition, July 2005; [V] TO MACKENZIE, | MY BEAUTIFUL
DAUGHTER, | I DEDICATE | HER INK-AND-PAPER TWIN.; [VI] blank; VII-X CONTENTS
(thirty chapters listed with titles and page references); [XI] half-title: HARRY POTTER | AND
THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (all on diamond pattern background); [XII] blank; 1-652 text;
[653-54] blank; [655] ABOUT THE AUTHOR | [new paragraph] J. K. Rowling is the author of
six celebrated novels in the | Harry Potter sequence. Her most recent book, Harry Potter | and the
Order of the Phoenix, was named an ALA Notable | Book and recognized with prizes as diverse as
an Anthony | Award for Best Young Adult Mystery and a Best Science- | Fiction/Fantasy Novel
award from Disney Adventures mag- | azine. Ms. Rowlings first four books have been honored | with
the Hugo Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the Whit- | bread Childrens Book Award, the Nestl
Smarties Book | Prize, the British Book Awards Childrens Book of the Year, | and numerous state,
magazine, and childrens choice cita- | tions. She has also been named an Officer of the Order of |
the British Empire. | [new paragraph] Ms. Rowling lives in Scotland with her family.; [656] blank;
[657] ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR | [new paragraph] Mary GrandPr has illustrated nineteen
beautiful books, | including Henry and Pawl and the Round Yellow Ball, co- | written with her husband
Tom Casmer; Plum, a collection | of poetry by Tony Mitton; The Sea Chest, by Toni Buzzeo; | Sweep
Dreams, by Nancy Willard; and the American edi- | tions of all six Harry Potter novels. Her work
has also | appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and | The Wall Street Journal, and her
paintings and pastels have | been shown in galleries across the United States. | [new paragraph] Ms.
GrandPr lives in Sarasota, Florida, with her family.; [658] blank; [659] colophon: [publishers device
of a lantern, 17 by 12mm] | This | book was art | directed by David Saylor. | The art for both the jacket
and the | interior was created using pastels on toned | printmaking paper. The text was set in 12-point Adobe
| Garamond, a typeface based on the sixteenth-century type designs of | Claude Garamond, redrawn by
Robert Slimbach in 1989. The book was typeset | by Brad Walrod and was printed and bound at Berryville
Graphics in | Berryville, Virginia, on paper that is free of fiber from ancient | forests. The Managing Editor
was Karyn Browne; | the Continuity Editor was Cheryl | Klein; and the Manufacturing | Director was
Angela | Biola.; [660] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title,
pp. 1-652. Each running title (excluding pages on which new chapters commence) includes a
three-star design to left and right of both running-titles on verso and recto. On pages on which a new
chapter commences, the three-star design is omitted.
Illustrations: title-page vignette, together with thirty vignettes at the beginning of each chapter (after
chapter and chapter number but before chapter title). In addition to standard typographical changes
(including italics, capitals and small capitals) there are other typographical features, comprising:
p. 39 newspaper headline
p. 40 newspaper headline
p. 42 leaflet title
p. 43 facsimile of Albus Dumbledores signature
p. 102 O.W.L. results
p. 110 cardboard sign
p. 116 window display lettering
p. 141 facsimile of Professor H.E.F. Slughorns signature
p. 181 facsimile of Albus Dumbledores signature
p. 189 textbook scribble
p. 193 textbook ownership inscription
p. 238 textbook scribble
p. 338 gold chain lettering
p. 354 text of sign
p. 377 textbook scribble
p. 470 note from Hagrid
p. 609 note from R.A.B.
Binding: black cloth-backed spine with purple boards (with diamond
pattern in blind).
On spine: ROWLING | [rule] | [YEAR | 6 within concave
square] (horizontally at head) with HARRY POTTER | AND
THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (reading lengthways down spine)
and [publishers device of a lantern, 19 by 14mm] | ARTHUR A. |
LEVINE BOOKS | [rule] | SCHOLASTIC (horizontally at foot).
All in purple.
Upper and lower covers: blank.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 235 by 150mm
(covers), 235 by 60mm (spine). The black cloth continues onto the
covers by 40mm. End-papers: green wove paper.
Dust-jacket: uncoated wove paper, 235 by 583mm. A single
illustration in two parts spans the entire dust-jacket.
On spine: ROWLING | [rule] | [YEAR | 6 within concave
square] (horizontally at head) with HARRY POTTER | AND
THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (reading lengthways down spine)
and [publishers device of a lantern, 19 by 14mm] | ARTHUR A. |
LEVINE BOOKS | [rule] | SCHOLASTIC (horizontally at foot).
All embossed in purple and all on colour illustration of swirling
mists.
On upper cover: Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering] [embossed in purple] | and the Half-Blood
Prince [hand-drawn lettering in brown of illustration] | J. K. ROWLING [embossed in purple] (all
width centred). All on colour illustration of Harry Potter and Dumbledore gazing into a stone basin
surrounded by swirling mists.
On lower cover: colour illustration of children gazing at green glowing Dark Mark in the sky with
outline of Hogwarts in background together with barcode with smaller barcode to the right (52999)
all in black on orange panel, 23 by 50mm.
On upper inside flap: $29.99 | [new paragraph] THE WAR AGAINST VOLDEMORT | is not
going well; even Muggle governments are | noticing. Ron scans the obituary pages of the Daily | Prophet,
looking for familiar names. Dumbledore | is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, | and the
Order of the Phoenix has already suffered | losses. | [new paragraph] And yet | [new paragraph] As
in all wars, life goes on. Sixth-year students | learn to Apparate and lose a few eyebrows in the |
process. The Weasley twins expand their business. | Teenagers flirt and fight and fall in love. Classes are
| never straightforward, though Harry receives some | extraordinary help from the mysterious Half- |
Blood Prince. | [new paragraph] So its the home front that takes center stage in | the multilayered
sixth installment of the story of | Harry Potter. Here at Hogwarts, Harry will search | for the full and
complex story of the boy who | became Lord Voldemort and thereby find what | may be his only
vulnerability. | [new paragraph] Jacket art by Mary GrandPr 2005 Warner Bros. | Jacket design by Mary
GrandPr and David Saylor. All in yellow and all on colour illustration of swirling mists.
On lower inside flap: PRAISE FOR | HARRY POTTER | AND THE ORDER OF THE
PHOENIX | [new paragraph] | The #1 New York Times Bestseller | [new paragraph] As Harry
gets older, Rowling gets better. She has looted the | shelves of literature and mythology, fairy tales
and folklore, anthro- | pology and comparative religion, firing up a pop-culture crockpot | and adding
pratfalls, wordplay and dread. Harry Potter and the | Order of the Phoenix is rich and satisfying. |
John Leonard, The New York Times Book Review | [new paragraph] Rowling has not lost her flair
as a storyteller or her ability to keep | coming up with new gimcracks to astound her readers. But her
true | skills lie in the way she ages Harry, successfully evolving him from | the once downtrodden yet
hopeful young boy to this new, gangly | teenager showing all the symptoms of adolescence. Booklist
| [new paragraph] By the time we finish The Order of the Phoenix, with its extraordi- | nary passages of
fear and despair, the distinction between childrens | literature and plain old literature has ceased to
exist. This is | one series not just for the decade, but for the ages. | Stephen King, Entertainment
Weekly | [new paragraph] [publishers device of a lantern, 14 by 10mm] | ARTHUR A. LEVINE
BOOKS | WWW.ARTHURALEVINEBOOKS.COM | An Imprint of | [publishers book device with
SCHOLASTIC in white on red panel, 5 by 44mm] | WWW.SCHOLASTIC.COM | 557 Broadway,
New York, NY 10012. All in yellow and all on colour illustration of outline of Hogwarts in background.
Publication: 16 July 2005 (simultaneous with A13(a), A13(aa) and A13(aaaa))
Price: $29.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office)
Notes:
Copies have been examined with the following printing plant codes on the imprint page:
Printed in the U.S.A. 23
Printed in the U.S.A. 37
Printed in the U.S.A. 55
Printed in the U.S.A. 58
The print run was announced as 10.8 million copies (see PRNewswire, 11 May 2005).
Information provided by Nielsen BookData suggests that the publishers also issued a sewn edition on
the same date as the first American edition (described, in contrast, as unsewn / adhesive bound). The
sewn edition has a different ISBN (ISBN 0-439-78677-0) and was probably a more durable version
intended for libraries. No copies have been consulted.
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
The American audiobook version, read by Jim Dale, has a duration of approximately eighteen and a
half hours.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
05 06 07 08 09
A13(aaaa)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE | [black and white illustration of a
battered book, with swirl of bubbling potion and a lit candle in holder, 68 by 57mm]| BY | J. K.
ROWLING | ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY GRANDPR | [publishers device of a lantern, 11
by 8mm] | ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS | AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC INC. (All width
centred on a diamond pattern background)
Collation: 352 unsigned leaves bound in twenty-two gatherings of
sixteen leaves with an additional plate leaf inserted between leaves
one and two; 228 by 150mm; [I-II] [additional illustration leaf]
[III-VI] VII-X [XI-XII] 1-652 [653-92]
Page contents: [I] HARRY POTTER | AND THE HALF-BLOOD
PRINCE (all on diamond pattern background); [II] ALSO BY
J. K. ROWLING | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Sorcerers
Stone | Year One at Hogwarts | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and
the Chamber of Secrets | Year Two at Hogwarts | [new paragraph]
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Year Three at Hogwarts
| [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Year Four
at Hogwarts | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix | Year Five at Hogwarts (with additional leaf inserted
on the verso of which is the frontispiece, 177 by 114mm); [III]
title-page; [IV] [device of twelve stars] | Text copyright 2005 by
J. K. Rowling | Illustrations by Mary GrandPr copyright 2005 by
Warner Bros. | HARRY POTTER, characters, names and related
indicia are trademarks of | and Warner Bros. Harry Potter Publishing Rights J. K. Rowling. |
All rights reserved. Published by Arthur A. Levine Books, | an imprint of Scholastic Inc., Publishers
since 1920. | SCHOLASTIC, the LANTERN LOGO, and associated logos are | trademarks and/
or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. | [new paragraph] No part of this publication may be
reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted | in any form or by any means, electronic,
mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, | without written permission of the publisher.
For information regarding permission, write | to Scholastic Inc., Attention: Permissions Department,
557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. | [new paragraph] Library of Congress Control Number:
2005921149 | [new paragraph] ISBN 0-439-79132-4 | [new paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 05 06
07 08 09 | Printed in the U.S.A. 23 | This deluxe edition, July 2005; [V] TO MACKENZIE, |
MY BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, | I DEDICATE | HER INK-AND-PAPER TWIN.; [VI] blank;
VII-X CONTENTS (thirty chapters and illustration showcase listed with titles and page references);
[XI] half-title: HARRY POTTER | AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (all on diamond pattern
background); [XII] blank; 1-652 text; [653] ILLUSTRATION SHOWCASE (all on diamond pattern
background); [654-84] chapter numbers, illustrations and captions; [685-86] blank; [687] ABOUT
THE AUTHOR | [new paragraph] J. K. Rowling is the author of six celebrated novels in the | Harry
Potter sequence. Her most recent book, Harry Potter | and the Order of the Phoenix, was named an
ALA Notable | Book and recognized with prizes as diverse as an Anthony | Award for Best Young
Adult Mystery and a Best Science- | Fiction/Fantasy Novel award from Disney Adventures mag- |
azine. Ms. Rowlings first four books have been honored | with the Hugo Award, the Bram Stoker
Award, the Whit- | bread Childrens Book Award, the Nestl Smarties Book | Prize, the British Book
Awards Childrens Book of the Year, | and numerous state, magazine, and childrens choice cita- |
tions. She has also been named an Officer of the Order of | the British Empire. | [new paragraph]
Ms. Rowling lives in Scotland with her family.; [688] blank; [689] ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
| [new paragraph] Mary GrandPr has illustrated nineteen beautiful books, | including Henry and
Pawl and the Round Yellow Ball, co- | written with her husband Tom Casmer; Plum, a collection | of
poetry by Tony Mitton; The Sea Chest, by Toni Buzzeo; | Sweep Dreams, by Nancy Willard; and the
American edi- | tions of all six Harry Potter novels. Her work has also | appeared in The New Yorker,
The Atlantic Monthly, and | The Wall Street Journal, and her paintings and pastels have | been shown
in galleries across the United States. | [new paragraph] Ms. GrandPr lives in Sarasota, Florida, with
her family.; [690] blank; [691] colophon: [publishers device of a lantern, 17 by 12mm] | This Deluxe
| Edition was art | directed and designed by | David Saylor. Mary GrandPrs | artwork for the slipcase,
the endpapers, the | frontispiece, the interior, and the special cover illustration | was created using pastels on
toned printmaking paper. The text was | set in 12-point Adobe Garamond, a typeface based on the sixteenthcentury | type designs of Claude Garamond, redrawn by Robert Slimbach in 1989. The book | was typeset
by Brad Walrod and printed on acid-free paper manufactured for Scholastic by | Glatfelter Paper in Neenah,
Wisconsin. This paper does not include any fiber from ancient | forests. The case is wrapped in Sierra cloth,
an acid-free rayon-based material | manufactured in Europe exclusively for Ecological Fibers. This edition |
was printed, bound, and packaged by RR Donnelley in | Crawfordsville, Indiana. The Managing Editor was
| Karyn Browne; the Continuity Editor was | Cheryl Klein; and the Manufacturing | Director was Angela
Biola. | [device of six stars]; [692] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title,
pp. 1-652. Each running title (excluding pages on which new chapters commence) includes a
three-star design to left and right of both running-titles on verso and recto. On pages on which a new
chapter commences, the three-star design is omitted.
Illustrations: colour frontispiece, title-page vignette, together with thirty vignettes at the beginning of
each chapter (after chapter and chapter number but before chapter title). These vignettes are repeated
as larger illustrations within the Illustration Showcase. In addition to standard typographical changes
(including italics, capitals and small capitals) there are other typographical features, comprising:
p. 39 newspaper headline
p. 40 newspaper headline
p. 42 leaflet title
p. 43 facsimile of Albus Dumbledores signature
| [eighteen stars] | [double rule, 48mm] | [publishers device of a lantern, 19 by 14mm] | ARTHUR
A. | LEVINE BOOKS | [double rule, 48mm] | SCHOLASTIC. All in gilt.
On upper side: Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering] | AND THE | HALF-BLOOD PRINCE on
colour illustration of a hatted figure with wooden staff approaching a building half-hidden amongst a
tangle of tree trunks and all within single rule in gilt, 221 by 137mm. All in gilt.
On lower side: Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering] | AND THE | HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
on colour illustration of Harry Potter and Dumbledore watching from within a clump of trees and all
within single rule in gilt, 221 by 137mm. All in gilt.
On top edge: authors signature JK Rowling in gilt.
On lower edge: Illustration by Mary GrandPr 2005 Warner Bros. All in light green.
The slipcase was shrink-wrapped with two labels attached. The
first, 51 by 51mm with rounded corners, with text in black on gilt,
EXCLUSIVE | [rule] | FULL-COLOR | [rule] | ARTWORK
AND | [rule] | ILLUSTRATION | [rule] | SHOWCASE
together with 30 stars. The second, 37 by 56mm with rounded
corners, with price, barcode with smaller barcode to the right
(56000) all in black on white.
Publication: 16 July 2005 (simultaneous with A13(a), A13(aa)
and A13(aaa)
Price: $60
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting
alone in his office)
Notes:
The dust-jacket for the first American edition (see A13(aaa)) shows Dumbledore on the left and
Harry on the right of the upper panel. The lower panel shows children gazing towards the right at a
green glowing Dark Mark in the sky. These single panel illustrations appear to have originated from
the full double-page versions reproduced in this edition on the endpapers. Both are reversed so that
Harry is on the left and Dumbledore on the right of the front endpapers. The children gaze towards
the left of the lower endpapers. These full double-page versions are unique to this deluxe edition. The
colour frontispiece is also unique to this edition.
Scholastic released the exclusive artwork for this edition on 11 May 2005. A news announcement
noted that the deluxe edition would be published simultaneously with the trade edition. David Saylor
from Scholastic stated in this spectacular artwork for the deluxe edition, layers of mystery unfold
in a forested glen, where we find Harry Potter and Dumbledore peering through dense branches
once again, Mary GrandPrs mysterious artwork beautifully features an eerie scene that tantalizes the
reader with hints from the soon-to-be-released, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The print run
was announced as 100,000 copies (see PRNewswire, 11 May 2005).
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A13(b)
Dust-jacket: none
Publication: 3 October 2005 in an edition of 26,310 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 30
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office)
Copies: Sothebys, 17 December 2009, lot 169; private collection (PWE)
A13(c)
HARRY | POTTER | and the Half-Blood Prince | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 66 by 81mm] | J. K. ROWLING
| [publishers device of a dog, 11 by 18mm] | BLOOMSBURY (Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and
right margins, and all width centred)
Collation: 304 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
197 by 128mm; [1-7] 8-24 [25] 26-41 [42] 43-58 [59] 60-80 [81]
82-102 [103] 104-123 [124] 125-47 [148] 149-62 [163] 164-83 [184]
185-204 [205] 206-222 [223] 224-41 [242] 243-60 [261] 262-83
[284] 285-304 [305] 306-326 [327] 328-49 [350] 351-73 [374]
375-395 [396] 397-418 [419] 420-38 [439] 440-59 [460] 461-79
[480] 481-499 [500] 501-518 [519] 520-40 [541] 542-56 [557]
558-69 [570] 571-89 [590] 591-607 [608]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the
Half-Blood Prince | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on
banner, 46 by 57mm]; [2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series
| (in reading order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and
the Philosophers Stone | also available in Latin, Ancient Greek, Welsh and Irish: | Harrius Potter et
Philosophi Lapis (Latin) | (Ancient Greek) | Harri
Potter a Maen yr Anthronydd (Welsh) | Harry Potter agus an rchloch (Irish); [3] title-page;
[4] All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any
means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying | or otherwise, without the prior permission of the
publisher | [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain in 2005 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
36 Soho Square, London, W1D 3QY | [new paragraph] This paperback edition first published in
2006 | [new paragraph] Copyright 2005 J. K. Rowling | Cover illustrations by Jason Cockcroft
copyright 2005 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | [new paragraph] Harry Potter, names, characters
and related indicia are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] J. K.
Rowling has asserted her moral rights | A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the
British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 8468 0 | 978 0 7475 8468 1 | [new paragraph] All
papers used by Bloomsbury Publishing are made from wood grown in | well-managed forests. The
paper used in this book contains 50% post | consumer waste recycled material which was de-inked
using chlorine-free | methods. The manufacturing processes conform to the | environmental
regulations of the country of origin. | [new paragraph] Typeset by RefineCatch Limited, Bungay,
Suffolk | Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] First Edition |
[new paragraph] www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] To Mackenzie, | my beautiful daughter, | I
dedicate | her ink and paper twin; [6] blank; [7]-607 text; [608] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 10-607
(excluding pages on which new chapters commence)
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: [colour illustration of a ring on burgundy panel,
34 by 16mm] HARRY POTTER [in green on blue panel, 34 by
45mm] and the Half-Blood Prince [in white] J.K.ROWLING [in
blue, both title conclusion and author on green panel, 34 by
103mm] BLOOMSBURY [publishers device of the head of a dog,
4 by 3mm] [both in white on blue panel, 34 by 32mm] (reading
lengthways down spine).
On upper wrapper: HARRY | POTTER | and the Half-Blood
Prince [lines 1 and 2 in green, line 3 in white, all on blue panel,
61 by 128mm] | [green rule, 128mm] | [colour illustration of
Dumbledore and Harry Potter clutching wands and engulfed by
swirls of fire, phoenix rising from flames, 123 by 128mm] | [green
rule, 128mm intersected by green panel with J.K.ROWLING in
blue] | BLOOMSBURY [in white on blue panel, 10 by 128mm]
(all width centred).
On lower wrapper: It is Harry Potters sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft |and Wizardry.
As Voldemorts sinister forces amass and a spirit of | gloom and fear sweeps the land, it becomes
more and more clear | to Harry that he will soon have to confront his destiny. But is he | up to the
challenges ahead of him? | [new paragraph] In her darkest and most breathtaking adventure yet, J.K.
Rowling | skilfully begins to unravel the complex web she has woven, as we | discover more of the
truth about Harry, Dumbledore, Snape and, | of course, He Who Must Not Be Named | [new
paragraph] Fast, dark, exciting and tightly plotted. Daily Mail | [new paragraph] A gripping story
with its clues trailed through the text, chills, spills and | some excellent, new comic characters. There
is a measure of sadness too | one of the elements of Rowlings writing that I think entitles her
to a | seat in the pantheon. Julian Fellowes, Sunday Telegraph | [new paragraph] Everything in the
series starts to come to fruition | This ingenious setting up is intriguing for aficionados | who have
been hungry to discover what | happens next. Nicolette Jones, | Sunday Times | [new paragraph]
Taut, witty, effortlessly engaging, | and very, very nasty. How we | yearn for more. TLS | [new
paragraph] [barcode in black on white panel, 21 by 40mm together with [publishers device of a dog,
5 by 9mm] | BLOOMSBURY | 7.99 in black on right side of panel and http://www.bloomsbury.
com/harrypotter below panel, in white on green panel, 5 by 40mm]. Reading lengthways down right
side next to foot of spine, in black: Cover illustrations by Jason Cockcroft | Author photograph
Bill de la HEY. All in white with the exception of the illustration and photography credit which are
in black, and all on an illustration of a stone basin on top of a pedestal, emitting a phosphorescent
glow, situated in the middle of a small island of smooth rock by a great black lake with a tiny boat to
the left.
On inside upper wrapper: black and white photograph of J.K. Rowling standing against
bookshelves.
On inside lower wrapper: Other titles available | in the HARRY POTTER series | [colour
illustrations in three columns of six book designs] | Audio editions read by Stephen Fry | and
co-published by HNP | also available. All in black on white.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 197 by 128mm (wrappers), 197 by 34mm (spine).
Publication: 23 June 2006 (simultaneous with A13(cc)) in an edition of 501,700 copies (confirmed
by Bloomsbury)
Price: 7.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office)
Notes:
Bloomsbury released a dumpbin display case for this edition. The case was available filled with 48
copies. A poster advertising this edition was also released.
The artwork on the lower wrapper has (in contrast to A13(a)) been moved very slightly to the right
edge and also positioned lower. This shows less of the smooth rock island but more of the black lake.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A13(cc)
ENGLISH ADULT EDITION (2006)
(Michael Wildsmith photography adult artwork series in paperback)
HARRY | POTTER | and the Half-Blood Prince | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 66 by 81mm] | J. K. ROWLING
| [publishers device of a dog, 11 by 18mm] | BLOOMSBURY (Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and
right margins, and all width centred)
Collation: 384 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
177 by 110mm; [1-7] 8-28 [29] 30-50 [51] 52-72 [73] 74-100 [101]
102-127 [128] 129-54 [155] 156-84 [185] 186-203 [204] 205-230
[231] 232-57 [258] 259-80 [281] 282-305 [306] 307-329 [330]
331-58 [359] 360-85 [386] 387-413 [414] 415-42 [443] 444-72 [473]
474-500 [501] 502-529 [530] 531-54 [555] 556-80 [581] 582-605
[606] 607-631 [632] 633-55 [656] 657-83 [684] 685-703 [704]
705-719 [720] 721-44 [745] 746-68
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the
Half-Blood Prince | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on
banner, 47 by 58mm]; [2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series
| (in reading order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the
Philosophers Stone | also available in Latin, Ancient Greek, | Welsh and Irish: | Harrius Potter et
Philosophi Lapis (Latin) | | (Ancient Greek) | Harri
Potter a Maen yr Anthronydd (Welsh) | Harry Potter agus an rchloch (Irish); [3] title-page; [4]
All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying | or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher
| [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain in 2005 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 36 Soho
Square, London, W1D 3QY | [new paragraph] This paperback edition first published in 2006 | [new
paragraph] Copyright 2005 J. K. Rowling | Cover illustrations by Jason Cockcroft copyright
2005 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | [new paragraph] Harry Potter, names, characters and related
indicia are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] J. K. Rowling has
asserted her moral rights | A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library
| [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 8467 2 | 978 0 7475 8467 4 | [new paragraph] All papers used by
Bloomsbury Publishing are made from wood grown in | well-managed forests. The paper used in this
book contains 50% post | consumer waste recycled material which was de-inked using chlorine-free
| methods. The manufacturing processes conform to the | environmental regulations of the country
of origin. | [new paragraph] Typeset by RefineCatch Limited, Bungay, Suffolk | Printed in Great
Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] First Edition | [new paragraph] www.bloomsbury.
com/harrypotter; [5] To Mackenzie, | my beautiful daughter, | I dedicate | her ink and paper twin; [6]
blank; [7]-768 text
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (25mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-768
(excluding pages on which new chapters commence)
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: HARRY POTTER AND THE [top portion of
colour photograph of a battered-looking copy of Advanced PotionMaking by Libatius Borage lying on desk, 45 by 18mm] | J.K.
ROWLING [publishers device of a figure with a bow, 11 by 11mm]
| HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (reading lengthways down spine). All
in white with the exception of last line which is in gilt and all on
black.
On upper wrapper: HARRY POTTER AND THE [in white]
| HALF-BLOOD [embossed in gilt] | PRINCE [embossed in gilt]
| J. K. ROWLING [in white] | BLOOMSBURY [in white] (all
width centred). All on colour photograph of a battered-looking
copy of Advanced Potion-Making by Libatius Borage lying on desk.
On lower wrapper: [colour photograph of a battered-looking
copy of Advanced Potion-Making by Libatius Borage lying on desk,
all within single white border, 21 by 21mm] Everything in the
series starts to come | to fruition This ingenious setting up is | intriguing for aficionados who have
been | hungry to discover what happens next | Nicolette Jones, Sunday Times | [new paragraph] It
is Harry Potters sixth year at Hogwarts School of | Witchcraft and Wizardry. As Voldemorts sinister
forces | amass and a spirit of gloom and fear sweeps the land, it | becomes more and more clear to
Harry that he will soon | have to confront his destiny. But is he up to the challenges | ahead of
him? | [new paragraph] In her darkest and most breathtaking adventure yet, | J.K. Rowling skilfully
begins to unravel the complex web | she has woven, as we discover more of the truth about | Harry,
Dumbledore, Snape and, of course, He Who Must | Not Be Named | [new paragraph] Fast, dark,
exciting and tightly plotted Daily Mail | [new paragraph] A gripping story with its clues trailed
through the text, chills, | spills and some excellent, new comic characters. There is a | measure of
sadness too one of the elements of Rowlings | writing that I think entitles her to a seat in the
pantheon | Julian Fellowes, Sunday Telegraph | [new paragraph] Taut, witty, effortlessly engaging,
and very, very nasty. | How we yearn for more TLS | [new paragraph] [barcode in white on black
panel, 24 by 39mm together with bloomsbury[in black]pbk[in white]s[in black] | 7.99 [in black]
| www.bloomsbury.com [in black] and all on red panel, 25 by 75mm] | Cover image: Michael
Wildsmith Design: William Webb Author photograph: Bill de la HEY. All in white on black with
colour photograph to the left of lines 1-5.
On inside upper wrapper: black and white photograph of J.K. Rowling standing against bookshelves.
On inside lower wrapper: Other titles available | in the HARRY POTTER series | [colour
illustrations in three columns of six book designs] | Audio editions read by Stephen Fry | and
co-published by HNP | also available. All in white on black.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 177 by 110mm (wrappers), 177 by 45mm (spine).
Publication: 23 June 2006 (simultaneous with A13(c)) in an edition of 200,000 copies (confirmed
by Bloomsbury)
Price: 7.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office)
Notes:
Note that the publishers imprint page refers to the cover illustrations by Jason Cockcroft. These
illustrations do not feature on this adult edition of the book. However, the Hogwarts crest is present
on the half-title and title-page. For all other titles in the series, the crest was omitted from the adult
editions. Reprints (as seen in a copy of the fourteenth reprint) would dispense with the Hogwarts crest
on the title-page and credit the cover image to Michael Wildsmith.
Copies: private collection (SJH); Bloomsbury Archives
Reprints include:
14
A13(d)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE | [black and white illustration of a battered
book, with swirl of bubbling potion and a lit candle in holder, 61 by 50mm]| BY | J. K. ROWLING
| ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY GRANDPR | SCHOLASTIC INC. | NEW YORK [four-sided
device] TORONTO [four-sided device] LONDON [four-sided device] AUCKLAND [four-sided
device] SYDNEY | MEXICO CITY [four-sided device] NEW DELHI [four-sided device] HONG
KONG [four-sided device] BUENOS AIRES (All width centred on a diamond pattern background)
Collation: 336 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 192 by 133mm; [I-VI] VII-X
[XI-XII] 1-652 [653-60]
Page contents: [I-II] PRAISE FOR J. K. ROWLINGS | HARRY POTTER | AND THE
HALF-BLOOD PRINCE | [device of nine stars] | [5 reviews and a listing of 4 statements] | [device
of poetry by Tony Mitton; The Sea Chest, by Toni Buzzeo; | Sweep Dreams, by Nancy Willard; and
the American edi- | tions of all six Harry Potter novels. Her work has also | appeared in The New
Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and | The Wall Street Journal, and her paintings and pastels have |
been shown in galleries across the United States. | [new paragraph] Ms. GrandPr lives in Sarasota,
Florida, with her family.; [658] blank; [659] publishers advertisement: Harry Potter [hand-drawn
lettering] | READ ALL OF HARRYS ADVENTURES!; [660] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title,
pp. 1-652. Each running title (excluding pages on which new chapters commence) includes a
three-star design to left and right of both running-titles on verso and recto. On pages on which a new
chapter commences, the three-star design is omitted.
Illustrations: title-page vignette, together with thirty vignettes at the beginning of each chapter (after
chapter and chapter number but before chapter title). In addition to standard typographical changes
(including italics, capitals and small capitals) there are other typographical features, comprising:
p. 39 newspaper headline
p. 40 newspaper headline
p. 42 leaflet title
p. 43 facsimile of Albus Dumbledores signature
p. 102 O.W.L. results
p. 110 cardboard sign
p. 116 window display lettering
p. 141 facsimile of Professor H.E.F. Slughorns signature
p. 181 facsimile of Albus Dumbledores signature
p. 189 textbook scribble
p. 193 textbook ownership inscription
p. 238 textbook scribble
p. 338 gold chain lettering
p. 354 text of sign
p. 377 textbook scribble
p. 470 note from Hagrid
p. 609 note from R.A.B.
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: ROWLING | [rule] | [YEAR | 6 logo within
concave square] (horizontally at head) with HARRY POTTER |
SCHOLASTIC | AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (reading
lengthways down spine). All in gilt on light and dark green diamond
pattern background.
On upper wrapper: THE ENTHRALLING NATIONAL
BESTSELLER [in gilt] | Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering]
[embossed in gilt] | and the Half-Blood Prince [hand-drawn lettering
in brown of illustration] | J. K. ROWLING [embossed in gilt] (all width centred). All on colour
illustration of Harry Potter and Dumbledore gazing into a stone basin surrounded by swirling mists.
In centre at foot: [publishers book device] SCHOLASTIC in white on red panel, 5 by 45mm.
On lower wrapper: The war against Voldemort is not going well; even Muggle | governments are
noticing. Ron scans the obituary pages of | the Daily Prophet, looking for familiar names. Dumbledore is
absent from | Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has | already suffered
losses. | [new paragraph] And yet | [new paragraph] As in all wars, life goes on. The Weasley
twins expand their busi- | ness. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate and lose a few eyebrows |
in the process. Teenagers flirt and fight and fall in love. Classes are never | straightforward, though
Harry receives some extraordinary help from the | mysterious Half-Blood Prince. | [new paragraph]
So its the home front that takes center stage in the multilayered | sixth installment of the story of
Harry Potter. Here at Hogwarts, Harry | will search for the full and complex story of the boy who
became Lord | Voldemort and thereby find what may be his only vulnerability. | [new paragraph]
[four-sided device in light green] The #1 New York Times Bestseller [four-sided device in light green]
| [new paragraph] The 2005 Quill Book of the Year | A New York Times Notable Book | An ALA
Best Book for Young Adults | [publishers book device with SCHOLASTIC in white on red panel,
5 by 45mm] | www.scholastic.com/harrypotter | COVER ART BY MARY GRANDPR. All in
white on colour illustration of children gazing at green glowing Dark Mark in the sky with outline of
Hogwarts in background, with barcode with smaller barcode (50999) together with S within triangle
and $9.99 US, all in black on white panel, 28 by 61mm, to the left of final three lines. The initial
capital T of The is a drop capital.
On inside upper wrapper: barcode with smaller barcode (50999) together with S within triangle
below, all in black.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 192 by 133mm (wrappers), 192 by 36mm (spine).
Publication: September 2006
Price: $9.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office)
Notes:
In contrast with the first American edition (see A13(aaa)), the listing of Rowlings works is not
presented with paragraph breaks between titles.
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
20 19 11 12 13/0 Printed in the U.S.A. 40
20
11 12 13/0 Printed in the U.S.A. 40
A13(e)
A13(f)
HARRY | POTTER | and the Half-Blood Prince | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 66 by 81mm] | J.K.ROWLING
| [publishers device of a dog, 9 by 15mm] | BLOOMSBURY | LONDON BERLIN NEW YORK
(Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and right margins, and all width centred)
Collation: 304 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 197 by 128mm; [1-7] 8-24 [25]
26-41 [42] 43-58 [59] 60-80 [81] 82-102 [103] 104-123 [124] 125-47 [148] 149-62 [163] 164-83 [184]
185-204 [205] 206-222 [223] 224-41 [242] 243-60 [261] 262-83 [284] 285-304 [305] 306-326 [327]
328-49 [350] 351-73 [374] 375-95 [396] 397-418 [419] 420-38 [439] 440-59 [460] 461-79 [480] 481-99
[500] 501-518 [519] 520-40 [541] 542-56 [557] 558-69 [570] 571-89 [590] 591-607 [608]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the Half-Blood Prince | [illustration of
Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 47
by 58mm]; [2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in reading order): | Harry Potter and the
Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph]
Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in Latin): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | (in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish): | Harry Potter and
the Philosophers Stone; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be
reproduced or | transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying | or otherwise,
without the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain in
2005 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 36 Soho Square, London, W1D 3QY | [new paragraph] This
edition first published in 2009 | [new paragraph] Copyright J.K.Rowling 2005 | Cover illustrations
by Jason Cockcroft copyright Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2005 | [new paragraph] Harry Potter,
names, characters and related indicia are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new
paragraph] J.K.Rowling has asserted her moral rights | A CIP catalogue record of this book is available
from the British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 978 0 7475 9846 6 | [new paragraph] [FSC symbol, 7
by 8mm together with symbol and text: FSC | Mixed Sources | Product group from well-managed
| forests and other controlled sources | [new paragraph] Cert no. SGS-COC-2061 | www fsc org
| 1996 Forest Stewardship Council] | [new paragraph] Typeset by RefineCatch Limited, Bungay,
Suffolk | Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2
| [new paragraph] www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] To Mackenzie, | my beautiful daughter, | I
dedicate | her ink and paper twin; [6] blank; [7]-607 text; [608] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-607
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: [colour illustration of a ring on burgundy panel, 36 by 17mm] HARRY POTTER [in
green on gilt panel, 36 by 46mm] and the Half-Blood Prince [in white] J.K.ROWLING [in gilt, both
title conclusion and author on green panel, 36 by 102mm] BLOOMSBURY [publishers device of the
head of a dog, 3 by 4mm] [both in white on dark blue panel, 36 by 31mm] (reading lengthways down
spine).
On upper wrapper: HARRY | POTTER | and the Half-Blood Prince [lines 1 and 2 in gilt, line 3
in white, all on dark blue panel, 62 by 128mm] | [gilt rule, 128mm] | [J.K. ROWLING [in gilt] with
colour illustration of Dumbledore and Harry Potter clutching wands and engulfed by swirls of fire,
within single gilt ruled border, 91 by 86mm, all on green panel with orange, yellow and gilt stars, 123
by 128mm] | [blue rule, 128mm] | BLOOMSBURY [in dark blue on gilt panel, 10 by 128mm] (all
width centred).
On lower wrapper: It is Harry Potters sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft | and
Wizardry. As Voldemorts sinister forces amass and a spirit of | gloom and fear sweeps the land, it
becomes more and more clear | to Harry that he will soon have to confront his destiny. But is he |
up to the challenges ahead of him? | [new paragraph] In this dark and breathtaking adventure, J.K.
Rowling skilfully | begins to unravel the complex web she has woven, as we discover | more of the
truth about Harry, Dumbledore, Snape and, of course, | He Who Must Not Be Named | [new
paragraph] Fast, dark, exciting and tightly plotted. Daily Mail | [new paragraph] A gripping story
with its clues trailed through the text, chills, spills and | some excellent, new comic characters. There
is a measure of sadness too | one of the elements of Rowlings writing that I think entitles her to |
a seat in the pantheon. Julian Fellowes, Sunday Telegraph | [new paragraph] Everything in the series
starts to come to fruition | This ingenious setting up is intriguing for aficionados | who have been
hungry to discover what | happens next. Nicolette Jones, | Sunday Times | [new paragraph] Taut,
witty, effortlessly engaging, | and very, very nasty. How we | yearn for more. TLS | [new paragraph]
[publishers device of a dog, 6 by 10mm] | BLOOMSBURY | [new paragraph] [barcode in black on
white panel, 21 by 38mm] [FSC symbol, 7 by 8mm together with symbol and text: FSC | Mixed
Sources | Product group from well-managed | forests and other controlled sources | [new paragraph]
Cert no. SGS-COC-2061 | www.fsc.org | 1996 Forest Stewardship Council] [these eight lines
to the right of the barcode panel] | [www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter below barcode panel, in
white on green panel, 6 by 38mm]. Reading lengthways down right side towards foot of spine Cover
illustration by Jason Cockcroft. All in white with the exception of the illustration credit which is in
black, and all on an illustration of a stone basin on top of a pedestal, emitting a phosphorescent glow,
situated in the middle of a small island of smooth rock by a great lake with a tiny boat to the left.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 197 by 128mm (wrappers), 197 by 36mm (spine).
Publication: 6 July 2009 in an edition of 14,040 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 8.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office)
Notes:
The individual titles in the celebratory edition were each published to celebrate the release of the
film version. The UK premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince took place on 7 July 2009.
The first issue omits a publication price on the lower wrapper.
As with A13(c), the artwork on the lower wrapper has been moved very slightly (in contrast to
A13(a)). The position of the publishers device suggests that the dog is in the tiny boat.
Copies: Bloomsbury Archives
A13(g)
Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous stars] | and the | Half-Blood Prince | [illustration
of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner,
68 by 84mm] | J.K.ROWLING | [publishers device of a dog, 8 by 13mm] | BLOOMSBURY |
LONDON BERLIN NEW YORK SYDNEY (All width centred)
Collation: 304 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 197 by 128mm; [1-7] 8-24 [25]
26-41 [42] 43-58 [59] 60-80 [81] 82-102 [103] 104-123 [124] 125-47 [148] 149-62 [163] 164-83 [184]
185-204 [205] 206-222 [223] 224-41 [242] 243-60 [261] 262-83 [284] 285-304 [305] 306-326 [327]
328-49 [350] 351-73 [374] 375-395 [396] 397-418 [419] 420-38 [439] 440-59 [460] 461-79 [480]
481-499 [500] 501-518 [519] 520-40 [541] 542-56 [557] 558-69 [570] 571-89 [590] 591-607 [608]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous stars] | and the |
Half-Blood Prince | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM
On upper wrapper: Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous stars] [embossed in gilt]
| and the | Half-Blood Prince | [light green, light blue, dark blue and yellow illustration of two figures
standing on rocks above a raging sea, 96 by 107mm] | J.K.ROWLING | BLOOMSBURY (all width
centred). All in red with deckle-edge effect of white leaf on red background at fore-edge.
On lower wrapper: It is Harry Potters sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft | and
Wizardry. As Voldemorts sinister forces amass and a spirit | of gloom and fear sweeps the land,
it becomes clear to Harry that | he will soon have no choice but to confront his destiny. | Can
Harry succeed in the death-defying tasks ahead? | [new paragraph] Fast, dark, exciting and tightly
plotted. | Daily Mail | [new paragraph] A gripping story with its clues trailed through the | text,
chills, spills and some excellent, new comic | characters. There is a measure of sadness too |
one of the elements of Rowlings writing that | I think entitles her to a seat in the pantheon. |
Sunday Telegraph | [dark blue, yellow and olive green illustration of Hogwarts castle, 172 by 122mm
to the left of lines 4-13 and with white panel overlaid at foot] | [barcode together with www.
bloomsbury.com/harrypotter, publishers device of a dog, 6 by 10mm, BLOOMSBURY, 8.99
together with Forest Stewardship Council logo, 7 by 8mm together with symbol and text: FSC
| Mixed Sources | Product group from well-managed | forests and other controlled sources |
[new paragraph] Cert no. SGS-COC-2061 | www.fsc.org | 1996 Forest Stewardship Council
(all on white panel, 24 by 73mm)] | Designed by Webb & Webb Design | Cover illustrations by
Clare Melinsky | Author photograph J.P.Masclet. Lines 1-13 in red with all other text in black,
together with deckle-edge effect of white leaf on red background at fore-edge. The initial I of It
is a drop capital.
On inside upper wrapper: The magical world of | Harry Potter [signature above z rule with
numerous stars] | [colour illustrations in three columns of seven book designs] | The internationally
bestselling series | [new paragraph] For more from Harry Potter, visit | www.bloomsbury.com/
harrypotter. All in red with the exception of line 2 which is in gold, together with deckle-edge effect
of white leaf on red background at fore-edge.
On inside lower wrapper: colour photograph of J.K. Rowling seated by a window.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 197 by 128mm (wrappers), 197 by 36mm (spine).
Publication: 1 November 2010 in an edition of 64,252 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 8.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office)
Notes:
This is the only volume in the paperback signature edition to include a white panel on the lower
wrapper that overlays the illustration.
The ISBN numbers within the signature paperback edition are not sequential for Order of the Phoenix
and Half-Blood Prince. The earlier book, Order of the Phoenix, has the ISBN number 978-1-40881059-0 while the later book, Half-Blood Prince, has the ISBN number 978-1-4088-1058-3.
Published as a boxed set of seven volumes comprising A1(i), A2(n), A7(k), A9(k), A12(h), A13(g)
and A14(f). Individual volumes were also available separately.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A13(h)
Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous stars] | and the | Half-Blood Prince | [illustration
of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner,
68 by 84mm] | J.K.ROWLING | [publishers device of a dog, 8 by 13mm] | BLOOMSBURY |
LONDON BERLIN NEW YORK SYDNEY (All width centred)
Collation: 304 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
197 by 124mm; [1-7] 8-24 [25] 26-41 [42] 43-58 [59] 60-80 [81]
82-102 [103] 104-123 [124] 125-47 [148] 149-62 [163] 164-83 [184]
185-204 [205] 206-222 [223] 224-41 [242] 243-60 [261] 262-83
[284] 285-304 [305] 306-326 [327] 328-49 [350] 351-73 [374]
375-395 [396] 397-418 [419] 420-38 [439] 440-59 [460] 461-79
[480] 481-499 [500] 501-518 [519] 520-40 [541] 542-56 [557]
558-69 [570] 571-89 [590] 591-607 [608]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter [signature above z rule
with numerous stars] | and the | Half-Blood Prince | [illustration of
Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM
TITILLANDUS on banner, 60 by 75mm]; [2] Titles available in
the Harry Potter series | (in reading order): | Harry Potter and the
Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph]
Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in Latin): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | (in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish): | Harry Potter
and the Philosophers Stone | [new paragraph] Also available | (in aid of Comic Relief): | Fantastic
Beasts and Where to Find Them | Quidditch Through the Ages | (in aid of Lumos): | The Tales of
Beedle the Bard; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced
or | transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying | or otherwise, without
the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain in 2005
by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | 49-51 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP | [new paragraph]
Bloomsbury Publishing, London, Berlin, New York and Sydney | [new paragraph] This hardback
edition first published in November 2011 | [new paragraph] Copyright J.K.Rowling 2005 | Cover
and endpaper illustrations by Clare Melinsky copyright J.K.Rowling 2010 | [new paragraph] Harry
Potter, names, characters and related indicia are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM
| [new paragraph] J.K.Rowling has asserted her moral rights | A CIP catalogue record of this book
is available from the British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 978 1 4088 2582 2 | [new paragraph]
[Forest Stewardship Council logo, 8 by 9mm together with symbol and text: FSC | www.fsc.
org | MIX | Paper from | responsible sources | FSC C018072] | [new paragraph] Typeset by
RefineCatch Limited, Bungay, Suffolk | Printed in Great Britain by
Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 | [new
paragraph] | www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] To Mackenzie,
| my beautiful daughter, | I dedicate | her ink and paper twin; [6]
blank; [7]-607 text; [608] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title
comprises chapter title, pp. 8-607
Binding: red boards.
On spine: Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous
stars] and | the Half-Blood Prince [illustration of a stoppered bottle
of potion, 7 by 21mm] J.K.ROWLING BLOOMSBURY [publishers
device of the head of a dog, 3 by 4mm] (reading lengthways down
spine). All in gilt.
Upper and lower covers: blank.
All edges trimmed. Red sewn bands at head and foot of spine
together with red marker ribbon. Binding measurements: 205 by
128mm (covers), 205 by 59mm (spine). End-papers: wove paper
overprinted in pink showing design, in white, of spine motifs from
the series (see notes).
Dust-jacket: coated wove paper, 205 by 512mm
On spine: Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous
stars] [in gilt] and | the Half-Blood Prince [red, orange, yellow and
white illustration of a stoppered bottle of potion, 7 by 21mm]
J.K.ROWLING BLOOMSBURY [publishers device of the head of a
dog, 3 by 4mm] (reading lengthways down spine). All in white on
red.
On upper cover: Harry Potter [signature above z rule with
numerous stars] [in gilt] | and the | Half-Blood Prince | [light green,
light blue, dark blue and yellow illustration of two figures standing
on rocks above a raging sea, 96 by 107mm] | J.K.ROWLING |
BLOOMSBURY (all width centred). All in red with deckle-edge
effect of white leaf on red background at fore-edge.
On lower cover: Fast, dark, exciting and | tightly plotted. | Daily Mail [dark blue, yellow and
olive green illustration of Hogwarts castle, 127 by 98mm to the left of lines 1-3] | [publishers device
of a dog, 6 by 10mm and BLOOMSBURY] [barcode and www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter in black
on white panel, 24 by 39mm]. All in red, with deckle-edge effect of white leaf on red background at
fore-edge. The initial F of Fast is a drop capital.
On upper inside flap: It is Harry Potters sixth year at | Hogwarts School of Witchcraft |
and Wizardry. As Voldemorts sinister | forces amass and a spirit of gloom and | fear sweeps the
land, it becomes clear to | Harry that he will soon have no choice | but to confront his destiny.
Can Harry | succeed in the death-defying tasks ahead? | [new paragraph] Taut, witty, effortlessly
engaging how | we yearn for more. | Times Literary Supplement | [new paragraph] A gripping
story with its clues trailed | through the text, chills, spills and some | excellent, new comic
characters. There is | a measure of sadness too one of the | elements of Rowlings writing that
I think | entitles her to a seat in the pantheon. | Sunday Telegraph | [red, orange, yellow and
white illustration of a stoppered bottle of potion, 23 by 8mm]. All in white on red. The initial I
of It is a drop capital.
On lower inside flap: J. K. Rowling has written fiction since she was a child, | and she always
wanted to be an author. Her parents loved | reading and their house in Chepstow was full of books.
| In fact, J. K. Rowling wrote her first book at the age | of six a story about a rabbit called Rabbit.
She studied | French and Classics at Exeter University, then moved to | Edinburgh via London and
Portugal. In 2000 she was | awarded an OBE for services to childrens literature. | [new paragraph]
The idea for Harry Potter occurred to her on the | train from Manchester to London, where she says
| Harry Potter just strolled into my head fully formed, | and by the time she had arrived at Kings
Cross, many | of the characters had taken shape. During the next | five years she outlined the plots
for each book and | began writing the first in the series, Harry Potter and | the Philosophers Stone,
which was first published by | Bloomsbury in 1997. The other Harry Potter titles: | 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 and Harry | Potter
and the Deathly Hallows followed. J. K. Rowling | has also written three companion books: Quidditch
| Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find | Them, in aid of Comic Relief, and The
Tales of Beedle | the Bard, in aid of Lumos. | [new paragraph] THE COMPLETE HARRY POTTER
SERIES: | [colour illustrations in two rows of seven book designs] | Designed by Webb & Webb
Design | Cover illustrations by Clare Melinsky | copyright J. K. Rowling 2010. All in white on
red with white panel, 19 by 12mm, to right on which in black: [Forest Stewardship Council logo, 6
by 7mm together with symbol] | FSC | www.fsc.org | MIX | Paper from | responsible sources |
FSC C018072.
Publication: 7 November 2011 in an edition of 9,200 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 115 [together with A1(j), A2(o), A7(l), A9(l), A12(i) and A14(g)]
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office)
Notes:
The end-papers carry a design of eight miniature illustrations. Seven of these reproduce the spine
motifs from the series and an eighth comprises a variant of the key-bird from the first book.
This is the third of the books in the series to carry different press quotes from the equivalent signature
paperback edition. For this hardback edition there is an additional quote (from The Times Literary
Supplement) on the upper inside flap.
Published as a boxed set of seven volumes comprising A1(j), A2(o), A7(l), A9(l), A12(i), A13(h)
and A14(g). Individual volumes were not available separately. The ISBN for the boxed set was ISBN
978 1 4088 2594 5.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A13(i)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE | [black and white illustration of a
battered book, with swirl of bubbling potion and a lit candle in holder, 61 by 52mm]| BY | J. K.
ROWLING | ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY GRANDPR | SCHOLASTIC INC. (All width
centred on a diamond pattern background)
Collation: 344 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 204 by 133mm; [I-VI] VII-X
[XI-XII] 1-652 [653-76]
book and began writing the first novel. Harry Potter and the | Sorcerers Stone was published in the
United States by Arthur A. | Levine Books in 1998, and the series concluded nearly ten years |
later with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, published in 2007. | J. K. Rowling is the recipient
of numerous awards and honorary | degrees, including an OBE for services to childrens literature,
| Frances Lgion dhonneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen | Literature Award. She supports a
wide number of causes through | her charitable trust, Volant, and is the founder of Lumos, a charity
| working to transform the lives of disadvantaged children. J. K. | Rowling lives in Edinburgh with
her husband and three children.; [672] blank; [673] MARY GRANDPR has illustrated more than
twenty | beautiful books for children, including the American editions of | the Harry Potter novels.
Her work has also appeared in the New | Yorker, the Atlantic Monthly, and the Wall Street Journal, and
her | paintings and pastels have been shown in galleries across the United | States. Ms. GrandPr
lives in Sarasota, Florida, with her family. | [new paragraph] KAZU KIBUISHI is the creator of the
New York Times | bestselling Amulet series and Copper, a collection of his popular | webcomic. He
is also the founder and editor of the acclaimed | Flight anthologies. Daisy Kutter: The Last Train, his
first graphic | novel, was listed as one of the Best Books for Young Adults by | YALSA, and Amulet,
Book One: The Stonekeeper was an ALA Best | Book for Young Adults and a Childrens Choice Book
Award | finalist. Kazu lives and works in Alhambra, California, with his | wife and fellow comics
artist, Amy Kim Kibuishi, and their two | children. Visit Kazu online at www.boltcity.com.; [674-76]
blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title,
pp. 1-652 and pp. [657-68]. Each running title (excluding pages on which new chapters commence)
includes a three-star design to left and right of both running-titles on verso and recto. On pages on
which a new chapter commences, the three-star design is omitted.
Illustrations: title-page vignette, together with thirty vignettes at the beginning of each chapter
(after chapter and chapter number but before chapter title). The sneak preview also includes a
vignette. In addition to standard typographical changes (including italics, capitals and small capitals)
there are other typographical features, comprising:
p. 39 newspaper headline
p. 40 newspaper headline
p. 42 leaflet title
p. 43 facsimile of Albus Dumbledores signature
p. 102 O.W.L. results
p. 110 cardboard sign
p. 116 window display lettering
p. 141 facsimile of Professor H.E.F. Slughorns signature
p. 181 facsimile of Albus Dumbledores signature
p. 189 textbook scribble
p. 193 textbook ownership inscription
p. 238 textbook scribble
scholastic.com/harrypotter [in white] | [colour illustrations in three columns of six book designs]. All
on lavender blue.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 204 by 134mm (wrappers), 204 by 33mm (spine).
Publication: 27 August 2013
Price: $14.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office)
Notes:
See notes to A4(h) about this series.
The seven volumes in this edition were available individually or as a set issued in a slipcase. The set,
presented in order, reveals a single illustration of Hogwarts castle across the seven spines. Scholastic
released images of the new illustrations in a careful marketing campaign: the upper wrapper illustration for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was shown at the annual Comic-Con Convention
in San Diego on 19 July 2013.
The sneak preview of Deathly Hallows comprises the complete text of chapter one.
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A13(j)
J.K. [in grey] | ROWLING [in grey] [reading lengthways down title-page] | HARRY | POTTER |
&THE [reading lengthways up title-page] HALF-BLOOD PRINCE | BLOOMSBURY | LONDON
[point] NEW DELHI [point] NEW YORK [point] SYDNEY (Author and final part of title justified on
right margin, first part of title justified on left margin, publisher with publishers offices width centred)
Collation: 304 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 198 by 128mm; [1-7] 8-24 [25]
26-41 [42] 43-58 [59] 60-80 [81] 82-102 [103] 104-123 [124] 125-47 [148] 149-62 [163] 164-83 [184]
185-204 [205] 206-222 [223] 224-41 [242] 243-60 [261] 262-83 [284] 285-304 [305] 306-326 [327]
328-49 [350] 351-73 [374] 375-395 [396] 397-418 [419] 420-38 [439] 440-59 [460] 461-79 [480]
481-499 [500] 501-518 [519] 520-40 [541] 542-56 [557] 558-69 [570] 571-89 [590] 591-607 [608]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | &THE [reading lengthways up title-page]
HALF-BLOOD PRINCE; [2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in reading order): | Harry Potter
POTTER [in blue] | &THE [in white] [reading lengthways up upper wrapper] HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
[in blue] | BLOOMSBURY [in white] (author and final part of title justified on right margin, first part
of title justified on left margin, publisher with publishers offices width centred). All on orange and red
illustration of Hogwarts castle with a blazing skull hanging in the sky.
On lower wrapper: Suspicion and fear blow through the wizarding world as news | of the Dark
Lords attack on the Ministry of Magic spreads. | Harry has not told anyone about the future predicted
by the | prophecy in the Department of Mysteries, nor how deeply what | happened to Sirius Black
has affected him. Hes desperate | for Professor Dumbledore to arrive and take him away from | the
Dursleys but Hogwarts may not be the safe haven from | Voldemorts Dark Forces that it once was. |
[new paragraph] In his sixth year, the names Black, Malfoy, Lestrange and Snape | will haunt Harry with
shades of trust and treachery as he discovers | the secret behind the mysterious Half-Blood Prince and
| Dumbledore prepares him to face his own terrifying destiny | [new paragraph] [section of white
illustration of Hogwarts castle with a blazing skull hanging in the sky, 50 by 111mm] | BLOOMSBURY
www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter www.pottermore.com 8.99 [in black] | [section of white illustration
of Hogwarts castle with a blazing skull hanging in the sky, 27 by 111mm upon which: Forest Stewardship
Council logo, 5 by 6mm together with symbol and text: FSC | www.fsc.org | MIX | Paper from |
responsible sources | FSC C020471 all in black on white panel with rounded corners, 19 by 12mm,
with barcode in black on white panel, 18 by 38mm, with Designed by Webb & Webb Design | Cover
illustrations by Andrew Davidson | copyright J.K. Rowling 2013 in black on blue panel, 9 by 38mm].
Lines 1-12 in white and all on blue. The initial S of Suspicion is a drop capital and is printed in blue.
On inside upper wrapper: blue and white illustration of Hogwarts castle with a blazing skull
hanging in the sky.
On inside lower wrapper: blue and white illustration of roof of Hogwarts castle.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 198 by 128mm (wrappers), 198 by 36mm (spine).
Publication: 26 September 2013 in an edition of 57,200 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury) (see notes)
Price: 8.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office)
Notes:
The illustrations by Andrew Davidson derive from a single wood engraving. A single illustration is
presented on both the upper wrapper and inside upper wrapper. A section is printed on the lower
wrapper. A detail from the upper wrapper is shown on the inside lower wrapper.
Although Bloomsburys official publication date was 26 September 2013, copies were available from
amazon.co.uk two or three days beforehand.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
HARRY | POTTER | and the Deathly Hallows | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO
DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 66 by 81mm] | J. K. ROWLING |
[publishers device of a dog, 11 by 18mm] | BLOOMSBURY (Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and right
margins, and all width centred)
Collation: 304 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
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59-75 [76] 77-94 [95] 96-114 [115] 116-33 [134] 135-45 [146]
147-65 [166] 167-83 [184] 185-202 [203] 204-220 [221] 222-33
[234] 235-54 [255] 256-69 [270] 271-85 [286] 287-95 [296] 297-314
[315] 316-28 [329] 330-43 [344] 345-61 [362] 363-85 [386] 387-405
[406] 407-418 [419] 420-38 [439] 440-46 [447] 448-59 [460] 461-73
[474] 475-88 [489] 490-512 [513] 514-28 [529] 530-53 [554] 555-64
[565] 566-79 [580] 581-600 [601-603] 604-607 [608]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the Deathly
Hallows | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO
DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 47 by
58mm]; [2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in reading
order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph] Titles available in the Harry Potter series |
(in Latin): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
| (in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone; [3] title-page; [4]
All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying | or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher
| [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain in 2007 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | 36 Soho
Square, London, W1D 3QY | [new paragraph] Copyright J. K. Rowling 2007 | Cover illustrations
by Jason Cockcroft copyright Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2007 | Harry Potter, names, characters
and related indicia are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] J. K.
Rowling has asserted her moral rights | [new paragraph] The extract from The Libation Bearers is taken
from the Penguin Classics edition | of The Oresteia, translated by Robert Fagles, copyright Robert
Fagles, 1966, | 1967, 1975, 1977 | [new paragraph] The extract from More Fruits of Solitude is taken
from More Fruits of Solitude | by William Penn, first included in Everymans Library, 1915 | [new
paragraph] A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library | [new paragraph]
ISBN 978 0 7475 9105 4 | [new paragraph] The pages of this book are printed on 100% AncientForest Friendly paper | [Forest Stewardship Council logo, 7 by 8mm together with symbol and text:
FSC | Mixed Sources | Product group from well-managed | forests and other controlled sources |
[new paragraph] Cert no. SGS-COC-2061 |www fsc org | 1996 Forest Stewardship Council] |
The papers on which this book is printed are manufactured from a composition | of 1996 Forest
Stewardship Council A.C. (FSC) approved and post-consumer | waste recycled materials. The FSC
promotes environmentally appropriate, socially | beneficial and economically viable management
of the worlds forests. | [new paragraph] Typeset by RefineCatch Limited, Bungay, Suffolk | Printed
in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] First Edition | [new paragraph] www.
bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] The | dedication | of this book | is split | seven ways: | to Neil, | to
Jessica, | to David, | to Kenzie, | to Di, | to Anne, | and to you, | if you have | stuck | with Harry
| until the | very | end.; [6] blank; [7] three stanzas from Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers and one
paragraph from William Penn, More Fruits of Solitude; [8] blank; [9]-600 text; [601] Nineteen Years
Later; [602] blank; [603]-607 text; [608] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title
comprises chapter title, pp. 10-607 (excluding pages on which new
chapters commence)
Binding: pictorial boards.
On spine: [light blue / grey illustration of a triangular eye
symbol on light blue / grey panel, 47 by 16mm] HARRY POTTER
[in white on purple panel, 47 by 47mm] and the Deathly Hallows [in
black] J.K.ROWLING [in white, both title conclusion and author
on red panel, 47 by 109mm] BLOOMSBURY [publishers device of
the head of a dog, 4 by 3mm] [both in white on black panel, 47 by
33mm] (reading lengthways down spine).
On upper cover: HARRY | POTTER | and the Deathly Hallows
[lines 1 and 2 in white, line 3 in grey, all on black panel, 62 by
131mm] | [red rule, 131mm] | [colour illustration of Harry Potter,
Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger within a cave-like opening on
top of a sea of golden coins and other treasures with Griphook the goblin clutching Harrys back and
a sword, 125 by 131mm] | [red rule, 131mm intersected by grey panel with J.K.ROWLING in black]
| BLOOMSBURY [in white on black panel, 14 by 132mm] (all width centred).
On lower cover: Harry is waiting in Privet Drive. The Order of the Phoenix | is coming to
escort him safely away without Voldemort and | his supporters knowing if they can. But what will
Harry | do then? How can he fulfil the momentous and seemingly | impossible task that Professor
Dumbledore has left him? | [barcode in black on white panel (with red border), 21 by 40mm together
with [Forest Stewardship Council logo, 6 by 7mm together with symbol and text: FSC | Mixed
Sources | Product group from well-managed | forests and other controlled sources | [new paragraph]
Cert no. SGS-COC-2061 |www.fsc.org | 1996 Forest Stewardship Council] | [publishers device
of a dog, 5 by 9mm] | BLOOMSBURY in black on right side of panel
and http://www.bloomsbury.com below panel, in black on red panel,
6 by 40mm] | Cover illustrations by Jason Cockcroft [in black]. All
in white on colour illustration of Hogwarts castle, a full moon, clouds
and a tree.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 205 by 131mm (covers),
205 by 47mm (spine). End-papers: wove paper.
Dust-jacket: coated wove paper, 205 by 507mm
Spine, upper and lower covers replicate the binding, with the
exception of the illustration note which is omitted.
On upper inside flap: Harry has been burdened with a dark,
dangerous | and seemingly impossible task: that of locating | and
destroying Voldemorts remaining | Horcruxes. Never has Harry
felt so alone, or | faced a future so full of shadows. But Harry |
must somehow find within himself the | strength to complete the
task he has been | given. He must leave the warmth, safety and |
companionship of The Burrow and follow | without fear or hesitation
the inexorable path | laid out for him | [new paragraph] In this
final, seventh instalment of the Harry | Potter series, J.K. Rowling unveils in spectacular | fashion
the answers to the many questions that | have been so eagerly awaited. The spellbinding, | richly
woven narrative, which plunges, twists | and turns at a breathtaking pace, confirms the | author as
a mistress of storytelling, whose books | will be read, reread and read again. | [colour illustration of
a stag, 85 by 43mm] | 17.99. All in white on purple panel.
On lower inside flap: J.K. (Joanne Kathleen) Rowling has written | fiction since she was
a child, and always wanted | to be an author. Her parents loved reading, and | their house in
Chepstow was full of books. In | fact, J.K. Rowling wrote her first book at the | age of six a
story about a rabbit called Rabbit! | [new paragraph] The idea for Harry Potter occurred to | J.K.
Rowling on the train from Manchester to | London, where she says Harry Potter just strolled
| into my head fully formed, and by the time she | had arrived at Kings Cross, many of the
characters | had taken shape. During the next five years she | outlined the plots for each book
and began | writing the first in the series, Harry Potter and | the Philosophers Stone, which was first
published | by Bloomsbury in 1997. The other Harry Potter | titles: 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 and Harry Potter and the | Half-Blood Prince, followed. J.K. Rowling
has | also written two companion books, Quidditch | Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and
Where | to Find Them, in aid of Comic Relief. | [colour illustration of a snake contained within a
globe reflecting a window, 46 by 46mm] | Cover illustrations by Jason Cockcroft. All in white on
purple panel.
Publication: 21 July 2007 (simultaneous with A14(aa), A14(aaa), A14(aaaa) and A14(aaaaa)) in an
edition of 8 million copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 17.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
(The two men appeared out of nowhere, a few yards apart in the narrow, moonlit lane.)
Notes:
It appears that editing was done by Emma Matthewson at Bloomsbury in conversation (by phone)
with Arthur A. Levine at Scholastic. A notebook preserved in the editorial files of Bloomsbury
suggests that copy-editing commenced on 12 March 2007 with email queries sent to Rowling the
following day. A response was received on 21 March and the manuscript was sent to production on
23 March.
An early set of proofs (given the file title Edinburgh Potmakers) is dated 25 March. This was not
the only spurious title given to the novel. Another print-out of the text in the editorial files at
Bloomsbury is entitled The Life and Times of Clara Rose Lovett with the thrilling sub-title, An epic
novel covering many generations.
Collated proofs from copy-editors were produced by 20 April. A further email was sent to the
author on 23 April with a response received on 27 April. Marked proofs finalised on 4 May 2007.
The email dated 23 April from Matthewson to Rowling presented proof queries and was headed
Final Final Edits. It included detailed plot queries and a few notes about consistency throughout the
entire series. It noted, for example, that within paragraph four of page 11 Rowling had written He
had never learned how to repair wounds and pointed out that Harry had used Episkey on Demelzas
lip on page 267 of Half-Blood Prince. The question was therefore asked But this is ok as it is not really
learning properly to repair wounds?
The launch event for the final title in the series was called J.K. Rowling and the Moonlight Signing.
This event, as noted on an admission ticket, was held at the Natural History Museum in London to
celebrate the publication of the book. Admission time was 10 pm on Friday 20 July. Copies signed by
the author on that night carry the authors hologram sticker.
In a promotional statement on the launch of A14(b), Bloomsbury noted that the title sold 2,652,656
copies in the UK on the first day of its release, making it the fastest-selling book of all time. Nigel
Newton recalled, in an interview with me in September 2013, that the impact of the supermarkets
was huge (see note to A12(a)) and noted that with the last book Tescos initial order was three
quarters of a million hardcovers. Distribution was also an issue. By the end of the series, distribution
was direct from the printers (see notes to A9(a)). Nigel Newton proudly stated that by the end of the
series we were drop-shipping 11 million hardcovers into 83 countries around the world all to arrive
within 48 to 24 hours of the on-sale time.
Note that the Forest Stewardship Council text on page [4] excludes dots in the web address. These
are present on the lower cover and dust-jacket.
The English audiobook version, read by Stephen Fry, has a duration of approximately twenty-four
hours.
Reprints (and subsequent new editions) include a number of corrections to the text. These comprise:
Page 27, line 15
hear the word no and a nice sharp to hear the word no and a nice sharp
Page 98, line 16
first floor to first-floor
Page 116, line 19 permettez-moi to permettez-moi (final i to be italic)
Page 167, line 32 dust-figure to dust figure
Page 237, line 21 Voldemort had lived or visited to Voldemort had lived in or visited
Page 246, line 27 the Prophets ignoring to the Prophets ignoring (final s to be roman)
Page 249, line 11 Muggle-borns, he said to Muggle-borns, he said (comma in italic)
Page 287, line 34 Dear Batty to Dear Batty (opening single quote to be roman)
Page 323, line 18 hawk-like head, peered down to hawk-head head peered down
Page 336, line 31 Ron said, the wand, and Harry said to Ron said, the wand, and Harry said
Page 344, line 9
Cave inimicum to Cave inimicum (first word entirely in italic)
Page 358, line 21 said Lupin to said Lupin.
Page 364, line 29 Dean? to Dean? (opening quote to be italic)
Page 383, line 34 Stupefy! to Stupefy! (closing quote to be italic)
Page 385, line 10 needed too to needed to
Page 427, line 10 murmured, Confundo, twice to murmured, Confundo, twice (opening quote
to be italic)
Page 434, line 11 said Harry, to said Harry.
Page 447, line 21 Accio Cloak! roared one to Accio Cloak! roared one (opening quote to be italic)
Page 504, line 23 Accio diadem, cried Hermione to Accio diadem, cried Hermione (punctuation
to be italic)
Page 506, line 6
Descendo! to Descendo! (opening quote to be italic)
Page 506, line 12 cried, Finite! and it steadied to cried, Finite! and it steadied (opening quote
to be italic)
Page 507, line 36 Aguamenti! Harry bawled to Aguamenti! Harry bawled (opening quote to be
italic)
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
5 7 9 10 8 6
A report compiled by the printers, Clays Ltd, in October 2013 noted that, to date, they had produced
a minimum of 1.1 million paperbacks and 9.2 million hardbacks across 55 printings.
A14(aa)
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION (2007)
(Michael Wildsmith photography adult artwork series in hardback)
Harry Potter and the | Deathly Hallows | J. K. Rowling | BLOOMSBURY (All width centred)
Collation: 304 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
197 by 127mm; [1-9] 10-18 [19] 20-30 [31] 32-41 [42] 43-57 [58]
59-75 [76] 77-94 [95] 96-114 [115] 116-33 [134] 135-45 [146]
147-65 [166] 167-83 [184] 185-202 [203] 204-220 [221] 222-33
[234] 235-54 [255] 256-69 [270] 271-85 [286] 287-95 [296] 297-314
[315] 316-28 [329] 330-43 [344] 345-61 [362] 363-85 [386] 387-405
[406] 407-418 [419] 420-38 [439] 440-46 [447] 448-59 [460] 461-73
[474] 475-88 [489] 490-512 [513] 514-28 [529] 530-53 [554] 555-64
[565] 566-79 [580] 581-600 [601-603] 604-607 [608]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter and the | Deathly
Hallows; [2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in reading
order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph]
Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in Latin): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | (in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish): | Harry Potter and
the Philosophers Stone; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be
Webb | Jacket Image: Michael Wildsmith | Author Photograph: Bill de la HEY. All in white
on black.
Publication: 21 July 2007 (simultaneous with A14(a), A14(aaa), A14(aaaa) and A14(aaaaa)) in an
edition of 2,080,718 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 17.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
(The two men appeared out of nowhere, a few yards apart in the narrow, moonlit lane.)
Notes:
Note that the Forest Stewardship Council text on page [4] excludes dots in the web address. These
are present on the dust-jacket.
Copies: private collection (AJH)
A14(aaa)
HARRY | POTTER | and the Deathly Hallows | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRACO
DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 70 by 85mm] | J. K. ROWLING |
[publishers device of a dog, 12 by 20mm] | BLOOMSBURY (All width centred)
Collation: 304 unsigned leaves bound in thirty-eight gatherings of eight leaves; 233 by 152mm, [1-9]
10-18 [19] 20-30 [31] 32-41 [42] 43-57 [58] 59-75 [76] 77-94 [95] 96-114 [115] 116-33 [134] 135-45
[146] 147-65 [166] 167-83 [184] 185-202 [203] 204-220 [221] 222-33 [234] 235-54 [255] 256-69 [270]
271-85 [286] 287-95 [296] 297-314 [315] 316-28 [329] 330-43 [344]
345-61 [362] 363-85 [386] 387-405 [406] 407-418 [419] 420-38
[439] 440-46 [447] 448-59 [460] 461-73 [474] 475-88 [489] 490-512
[513] 514-28 [529] 530-53 [554] 555-64 [565] 566-79 [580] 581-600
[601-603] 604-607 [608]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the
Deathly Hallows | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRACO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner,
50 by 61mm]; [2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in
reading order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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
| [new paragraph] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in
Latin): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
(in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone; [3] title-page; [4]
All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying | or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher
| [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain in 2007 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | 36 Soho
Square, London, W1D 3QY | [new paragraph] Copyright J. K. Rowling 2007 | Cover illustration
by Jason Cockcroft copyright Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2007 | Harry Potter, names, characters
and related indicia are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] J. K.
Rowling has asserted her moral rights | [new paragraph] The extract from The Libation Bearers is
taken from the Penguin Classics edition | of The Oresteia, translated by Robert Fagles, copyright
Robert Fagles, 1966, | 1967, 1975, 1977 | [new paragraph] The extract from More Fruits of Solitude
is taken from More Fruits of Solitude | by William Penn, first included in Everymans Library, 1915
| [new paragraph] A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library | [new
paragraph] ISBN 978 0 7475 9107 8 | [new paragraph] [Forest Stewardship Council logo, 7 by
9mm together with symbol and text: FSC | Mixed Sources | Product group from well-managed
| forests and other controlled sources | [new paragraph] Cert no. SGS-COC-2061 |www fsc org |
1996 Forest Stewardship Council] | [new paragraph] Typeset by RefineCatch Limited, Bungay,
Suffolk | Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] First Edition | [new
paragraph] | www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] The | dedication | of this book | is split | seven
ways: | to Neil, | to Jessica, | to David, | to Kenzie, | to Di, | to Anne, | and to you, | if you
have | stuck | with Harry | until the | very | end.; [6] blank; [7] three stanzas from Aeschylus, The
Libation Bearers and one paragraph from William Penn, More Fruits of Solitude; [8] blank; [9]-600
text; [601] Nineteen Years Later; [602] blank; [603]-607 text; [608] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (25mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 10-607
A14(aaaa)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS | [black and white illustration of an
owl in cage with books and wand all by a window, 66 by 52mm]| BY | J. K. ROWLING |
ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY GRANDPR | [publishers device of a lantern, 12 by 9mm] |
ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS | AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC INC. (All width centred on a
diamond pattern background)
[XIV] blank; 1-749 text; [750] blank; [751] divisional title: NINETEEN YEARS LATER (all on
diamond pattern background); [752] blank; 753-759 text; [760-66] blank; [767] ABOUT THE
AUTHOR | [new paragraph] J. K. Rowling began writing stories when she was six | years old. She
started working on the Harry Potter se- | quence in 1990, when, she says, the idea simply | fell
into my head. The first book, Harry Potter and the | Sorcerers Stone, was published in the United
Kingdom | in 1997 and the United States in 1998. Since then, books | in the Harry Potter series
have been honored with many | prizes, including the Anthony Award, the Hugo Award, | the Bram
Stoker Award, the Whitbread Childrens Book | Award, the Nestl Smarties Book Prize, and the
Brit- | ish Book Awards Childrens Book of the Year, as well as | New York Times Notable Book,
ALA Notable Childrens | Book, and ALA Best Book for Young Adults citations. | Ms. Rowling
has also been named an Officer of the Order | of the British Empire. | [new paragraph] She lives
in Scotland with her family.; [768] blank; [769] ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR | [new paragraph]
Mary GrandPr has illustrated more than twenty beau- | tiful books, including Henry and Pawl and
the Round | Yellow Ball, cowritten with her husband Tom Casmer; | Plum, a collection of poetry
by Tony Mitton; Lucia and | the Light, by Phyllis Root; and the American editions of | all seven
Harry Potter novels. Her work has also appeared | in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and
The Wall | Street Journal, and her paintings and pastels have been | shown in galleries across the
United States. | [new paragraph] Ms. GrandPr lives in Sarasota, Florida, with her | family.; [770]
[publishers device of a lantern, 17 by 12mm] | This | book was art | directed by David Saylor. |
The art for both the jacket and the | interior was created using pastels on toned | printmaking paper. The
text was set in 12-point Adobe | Garamond, a typeface based on the sixteenth-century type designs | of
Claude Garamond, redrawn by Robert Slimbach in 1989. The book was | typeset by Brad Walrod and
was printed and bound at Quebecor | World Fairfield in Fairfield, Pennsylvania. The Managing | Editor
was Karyn Browne; the Continuity | Editor was Cheryl Klein; and the | Manufacturing Director | was
Angela | Biola.
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title,
pp. 1-749 also EPILOGUE on verso, recto title comprises NINETEEN YEARS LATER, pp. 753-59.
Each running title (excluding pages on which new chapters commence) includes a three-star design to
left and right of both running-titles on verso and recto. On pages on which a new chapter commences,
the three-star design is omitted.
Illustrations: title-page vignette, together with thirty-seven vignettes at the beginning of each
chapter (after chapter and chapter number but before chapter title) and epilogue. In addition
to standard typographical changes (including italics, capitals and small capitals) there are other
typographical features, comprising:
p. 16 newspaper headline and illustration
p. 22 newspaper headline
p. 134 facsimile of Dumbledores handwriting
p. 186 facsimile of Regulus Arcturus Blacks handwriting
p. 207 newspaper headline
On upper inside flap: $34.99 | [new paragraph] WE NOW PRESENT THE SEVENTH | AND
FINAL INSTALLMENT | IN THE EPIC TALE OF | HARRY POTTER. | [new paragraph] Jacket
art by Mary GrandPr 2007 Warner Bros. | Jacket design by Mary GrandPr and David Saylor. All in
white on colour illustration of orange sky and curtain.
On lower inside flap: [publishers device of a lantern, 14 by 10mm] | ARTHUR A. LEVINE
BOOKS | WWW.ARTHURALEVINEBOOKS.COM | An Imprint of | [publishers book device
with SCHOLASTIC in white on red panel, 5 by 44mm] | WWW.SCHOLASTIC.COM | 557
Broadway, New York, NY 10012. All in cream and all on colour illustration of outline of red eyes
peering from hood of a dark robe together with a curtain.
Publication: 21 July 2007 (simultaneous with A14(a), A14(aa), A14(aaa) and A14(aaaaa))
Price: $34.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
(The two men appeared out of nowhere, a few yards apart in the narrow, moonlit lane.)
Notes:
An email from Arthur A. Levine to Emma Matthewson, dated 23 March 2007, provided some
follow-up queries from America and noted We will attempt to finish the rest by tomorrow. If thats
not possible well certainly have it done by Saturday because we MUST have our electronic file ready
for our typesetter on Monday.
During the copy-editing of the text Levine sent 71 questions by email to Matthewson on 18 April
2007 as a result of reading through first and second pass galleys. Levine wrote I truly hope it wont
feel stressful for Jo. I wish we could convey adequately our feeling that all of these detail questions are
merely a result of the absolutely PHENOMENAL level of detail in Harrys saga, and the extraordinary
depth of her imagination. (The author later wrote correct on a copy of the email.)
American and English diction was, once again, an issue of editorial discussion. Correspondence
emails in the Bloomsbury files include the note if you mean underpants and not trousers here, can we
spell out underpants for the U.S., so readers understand fully how embarrassing this is for Ron? This
request was annotated OK (U.S. only).
Copies have been examined with the following printing plant codes on the imprint page:
Printed in the U.S.A. 12
Printed in the U.S.A. 23
Printed in the U.S.A. 55
Printed in the U.S.A. 58
Each chapter together with the epilogue commences with a drop capital.
Information provided by Nielsen BookData suggests that the publisher also issued a library edition
on 1 August 2007. This edition has a different ISBN (ISBN 0-545-02936-8). No copies have been
consulted.
The American audiobook version, read by Jim Dale, has a duration of approximately twenty-one and
a half hours.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A14(aaaaa)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS | [black and white illustration of an owl in
cage with books and wand all by a window, 66 by 52mm]| BY | J. K. ROWLING | ILLUSTRATIONS
BY MARY GRANDPR | [publishers device of a lantern, 12 by 9mm] | ARTHUR A. LEVINE
BOOKS | AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC INC. (All width centred on a diamond pattern
background)
Collation: 392 unsigned leaves bound in twenty-five gatherings of
sixteen leaves and one gathering of eight leaves with an additional
plate leaf inserted between leaves one and two; 227 by 150mm;
[I-II] [additional illustration leaf] [III-VI] VII-X [XI-XIV] 1-749
[750-52] 753-59 [760-802]
Page contents: [I] HARRY POTTER | AND THE DEATHLY
HALLOWS (all on diamond pattern background); [II] ALSO BY
J. K. ROWLING | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Sorcerers
Stone | Year One at Hogwarts | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and
the Chamber of Secrets | Year Two at Hogwarts | [new paragraph]
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Year Three at Hogwarts
| [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Year Four
at Hogwarts | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Year Five at Hogwarts |
[new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Year Six at Hogwarts (with additional leaf
inserted on the verso of which is the frontispiece, 188 by 125mm within single ruled border, 190
by 127mm); [III] title-page; [IV] [device of twelve stars] | Text copyright 2007 by J. K. Rowling
| Illustrations by Mary GrandPr copyright 2007 by Warner Bros. | HARRY POTTER & all
related characters and elements are TM of and WBEI. | Harry Potter Publishing Rights J. K.
Rowling. | All rights reserved. Published by Arthur A. Levine Books, | an imprint of Scholastic
Inc., Publishers since 1920. | SCHOLASTIC, the LANTERN LOGO, and associated logos are |
trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. | [new paragraph] The Libation Bearers
by Aeschylus, from THE ORESTEIA by Aeschylus, | translated by Robert Fagles, copyright 1966,
1967, 1975, 1977 by Robert Fagles. | Used by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin
Group (USA) Inc. | More Fruits of Solitude, reprinted from William Penn, Fruits of Solitude, Vol
I., | Part 3, the Harvard Classics (New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1909-14). | [new paragraph] No
part of this publication may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted | in any
form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, | without
written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permission, write to | Scholastic
Inc., Attention: Permissions Department, 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. | [new paragraph]
Library of Congress Control Number: 2007925449 | [new paragraph] ISBN-13: 978-0-545-02937-7
| ISBN-10: 0-545-02937-6 | [new paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 07 08 09 10 11 | Printed in the
U.S.A. 23 | Deluxe edition, July 2007 | [new paragraph] [Forest Stewardship Council logo, 4 by 5mm
together with symbol and text FSC, together with text Recycled | Cert no. SCS-COC-00648
| 1996 FSC to the right] | [new paragraph] We try to produce the most beautiful books possible,
and we are also extremely concerned | about the impact of our manufacturing process on the forests
of the world and the | environment as a whole. Therefore we are pleased that all of the paper in
your hands is | certified to the standards of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). The text is made
| from 100% post-consumer waste fiber. The jacket contains 30% post-consumer waste | fiber and
was manufactured using Green-e certified wind-generated electricity.; [V] THE | DEDICATION
| OF THIS BOOK | IS SPLIT | SEVEN WAYS: | TO NEIL, | TO JESSICA, | TO DAVID, |
TO KENZIE, | TO DI, | TO ANNE, | AND TO YOU, | IF YOU HAVE | STUCK | WITH
HARRY | UNTIL THE | VERY | END.; [VI] blank; VII-X CONTENTS (thirty-six chapters,
one epilogue and illustration showcase listed with titles and page references); [XI] three stanzas from
Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers and one paragraph from William Penn, More Fruits of Solitude; [XII]
blank; [XIII] half-title: HARRY POTTER | AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS (all on diamond
pattern background); [XIV] blank; 1-749 text; [750] blank; [751] divisional title: NINETEEN
YEARS LATER (all on diamond pattern background); [752] blank; 753-759 text; [760] blank; [761]
ILLUSTRATION SHOWCASE (all on diamond pattern background); [762-800] chapter numbers,
illustrations and captions; [801] ABOUT THE AUTHOR | [new paragraph] J. K. Rowling began
writing stories when she was six years old. | She started working on the Harry Potter sequence in
1990, | when, she says, the idea simply fell into my head. The | first book, Harry Potter and the
Sorcerers Stone, was published | in the United Kingdom in 1997 and the United States in 1998. |
Since then, books in the Harry Potter series have been honored | with many prizes, including the
Anthony Award, the Hugo | Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the Whitbread Childrens | Book
Award, the Nestl Smarties Book Prize, and the British | Book Awards Childrens Book of the Year,
as well as New York | Times Notable Book, ALA Notable Childrens Book, and ALA | Best Book
for Young Adults citations. Ms. Rowling has also | been named an Officer of the Order of the British
Empire. | [new paragraph] She lives in Scotland with her family. | [new paragraph] ABOUT THE
ILLUSTRATOR | [new paragraph] Mary GrandPr has illustrated more than twenty beauty- |
ful books, including Henry and Pawl and the Round Yellow | Ball, cowritten with her husband Tom
Casmer; Plum, a col- | lection of poetry by Tony Mitton; Lucia and the Light, by | Phyllis Root; and
the American editions of all seven Harry | Potter novels. Her work has also appeared in The New
Yorker, | The Atlantic Monthly, and The Wall Street Journal, and her | paintings and pastels have been
shown in galleries across the | United States. | [new paragraph] Ms. GrandPr lives in Sarasota,
Florida, with her family.; [802] [publishers device of a lantern, 17 by 12mm] | This Deluxe | Edition
was art | directed and designed by | David Saylor. Mary Grandprs | artwork for the slipcase, the jacket,
the | endpapers, the frontispiece, and the interior was created | using pastels on toned printmaking paper.
The text was set in | 12-point Adobe Garamond, a typeface based on the sixteenth-century | type designs of
Claude Garamond, redrawn by Robert Slimbach in 1989. The book | was typeset by Brad Walrod and was
printed and bound at RR Donnelley in | Crawfordsville, Indiana. The case is wrapped in Sierra cloth, an
acid- | free rayon-based material manufactured in Europe exclusively | for Ecological Fibers. The Managing
Editor was Karyn | Browne; the Continuity Editor was Cheryl | Klein; and the Manufacturing | Director
was Angela Biola. | [device of six stars]
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title,
pp. 1-749 also EPILOGUE on verso, recto title comprises NINETEEN YEARS LATER, pp. 753-59.
Each running title (excluding pages on which new chapters commence) includes a three-star design to
left and right of both running-titles on verso and recto. On pages on which a new chapter commences,
the three-star design is omitted.
Illustrations: colour frontispiece, title-page vignette, together with thirty-seven vignettes at the
beginning of each chapter (after chapter and chapter number but before chapter title) and epilogue.
These vignettes are repeated as larger illustrations within the Illustration Showcase. In addition
to standard typographical changes (including italics, capitals and small capitals) there are other
typographical features, comprising:
p. 16 newspaper headline and illustration
p. 22 newspaper headline
p. 134 facsimile of Dumbledores handwriting
p. 186 facsimile of Regulus Arcturus Blacks handwriting
p. 207 newspaper headline
p. 217 newspaper headline
p. 225 newspaper headline
p. 249 title of pamphlet
p. 325 tombstone engraving
p. 328 tombstone engraving
Binding: black cloth with diamond pattern in blind on upper and lower covers.
On spine: J. K. | ROWLING | [double rule, 48mm] | Harry
Potter [hand-drawn lettering] | AND THE | DEATHLY |
HALLOWS | [double rule, 48mm] | YEAR SEVEN | [double rule,
48mm] | [eighteen stars] | [double rule, 48mm] | [publishers device
of a lantern, 19 by 14mm] | ARTHUR A. | LEVINE BOOKS |
[double rule, 48mm] | SCHOLASTIC (all width centred). All in
red.
Upper and lower covers: blank.
All edges trimmed. Red and yellow sewn bands at head and foot
of spine. Binding measurements: 235 by 150mm (covers), 235 by
66mm (spine). End-papers: wove paper with colour illustration of
Harry Potter against an orange sky with curtain to the right on front
endpapers, and colour illustration of hands reaching out from cloak
sleeves with curtain to the left on rear endpapers.
Dust-jacket: uncoated wove paper, 234 by 627mm. A single illustration
spans the entire dust-jacket comprising a colour illustration of Harry
Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley riding on the back of an
airborne dragon.
On lower inside flap: Illustration by Mary GrandPr 2007 Warner Bros. All in white.
A14(b)
HARRY | POTTER | and the Deathly Hallows | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO
DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 66 by 81mm] | J. K. ROWLING |
[publishers device of a dog, 11 by 19mm] | BLOOMSBURY (Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and right
margins, and all width centred)
Collation: 304 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
198 by 127mm; [1-9] 10-18 [19] 20-30 [31] 32-41 [42] 43-57
[58] 59-75 [76] 77-94 [95] 96-114 [115] 116-33 [134] 135-45
[146] 147-65 [166] 167-83 [184] 185-202 [203] 204-220 [221]
222-33 [234] 235-54 [255] 256-69 [270] 271-85 [286] 287-95 [296]
297-314 [315] 316-28 [329] 330-43 [344] 345-61 [362] 363-85
[386] 387-405 [406] 407-418 [419] 420-38 [439] 440-46 [447]
448-59 [460] 461-73 [474] 475-88 [489] 490-512 [513] 514-28
[529] 530-53 [554] 555-64 [565] 566-79 [580] 581-600 [601-603]
604-607 [608]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the
Deathly Hallows | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on
banner, 47 by 58mm]; [2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series
| (in reading order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in
Latin): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
(in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone; [3] title-page; [4]
All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying | or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher
| [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain in 2007 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | 36
Soho Square, London, W1D 3QY | [new paragraph] This paperback edition first published in
2008 | [new paragraph] Copyright J. K. Rowling 2007 | Cover illustrations by Jason Cockcroft
copyright Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2007 | Harry Potter, names, characters and related indicia
are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM | [new paragraph] J. K. Rowling has asserted
her moral rights | [new paragraph] The extract from The Libation Bearers is taken from the Penguin
Classics edition | of The Oresteia, translated by Robert Fagles, copyright Robert Fagles, 1966, |
1967, 1975, 1977 | [new paragraph] The extract from More Fruits of Solitude is taken from More
Fruits of Solitude | by William Penn, first included in Everymans Library, 1915 | [new paragraph]
A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN
978 0 7475 9583 0 | [new paragraph] The pages of this book are printed on 100% Ancient-Forest
Friendly paper | [Forest Stewardship Council logo, 7 by 9mm together with symbol and text:
FSC | Mixed Sources | Product group from well-managed | forests and other controlled sources |
[new paragraph] Cert no. SGS-COC-2061 |www fsc org | 1996 Forest Stewardship Council] |
The papers on which this book is printed are manufactured from a composition | of 1996 Forest
Stewardship Council A.C. (FSC) approved and post-consumer | waste recycled materials. The FSC
promotes environmentally appropriate, socially | beneficial and economically viable management
of the worlds forests. | [new paragraph] Typeset by RefineCatch Limited, Bungay, Suffolk | Printed
in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 | [new paragraph]
www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] The | dedication | of this book | is split | seven ways: | to Neil,
| to Jessica, | to David, | to Kenzie, | to Di, | to Anne, | and to you, | if you have | stuck | with
Harry | until the | very | end.; [6] blank; [7] three stanzas from Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers and
one paragraph from William Penn, More Fruits of Solitude; [8] blank; [9]-600 text; [601] Nineteen
Years Later; [602] blank; [603]-607 text; [608] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 10-607
(excluding pages on which new chapters commence)
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: [light blue / grey illustration of a triangular eye symbol
on light blue / grey panel, 31 by 17mm] HARRY POTTER [in white
on purple panel, 31 by 45mm] and the Deathly Hallows [in black]
J.K.ROWLING [in white, both title conclusion and author on red
panel, 31 by 103mm] BLOOMSBURY [publishers device of the head
of a dog, 4 by 3mm] [both in white on black panel, 31 by 31mm]
(reading lengthways down spine).
On upper wrapper: HARRY | POTTER | and the Deathly
Hallows [lines 1 and 2 in white, line 3 in grey, all on black panel, 62
by 128mm] | [red rule, 128mm] | [colour illustration of Harry Potter,
Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger within a cave-like opening on
top of a sea of golden coins and other treasures with Griphook the
goblin clutching Harrys back and a sword, 123 by 128mm] | [red rule,
128mm intersected by grey panel with J.K.ROWLING in black] |
BLOOMSBURY [in grey on black panel, 10 by 128mm] (all width
centred).
On lower wrapper: Harry Potter is preparing to leave the Dursleys and Privet Drive for | the
last time. But the future that awaits him is full of danger, not | only for him, but for anyone close to
him and Harry has already lost | so much. Only by destroying Voldemorts remaining Horcruxes
can | Harry free himself and overcome the Dark Lords forces of evil. | [new paragraph] In this
dramatic conclusion to the Harry Potter series, Harry must | leave his most loyal friends behind, and
in a final perilous journey | find the strength and the will to face his terrifying destiny: a deadly |
confrontation that is his alone to fight. | [new paragraph] A nail-biting rollercoaster. A finale that
ticks every box. If Harrys journey | had to come to an end, Deathly Hallows is the best possible way.
Heat | [new paragraph] The best thing about this book is that it finally answers the | questions we
have been longing to know. Daily Mirror | [new paragraph] The final chapter in the final book of one
of the greatest | literary adventures of modern times. Sunday Telegraph | [new paragraph] Rowling
has woven together clues, hints and characters | from previous books into a prodigiously rewarding,
| suspenseful conclusion. | Guardian | [new paragraph] [barcode in black on white panel, 21 by
40mm together with [Forest Stewardship Council logo, 6 by 7mm together with symbol and text:
FSC | Mixed Sources | Product group from well-managed | forests and other controlled sources |
[new paragraph] Cert no. SGS-COC-2061 |www.fsc.org | 1996 Forest Stewardship Council] |
[publishers device of a dog, 5 by 9mm] | BLOOMSBURY in black on right side of panel and 8.99
further to right and http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter below panel, in black on red panel, 5
by 40mm]. Reading lengthways down right side next to spine Cover illustrations by Jason Cockcroft
| Author photograph Bill de la HEY. All in white with the exception of the illustration and
photography credit which are in black, and all on colour illustration of Hogwarts castle and clouds.
On inside upper wrapper: black and white photograph of J.K. Rowling standing against
bookshelves.
On inside lower wrapper: Titles available in the | HARRY POTTER series | [colour illustrations
in three columns of seven book designs] | Audio editions read by Stephen Fry | and co-published by
HNP also available. All in black.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 198 by 127mm (wrappers), 198 by 31mm (spine).
Publication: 10 July 2008 (simultaneous with A14(bb)) in an edition of 314,605 copies (confirmed
by Bloomsbury)
Price: 8.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
(The two men appeared out of nowhere, a few yards apart in the narrow, moonlit lane.)
Notes:
Note that the Forest Stewardship Council text on page [4] excludes dots in the web address. These
are present on the lower cover.
Copies: private collection (KTh)
A14(bb)
ENGLISH ADULT EDITION (2008)
(Michael Wildsmith photography adult artwork series in paperback)
Harry Potter and the | Deathly Hallows | J. K. Rowling | BLOOMSBURY (All width centred)
Collation: 416 unsigned leaves bound by the perfect binding process; 177 by 111mm; [1-9] 10-22 [23]
24-38 [39] 40-52 [53] 54-74 [75] 76-99 [100] 101-126 [127] 128-54 [155] 156-80 [181] 182-97 [198]
199-224 [225] 226-47 [248] 249-73 [274] 275-98 [299] 300-315 [316] 317-44 [345] 346-65 [366] 367-87
[388] 389-401 [402] 403-428 [429] 430-47 [448] 449-67 [468] 469-91 [492] 493-524 [525] 526-52 [553]
554-70 [571] 572-97 [598] 599-608 [609] 610-26 [627] 628-45 [646] 647-66 [667] 668-99 [700] 701-721
[722] 723-56 [757] 758-72 [773] 774-92 [793] 794-821 [822-25] 826-31 [832]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter and the | Deathly Hallows; [2] Titles available in the Harry
Potter series | (in reading order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in Latin): | Harry
Potter and the Philosophers Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | (in Welsh, Ancient
Greek and Irish): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved;
no part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying | or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First
published in Great Britain in 2007 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | 36 Soho Square, London, W1D
3QY | [new paragraph] This paperback edition first published in 2008 | [new paragraph] Copyright
J. K. Rowling 2007 | Front cover and spine photographs copyright Michael Wildsmith, 2007
| Harry Potter, names, characters and related indicia are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros.,
2000TM | [new paragraph] J. K. Rowling has asserted her moral rights | [new paragraph] The extract
from The Libation Bearers is taken from the Penguin Classics | edition of The Oresteia, translated by
Robert Fagles, copyright | Robert Fagles, 1966, 1967, 1975, 1977 | [new paragraph] The extract
from More Fruits of Solitude is taken from More Fruits of | Solitude by William Penn, first included in
Everymans Library, 1915 | [new paragraph] A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from
the British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 978 0 7475 9582 3 | [new paragraph] The pages of this
book are printed on 100% Ancient-Forest Friendly paper | [Forest Stewardship Council logo, 7 by
8mm together with symbol and text: FSC | Mixed Sources | Product group from well-managed |
forests and other controlled sources | [new paragraph] Cert no. SGS-COC-2061 |www fsc org |
1996 Forest Stewardship Council] | The papers on which this book is printed are manufactured from
a | composition of 1996 Forest Stewardship Council A.C. (FSC) approved | and post-consumer
waste recycled materials. The FSC promotes | environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and
economically viable | management of the worlds forests. | [new paragraph] Typeset by RefineCatch
Limited, Bungay, Suffolk | Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph]
1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 | [new paragraph] www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] The | dedication | of
this book | is split | seven ways: | to Neil, | to Jessica, | to David, | to Kenzie, | to Di, | to Anne, |
and to you, | if you have | stuck | with Harry | until the | very | end.; [6] blank; [7] three stanzas from
Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers and one paragraph from William Penn, More Fruits of Solitude; [8]
blank; [9]-821 text; [822] blank; [823] Nineteen Years Later; [824] blank; [825]-31 text; [832] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 10-821
and pp. 826-31 (excluding pages on which new chapters commence)
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: HARRY POTTER AND THE [top portion of colour photograph of a golden medallion
encrusted with green gems, on a slate, 42 by 18mm] | J.K. ROWLING [publishers device of a figure
with a bow, 11 by 11mm] | DEATHLY HALLOWS (reading lengthways down spine). All in white
with the exception of last line which is in gilt, and all on black.
On upper wrapper: HARRY POTTER AND THE [in white] | DEATHLY [embossed in gilt] |
HALLOWS [embossed in gilt] | J. K. ROWLING [in white] | BLOOMSBURY [in white] (all width
centred). All on colour photograph of a golden medallion encrusted with green gems, on a slate.
On lower wrapper: [portion of colour photograph of a golden medallion encrusted with green gems,
on a slate, all within single white border, 22 by 22mm] A nail-biting rollercoaster. A finale that | ticks
every box. If Harrys journey had to | come to an end, Deathly Hallows is the best | possible way |
Heat | [new paragraph] Harry Potter is preparing to leave the Dursleys and Privet | Drive for the last
time. But the future that awaits him is full | of danger, not only for him, but for anyone close to him
| and Harry has already lost so much. Only by destroying | Voldemorts remaining Horcruxes can
Harry free himself | and overcome the Dark Lords forces of evil. | [new paragraph] In this dramatic
conclusion to the Harry Potter series, | Harry must leave his most loyal friends behind and in a | final
perilous journey finds the strength and the will to face | his terrifying destiny: a deadly confrontation
that is his | alone to fight. | [new paragraph] The best thing about this book is that it finally | answers
the questions we have been longing to know | Daily Mirror | [new paragraph] The final chapter in
the final book of one of the | greatest literary adventures of modern times | Sunday Telegraph | [new
paragraph] Rowling has woven together clues, hints and characters | from previous books into a
prodigiously rewarding, | suspenseful conclusion Guardian | [new paragraph] You engage better for
reading it Observer | [new paragraph] [barcode in black on white panel, 24 by 39mm together with
bloomsbury[in black]pbk[in white]s[in black] | 8.99 [in black] | www.bloomsbury.com [in black] and
all on red panel, 25 by 75mm] [Forest Stewardship Council logo, 7 by 8mm together with symbol and
text: FSC | Mixed Sources | Product group from well-managed | forests and other controlled sources
| [new paragraph] Cert no. SGS-COC-2061 |www.fsc.org | 1996 Forest Stewardship Council] |
[new paragraph] Cover image: Michael Wildsmith Design: William Webb Author photograph: Bill
de la HEY. All in white on black with colour photograph to the left of lines 1-5.
On inside upper wrapper: black and white photograph of J.K. Rowling standing against bookshelves.
On inside lower wrapper: Titles available in the | HARRY POTTER series | [colour illustrations
in three columns of seven book designs] | Audio editions read by Stephen Fry | and co-published by
HNP | also available. All in white on black.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 177 by 111mm (wrappers), 177 by 42mm (spine).
Publication: 10 July 2008 (simultaneous with A14(b)) in an edition of 180,200 copies (confirmed
by Bloomsbury)
Price: 8.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
(The two men appeared out of nowhere, a few yards apart in the narrow, moonlit lane.)
Notes:
Note that the Forest Stewardship Council text on page [4] excludes dots in the web address. These
are present on the lower wrapper.
A14(c)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS | [black and white illustration of an
owl in cage with books and wand all by a window, 66 by 52mm] | BY | J. K. ROWLING |
ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY GRANDPR | [publishers device of a lantern, 12 by 9mm] |
ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS | AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC INC. (All width centred on a
diamond pattern background)
Collation: 392 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
194 by 132mm; [I-XII] XIII-XVI [XVII-XX] 1-749 [750-52] 753-59
[760-64]
Page contents: [I-III] PRAISE FOR J. K. ROWLINGS | HARRY
POTTER | AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS | [device of
nine stars] | [10 reviews and a listing of 9 statements]; [IV]
blank; [V] half-title: HARRY POTTER | AND THE DEATHLY
HALLOWS (all on diamond pattern background); [VI] blank;
[VII] ALSO BY J. K. ROWLING | [new paragraph] Harry Potter
and the Sorcerers Stone | Year One at Hogwarts | [new paragraph]
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Year Two at Hogwarts |
[new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Year
Three at Hogwarts | [new paragraph] | Harry Potter and the Goblet
of Fire | Year Four at Hogwarts | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and
the Order of the Phoenix | Year Five at Hogwarts | [new paragraph]
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Year Six at Hogwarts; [VIII] blank; [IX] title-page; [X]
[device of twelve stars] | Text 2007 by J. K. Rowling | Illustrations by Mary GrandPr 2007 by
Warner Bros. | HARRY POTTER & all related characters and elements are TM of and WBEI. |
Harry Potter Publishing Rights J. K. Rowling. | All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Inc.
| SCHOLASTIC, the LANTERN LOGO, and associated logos are | trademarks and/or registered
trademarks of Scholastic Inc. | [new paragraph] The Libation Bearers by Aeschylus, from THE
ORESTEIA by Aeschylus, | translated by Robert Fagles, copyright 1966, 1967, 1975, 1977 by
Robert Fagles. | Used by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
| More Fruits of Solitude, reprinted from William Penn, Fruits of Solitude, | Vol I., the Harvard
Classics (New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1909). | [new paragraph] If you purchased this book without
a cover, you should be aware that this book is stolen property. | It was reported as unsold and
destroyed to the publisher, and neither the author nor | the publisher has received any payment for
this stripped book. | [new paragraph] No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a
retrieval system, or transmitted | in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
recording, or otherwise, | without written permission of the publisher. | For information regarding
permission, write | to Scholastic Inc., Attention: Permissions Department, 557 Broadway, New
York, NY 10012. | [new paragraph] [publishers device of a lantern, 6 by 4mm] | Arthur A. Levine
Books hardcover edition | art directed by David Saylor, | published by Arthur A. Levine Books,
| an imprint of Scholastic Inc., | July 2007 | [new paragraph] ISBN-13: 978-0-545-13970-0 |
ISBN-10: 0-545-13970-8 | [new paragraph] Library of Congress Control Number: 2007925449 |
[new paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 09 10 11 12 13/0 | [new paragraph] Printed in the U.S.A. 40
| [new paragraph] First Scholastic trade paperback printing, July 2009; [XI] THE | DEDICATION
| OF THIS BOOK | IS SPLIT | SEVEN WAYS: | TO NEIL, | TO JESSICA, | TO DAVID, |
TO KENZIE, | TO DI, | TO ANNE, | AND TO YOU, | IF YOU HAVE | STUCK | WITH
HARRY | UNTIL THE | VERY | END.; [XII] blank; XIII-XVI CONTENTS (thirty-six chapters
and one epilogue listed with titles and page references); [XVII] three stanzas from Aeschylus, The
Libation Bearers and one paragraph from William Penn, More Fruits of Solitude; [XVIII] blank;
[XIX] half-title: HARRY POTTER | AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS (all on diamond pattern
background); [XX] blank; 1-749 text; [750] blank; [751] divisional title: NINETEEN YEARS LATER
(all on diamond pattern background); [752] blank; 753-759 text; [760] blank; [761] [black and white
photograph of J.K. Rowling seated by a window, all within single black ruled border, 87 by 62mm,
and credited JP MASCLET lower right] | J. K. ROWLING began writing stories when she was |
six years old. She started working on the Harry Potter sequence | in 1990, when, she says, the idea
simply fell into my | head. The first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, was | published in
the United Kingdom in 1997 and the United | States in 1998. Since then, books in the Harry Potter
series | have been honored with many prizes, including the Anthony | Award, the Hugo Award, the
Bram Stoker Award, the | Whitbread Childrens Book Award, the Nestl Smarties Book | Prize, and
the British Book Awards Childrens Book of the | Year, as well as New York Times Notable Book,
ALA Notable | Childrens Book, and ALA Best Book for Young Adults | citations. Ms. Rowling
has also been named an Officer of the | Order of the British Empire. | [new paragraph] She lives
in Scotland with her family.; [762] blank; [763] MARY GRANDPR has illustrated more than |
twenty beautiful books, including Henry and Pawl and the | Round Yellow Ball, cowritten with her
husband Tom Casmer; | Plum, a collection of poetry by Tony Mitton; Lucia and | the Light, by Phyllis
Root; and the American editions of all | seven Harry Potter novels. Her work has also appeared in
| The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and The Wall Street | Journal, and her paintings and pastels
have been shown in | galleries across the United States. | [new paragraph] Ms. GrandPr lives
in Sarasota, Florida, with her family.; [764] publishers advertisement: Harry Potter [hand-drawn
lettering] | READ ALL OF HARRYS | MAGICAL ADVENTURES!
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title,
pp. 1-749 also EPILOGUE on verso, recto title comprises NINETEEN YEARS LATER, pp. 753-59.
Each running title (excluding pages on which new chapters commence) includes a three-star design to
left and right of both running-titles on verso and recto. On pages on which a new chapter commences,
the three-star design is omitted.
Illustrations: title-page vignette, together with thirty-seven vignettes at the beginning of each
chapter (after chapter and chapter number but before chapter title) and epilogue. In addition
to standard typographical changes (including italics, capitals and small capitals) there are other
typographical features, comprising:
p. 16 newspaper headline and illustration
p. 22 newspaper headline
p. 134 facsimile of Dumbledores handwriting
p. 186 facsimile of Regulus Arcturus Blacks handwriting
p. 207 newspaper headline
p. 217 newspaper headline
p. 225 newspaper headline
p. 249 title of pamphlet
p. 325 tombstone engraving
p. 328 tombstone engraving
p. 333 text of magical graffiti
p. 353 photograph caption
p. 398 text of hand-painted signs
p. 481 stone engraving
p. 689 facsimile of Lily Potters Christian name signature
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: ROWLING | [rule] | [YEAR | 7 within concave
square] [in white] (horizontally at head) with HARRY POTTER
| AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS (reading lengthways down
spine) and [publishers book device] | [rule] | S in white on red
panel, 14 by 6mm (horizontally at foot). All in grey and dark
yellow on a dark and light orange diamond pattern background.
On upper wrapper: THE BREATHTAKING SERIES
FINALE [in white] | Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering]
[embossed in gilt] | AND THE [hand-drawn lettering in brown
of illustration] | DEATHLY [hand-drawn lettering in brown of
illustration] | HALLOWS [hand-drawn lettering in brown of
illustration] | J. K. ROWLING [embossed in gilt] (all width
centred). All on colour illustration of Harry Potter against
an orange sky and circular bridge-like wall. In centre at foot:
[publishers book device] SCHOLASTIC in white on red
panel, 5 by 45mm.
On lower wrapper: WE NOW PRESENT THE SEVENTH
AND FINAL | INSTALLMENT IN THE EPIC TALE OF
HARRY POTTER. | [rule of four-sided devices, 106mm] | [new paragraph] Writing a decent sequel
to a good novel is hard. Writing six of them is | almost unheard of. Each of the Harry Potters
deserves to stand on the shelf | with its mates, and the last one more than fulfils the promise of the first
six. | Malcolm Jones, Newsweek | [new paragraph] Its pure pleasure to watch Rowling showing
off her chops, managing the | tension and throttling the pace up and down, and its also a precious
gift to | the reader As a farewell to the series, Deathly Hallows is everything fans | of Harry Potter
could hope for. Lev Grossman, Time | [new paragraph] Author J. K. Rowling gives her readers,
and her characters, precisely what they | crave excitement, insight, closure and catharsis galore.
Weddings, births, | dragons, bank robberies, stolen kisses, stolen swords, broken tombs, exploding |
horns, long-lost siblings and of course all the magic, loyalty, treachery and wizard | battles 759 pages
can hold. Mary McNamara, The Los Angeles Times | [new paragraph] Theres a lot of meat
on the bones of these books good writing, honest | feeling, a sweet but uncompromising view of
human nature and hard | reality. The fact that Harry attracted adults as well as children has |
never surprised me. J. K. Rowling has set the standard: Its a high one, and | God bless her for it.
Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly | [new paragraph] Exhilarating Worth the wait? It is indeed.
Sue Corbett, People | [new paragraph] [publishers book device with SCHOLASTIC in white on
red panel, 5 by 45mm] | www.scholastic.com/harrypotter | COVER ART BY MARY GRANDPR.
All in white on dark orange, with barcode with smaller barcode (51499) together with S within
triangle and $14.99 US, all in black on white panel, 22 by 61mm, to the left of final three lines.
On inside upper wrapper: barcode with smaller barcode (51499) together with S within triangle
below, all in black.
On inside lower wrapper: publishers advertisement: Fans cant get a copy fast enough! | Beedle
has a direct connection to | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. | New York Daily News
(advert for The Tales of Beedle the Bard).
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 194 by 132mm (wrappers), 194 by 39mm (spine).
Publication: 7 July 2009
Price: $14.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
(The two men appeared out of nowhere, a few yards apart in the narrow, moonlit lane.)
Notes:
As with A12(e), the two half-titles from the first American edition are retained for this paperback
edition.
This is the only book in the American childrens edition (childrens artwork series in paperback) to
replace the publishers name on the spine with the publishers device.
On 7 July 2009, from 10 am to 6 pm, Scholastics flagship store at 557 Broadway hosted a paperback
release party.
Each chapter together with the epilogue commences with a drop capital.
A14(d)
11 12 13 0
A14(e)
HARRY | POTTER | and the Deathly Hallows | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 66 by 81mm] | J. K. ROWLING
| [publishers device of a dog, 9 by 15mm] | BLOOMSBURY | LONDON BERLIN NEW YORK
SYDNEY (Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and right margins, and all width centred)
Collation: 304 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 197 by 128mm; [1-9] 10-18 [19]
20-30 [31] 32-41 [42] 43-57 [58] 59-75 [76] 77-94 [95] 96-114 [115] 116-33 [134] 135-45 [146] 147-65
[166] 167-83 [184] 185-202 [203] 204-220 [221] 222-33 [234] 235-54 [255] 256-69 [270] 271-85 [286]
287-95 [296] 297-314 [315] 316-28 [329] 330-43 [344] 345-61 [362] 363-85 [386] 387-405 [406]
407-418 [419] 420-38 [439] 440-46 [447] 448-59 [460] 461-73 [474] 475-88 [489] 490-512 [513]
514-28 [529] 530-53 [554] 555-64 [565] 566-79 [580] 581-600 [601-603] 604-607 [608]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the Deathly Hallows | [illustration of Hogwarts
crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 47 by 58mm]; [2]
Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in reading order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph] Titles available in the Harry Potter series
| (in Latin): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
(in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone; [3] title-page; [4] All
rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means, electronic,
mechanical, photocopying | or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher | [new
paragraph] First published in Great Britain in 2007 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | 36 Soho Square,
London, W1D 3QY | [new paragraph] Bloomsbury Publishing, London, Berlin, New York and Sydney
| [new paragraph] This paperback edition first published in October 2010 | [new paragraph] Copyright
J. K. Rowling 2007 | Cover illustrations by Jason Cockcroft copyright Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
2007 | Harry Potter, names, characters and related indicia are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros.,
2000TM | [new paragraph] J. K. Rowling has asserted her moral rights | [new paragraph] The extract
from The Libation Bearers is taken from the Penguin Classics edition | of The Oresteia, translated by
Robert Fagles, copyright Robert Fagles, 1966, | 1967, 1975, 1977 | [new paragraph] The extract
from More Fruits of Solitude is taken from More Fruits of Solitude | by William Penn, first included in
Everymans Library, 1915 | [new paragraph] A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the
British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 978 1 4088 1029 3 | [new paragraph] [Forest Stewardship
Council logo, 6 by 7mm together with symbol and text: FSC | www.fsc.org | [new paragraph] MIX |
[new paragraph] Paper from | responsible sources | [new paragraph] FSC C018072] | [new paragraph]
Typeset by RefineCatch Limited, Bungay, Suffolk | Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc
| [new paragraph] 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 | [new paragraph] www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] The
| dedication | of this book | is split | seven ways: | to Neil, | to Jessica, | to David, | to Kenzie, | to Di,
| to Anne, | and to you, | if you have | stuck | with Harry | until the | very | end.; [6] blank; [7] three
stanzas from Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers and one paragraph from William Penn, More Fruits of
Solitude; [8] blank; [9]-600 text; [601] Nineteen Years Later; [602] blank; [603]-607 text; [608] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 10-600
and pp. [604]-607 (excluding pages on which new chapters commence)
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: [light blue / grey illustration of a triangular eye symbol on light blue / grey panel,
36 by 15mm] HARRY POTTER [in black on gilt panel, 36 by 46mm] and the Deathly Hallows [in
white] J.K.ROWLING [in gilt, both title conclusion and author on black panel, 36 by 102mm]
BLOOMSBURY [publishers device of the head of a dog, 3 by 4mm] [both in white on purple panel,
36 by 33mm] (reading lengthways down spine).
On upper wrapper: HARRY | POTTER | and the Deathly Hallows [lines 1 and 2 in gilt, line 3
in white, all on purple panel, 61 by 128mm] | [gilt rule, 128mm] | [J.K. ROWLING [in gilt] with
colour illustration of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger within a cave-like opening
on top of a sea of golden coins and other treasures with Griphook the goblin clutching Harrys back
and a sword, within single gilt ruled border, 91 by 86mm, all on black panel with orange, yellow and
gilt stars, 123 by 128mm] | [purple rule, 128mm] | BLOOMSBURY [in black on gilt panel, 11 by
128mm] (all width centred).
On lower wrapper: Harry Potter is preparing to leave the Dursleys and Privet Drive for | the
last time. But the future that awaits him is full of danger, not | only for him, but for anyone close to
him and Harry has already lost | so much. Only by destroying Voldemorts remaining Horcruxes
can | Harry free himself and overcome the Dark Lords forces of evil. | [new paragraph] In this
dramatic conclusion to the Harry Potter series, Harry must | leave his most loyal friends behind, and
in a final perilous journey | find the strength and the will to face his terrifying destiny: a deadly |
confrontation that is his alone to fight. | [new paragraph] A nail-biting rollercoaster. A finale that
ticks every box. If Harrys journey | had to come to an end, Deathly Hallows is the best possible way.
Heat | [new paragraph] The best thing about this book is that it finally answers the | questions we
have been longing to know. Daily Mirror | [new paragraph] The final chapter in the final book of one
of the greatest | literary adventures of modern times. Sunday Telegraph | [new paragraph] Rowling
has woven together clues, hints and characters | from previous books into a prodigiously rewarding, |
suspenseful conclusion. | Guardian | [new paragraph] [barcode in black on white panel, 21 by 40mm]
[FSC symbol, 7 by 8mm together with symbol and text: FSC | Mixed Sources | Product group
from well-managed | forests and other controlled sources | [new paragraph] Cert no. SGS-COC2061 | www.fsc.org | 1996 Forest Stewardship Council] [these eight lines to the right of the
barcode panel] | [www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter below barcode panel, in black on red panel, 5 by
40mm] [publishers device of a dog, 5 by 9mm] | BLOOMSBURY 8.99 [these two lines to the right
of the web address panel]. Note that the barcode panel and the web address panel are enclosed by a
single red ruled border, 27 by 40mm. Reading lengthways down right side towards foot of spine Cover
illustration by Jason Cockcroft. All in white on colour illustration of Hogwarts castle and clouds.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 197 by 128mm (wrappers), 197 by 36mm (spine).
Publication: 4 October 2010 in an edition of 36,200 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 8.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
(The two men appeared out of nowhere, a few yards apart in the narrow, moonlit lane.)
Notes:
The individual titles in the celebratory edition were each published to celebrate the release of
the film version. The UK premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part 1 took place on 11
November 2010. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part 2 premiered in the UK on 7 July 2011.
Copies: Bloomsbury Archives
A14(f)
Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous stars] | and the | Deathly Hallows | [illustration
of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner,
com/harrypotter; [5] The | dedication | of this book | is split | seven ways: | to Neil, | to Jessica, |
to David, | to Kenzie, | to Di, | to Anne, | and to you, | if you have | stuck | with Harry | until the
| very | end.; [6] blank; [7] three stanzas from Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers and one paragraph
from William Penn, More Fruits of Solitude; [8] blank; [9]-600 text; [601] Nineteen Years Later; [602]
blank; [603]-607 text; [608] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 10-607
(excluding pages on which new chapters commence)
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous stars] [in gilt] and | the
Deathly Hallows [red, orange, light blue and white illustration of a Golden Snitch, 28 by 15mm]
J.K.ROWLING BLOOMSBURY [publishers device of the head of a dog, 3 by 4mm] (reading
lengthways down spine). All in white on dark green.
On upper wrapper: Harry Potter [signature above z rule with
numerous stars] [embossed in gilt] | and the | Deathly Hallows |
[olive green, dark blue, light blue, brown, grey and black illustration
of eleven snowy tombstones, 87 by 115mm] | J.K.ROWLING
| BLOOMSBURY (all width centred). All in dark green with
deckle-edge effect of white leaf on dark green background at
fore-edge.
On lower wrapper: Harry Potter is preparing to leave the
Durlseys and Privet Drive | for the last time. The future that awaits
him is full of danger, not | only for him, but for anyone close to
him and Harry has already lost | so much. Only by destroying
Voldemorts remaining Horcruxes can | Harry free himself and
overcome the Dark Lords forces of evil. In a | final and perilous
journey, Harry must find the strength and the will | to face a deadly
confrontation that is his alone to fight. | [new paragraph] The
best thing about this book is that it finally answers the questions |
we have been longing to know. | Daily Mirror | [new paragraph]
The final chapter in the final book of one of the greatest literary | adventures of modern times. |
Sunday Telegraph | [new paragraph] Rowling has woven together clues, hints and characters from
previous | books into a prodigiously rewarding, suspenseful conclusion. | Guardian | [olive green,
light blue, dark blue and red illustration of a sword with glittering rubies in its hilt lying at the bottom
of a forest pool, 84 by 121mm] | [barcode together with publishers device of a dog, 6 by 10mm and
BLOOMSBURY together with Forest Stewardship Council logo, 7 by 8mm together with symbol
and text: FSC | Mixed Sources | Product group from well-managed | forests and other controlled
sources | [new paragraph] Cert no. SGS-COC-2061 | www.fsc.org | 1996 Forest Stewardship
Council] | Designed by Webb & Webb Design | Cover illustrations by Clare Melinsky www.
bloomsbury.com/harrypotter 8.99 | Author photograph J.P.Masclet. Lines 1-16 in dark green
with all other text in black, together with deckle-edge effect of white leaf on dark green background
at fore-edge. The initial H of Harry is a drop capital.
On inside upper wrapper: The magical world of | Harry Potter [signature above z rule with
numerous stars] | [colour illustrations in three columns of seven book designs] | The internationally
bestselling series | [new paragraph] For more from Harry Potter, visit | www.bloomsbury.com/
harrypotter. All in dark green with the exception of line 2 which is in gold, together with deckle-edge
effect of white leaf on dark green background at fore-edge.
On inside lower wrapper: colour photograph of J.K. Rowling seated by a window.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 197 by 128mm (wrappers), 197 by 36mm (spine).
Publication: 1 November 2010 in an edition of 65,200 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 8.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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Notes:
Published as a boxed set of seven volumes comprising A1(i), A2(n), A7(k), A9(k), A12(h), A13(g)
and A14(f). Individual volumes were also available separately.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A14(g)
Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous stars] | and the | Deathly Hallows | [illustration
of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner,
68 by 84mm] | J.K.ROWLING | [publishers device of a dog, 8 by 13mm] | BLOOMSBURY |
LONDON BERLIN NEW YORK SYDNEY (All width centred)
Collation: 304 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 197 by 124mm; [1-9] 10-18 [19]
20-30 [31] 32-41 [42] 43-57 [58] 59-75 [76] 77-94 [95] 96-114 [115] 116-33 [134] 135-45 [146] 147-65
[166] 167-83 [184] 185-202 [203] 204-220 [221] 222-33 [234] 235-54 [255] 256-69 [270] 271-85 [286]
287-95 [296] 297-314 [315] 316-28 [329] 330-43 [344] 345-61 [362] 363-85 [386] 387-405 [406]
407-418 [419] 420-38 [439] 440-46 [447] 448-59 [460] 461-73 [474] 475-88 [489] 490-512 [513]
514-28 [529] 530-53 [554] 555-64 [565] 566-79 [580] 581-600 [601-603] 604-607 [608]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter [signature above z rule with numerous stars] | and the |
Deathly Hallows | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM
TITILLANDUS on banner, 60 by 75mm]; [2] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in reading
illustration of a Golden Snitch, 13 by 25mm]. All in white on dark green. The initial H of Harry
is a drop capital.
On lower inside flap: J. K. Rowling has written fiction since she was a child, | and she always
wanted to be an author. Her parents loved | reading and their house in Chepstow was full of books.
| In fact, J. K. Rowling wrote her first book at the age | of six a story about a rabbit called Rabbit.
She studied | French and Classics at Exeter University, then moved to | Edinburgh via London and
Portugal. In 2000 she was | awarded an OBE for services to childrens literature. | [new paragraph]
The idea for Harry Potter occurred to her on the | train from Manchester to London, where she says
| Harry Potter just strolled into my head fully formed, | and by the time she had arrived at Kings
Cross, many | of the characters had taken shape. During the next | five years she outlined the plots
for each book and | began writing the first in the series, Harry Potter and | the Philosophers Stone,
which was first published by | Bloomsbury in 1997. The other Harry Potter titles: | 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 and Harry | Potter
and the Deathly Hallows followed. J. K. Rowling | has also written three companion books: Quidditch
| Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find | Them, in aid of Comic Relief, and The
Tales of Beedle | the Bard, in aid of Lumos. | [new paragraph] THE COMPLETE HARRY POTTER
SERIES: | [colour illustrations in two rows of seven book designs] | Designed by Webb & Webb
Design | Cover illustrations by Clare Melinsky | copyright J. K. Rowling 2010. All in white on
dark green with white panel, 19 by 12mm, to right on which in black: [Forest Stewardship Council
logo, 6 by 7mm together with symbol] | FSC | www.fsc.org | MIX | Paper from | responsible
sources | FSC C018072.
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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Notes:
The end-papers carry a design of eight miniature illustrations. Seven of these reproduce the spine
motifs from the series and an eighth comprises a variant of the key-bird from the first book.
This is the fourth of the books in the series to carry different press quotes from the equivalent
signature paperback edition. For this hardback edition there is an additional quote (from the
Observer) on the upper inside flap.
Published as a boxed set of seven volumes comprising A1(j), A2(o), A7(l), A9(l), A12(i), A13(h)
and A14(g). Individual volumes were not available separately. The ISBN for the boxed set was ISBN
978 1 4088 2594 5.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A14(h)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS | [black and white illustration of an
owl in cage with books and wand all by a window, 60 by 48mm] | BY | J. K. ROWLING |
ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY GRANDPR | SCHOLASTIC INC. (All width centred on a
diamond pattern background)
Collation: 392 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
204 by 133mm; [I-XII] XIII-XVI [XVII-XX] 1-749 [750-52] 753-59
[760-64]
Page contents: [I-III] PRAISE FOR J. K. ROWLINGS | HARRY
POTTER | AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS | [device of nine
stars] | [10 reviews and a listing of 9 statements]; [IV] blank; [V]
half-title: HARRY POTTER | AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS
(all on diamond pattern background); [VI] blank; [VII] ALSO BY
J. K. ROWLING | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Sorcerers
Stone | Year One at Hogwarts | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and
the Chamber of Secrets | Year Two at Hogwarts | [new paragraph]
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Year Three at Hogwarts
| [new paragraph] | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Year Four
at Hogwarts | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix | Year Five at Hogwarts | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Year Six at
Hogwarts; [VIII] blank; [IX] title-page; [X] [device of twelve stars] | Text 2007 by J. K. Rowling |
Interior illustrations by Mary GrandPr 2007 by Warner Bros. | Cover illustration by Kazu Kibuishi
2013 by Scholastic Inc. | HARRY POTTER & all related characters and elements are TM of
and WBEI. | Harry Potter Publishing Rights J. K. Rowling | All rights reserved. Published by
Scholastic Inc. SCHOLASTIC, the LANTERN LOGO, and associated | logos are trademarks and/
or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. | [new paragraph] The Libation Bearers by Aeschylus,
from THE ORESTEIA by Aeschylus, translated by Robert | Fagles, copyright 1966, 1967, 1975,
1977 by Robert Fagles. Used by permission of Viking | Penguin, a division of Penguin Group (USA)
Inc. | More Fruits of Solitude, reprinted from William Penn, Fruits of Solitude, Vol I., the Harvard
| Classics (New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1909). | [new paragraph ] If you purchased this book
without a cover, you should be aware that this book is stolen property. | It was reported as unsold
and destroyed to the publisher, and neither the author nor the | publisher has received any payment
for this stripped book. | [new paragraph] No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a
retrieval system, or transmitted in any | form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
recording, or otherwise, without | written permission of the publisher. For information regarding
permission, write to Scholastic Inc., | Attention: Permissions Department, 557 Broadway, New York,
NY 10012. | [new paragraph] [publishers device of a lantern, 6 by 4mm] | Arthur A. Levine Books
hardcover edition art directed by David Saylor, | published by Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint
of Scholastic Inc., July 2007. | [new paragraph] ISBN 978-0-545-58300-8 | [new paragraph] Library
of Congress Control Number: 2007925449 | [new paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 13 14 15 16 17
| [new paragraph] Printed in the U.S.A. 40 | This edition first printing, September 2013 | [new
paragraph] We try to produce the most beautiful books possible, and we are extremely concerned
about the impact of our | manufacturing process on the forests of the world and the environment as
a whole. Accordingly, we made sure | that the text paper contains a minimum of 30% post-consumer
waste, and that all the paper has been certified as | coming from forests that are managed to insure the
protection of the people and wildlife dependent upon them.; [XI] THE | DEDICATION | OF THIS
BOOK | IS SPLIT | SEVEN WAYS: | TO NEIL, | TO JESSICA, | TO DAVID, | TO KENZIE, |
TO DI, | TO ANNE, | AND TO YOU, | IF YOU HAVE | STUCK | WITH HARRY | UNTIL
THE | VERY | END.; [XII] blank; XIII-XVI CONTENTS (thirty-six chapters and one epilogue
listed with titles and page references); [XVII] three stanzas from Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers and
one paragraph from William Penn, More Fruits of Solitude; [XVIII] blank; [XIX] half-title: HARRY
POTTER | AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS (all on diamond pattern background); [XX] blank;
1-749 text; [750] blank; [751] divisional title: NINETEEN YEARS LATER (all on diamond pattern
background); [752] blank; 753-759 text; [760] advertisement for Pottermore; [761] [black and white
photograph of J.K. Rowling seated by curtains, credited ANDREW MONTGOMERY reading
lengthways up right margin] | [new paragraph] J. K. ROWLING is the author of the beloved, |
bestselling, record-breaking Harry Potter series. She started writing | the series during a delayed
Manchester to London Kings Cross | train journey, and during the next five years, outlined the plots
for | each book and began writing the first novel. Harry Potter and the | Sorcerers Stone was published
in the United States by Arthur A. | Levine Books in 1998, and the series concluded nearly ten years
| later with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, published in 2007. | J. K. Rowling is the recipient
of numerous awards and honorary | degrees, including an OBE for services to childrens literature,
| Frances Lgion dhonneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen | Literature Award. She supports a
wide number of causes through | her charitable trust, Volant, and is the founder of Lumos, a charity
| working to transform the lives of disadvantaged children. J. K. | Rowling lives in Edinburgh with
her husband and three children.; [762] blank; [763] MARY GRANDPR has illustrated more than
twenty | beautiful books for children, including the American editions of | the Harry Potter novels.
Her work has also appeared in the New | Yorker, the Atlantic Monthly, and the Wall Street Journal, and
her | paintings and pastels have been shown in galleries across the United | States. Ms. GrandPr
lives in Sarasota, Florida, with her family. | [new paragraph] KAZU KIBUISHI is the creator of the
New York Times | bestselling Amulet series and Copper, a collection of his popular | webcomic. He is
also the founder and editor of the acclaimed | Flight anthologies. Daisy Kutter: The Last Train, his first
graphic | novel, was listed as one of the Best Books for Young Adults by | YALSA, and Amulet, Book
One: The Stonekeeper was an ALA Best | Book for Young Adults and a Childrens Choice Book Award
| finalist. Kazu lives and works in Alhambra, California, with his | wife and fellow comics artist, Amy
Kim Kibuishi, and their two | children. Visit Kazu online at www.boltcity.com.; [764] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title,
pp. 1-749 also EPILOGUE on verso, recto title comprises NINETEEN YEARS LATER, pp. 753-59.
Each running title (excluding pages on which new chapters commence) includes a three-star design to
left and right of both running-titles on verso and recto. On pages on which a new chapter commences,
the three-star design is omitted.
Illustrations: title-page vignette, together with thirty-seven vignettes at the beginning of each
chapter (after chapter and chapter number but before chapter title) and epilogue. In addition
to standard typographical changes (including italics, capitals and small capitals) there are other
typographical features, comprising:
p. 16 newspaper headline and illustration
p. 22 newspaper headline
p. 134 facsimile of Dumbledores handwriting
p. 186 facsimile of Regulus Arcturus Blacks handwriting
p. 207 newspaper headline
p. 217 newspaper headline
p. 225 newspaper headline
p. 249 title of pamphlet
p. 325 tombstone engraving
p. 328 tombstone engraving
p. 333 text of magical graffiti
p. 353 photograph caption
p. 398 text of hand-painted signs
p. 481 stone engraving
p. 689 facsimile of Lily Potters Christian name signature
released images of the new illustrations in a careful marketing campaign: the upper wrapper illustration for Deathly Hallows was revealed on 31 July 2013 at the Scholastic Store in New York.
Each chapter together with the epilogue commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
A14(i)
13 14 15 16 17
J.K. [in grey] | ROWLING [in grey] [reading lengthways down title-page] | HARRY | POTTER |
&THE [reading lengthways up title-page] DEATHLY HALLOWS | BLOOMSBURY | LONDON
[point] NEW DELHI [point] NEW YORK [point] SYDNEY (Author and final part of title justified on
right margin, first part of title justified on left margin, publisher with publishers offices width centred)
Collation: 304 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
198 by 128mm; [1-9] 10-18 [19] 20-30 [31] 32-41 [42] 43-57 [58]
59-75 [76] 77-94 [95] 96-114 [115] 116-33 [134] 135-45 [146]
147-65 [166] 167-83 [184] 185-202 [203] 204-220 [221] 222-33
[234] 235-54 [255] 256-69 [270] 271-85 [286] 287-95 [296] 297-314
[315] 316-28 [329] 330-43 [344] 345-61 [362] 363-85 [386] 387-405
[406] 407-418 [419] 420-38 [439] 440-46 [447] 448-59 [460] 461-73
[474] 475-88 [489] 490-512 [513] 514-28 [529] 530-53 [554] 555-64
[565] 566-79 [580] 581-600 [601-603] 604-607 [608]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | &THE
[reading lengthways up title-page] DEATHLY HALLOWS; [2]
Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in reading order): |
Harry Potter and the Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in Latin):
| Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | (in Welsh,
Ancient Greek and Irish): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | [new paragraph] Also available
| (in aid of Comic Relief): | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Quidditch Through the
Ages | (in aid of Lumos): | The Tales of Beedle the Bard; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no
part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying | or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First
published in Great Britain in 2007 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | 50 Bedford Square, London
WC1B 3DP | [new paragraph] Bloomsbury Publishing, London, New Delhi, New York and Sydney
| [new paragraph] This paperback edition first published 2013 | [new paragraph] Copyright J.K.
Rowling 2007 | Cover illustrations by Andrew Davidson copyright J.K. Rowling 2013 | Harry
Potter, names, characters and related indicia are | copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000TM |
[new paragraph] J.K. Rowling has asserted her moral rights | [new paragraph] The extract from The
Libation Bearers is taken from the Penguin Classics edition | of The Oresteia, translated by Robert
Fagles, copyright Robert Fagles, 1966, | 1967, 1975, 1977 | [new paragraph] The extract from More
Fruits of Solitude is taken from More Fruits of Solitude | by William Penn, first included in Everymans
Library, 1915 | [new paragraph] A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British
Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 978 1 4088 3502 9 | [new paragraph] [Forest Stewardship Council
logo, 6 by 7mm together with symbol and text: FSC | www.fsc.org with MIX | Paper from |
responsible sources | FSC C020471 to the right and all within single ruled border with rounded
corners, 12 by 26mm] | [new paragraph] Typeset by RefineCatch Limited, Bungay, Suffolk | Printed
and bound in Great Britain by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon CR0 4YY | [new paragraph] 1 3 5 7 9
10 8 6 4 2 | [new paragraph] | www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter; [5] The | dedication | of this book |
is split | seven ways: | to Neil, | to Jessica, | to David, | to Kenzie, | to Di, | to Anne, | and to you, |
if you have | stuck | with Harry | until the | very | end.; [6] blank; [7] three stanzas from Aeschylus,
The Libation Bearers and one paragraph from William Penn, More Fruits of Solitude; [8] blank; [9]-600
text; [601] Nineteen Years Later; [602] blank; [603]-607 text; [608] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title
comprises chapter title, pp. 8-607
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: J.K. ROWLING [in white] HARRY POTTER [in
dark green] &THE [in white] DEATHLY HALLOWS [in dark
green] [publishers device of a figure with a bow, 8 by 6mm] [in
white] (reading lengthways down spine with the exception of
&THE and the publishers device which are horizontal). All on
orange.
On upper wrapper: J.K. [in white] | ROWLING [in white]
[reading lengthways down upper wrapper] | HARRY [in orange]
| POTTER [in orange] | &THE [in white] [reading lengthways
up upper wrapper] DEATHLY HALLOWS [in orange] |
BLOOMSBURY [in white] (author and final part of title justified
on right margin, first part of title justified on left margin, publisher
with publishers offices width centred). All on light and dark
green illustration of a giant snake revealing its fangs within the
courtyard of Hogwarts castle.
On lower wrapper: Harry Potter faces a seemingly impossible task. He will | not return to
Hogwarts for his seventh year; instead, he | will finish the quest started by Albus Dumbledore. He
must | hunt down and destroy Voldmorts remaining Horcruxes. | Only then will he be able to rid
the world of the Dark Lords | shadow once and for all. | [new paragraph] This final battle is Harrys
destiny, and destiny demands that | he rise to meet his true fate without fear | [new paragraph]
[section of white illustration of a giant snake revealing its fangs within the courtyard of Hogwarts
castle, 78 by 111mm] | BLOOMSBURY www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter www.pottermore.com
8.99 [in black] | [section of white illustration of a giant snake revealing its fangs within the courtyard
of Hogwarts castle, 27 by 111mm upon which: Forest Stewardship Council logo, 5 by 6mm together
with symbol and text: FSC | www.fsc.org | MIX | Paper from | responsible sources | FSC
C020471 all in black on white panel with rounded corners, 19 by 12mm, with barcode in black on
white panel, 18 by 38mm, with Designed by Webb & Webb Design | Cover illustrations by Andrew
Davidson | copyright J.K. Rowling 2013 in black on orange panel, 9 by 38mm]. Lines 1-8 in white
and all on orange. The initial H of Harry is a drop capital and is printed in dark green.
On inside upper wrapper: orange and white illustration of a giant snake revealing its fangs within
the courtyard of Hogwarts castle.
On inside lower wrapper: orange and white illustration of snakess scales.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 198 by 128mm (wrappers), 198 by 37mm (spine).
Publication: 26 September 2013 in an edition of 57,200 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury) (see
notes)
Price: 8.99
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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Notes:
All other volumes in this Andrew Davidson artwork series read This paperback edition first published
in on the imprint page. This volume omits in.
The illustrations by Andrew Davidson derive from a single wood engraving. A single illustration is
presented on both the upper wrapper and inside upper wrapper. A section is printed on the lower
wrapper. A detail from the upper wrapper is shown on the inside lower wrapper.
Although Bloomsburys official publication date was 26 September 2013, copies were available from
amazon.co.uk two or three days beforehand.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
THE | TALES OF | BEEDLE | THE | BARD | Translated from the original | runes by Hermione
Granger | BY | J.K.ROWLING [all within decorated border including skull, heart and tree stump,
150 by 114mm with childrens | HIGH LEVEL GROUP | health. education. welfare. at left foot
and [publishers device of a dog, 7 by 11mm] | BLOOMSBURY at right foot] (All width centred
except charity and publishers devices which are slightly inset from outer margins)
Collation: 64 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings
(see notes); 178 by 123mm; [i-x] xi-xvii [xviii] [1-2] 3-17 [18-20]
21-25 [26] 27-31 [32] 33-40 [41-44] 45-59 [60-62] 63-70 [71] 72-83
[84-86] 87 [88] 89-104 [105-106] 107-108 [109-110]
Page contents: [i] half-title: THE | TALES OF | BEEDLE |
THE | BARD | [leaf and flower motif]; [ii] Titles available in
the Harry Potter series | (in reading order): | Harry Potter and the
Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph] Titles available in the Harry
Potter series | (in Latin): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers
Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | (in Welsh,
Ancient Greek and Irish): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers
Stone | [new paragraph] Other titles available: | Quidditch Through the Ages | Fantastic Beasts and
Where to Find Them; [iii] title-page; [iv] First published in Great Britain in 2008 by the Childrens
High Level Group, | 45 Great Peter Street, London, SW1P 3LT, | in association with Bloomsbury
Publishing Plc, | 36 Soho Square, London, W1D 3QY | [new paragraph] Text and illustrations
copyright J. K. Rowling 2007/2008 | [new paragraph] The Childrens High Level Group and the
Childrens High | Level Group logo and associated logos are trademarks of | the Childrens High
Level Group | [new paragraph] The Childrens High Level Group (CHLG) is a charity established
| under English law. Registered charity number 1112575 | [new paragraph] J. K. Rowling has
asserted her moral rights | [new paragraph] All rights reserved | No part of this publication may be
reproduced or | transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying | or otherwise,
without the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] A CIP catalogue record of this book
is available from the British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 978 0 7475 9987 6 | [new paragraph]
[Forest Stewardship Council logo, 7 by 9mm together with symbol and FSC to the right is the
text: Mixed Sources | Product group from well-managed | forests and other controlled sources |
[new paragraph] www.fsc.org Cert no. SGS-COC-2061 | 1996 Forest Stewardship Council] |
[new paragraph] The paper on which this book is printed has 1996 Forest | Stewardship Council
A.C. (FSC) accreditation. The FSC promotes | environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and
economically | viable management of the worlds forests. | [new paragraph] Typeset by RefineCatch
Limited, Bungay, Suffolk | Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives Plc | [new paragraph]
1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 | [new paragraph] www.chlg.org | www.bloomsbury.com/beedlebard; [v]
illustration of skull, wand, stone, cloak and ten stars, 34 by 56mm; [vi] blank; [vii] CONTENTS
(seven individual parts listed with titles and page references); [viii] blank; [ix] illustration of wand
lying over rose with ten stars, 22 by 47mm; [x] blank; xi-xvi Introduction (The Tales of Beedle the
Bard is a collection of stories written for young wizards) (signed, J K Rowling | 2008); xvii
A Note on the Footnotes (Professor Dumbledore appears to have been writing for a wizarding
audience) (signed, JKR); [xviii] blank; [1] illustration of puddle, three slugs, a thick slipper
and eleven stars, 16 by 35mm; [2] blank; 3-11 text and illustrations; 12-[18] text of commentary;
[19] illustration of sword, shield and foliage, 16 by 38mm; [20] blank; 21-35 text and illustrations;
36-[41] text of commentary; [42] blank; [43] illustration of book, lute, key, goblet and dagger, 21
by 36mm; [44] blank; 45-54 text and illustrations; 55-[60] text of commentary; [61] illustration of
branch, axe, crown, dogs collar and pair of hound footprints, 20 by 38mm; [62] blank; 63-77 text
and illustrations; 78-[84] text of commentary; [85] illustration of skull, wand, stone, cloak and ten
stars, 31 by 50mm; [86] blank; 87-93 text and illustrations; 94-[105] text of commentary; [106] blank;
107-[109] [A personal message from Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne] (childrens | HIGH
LEVEL GROUP | health. education. welfare. | [new paragraph] Dear Reader, | [new paragraph]
Thank you very much for buying this unique) (signed, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne
MEP | Co-Chair of CHLG); [110] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: The Tales of Beedle the Bard (37mm) on verso, recto title comprises story or section
title, pp. xii-[105] (excluding blank pages, pages on which a new story or section commences, or pages
with a full-page illustration). Running titles are enclosed within two vignettes of foliage (in mirror
image)
Illustrations: In addition to an illustrated title-page, (p. [iii]) and embellishments to Contents
(p. [vii]), there are a large number of illustrations through the volume. There are seven vignettes (all
printed on an otherwise blank page) that separate the volume into component parts (pp. [v], [ix], [1],
[19], [43], [61] and [85]). Within the pages noted above as text and illustrations, there are two small
drawings with text (less than page) (pp. 51 and [105]), six page drawings with text (pp. 3, 21, 45,
54, 63 and 87) which, with the exception of that on page 54 repeat the previous divisional vignette,
two 13 page drawings with text (pp. 9 and 11), two page drawings with text (pp. 75 and 93) and four
full-page drawings without text (pp. [26], [32], [71] and [88]). In addition, an illustration of a wand
and ten stars is present at the start of each section of commentary text (on pp. 12, 36, 55, 78 and 94).
Page numbers are enclosed within two vignettes of foliage (in mirror image).
English derivations! Did you want to look though at using a word that appears at least less American?
Or leave? The published text includes a rubbish pail (in both English and American editions).
An early set of proofs (dated 10 July 2008) included number headings to each story. These were
later deleted.
At least three proof states were produced by Bloomsbury before publication.
During July 2008 it was discovered that The Childrens Voice (the original name of the charity) was
trademarked in the United States. The name, therefore, reverted to the original The Childrens High
Level Group. On 12 August 2008 Colman Getty, then the authors PR agency, noted the need for
the charitys registered charity number to be included in the publication. It had been omitted from
early proofs.
Editorial files suggest that the collation of the volume should comprise one gathering of 24 leaves,
one gathering of 16 leaves and then a final gathering of 24 leaves. This has not been possible to verify
from copies of the book without causing damage.
The official launch of The Tales of Beedle the Bard was at a tea party held at 4 pm at the National
Library of Scotland on the day of publication. Attending were local children and those who had won
a competition organized by the publisher.
The Personal Message from Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne starts below a letterhead (childrens
| HIGH LEVEL GROUP | health. education.welfare.) including childrens in a handwritten script.
This was the logo of the charity.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
7 9 10 8 6
A15(aa)
THE | TALES | OF | BEEDLE | THE | BARD | JKRowling [facsimile signature] (All width
centred within decorated border including skull, heart and tree stump, 172 by 128mm)
Collation: 64 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 210 by 136mm; [I-VI] VII-XIV
[XV-XVI] 1-107 [108] 109-111 [112]
Page contents: [I] THE | TALES | OF | BEEDLE | THE | BARD; [II] Translated from the Ancient
Runes by | HERMIONE GRANGER | Commentary by | ALBUS DUMBLEDORE | Introduction,
Notes, and Illustrations by | J.K. ROWLING | [three stars] | childrens | HIGH LEVEL GROUP
| [rule, 63mm] | In association with | ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS | An Imprint of Scholastic
Reader, | [new paragraph] Thank you very much for buying this unique) (signed, Baroness Nicholson
of Winterbourne MEP | Co-Chair of CHLG); [112] colophon: [publishers device of a lantern, 17 by
13mm] | This book was edited by Arthur A. Levine and | art directed by David Saylor. The art for the
cover was | created using pastels on toned printmaking paper. | The art for the interiors was created using
pen and ink | on paper. The book was designed by Elizabeth B. Parisi | and typeset by Brad Walrod. The
text was set in Adobe | Garamond Pro. The book was printed and bound at | Quebecor World in Taunton,
Massachusetts. The Managing | Editor was Karyn Browne; the Continuity Editor was | Cheryl Klein; and
the Manufacturing | Director was Meryl Wolfe.
Paper: wove paper
Running title: THE TALES OF | BEEDLE THE BARD on verso, recto title comprises story title,
pp. 2-10, pp. 21-34, pp. 44-53, pp. 62-77 and pp. 88-93 only. Each running title includes a three-star
design to left and right of both running-titles on verso and recto.
Illustrations: In addition to an illustrated title-page, (p. [III]), there are a large number of
illustrations through the volume. Within the pages noted above as text and illustrations, there are
seven small drawings with text (less than 13 page) (pp. 1, 20, 43, 53, 61, 77 and 87), five page
drawings with text (pp. 8, 10, 25, 50 and 90), two page drawings with text (pp. 34 and 93) and
one full-page drawing without text (p. 70). Page numbers are enclosed within single six-pointed
stars,
Binding: pictorial boards.
On spine: ROWLING [in dark yellow] THE TALES OF BEEDLE
THE BARD [in purple] CHLG [in dark yellow] (reading lengthways
down spine) with publishers device of a lantern,12 by 9mm [in brown]
(horizontally at foot of spine).
On upper cover: A WIZARDING CLASSIC FROM THE
WORLD OF [in black] | Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering] [in dark
yellow and grey] | THE TALES [in purple] | OF [in purple] | BEEDLE
THE [in purple] | BARD [in purple] | J. K. ROWLING [in purple]
(all width centred). All on colour illustration of vignettes from all
stories. The outer border imitates an old binding with a green gem in
each corner, a purple gem at the centre foot and half a skull for a clasp.
On lower cover: WITH EXTENSIVE COMMENTARY BY [in
black] | ALBUS DUMBLEDORE | [illustration of a pair of half-moon
spectacles] | THE TALE OF BEEDLE THE BARD, a Wizarding
classic, first | came to Muggle readers attention in the book known as
HARRY | POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS. Now, thanks
to | Hermione Grangers new translation from the ancient runes, we
| present this stunning edition with an introduction, notes, and | illustrations by J. K. Rowling,
and extensive commentary by Albus | Dumbledore. Never before have Muggles been privy to these
richly | imaginative tales: The Wizard and the Hopping Pot, The | Fountain of Fair Fortune,
The Warlocks Hairy Heart, Babbitty | Rabbitty and Her Cackling Stump, and of course, The
Tale | of the Three Brothers. But not only are they the equal of fairy | tales we now know and love,
reading them gives new insight into | the world of Harry Potter. | [new paragraph] This purchase also
represents another very important form of giving: | From every sale of this book, Scholastic will give
its net proceeds to the | CHILDRENS HIGH LEVEL GROUP, a charity cofounded in 2005 by J. K.
Rowling | and Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, MEP. | [new paragraph] CHLG campaigns to
protect and promote childrens rights and make | life better for vulnerable young people. www.chlg.
org | [barcode with smaller barcode to the right (51299) to the right all in black on yellow panel, 22
by 50mm] childrens [in red] | HIGH LEVEL GROUP [in white] | health. education. welfare. [in
white] | $12.99 US | Cover art by Mary GrandPr 2008 by J. K. Rowling [in black] (lines 1 and
2 centred, lines 3-15 justified on left and right margins, lines 16-21 centred, line 26 centred). All in
yellow and all on dark brown panel. The outer border imitates an old binding with a blue gem in each
corner and half a skull for a clasp.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 217 by 139mm (covers), 217 by 21mm (spine).
End-papers: purple wove paper. Red and yellow sewn bands at head and foot of spine.
Dust-jacket: none
Publication: 4 December 2008 (simultaneous with A15(a) and A15(aaa))
Price: $12.99
Contents:
Introduction
(THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE BARD is a collection of stories written for young wizards)
(signed, J. K. Rowling | 2008)
A Note on the Footnotes
(Professor Dumbledore appears to have been writing for a Wizarding audience)
(signed, JKR)
The Wizard and the Hopping Pot
(There was once a kindly old wizard who used his magic generously)
Albus Dumbledore on The Wizard and the Hopping Pot
(A kind old wizard decides to teach his hard-hearted son a lesson)
The Fountain of Fair Fortune
(High on a hill in an enchanted garden, enclosed by tall walls and protected)
Albus Dumbledore on The Fountain of Fair Fortune
(The Fountain of Fair Fortune is a perennial favorite)
The Warlocks Hairy Heart
(There was once a handsome, rich, and talented young warlock)
Albus Dumbledore on The Warlocks Hairy Heart
(As we have already seen, Beedles first two tales attracted criticism)
Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump
(A long time ago, in a far-off land, there lived a foolish King)
Albus Dumbledore on Babbitty Rabbitty and Her Cackling Stump
(The story of Babbitty Rabbitty and Her Cackling Stump is, in many ways)
A15(aaa)
The Tales | of | Beedle the Bard | Translated from the original | runes by | Hermione Granger |
JKRowling [facsimile signature] [all within decorated border including skull, heart and tree stump, 129
by 95mm] | With Commentary by Professor | Albus Dumbledore (All width centred)
Collation: 90 unsigned leaves bound in nine gatherings of eight leaves, one gathering of ten leaves
and one gathering of eight leaves; 165 by 110mm; [1-8] 9-20 [21-24] 25-31 [32] 33-36 [37] 38-48
[49-52] 53-57 [58] 59-68 [69] 70 [71-72] 73-81 [82-84] 85-89 [90] 91-96 [97-98] 99-106 [107-110]
111-14 [115] 116-18 [119-20] 121-22 [123] 124-31 [132] 133-42 [143-46] 147 [148] 149-52 [153] 154
[155] 156 [157-58] 159-73 [174-75] 176-79 [180]
Page contents: [1] half-title: The Tales | of | Beedle the Bard; [2] blank; [3] title-page; [4] Text
and illustrations copyright 2007/2008 by J. K. Rowling | [new paragraph] All rights reserved.
| J.K. Rowling has asserted her moral rights. | Published by the Childrens High Level Group. |
[new paragraph] Produced by Amazon in association with | Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC,
and LionheartBooks,Ltd. | Designed by Michael Reagan. | [new paragraph] The Childrens High
Level Group and the Childrens High Level Group logo | and associated logos are trademarks
of the Childrens High Level Group. | The Childrens High Level Group (CHLG) is a charity
established | under English law. Registered charity number 1112575. | [new paragraph] No part
of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or | transmitted in any form
or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, | recording, or otherwise, without written
permission of the publisher. For | information regarding permission, write to: The Childrens High
Level Group | c/o Christopher Little Literary Agency, Eel Brook Studios | 125 Moore Park Road,
London, SW6 4PS | [new paragraph] Amazons net proceeds from every sale of this book will go
to the Childrens | High Level Group (CHLG). Net proceeds for sales of the book from www. |
amazon.co.uk in the United Kingdom are estimated to be 20 GBP per | unit. The purchase of this
book is not tax deductible. Childrens High | Level Group (CHLG) can be contacted at: CHLG,
Hope House, 45 Great | Peter Street, London SW1P 3LT, United Kingdom, www.chlg.org. | [new
paragraph] Library of Congress Control Number: 2008935436 | A CIP catalogue record of this
book is available from the British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN-13: 978-0-956-01090-2 [point]
ISBN-10: 0-956-01090-3 | 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 08 09 10 11 12 | [new paragraph] Printed in China
| Through Asia Pacific Offset | [new paragraph] First edition, December 2008; [5] The Tales of
Beedle the Bard | Translated from the original runes by | Hermione Granger | Commentary by
| Albus Dumbledore | Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations by | J.K. Rowling | [device of ten
stars] | childrens | HIGH LEVEL GROUP | health. education.welfare.; [6-7] Contents (twelve
individual parts listed with titles and page references); [8] illustration of wand lying over rose with
ten stars, 25 by 52mm; 9-20 Introduction (The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a collection of stories
written for young witches) (signed, JKRowling | 2008); [21] illustration of wand with ten stars,
50 by 35mm; [22] illustration of ten stars, 15 by 12mm; [23] divisional title: The Wizard and the |
Hopping Pot; [24] blank; 25-[37] text and illustrations; [38] A Note on the Footnotes | Professor
Dumbledore appears to have been writing | for a wizarding audience, so I have occasionally |
inserted an explanation of a term or fact that | might need explaining for Muggle readers. | JKR;
[39]-[49] text of commentary; [50] illustration of ten stars, 15 by 12mm; [51] divisional title: The
Fountain of | Fair Fortune; [52] blank; 53-[71] text and illustrations; [72] illustration of worm
entwined with rose, 38 by 19mm; 73-81 text of commentary; [82] illustration of ten stars, 15 by
12mm; [83] divisional title: The Warlocks Hairy Heart; [84] blank; 85-[98] text and illustrations;
99-106 text of commentary; [107] illustration of wand with ten stars, 45 by 31mm; [108] illustration
of ten stars, 15 by 12mm; [109] divisional title: Babbitty Rabbitty and her | Cackling Stump; [110]
blank; 111-[132] text and illustrations; 133-142 text of commentary; [143] illustration of wand with
ten stars, 45 by 31mm; [144] illustration of ten stars, 15 by 12mm; [145] divisional title: The Tale of
the Three Brothers; [146] blank; 147-[157] text and illustrations; [158] illustration of skull and roses,
24 by 60mm; 159-[175] text of commentary; 176-179 [A personal message from Baroness Nicholson
of Winterbourne] (childrens | HIGH LEVEL GROUP | health. education. welfare. | [new
paragraph] Dear Reader, | [new paragraph] Thank you very much for buying this unique) (signed,
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne MEP | Co-Chair of CHLG); [180] Amazons net proceeds from
every sale of | this book will go to the Childrens High | Level Group (CHLG). Net proceeds for |
sales of the book from www.amazon.co.uk | in the United Kingdom are estimated to be | 20 GBP
per unit. The purchase of this | book is not tax deductible. Childrens High | Level Group (CHLG)
can be contacted at: | CHLG, Hope House, 45 Great Peter Street, | London SW1P 3LT, United
Kindgom, | www.chlg.org.
Paper: wove paper
Running title: none
Illustrations: In addition to an illustrated title-page, (p. [3]) and embellishments to Contents (on
both pp. [6] and [7]), there are a large number of illustrations through the volume. There are thirteen
vignettes (often printed on a full-page) that separate the volume into component parts (pp. [5], [8],
[21], [22], [50], [72], [82], [107], [108], [132], [143], [144] and [158]). Within the pages noted above as
text and illustrations, there are two small drawings (less than page) (pp. 93 and 94), ten page
drawings with text (pp. 25, 27, 35, 53, 64, 67, 85, 111, 129 and 147), ten full-page drawings without
text (pp. [32], [37], [69], [71], [90], [98], [115], [120], [123] and [157]) and five drawings with text
which span two pages (pp. [58]-59, 96-[97], [148]-149, 152-[153] and 154-[155]).
Binding: imitation brown morocco with metal embellishments.
Spine: blank with four raised bands.
On upper cover: five embellished metal panels. Centre: panel with skull and two beads, 98 by
83mm. Top left corner: panel with leaf and one bead, 45 by 45mm. Top right corner: panel with heart
and one bead, 45 by 45mm. Lower left corner: panel with foot and one bead, 45 by 45mm. Lower right
corner: panel with fountain, 45 by 45mm.
On lower cover: metal clasp which clips on to upper cover.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 172 by 114mm (covers), 172 by 32mm (spine).
End-papers: wove paper with printed marbled paper effect. Brown sewn bands at head and foot of
spine together with green marker ribbon.
Dust-jacket: none
Publication: 4 December 2008 (simultaneous with A15(a) and A15(aa))
Price: 50 / $100
Contents:
Introduction
(The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a collection of stories written for young witches)
(signed, JKRowling | 2008)
The volume was contained in a deep purple velvet bag with a gold draw string, 226 by 163mm.
On one side JKRowling, as a facsimile signature, is present in gold thread. The bag is stitched with
purple thread.
The pocket contained an envelope of ten prints. The wove paper envelope, measuring 267 by
190mm, was printed with a background to imitate a textured paper with pink, white and orange
hues. On upper panel: Collectors | Edition | Prints | JKRowling [facsimile signature] (all width
centred and within decorated border including skull, heart, and tree stump, 147 by 113mm). On flap,
45 by 190mm (with tapered left and right edges and rounded corners): childrens | HIGH LEVEL
GROUP | health. education. welfare. (lines 1 and 2 width centred and line 3 of left margin). The
ten prints, each on wove paper, are printed in blue black and replicate Rowlings illustrations as
follows:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Published as the collectors edition and offered exclusively by Amazon, the volume was intended
to reproduce the binding of the authors original offered for sale at auction (see D5). Amazon stated
that their edition was available in limited quantities. It was reported at the time of publication that
100,000 copies were printed. This is unverified.
A comparison with the text of Rowlings introduction (as set in type for A15(a) and A15(aa)),
suggests that there would be some minor revisions and that this handwritten version is in an earlier
state than that set in type. Page 12, line 8 includes fate (set in type as fates) and page 18 line 10
includes they (set in type as the notes). Note, also, the wizards or witches in the opening sentence.
Editorial files at Bloomsbury suggest that the Amazon edition was separately proof-read from the
standard trade edition but that the Bloomsbury team were part of the project.
Copies: private collection
A15(b)
THE | TALES OF | BEEDLE | THE | BARD | Translated from the original | runes by Hermione
Granger | With additional notes by | Professor Albus Dumbledore [all within decorated border
including skull, heart and tree stump, 155 by 118mm with [Lumos logo, 6 by 8mm] | LUMOS |
Working to transform the lives | of disadvantaged children at left foot and [publishers device of a
dog, 7 by 13mm] | BLOOMSBURY at right foot] (All width centred except charity and publishers
devices which are slightly inset from outer margins)
Collation: 64 unsigned leaves bound in eight gatherings of eight
leaves; 198 by 128mm; [i-x] xi-xvii [xviii] [1-2] 3-17 [18-20] 21-25
[26] 27-31 [32] 33-40 [41-44] 45-59 [60-62] 63-70 [71] 72-83
[84-86] 87 [88] 89-104 [105-106] 107-108 [109-110]
Page contents: [i] half-title: THE | TALES OF | BEEDLE | THE
| BARD with floral motif; [ii] Titles available in the Harry Potter
series | (in reading order): | Harry Potter and the Philosophers
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 |
[new paragraph] Titles available in the Harry Potter series | (in Latin):
| Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | Harry Potter and
the Chamber of Secrets | (in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish): |
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | [new paragraph] Also
available | (in aid of Comic Relief): | Fantastic Beasts and Where to
Find Them | Quidditch Through the Ages | (in aid of Lumos): | The Tales of Beedle the Bard; [iii]
title-page; [iv] First published in Great Britain in 2008 by Lumos (formerly the Childrens | High
Level Group), 12-14 Berry Street, London, EC1V 0AU, | in association with Bloomsbury Publishing
Plc, | 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP | [new paragraph] This edition published in 2012
| [new paragraph] Text and illustrations copyright J. K. Rowling 2007/2008 | [new paragraph]
Lumos and the Lumos logo and associated logos | are trademarks of the Lumos Foundation | [new
paragraph] Lumos is the operating name of Lumos Foundation (formerly the | Childrens High Level
Group), a company limited by guarantee | registered in England and Wales, number: 5611912. |
Registered charity number 1112575 | [new paragraph] J. K. Rowling has asserted her moral rights |
[new paragraph] All rights reserved | No part of this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted
by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying | or otherwise, without the prior permission
of the publisher. | [new paragraph] A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the
British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 978 1 4088 3504 3 | [new paragraph] [Forest Stewardship
Council logo, 6 by 7mm together with symbol and text: FSC | www.fsc.org with MIX | Paper
from | responsible sources | FSC C008047 to the right and all within single ruled border with
rounded corners, 12 by 26mm] | [new paragraph] Typeset by RefineCatch Limited, Bungay, Suffolk
| Printed in China by C&C Offset Printing Co Ltd, Shenzhen, Guangdong | [new paragraph]
1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 | [new paragraph] www.lumos.org.uk | www.bloomsbury.com; [v] illustration of
skull, wand, stone, cloak and ten stars, 34 by 57mm; [vi] blank; [vii] CONTENTS (seven individual
parts listed with titles and page references); [viii] blank; [ix] illustration of wand lying over rose with
ten stars, 22 by 47mm; [x] blank; xi-xvi Introduction (The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a collection of
stories written for young wizards) (signed, J K Rowling | 2008); xvii A Note on the Footnotes
(Professor Dumbledore appears to have been writing for a wizarding audience) (signed, JKR);
[xviii] blank; [1] illustration of puddle, three slugs, a thick slipper and eleven stars, 16 by 35mm;
[2] blank; 3-11 text and illustrations; 12-[18] text of commentary; [19] illustration of sword, shield
and foliage, 16 by 38mm; [20] blank; 21-35 text and illustrations; 36-[41] text of commentary; [42]
blank; [43] illustration of book, lute, key, goblet and dagger, 21 by 36mm; [44] blank; 45-54 text
and illustrations; 55-[60] text of commentary; [61] illustration of branch, axe, crown, dogs collar
and pair of hound footprints, 20 by 38mm; [62] blank; 63-77 text and illustrations; 78-[84] text of
commentary; [85] illustration of skull, wand, stone, cloak and ten stars, 31 by 50mm; [86] blank;
87-93 text and illustrations; 94-[105] text of commentary; [106] blank; 107-[109] [A personal message
from Georgette Mulheir, Chief Executive of Lumos] ([Lumos logo, 8 by 9mm] | LUMOS | Working
to transform the lives | of disadvantaged children | [new paragraph] Dear Reader, | [new paragraph]
Thank you very much for buying this unique) (signed, Georgette Mulheir | Chief Executive,
Lumos); [110] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: The Tales of Beedle the Bard (37mm) on verso, recto title
comprises story or section title, pp. xii-[105] (excluding blank pages, pages
on which a new story or section commences, or pages with a full-page
illustration). Running titles are enclosed within two vignettes of foliage
(in mirror image)
Illustrations: as for A15(a)
Binding: decorated boards in half-bound style with spine and corner
pieces in black and with covers in blue.
On spine: NOTES BY PROFESSOR | THE TALES OF BEEDLE THE
BARD [illustration of foliage, 12 by 13mm, in yellow] BLOOMSBURY
[publishers device of the head of a dog, 3 by 4mm] | ALBUS
DUMBLEDORE (reading down spine). All in gilt.
On upper cover: THE TALES | OF BEEDLE | THE BARD |
[illustration of a tree stump, 40 by 71mm] | With additional notes by |
PROFESSOR | ALBUS DUMBLEDORE (all width centred). All in gilt
with the exception of the illustration of the tree stump which is in yellow.
To the left of the author is a circular wax stamp in dark blue and black
stating Property of | HOGWARTS | LIBRARY within circular single ruled border, diameter 20mm,
with border and lettering in gilt.
On lower cover: [illustration of a tree stump, 27 by 48mm] | The Tales of Beedle the Bard contains |
five richly diverse fairy tales, each with its own | magical character, that will variously bring delight, |
laughter and the thrill of mortal peril. | [new paragraph] Essential and enjoyable reading for Muggles
| and wizards alike, The Tales of Beedle the Bard | is a uniquely magical volume. | With illuminating
notes by | Albus Dumbledore [facsimile signature] | [new paragraph] Proceeds from the sale of this
book will be | donated to Lumos, a charity working to transform | the lives of disadvantaged children.
| [new paragraph] [two columns, in the first column is [Lumos logo, 9 by 10mm] | LUMOS, in the
second column is [publishers device of a dog, 5 by 9mm] | BLOOMSBURY] | [new paragraph]
[three columns, in the first column is the barcode, in the second column is [Forest Stewardship
Council logo, 6 by 7mm] | FSC | MIX | Paper | FSC C008047 all within single ruled border with
rounded corners, 17 by 12mm, and in the third column is www.lumos.org.uk | www.bloomsbury.com/
harrypotter | www.pottermore.com]. All in yellow with the exception of the Lumos logo and name
which is in light and dark purple and the final three columns which are in black on a white panel, 23
by 81mm.
All edges trimmed. Blue and grey sewn bands at head and foot of spine. Binding measurements: 205
by 128mm (covers), 205 by 28mm (spine). End-papers: wove paper. The black spine colour continues
onto the covers by approximately 13mm.
Dust-jacket: none
Slipcase: card slipcase covered in red paper (see description for A10(d)).
Publication: 11 October 2012 in an edition of 77,200 copies (confirmed by Bloomsbury)
Price: 25 [together with A10(d) and A11(d)]
Contents:
Introduction
(The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a collection of stories written for young wizards)
(signed, J K Rowling | 2008)
A Note on the Footnotes
(Professor Dumbledore appears to have been writing for a wizarding audience)
(signed, JKR)
The Wizard and the Hopping Pot
(There was once a kindly old wizard who used his magic generously)
Albus Dumbledore on The Wizard and the Hopping Pot
(A kind old wizard decides to teach his hard-hearted son a lesson)
The Fountain of Fair Fortune
(High on a hill in an enchanted garden, enclosed by tall walls and protected)
Albus Dumbledore on The Fountain of Fair Fortune
(The Fountain of Fair Fortune is a perennial favourite)
A15(c)
association with | ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS | An Imprint of Scholastic Inc.; [iii] title-page; [iv]
Text and illustrations copyright 2007, 2008 by J. K. Rowling | HARRY POTTER and all related
characters | and elements are TM of and WBEI. | Harry Potter Publishing Rights J. K. Rowling
| [new paragraph] All rights reserved. J. K. Rowling has asserted her moral rights. | Published by
Lumos (formerly the Childrens High Level Group), in | association with Arthur A. Levine Books,
an imprint of Scholastic Inc., | Publishers since 1920. SCHOLASTIC, the LANTERN LOGO, |
and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of | Scholastic Inc. LUMOS, the
LUMOS LOGO, and associated logos | are trademarks of the Lumos Foundation. | [new paragraph]
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, | or transmitted in any
form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, | photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without
written permission of the | publisher. For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc.,
| Attention: Permissions Department, 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. | [new paragraph] ISBN
978-0-545-61540-2 | [new paragraph] 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 13 14 15 16 17 | [new paragraph]
Printed in China 95 | This edition first printing, November 2013 | [new paragraph] From every sale
of the Hogwarts Library, Scholastic will donate twenty percent of | the suggested retail sales price less taxes
of this boxed set to two charities selected by | the author J. K. Rowling: Lumos, a charity founded by J. K.
Rowling that works | to end the institutionalization of children (wearelumos.org), and Comic Relief, a |
UK-based charity that strives to create a just world free from poverty | (www.comicrelief.com). Purchase
of this book is not tax deductible.; [v] illustration of skull, wand, stone, cloak and ten stars, 34 by
57mm; [vi] blank; [vii] CONTENTS (seven individual parts listed with titles and page references);
[viii] blank; [ix] illustration of wand lying over rose with ten stars, 22 by 47mm; [x] blank; xi-xvi
Introduction (The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a collection of stories written for young wizards)
(signed, J K Rowling | 2008); xvii A Note on the Footnotes (Professor Dumbledore appears to
have been writing for a wizarding audience) (signed, JKR); [xviii] blank; [1] illustration of puddle,
three slugs, a thick slipper and eleven stars, 16 by 35mm; [2] blank; 3-11 text and illustrations; 12-[18]
text of commentary; [19] illustration of sword, shield and foliage, 16 by 38mm; [20] blank; 21-35 text
and illustrations; 36-[41] text of commentary; [42] blank; [43] illustration of book, lute, key, goblet
and dagger, 21 by 36mm; [44] blank; 45-54 text and illustrations; 55-[60] text of commentary; [61]
illustration of branch, axe, crown, dogs collar and pair of hound footprints, 20 by 38mm; [62] blank;
63-77 text and illustrations; 78-[84] text of commentary; [85] illustration of skull, wand, stone, cloak
and ten stars, 31 by 50mm; [86] blank; 87-93 text and illustrations; 94-[105] text of commentary; [106]
blank; 107-[109] [A personal message from Georgette Mulheir, Chief Executive of Lumos] ([Lumos
logo, 8 by 9mm] | LUMOS | Working to transform the lives | of disadvantaged children | [new
paragraph] Dear Reader, | [new paragraph] Thank you very much for buying this unique) (signed,
Georgette Mulheir | Chief Executive, Lumos); [110] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: The Tales of Beedle the Bard (37mm) on verso, recto title comprises story or section title,
pp. xii-[105] (excluding blank pages, pages on which a new story or section commences, or pages with
a full-page illustration). Running titles are enclosed within two vignettes of foliage (in mirror image)
Illustrations: as for A15(a)
Contents:
Introduction
(The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a collection of stories written for young wizards)
(signed, J K Rowling | 2008)
A Note on the Footnotes
(Professor Dumbledore appears to have been writing for a wizarding audience)
(signed, JKR)
The Wizard and the Hopping Pot
(There was once a kindly old wizard who used his magic generously)
Albus Dumbledore on The Wizard and the Hopping Pot
(A kind old wizard decides to teach his hard-hearted son a lesson)
The Fountain of Fair Fortune
(High on a hill in an enchanted garden, enclosed by tall walls and protected)
Albus Dumbledore on The Fountain of Fair Fortune
(The Fountain of Fair Fortune is a perennial favourite)
The Warlocks Hairy Heart
(There was once a handsome, rich and talented young warlock)
Albus Dumbledore on The Warlocks Hairy Heart
(As we have already seen, Beedles first two tales attracted criticism)
Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump
(A long time ago, in a far-off land, there lived a foolish king)
Albus Dumbledore on Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump
(The story of Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump is, in many ways)
The Tale of the Three Brothers
(There were once three brothers who were travelling along a lonely, winding road)
Albus Dumbledore on The Tale of the Three Brothers
(This story made a profound impression on me as a boy.)
Notes:
The core text of this edition appears to use the same setting as A15(b), and therefore A15(a). Note,
however, that the double title-page of A15(aa) is retained although the distinctive type used there
has been abandoned.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
J.K.ROWLiNG | [rule, 36mm] | The | Casual | Vacancy | [publishers device of L, B and column
within single oval border, 17 by 12mm] | Little, Brown (Lines 1-5 in hand-drawn lettering and all
width centred)
Collation: 256 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
234 by 151mm; [i-vi] [1-2] 3-5 [6] 7-50 [51-52] 53-175 [176-78]
179-255 [256-58] 259-328 [329-30] 331-401 [402-404] 405-465
[466-68] 469-81 [482-84] 485-503 [504-506]
Page contents: [i] half-title: The | Casual | Vacancy (hand-drawn
lettering); [ii] Also by J.K. Rowling | [new paragraph] Harry Potter
and the Philosophers 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 | [new paragraph] (in Latin) |
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | Harry Potter and the
Chamber of Secrets | [new paragraph] (in Welsh, Ancient Greek
and Irish) | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | [new
paragraph] Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Quidditch
Through the Ages | The Tales of Beedle the Bard; [iii] title-page;
[iv] LITTLE, BROWN | [new paragraph] First published in Great Britain in 2012 by Little, Brown
| [new paragraph] Copyright J.K. Rowling 2012 | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author
has been asserted. | [new paragraph] All characters and events in this publication, other than those |
clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance | to real persons, living or dead, is purely
coincidental. | [new paragraph] All rights reserved. | No part of this publication may be reproduced,
stored in a | retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without | the prior
permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated | in any form of binding or cover
other than that in which it is published | and without a similar condition including this condition
being | imposed on the subsequent purchaser. | [new paragraph] Umbrella: Written by Terius
Nash, Christopher Tricky Stewart, Shawn Carter and Thaddis | Harrell 2007 by 2082 Music
Publishing (ASCAP)/Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)/March | Ninth Music Publishing (ASCAP)/
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Warner/Chappell North America Ltd. All Rights on | behalf of March Ninth Music Publishing
Controlled and Administered by Songs of Peer Ltd. | (ASCAP). All Rights on behalf of Carter
Boys Music Controlled and Administered by EMI | Music Publishing Ltd. All rights on behalf of
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Green, Green Grass of Home: 1965 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights | administered
by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 8 Music Square West, Nashville, | TN 37203. All rights
reserved. Used by permission. | [new paragraph] A CIP catalogue record for this book | is available
from the British Library. | [new paragraph] ISBN 978-1-4087-0420-2 | [new paragraph] Typeset
in Bembo by M Rules | Printed and bound in Great Britain by | Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new
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paragraph] An Hachette UK Company | www.hachette.co.uk | [new paragraph] www.littlebrown.
co.uk; [v] To Neil; [vi] blank; [1] Part One together with quotation from Arnold-Baker; [2] blank;
3-5 text; [6] blank; 7-50 text; [51] (Olden Days) together with quotation from Arnold-Baker; [52]
blank; 53-175 text [176] blank; [177] Part Two together with quotation from Arnold-Baker; [178]
blank; 179-255 text; [256] blank; [257] Part Three together with quotation from Arnold-Baker;
[258] blank; 259-328 text; [329] Part Four together with quotation from Arnold-Baker; [330] blank;
331-401 text; [402] blank; [403] Part Five together with quotation from Arnold-Baker; [404] blank;
405-465 text; [466] blank; [467] Part Six together with quotation from Arnold-Baker; [468] blank;
469-81 text; [482] blank; [483] Part Seven together with quotation from Arnold-Baker; [484] blank;
485-503 text; [504-506] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: none
Binding: black boards.
On spine: The | J.K.ROWLiNG [square with large cross]
Casual Vacancy (reading lengthways down spine) with publishers
device of L, B, and column within single oval border, 17 by
12mm (horizontally at foot). All in gilt.
Upper and lower covers: blank.
All edges trimmed. Yellow and red sewn bands at head and foot
of spine. Binding measurements: 241 by 151mm (covers), 241 by
50mm (spine). End-papers: orange wove paper.
Dust-jacket: coated wove paper, 241 by 565mm
On spine: The | J.K.ROWLiNG [square with large cross]
[in red] Casual Vacancy (reading lengthways down spine) with
publishers device of L, B, and column within single oval border,
17 by 12mm (horizontally at foot). All in black on yellow.
brown | An imprint of Little, Brown Book Group | www.littlebrown.co.uk. Lines 1-16 in black, lines
17-18 in red, lines 19-23 in grey and lines 24-26 in black all on light yellow.
Publication: 27 September 2012 (simultaneous with A16(aa))
Price: 20
Contents:
The Casual Vacancy
(Barry Fairbrother did not want to go out to dinner...)
Notes:
The hand-drawn lettering of the title includes The nestled in the top part of the capital C of
Casual. This hand-drawn lettering is used on the half-title, title-page, spine, dust-jacket spine and
dust-jacket upper cover.
The divisional titles throughout the book quote from the seventh edition of Charles Arnold-Bakers
Local Council Administration. This work was first published in 1975 and is fully titled Local Council
Administration in English parishes and Welsh communities.
The Little, Brown book group issued a press announcement on 4 July 2012. This released the cover
design, provided updated information about the story (including the correction from previous
publicity of the name Barry Fairweather to Barry Fairbrother), noted details of the reader for the
audiobooks version and supplied a confirmed page count.
As with the Harry Potter series, online retailers were quick to announce a pre-publication discount
price. On the day of publication, the price listed on Amazon.co.uk was 9.86.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A16(aa)
J.K.ROWLiNG | [rule, 36mm] | The | Casual | Vacancy | [publishers device of 175 | YEARS
with L and B in white on black points with circular single ruled borders at centre, 13 by 14mm]
| LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY | NEW YORK BOSTON LONDON (Lines 1-5 in
hand-drawn lettering and all width centred)
Collation: 256 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
234 by 151mm; [i-vi] [1-2] 3-5 [6] 7-50 [51-52] 53-175 [176-78]
179-255 [256-58] 259-328 [329-30] 331-401 [402-404] 405-465
[466-68] 469-81 [482-84] 485-503 [504-506]
Page contents: [i] half-title: The | Casual | Vacancy (hand-drawn
lettering); [ii] Also by J.K. Rowling | [new paragraph] Harry Potter
and the Philosophers Stone | (published in the U.S. as The
Sorcerers 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 | [new paragraph] (in Latin) | Harry Potter and
the Philosophers Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
| [new paragraph] (in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish) | Harry
Potter and the Philosophers Stone | [new paragraph] Fantastic
Beasts and Where to Find Them | Quidditch Through the Ages |
The Tales of Beedle the Bard; [iii] title-page; [iv] The characters
and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, | living or dead, is coincidental
and not intended by the author. | [new paragraph] Copyright 2012 by J.K. Rowling | [new
paragraph] All rights reserved. In accordance with the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, the scanning, |
uploading, and electronic sharing of any part of this book without the permission of the | publisher
constitute unlawful piracy and theft of the authors intellectual property. If you | would like to use
material from the book (other than for review purposes), prior written | permission must be obtained
by contacting the publisher at permissions@hbgusa.com. | Thank you for your support of the authors
rights | [new paragraph] Little, Brown and Company | Hachette Book Group | 237 Park Avenue,
New York, NY 10017 | littlebrown.com | [new paragraph] First Edition: September 2012 | Published
simultaneously in Great Britain by Little, Brown Book Group, | September 2012 | [new paragraph]
Little, Brown and Company is a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc., and is | celebrating its
175th anniversary in 2012. The Little, Brown name and logo are | trademarks of Hachette Book
Group, Inc. | [new paragraph] The publisher is not responsible for websites (or their content) that
are not | owned by the publisher. | [new paragraph] The Hachette Speakers Bureau provides a wide
range of authors for | speaking events. To find out more, go to hachettespeakersbureau.com or |
call (866) 376-6591 | [new paragraph] Umbrella: Written by Terius Nash, Christopher Tricky
Stewart, Shawn Carter, | and Thaddis Harrell 2007 by 2082 Music Publishing (ASCAP)/Songs
of Peer Ltd. | (ASCAP)/March Ninth Music Publishing (ASCAP)/Carter Boys Music (ASCAP)/
EMI | Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS)/Sony/ATV Music Publishing (PRS). All rights on behalf | of
WB Music Corp. and 2082 Music Publishing Administered by Warner/Chappell | North America
Ltd. All rights on behalf of March Ninth Music Publishing Controlled | and Administered by Songs
of Peer Ltd. (ASCAP). All rights on behalf of Carter Boys | Music Controlled and Administered by
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights on behalf | of Thaddis Harrell Controlled and Administered by
Sony/ATV Music Publishing. | Green, Green Grass of Home: 1965 Sony/ATV Music Publishing
LLC. All rights | administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 8 Music Square West, Nashville,
| TN 37203. All rights reserved. Used by permission. | [new paragraph] ISBN 978-0-316-22853-4
(hc) / 978-0-316-22854-1 (large print) | Library of Congress Control Number 2012943788 | [new
paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 | [new paragraph] RRD-C | [new paragraph] Printed in the United
States of America; [v] To Neil; [vi] blank; [1] Part One together with quotation from ArnoldBaker; [2] blank; 3-5 text; [6] blank; 7-50 text; [51] (Olden Days) together with quotation from
Arnold-Baker; [52] blank; 53-175 text [176] blank; [177] Part Two together with quotation from
Arnold-Baker; [178] blank; 179-255 text; [256] blank; [257] Part Three together with quotation
from Arnold-Baker; [258] blank; 259-328 text; [329] Part Four together with quotation from
Arnold-Baker; [330] blank; 331-401 text; [402] blank; [403] Part Five together with quotation from
Arnold-Baker; [404] blank; 405-465 text; [466] blank; [467] Part Six together with quotation from
Arnold-Baker; [468] blank; 469-81 text; [482] blank; [483] Part Seven together with quotation
from Arnold-Baker; [484] blank; 485-503 text; [504] blank; [505] J.K. ROWLING is the author of
the bestselling Harry Potter series | of seven books, published between 1997 and 2007, which have
sold |over 450 million copies worldwide, are distributed in more than 200 | territories, have been
translated into 73 languages, and have been | turned into 8 blockbuster films. | [new paragraph]
As well as an Order of the British Empire for services to childrens
| literature, J.K. Rowling is the recipient of numerous awards and
hon- | orary degrees, including the Prince of Asturias Award for
Concord, | Frances Lgion dhonneur, and the Hans Christian
Andersen Award, | and she has been a commencement speaker at
Harvard University. | She supports a wide number of causes and
is the founder of Lumos, | which works to transform the lives of
disadvantaged children.; [506] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: none
Binding: black boards.
On spine: The | J.K.ROWLiNG [square with large cross] Casual
Vacancy (reading lengthways down spine) with publishers device
of L and B within circular single ruled borders and LITTLE, |
BROWN, 16 by 15mm, (horizontally at foot). All in gilt.
On upper cover: publishers device of L and B within circular single ruled borders, 13 by 26mm
(all width centred). All in blind.
Lower cover: blank.
All edges trimmed. Grey sewn bands at head and foot of spine. Binding measurements: 241 by
151mm (covers), 241 by 50mm (spine). End-papers: orange wove paper.
Dust-jacket: coated wove paper, 241 by 569mm
On spine: The | J.K.ROWLiNG [square with large cross]
[in red] Casual Vacancy (reading lengthways down spine) with
publishers device of 175 | YEARS with L and B in white on
black points with circular single dark yellow ruled borders at centre,
11 by 12mm and LiTTLE, | BROWN (horizontally at foot). All
in black on yellow.
On upper cover: J.K.ROWLiNG [in white] | [square with large
cross] [in black] | The [in white] | Casual [in white] | Vacancy [in
white] (all width centred with the exception of the title which is
at an angle and slightly off-set to the right). All on red panel, 215
by 133mm, enclosed by single border in red, 226 by 141mm, and all
on yellow.
On lower cover: [black silhouette of town skyline dominated by
steeple with trees in blind in foreground, 50 by 103mm] | [barcode
with smaller barcode to the right (53500) all in black on white
panel, 17 by 51mm]. All on red panel, 215 by 133mm, enclosed by
single border in red, 226 by 141mm, and all on yellow.
On upper inside flap: $35.00 | $36.99 in Canada | [new paragraph] A BIG NOVEL ABOUT
| A SMALL TOWN | [new paragraph] WHEN BARRY FAIRBROTHER DIES | in his early
forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock. | [new paragraph] Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll,
with a | cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but | what lies behind the pretty facade is a
town at war. | [new paragraph] Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with | their parents, wives at
war with their husbands, | teachers at war with their pupilsPagford is not | what it first seems. |
[new paragraph] And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish | council soon becomes the catalyst
for the biggest | war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in | an election fraught with passion,
duplicity, and | unexpected revelations? | [new paragraph] A big novel about a small town, | The
Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowlings | first novel for adults. It is the work of | a storyteller like no other.
Lines 1 and 2 in black, lines 3-4 in red, lines 5-18 in black and lines 19-22 in red all on light yellow.
On lower inside flap: [colour photograph of J.K. Rowling, 80 by 70mm] | J.K. ROWLING [in
red] is the author of the bestselling | Harry Potter series of seven books, published | between 1997
and 2007, which have sold over 450 | million copies worldwide, are distributed in more | than 200
territories, have been translated into | 73 languages, and have been turned into eight | blockbuster
films. | [new paragraph] As well as an Order of the British Empire for | services to childrens literature,
J.K. Rowling | is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary | degrees, including the Prince of
Asturias Award for | Concord, Frances Lgion dhonneur, and the Hans | Christian Andersen
Award, and she has been a | commencement speaker at Harvard University. | She supports a wide
range of causes and is the | founder of Lumos, which works to transform the | lives of disadvantaged
children. | [new paragraph] www.jkrowling.com | www.littlebrown.co.uk | [new paragraph] ALSO
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Publication: 27 September 2012 (simultaneous with A16(a))
Price: $35
Contents:
The Casual Vacancy
(Barry Fairbrother did not want to go out to dinner...)
Notes:
The hand-drawn lettering of the title includes The nestled in the top part of the capital C of
Casual. This hand-drawn lettering is used on the half-title, title-page, spine, dust-jacket spine and
dust-jacket upper cover.
The setting of text is not the same as the First English edition (A16(a)). Single quotation marks in the
English edition appear here as double quotation marks. Other features include hypenation of words
(the English goodbye appears as good-bye) and American spellings of words.
As with the Harry Potter series, online retailers were quick to announce a pre-publication discount
price. On the day of publication, the price listed on Amazon.com was $20.90. Copies from Amazon
Fulfillment Services in Lexington, KT, were sent out on the day of publication.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
A16(b)
J. K. | ROWLING | THE | CASUAL | VACANCY | [curved line] | sphere (All width centred
with curved line and publisher on black silhouette of town skyline dominated by steeple, 57 by
126mm)
Collation: 288 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
197 by 126mm; [i-viii] [1-2] 3-5 [6] 7-56 [57-58] 59-197 [198-200]
201-288 [289-90] 291-371 [372-74] 375-455 [456-58] 459-527
[528-30] 531-44 [545-46] 547-68
Page contents: [i-ii] extracts from 11 reviews; [iii] J.K. Rowling is
the author of the bestselling Harry Potter series | of seven books,
published between 1997 and 2007, which have | sold over 450
million copies worldwide, are distributed in more | than 200
territories, translated into 73 languages, and have been | turned
into eight blockbuster films. She has also written two small |
volumes, which appear as the titles of Harrys schoolbooks within
| the novels. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quidditch
| Through the Ages were published by Bloomsbury Childrens Books
| in March 2001 in aid of Comic Relief. In December 2008, The
| Tales of Beedle the Bard was published in aid of the Childrens
High | Level Group, and quickly became the fastest selling book of
the | year. The Casual Vacancy is her first novel for adults. | [new
paragraph] As well as an OBE for services to childrens literature, J.K. | Rowling is the recipient of
numerous awards and honorary | degrees including the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, | Frances
Lgion dHonneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen | Award, and she has been a Commencement
Speaker at Harvard | University. She supports a wide number of charitable causes | through her
charitable trust Volant, and is the founder of Lumos, | a charity working to transform the lives of
disadvantaged children.; [iv] By J.K. Rowling | [new paragraph] Harry Potter and the Philosophers
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 | [new paragraph] (in Latin) | Harry
Potter and the Philosophers Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | [new paragraph]
(in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish) | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone | [new paragraph]
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Quidditch Through the Ages | The Tales of Beedle the
Bard | [new paragraph] The Casual Vacancy; [v] title-page; [vi] SPHERE | [new paragraph] First
published in Great Britain in 2012 by Sphere | This paperback edition published in 2013 by Sphere |
[new paragraph] Copyright J.K. Rowling 2012 | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has
been asserted. | [new paragraph] All characters and events in this publication, other than those | clearly in
the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance | to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
| [new paragraph] All rights reserved. | No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a
| retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means, without | the prior permission in
writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated | in any form of binding or cover other than that
in which it is published | and without a similar condition including this condition being | imposed on
the subsequent purchaser. | [new paragraph] Umbrella: Written by Terius Nash, Christopher Tricky
Stewart, | Shawn Carter and Thaddis Harrell 2007 by 2082 Music Publishing (ASCAP)/Songs
of Peer, Ltd. | (ASCAP)/March Ninth Music Publishing (ASCAP)/Carter Boys Music (ASCAP)/
EMI Music Publishing Ltd | (PRS)/Sony/ATV Music Publishing (PRS). All rights on behalf of WB
Music Corp. and 2082 Music | Publishing Administered by Warner/Chappell North America Ltd.
All Rights on behalf of March | Ninth Music Publishing Controlled and Administered by Songs of
Peer Ltd. (ASCAP). All Rights on | behalf of Carter Boys Music Controlled and Administered by
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights on | behalf of Thaddis Harrell Controlled and Administered
by Sony/ATV Music Publishing. | [new paragraph] Green, Green Grass of Home: 1965 Sony/
ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights | administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 8 Music
Square West, Nashville, | TN 37203. All rights reserved. Used by permission. | [new paragraph] A
CIP catalogue record for this book | is available from the British Library. | [new paragraph] ISBN
978-0-7515-5286-7 | [new paragraph] Typeset in Bembo by M Rules | Printed and bound in Great
Britain by | Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] Papers used by Sphere are from well-managed
forests | and other responsible sources. | [new paragraph] [Forest Stewardship Council logo, 7 by 9mm
together with symbol and text: FSC | www.fsc.org with MIX | Paper from | responsible sources |
FSC C104740 to right] | [new paragraph] Sphere | An imprint of | Little, Brown Book Group | 100
Victoria Embankment | London EC4Y 0DY | [new paragraph] An Hachette UK Company | www.
hachette.co.uk | [new paragraph] www.littlebrown.co.uk; [vii] To Neil; [viii] blank; [1] PART ONE
together with quotation from Arnold-Baker; [2] blank; 3-5 text; [6] blank; 7-56 text; [57] (OLDEN
DAYS) together with quotation from Arnold-Baker; [58] blank; 59-197 text [198] blank; [199] PART
TWO together with quotation from Arnold-Baker; [200] blank; 201-288 text; [289] PART THREE
together with quotation from Arnold-Baker; [290] blank; 291-371 text; [372] blank; [373] PART
FOUR together with quotation from Arnold-Baker; [374] blank; 375-455 text; [456] blank; [457]
PART FIVE together with quotation from Arnold-Baker; [458] blank; 459-527 text; [528] blank;
[529] PART SIX together with quotation from Arnold-Baker; [530] blank; 531-44 text; [545] PART
SEVEN together with quotation from Arnold-Baker; [546] blank; 547-68 text
Paper: wove paper
Running title: none
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: J.K. [in metallic blue silver] | THE | CASUAL VACANCY | ROWLING [in metallic
blue silver] (reading lengthways down spine) with [curved line] | sphere (horizontally at foot). All
in white on illustration of sky, horizon, silhouette of town skyline and hill.
On upper wrapper: This is a wonderful novel [in black] | Melvyn Bragg, THE OBSERVER
[in grey] | J.K. [in metallic blue silver] | ROWLING [in metallic blue silver] | THE [in white]
A16(c)
J.K.ROWLiNG | [rule, 36mm] | The | Casual | Vacancy | [publishers device of 175 | YEARS
with L and B in white on black points with circular single ruled borders at centre, 13 by 14mm] |
LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY | NEW YORK BOSTON
LONDON (Lines 1-5 in hand-drawn lettering and all width
centred)
Collation: 256 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
228 by 139mm; [i-vi] [1-2] 3-5 [6] 7-50 [51-52] 53-175 [176-78]
179-255 [256-58] 259-328 [329-30] 331-401 [402-404] 405-465
[466-68] 469-81 [482-84] 485-503 [504-506]
Page contents: [i] half-title: The | Casual | Vacancy (hand-drawn
lettering); [ii] Also by J.K. Rowling | [new paragraph] Harry Potter
and the Philosophers Stone | (published in the U.S. as The
Sorcerers 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 | [new paragraph] (in Latin) | Harry Potter and
the Philosophers Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
| [new paragraph] (in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish) | Harry
Potter and the Philosophers Stone | [new paragraph] Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them |
Quidditch Through the Ages | The Tales of Beedle the Bard; [iii] title-page; [iv] The characters and
events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, | living or dead, is coincidental and
not intended by the author. | [new paragraph] Copyright 2012 by J.K. Rowling | [new paragraph]
All rights reserved. In accordance with the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, the scanning, | uploading,
and electronic sharing of any part of this book without the permission of the | publisher constitute
unlawful piracy and theft of the authors intellectual property. If you | would like to use material from
the book (other than for review purposes), prior written | permission must be obtained by contacting
the publisher at permissions@hbgusa.com. | Thank you for your support of the authors rights | [new
paragraph] Little, Brown and Company | Hachette Book Group | 237 Park Avenue, New York, NY
10017 | littlebrown.com | [new paragraph] First Edition: September 2012 | Published simultaneously
in Great Britain by Little, Brown Book Group, | September 2012 | [new paragraph] Little, Brown
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Contents:
The Casual Vacancy
(Barry Fairbrother did not want to go out to dinner...)
Notes:
The hand-drawn lettering of the title includes The nestled in the top part of the capital C of
Casual. This hand-drawn lettering is used on the half-title and title-page. In contrast with the first
American edition (see A16(aa)), the hand-drawn lettering is not replicated on the binding.
The setting of the text appears to be the same as for the first American edition. Even the publishers
imprint page is identical with the ISBN cited as that of the first American edition. The correct ISBN
is provided on the lower wrapper only.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
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Rossetti, A Dirge; [viii] blank; [1] Prologue together with line in Latin and two-line translation
from Lucius Accius, Telephus; [2] blank; 3-6 text; [7] Three Months Later; [8] blank; [9] Part
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Philosophiae; [10] blank; 11-53 text; [54] blank; [55] Part Two together with line in Latin and
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Elder, Historia Naturalis; [246] blank; 247-414 text; [415] Part Five together with line in Latin
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together with two lines in Latin and one-line translation from Horace, Odes, Book 2; [440] blank;
441-49 text; [450-56] blank
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Running title: ROBERT GALBRAITH (37mm) on verso and The
Cuckoos Calling (32mm) on recto, pp. 4-449 (excluding pages on
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GALBRAITH (reading lengthways down spine) with curved line and
sphere (horizontally at foot). All in gilt.
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CALLING | GALBRAITH [in golden yellow] (reading lengthways
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in white on photographic illustration of a sky in various colours and
birds.
On upper cover: The Cuckoos Calling reminds me why I fell in
| love with crime fiction in the first place | VAL MCDERMID [in
golden yellow] | ROBERT GALBRAITH [in golden yellow] | THE
| CUCKOOS | CALLING (all width centred). All in white on
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fencing with housing on right and ornate street light on left.
On lower cover: One of the most unique and compelling |
detectives Ive come across in years | MARK BILLINGHAM [in
golden yellow] | [new paragraph] One of the best crime | novels I
have ever read | ALEX GRAY [in golden yellow] | [new paragraph]
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an ornate street light and sky in various colours and falling snow.
On upper inside flap: When a troubled model falls to her | death from a snow-covered Mayfair |
balcony, it is assumed that she has | committed suicide. However, her | brother has his doubts, and
calls in | private investigator Cormoran Strike | to look into the case. | [new paragraph] Strike is a
war veteran wounded | both physically and psychologically | and his life is in disarray. The case
gives | him a financial lifeline, but it comes | at a personal cost: the more he delves | into the young
models complex world, | the darker things get and the closer he | gets to terrible danger | [new
paragraph] A gripping, elegant mystery steeped | in the atmosphere of London from | the hushed
streets of Mayfair to the | backstreet pubs of the East End to the | bustle of Soho The Cuckoos
Calling | is a remarkable book. Introducing | Cormoran Strike, this is a classic | crime novel in
the tradition of | P.D. James and Ruth Rendell, and | marks the beginning of a unique | series of
mysteries. | [new paragraph] UK16.99. All in white on photographic illustration of a sky in various
colours and birds.
On lower inside flap: ROBERT GALBRAITH [in white] is married | with two sons. After several
years with the | Royal Military Police, he was attached to | the SIB (Special Investigation Branch),
the | plain-clothes branch of the RMP. He left the | military in 2003 and has been working since |
then in the civilian security industry. The | idea for protagonist Cormoran Strike grew | directly out
of his own experiences and those | of his military friends who have returned to | the civilian world.
Robert Galbraith is | a pseudonym. | [new paragraph] sphere | An imprint of Little, Brown Book
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Contents:
The Cuckoos Calling
(The buzz in the street was like the humming of flies. Photographers stood massed...)
Notes:
Rowlings first pseudonymously published crime novel.
A report in the Evening Standard stated that until the weekend of 13/14 July 2013 the novel had
sold around 500 hardback copies, with total sales rising to 1,500 when ebooks, exports and library
copies were counted. David Shelley, from Little, Brown, commented to me in an email dated 24 June
2014, that the sales figures , pre-reveal, were a lot higher. They were accurately recorded in The
Bookseller on 17 July 2013 where sales were detailed as 1419 print, 822 e-book, more than 2000 export
and 3,800 audio download. The article also noted that the publishers confirmed it was reprinting
140,000 copies. This reprint was to be split between hardback and C-format for export and airside.
The events which led to the revelation of Rowlings authorship started with a tweet from novelist
and Sunday Times journalist, India Knight, on 9 July 2013. Knight had stated that the work was good
for a debut novel. Judith Callegari, a follower of Knights tweets, responded that it was a novel by
an existing author. Knight asked for details and the response was that the author was J.K. Rowling.
The leak had originated from Russells Solicitors. One of its partners, Chris Gossage, had told his
wifes best friend, Judith Callegari. The solicitors issued a statement noting that while accepting
[Gossages] own culpability, the disclosure was made in confidence to someone he trusted implicitly.
On becoming aware of the circumstances, we immediately notified J.K. Rowlings agent
India Knight alerted the arts editor of the Sunday Times, Richard Brooks, who started investigations. A philosophy tutor at Hertford College, Oxford, Professor Peter Millican, was then approached.
Professor Millican had developed computer software that compared and analysed texts. He was asked
to compare text from The Cuckoos Calling against The Casual Vacancy, Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows, two works by Ruth Rendell, two works by P.D. James and two works by Val McDermid.
Millican looked for a variety of word length, sentence length, patterns of punctuation and the
frequency of particular words. The result was that, in most tests, The Cuckoos Calling displayed
characteristics closest to the other Rowling works. Brooks then played a cat-and-mouse game with
the publisher. Eventually, when asked whether the author was Rowling, the publisher admitted the
novels authorship. The news story broke on 14 July 2013.
Rowling stated that she had hoped to keep this secret a little longer and described writing as
Robert Galbraith such a liberating experience, adding it has been wonderful to publish without
hype or expectation, and pure pleasure to get feedback under a different name. She described her
editor, David Shelley, as a true partner in crime.
The shock of the pseudonym kept newspapers happy for days. The Evening Standard raised the
question on 16 July 2013 as to whether The Cuckoos Calling was being offered to publishers before
publication of The Casual Vacancy. When one editor, Kate Mills of Orion Books, admitted to having
turned the book down, it became clear that The Cuckoos Calling had certainly been offered to other
publishers before Sphere. Neil Blair and David Shelley are reported as insisting that no one at Sphere
knew who the author was and the novel was taken on entirely on its own merits (see Maxine Frith,
Harry plotter?, Evening Standard, 16 July 2013, pp. 20-21).
It appears that 250 copies of the first edition were signed Robert Galbraith. David Headley, owner of
Goldsboro Books of Charing Cross Road, a shop which specializes in first editions, requested a book
signing session before Rowling was unmasked. The publisher apparently explained that the author was
in America but could sign 250 copies for delivery. Before 14 July 130 copies had been sold. Headley
apparently sold the remaining stock at the cover price.
On 10 December 2013 the only known copy, to date, signed by both Robert Galbraith and J.K.
Rowling was sold at Sothebys. The copy was sold to benefit EdUKaid, a registered charity, that works
with rural communities in Tanzania to improve the teaching and learning environment through
building classrooms and ungrading schools. Estimated at 2,000/3,000, the volume sold for 2,500
(including buyers premium).
With sudden demand, the supply of copies was exhausted and it appears that at least two reprints were
ordered by the publisher. This is suggested by a copy ordered from amazon.co.uk during the morning
of 14 July. This copy was despatched on 18 July and arrived the following day. It contains the reprint
information Reprinted 2013 (twice). Waterstones in Picaddilly also had stock on 19 July 2013 with
identical reprint details. No copies of Reprinted 2013 have yet been consulted.
Note a typographical error on the lower side flap with Wilson appearing as WIlson.
Copies: BL (Nov.2014/1105) stamped 11 Apr 2013; private collection (TBP); Sothebys, 10
December 2013, lot 320
Reprints include:
Reprinted 2013 (twice)
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and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real | persons, living or dead, is coincidental
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States of America; [v] To the real Deeby | with many thanks; [vi] blank; [vii] two stanzas comprising
Christina G. Rossetti, A Dirge; [viii] blank; [1] Prologue together with line in Latin and two-line
translation from Lucius Accius, Telephus; [2] blank; 3-6 text; [7] Three Months Later; [8] blank; [9]
Part One together with two lines in Latin and three-line translation from Boethius, De Consolatione
Philosophiae; [10] blank; 11-53 text; [54] blank; [55] Part Two together with line in Latin and
two-line translation from Virgil, Aeneid, Book 1; [56] blank; 57-157 text; [158] blank; [159] Part
Three together with line in Latin and two-line translation from Virgil, Aeneid, Book 1; [160] blank;
161-245 text; [246] blank; [247] Part Four together with line in Latin and two-line translation from
Pliny the Elder, Historia Naturalis; [248] blank; 249-417 text; [418] blank; [419] Part Five together
with line in Latin and two-line translation from Virgil, Georgics, Book 2; [420] blank; 421-43 text;
[444] blank; [445] Epilogue together with two lines in Latin and one-line translation from Horace,
Odes, Book 2; [446] blank; 447-55 text; [456] ABOUT THE AUTHOR | [new paragraph] ROBERT
GALBRAITH spent several years with the Royal Military Police | before being attached to the SIB
(Special Investigative Branch), the | plainclothes branch of the RMP. He left the military in 2003
and | has been working since then in the civilian security industry. The | idea for Cormoran Strike
grew directly out of his own experiences | and those of his military friends who returned to the
civilian world. | Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym.
Paper: wove paper
Running title: ROBERT GALBRAITH (30mm) on verso and The Cuckoos Calling (30mm) on recto,
pp. 4-455 (excluding pages on which new chapters commence, part division pages and blank pages)
Binding: grey paper-backed spine with black boards.
On spine: The Cuckoos Calling Robert Galbraith (reading lengthways down spine) and
[publishers device of a m] | MULHOLLAND | BOOKS | [rule] | LITTLE, BROWN (horizontally
at foot). All in silver.
On upper cover: publishers device of L and B within circular single ruled borders, 13 by 26mm
(all width centred). All in blind.
Lower cover: blank.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 241 by 149mm (covers), 241 by 49mm (spine). The
grey paper spine continues onto the covers by 29mm. End-papers: wove paper.
Dust-jacket: coated wove paper, 241 by 537mm
On spine: the [hand-drawn lettering] | ROBERT GALBRAITH [in green grey] | cuckoos calling
[hand-drawn lettering] (reading lengthways down spine) with [publishers device of a black M with
white stitching effect on a white circle, diameter 9mm] | MULHOLLAND | BOOKS | [rule] |
LITTLE, | BROWN (horizontally at foot). All in white on black.
On upper cover: the [hand-drawn lettering] | cuckoos [hand-drawn lettering] | calling
[hand-drawn lettering] | ROBERT GALBRAITH (title at an angle and with lines 1-2 off-set to the
left and lines 3-4 off-set to the right). All in white on photographic illustration of a woman (showing
back of the head) with a sea of photographers taking pictures.
On lower cover: The Cuckoos Calling reminds me | why I fell in love with crime fiction | in
the first piece. VAL McDERMID, | bestselling author of The Vanishing Point | [new paragraph]
The private-eye novel is not dead. | It was merely waiting for Robert | Galbraith to give it a firm
squeeze, | goosing it back to bold life. Fans | of hard-boiled crime are going to go | cuckoo for this
one. I havent had | this much fun with a detective novel | in years. DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI,
| Shamus and Anthony Award-winning | author of Fun & Games all in first column together
with Cormoran Strike is an amazing | creation and I cant wait for his | next outing. Strike is so
instantly | compelling that its hard to believe | this is a debut novel. I hope there | are plenty more
Cormoran Strike | adventures to come. A beautifully | written debut introducing one of | the most
unique detectives Ive come across in years. | MARK BILLINGHAM, | author of The Demands
[new paragraph] Robert Galbraiths debut is as | hard-bitten and hard-driving as its | battered hero.
The Cuckoos Calling | scales the glittering heights of | society even as it plumbs the dark | depths
of the human heart. | A riveting read from an author | to watch. MIKE COOPER, | Shamus
Award-winning | author of Clawback | [new paragraph] [barcode with smaller barcode to the right
(52600) all in black on white panel, 25 by 49mm] all in second column. All in black on photographic
illustration of a woman (showing back of the head) with a sea of photographers taking pictures.
On upper inside flap: $26.00 US | $29.00 CAN | [new paragraph] A BRILLIANT DEBUT
MYSTERY | IN A CLASSIC VEIN: | DETECTIVE CORMORAN STRIKE | INVESTIGATES
A | SUPERMODELS SUICIDE. | [new paragraph] After losing his leg to a land mine in |
Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely | scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is | down to
one client, and creditors are calling. | He has also just broken up with his longtime | girlfriend and
is living in his office. | [new paragraph] Then John Bristow walks through his | door with an amazing
story: His sister, the | legendary supermodel Lula Landry, known to | her friends as the Cuckoo,
famously fell to | her death a few months earlier. The police | ruled it a suicide, but John refuses to
believe | that. The case plunges Strike into the world | of multimillionaire beauties, rock-star boy- |
friends, and desperate designers, and it | introduces him to every variety of pleasure, | enticement,
seduction, and delusion known | to man. | [new paragraph] You may think you know detectives, but
| youve never met one quite like Strike. You | may think you know about the wealthy and | famous,
but youve never seen them under an | investigation like this. Lines 1-2 and 8-30 in black with lines
3-7 in green and all on white. The initial A of After is a drop capital.
On lower inside flap: ROBERT GALBRAITH [in green] spent several years | with the Royal
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and | those of his military friends who returned to | the civilian world. Robert Galbraith is a |
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Price: $26
Contents:
The Cuckoos Calling
(The buzz in the street was like the humming of flies. Photographers stood massed...)
Notes:
As confirmed by publication dates, the American edition of this novel was published twelve days after
the English edition.
The setting of text is not the same as the First English edition. Consistent with American style, single
quotation marks in the English edition appear here as double quotation marks, for example.
The publishers blurb on the dust-jacket has been revised slightly from that which appeared on the
American proof (see AA5(b)). The dust-jacket was designed by the same designer who worked on
the dust-jacket of The Casual Vacancy (see A16(a) and A16(aa)).
An article in The Bookseller on 17 July 2013 noted that the publisher Mulholland Books has ordered
a 300,000-copy reprint.
Copies: private collection (TBP)
Reprints include:
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
Harry Potter and the | Philosophers Stone | J. A Rowling | [publishers device of a house with
Bloomsbury above, reading lengthways from head, 25 by 7mm] (Lines 1-3 width centred with line
4 on right margin)
Collation: 112 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
198 by 129mm; [1-7] 8-18 [19] 20-27 [28] 29-38 [39] 40-48 [49]
50-66 [67] 68-84 [85] 86-97 [98] 99-106 [107] 108-120 [121] 122-32
[133] 134-42 [143] 144-57 [158] 159-66 [167] 168-76 [177] 178-90
[191] 192-208 [209] 210-24
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter and the | Philosophers
Stone; [2] blank; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of
this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, | without
the prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First
published in Great Britain in 1997 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
38 Soho Square, London W1V 5DF | [new paragraph] Copyright
Text Joanne Rowling 1997 | Copyright Cover illustration
Thomas Taylor1997 [sic] | [new paragraph] The moral right of the
author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this book is
available from the | British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475
3274 5 Paperback | 0 7475 3269 9 Hardback | [new paragraph]
Printed and bound by | Caledonian International Book Manufacturing, Glasgow | [new paragraph]
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; [5] for Jessica, who loves stories, | for Anne, who loved them too, | and for Di, who
heard this one first.; [6] blank; [7]-224 text
Paper: wove paper
On lower wrapper: Harry Potter is an ordinary boy | who lives in the cupboard under | the stairs
at his aunt and uncles | house until he is | rescued by an owl | and taken to Hogwarts | School of
Wizardry | and Witchcraft. | Once there he learns his | true identity, the reason | behind his parents
| mysterious death, who is | out to kill him and | finally uncovers the | biggest secret of all, | the
fabled Philosophers stone. | [new paragraph] This is a magical | and gripping book by a | wonderfully
talented author. | [barcode in black on white panel] | 4.50. All in black with the exception of the
first H in Harry which is in green and all on a dark yellow background with colour illustration on
left-hand side of a wizard smoking a pipe, together with nine stars. The initial H of Harry is a drop
capital and is printed in green.
The entire design is printed on card with a white border on the left. Printed in black on white is
the publication information: June 1997 4.50 224pp 198x129mm 07475 32745.
On page 53, under the heading, Other Equipment, 1 wand is listed twice. This error was retained in
the first edition. Note that the authorship of J. A Rowling from the title-page was corrected.
Copies: Sothebys, 17 December 2008, lot 214
Harry Potter and the | Chamber of Secrets | J. K. Rowling | [publishers device of a dog, 11 by
19mm] | BLOOMSBURY (All width centred)
Collation: 128 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
198 by 127mm; [1-7] 8-14 [15] 16-23 [24] 25-36 [37] 38-52 [53]
54-67 [68] 69-80 [81] 82-93 [94] 95-106 [107] 108-121 [122] 123-36
[137] 138-53 [154] 155-69 [170] 171-85 [186] 187-97 [198] 199-210
[211] 212-26 [227] 228-41 [242] 243-52 [253-56]
Page contents: [1] half-title: Harry Potter and the | Chamber of
Secrets; [2] blank; [3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of
this publication may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, | without the
prior permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First published
in Great Britain in 1998 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho
Square, London W1V 5DF | [new paragraph] Copyright Text
J.K. Rowling 1998 | Copyright Cover Illustration Cliff Wright
1997 | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been
asserted | A CIP catalogue record of this book is available from the
| British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 3849 2 | [new
paragraph] Printed and bound in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives
plc | [new paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 | [new paragraph] Cover
design by Michelle Radford; [5] DEDICATION; [6] blank; [7]-252
text; [253-56] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title
comprises chapter title, pp. 8-252
Binding: white wrappers overprinted in blue.
On spine: HARRY POTTER and The Chamber of Secrets
J.K.Rowling BLOOMSBURY (reading lengthways down spine)
together with publishers logo of a dogs head, 3 by 4mm (horizontally
at foot of spine). All in white on blue.
On upper wrapper: [illustration of test tube and six stars, 42 by 44mm] [in white on blue panel, 49
by 127mm] | J.K.Rowling | HARRY POTTER | and The Chamber of Secrets | UNCORRECTED
PROOF COPY | BLOOMSBURY [in white on black oval, 13 by 54mm and on blue panel, 80 by
127mm] (all width centred). Lines 2-5 in black on white panel, 67 by 127mm.
On lower wrapper: [blue panel, 49 by 127mm] | Publication Date July 1998 | UK Price 10.99
| ISBN 0 7475 3849 2 | Trimmed page size 198x129mm | Extent 256pp | This is an uncorrected
proof copy and is not for sale. | All specifications are provisional. | It should not be quoted without
comparison | to the finally revised text. | It does not reflect the quality, page size | [blue panel, 82
by 127mm]. Lines 1-10 all in black on white panel, 67 by 127mm.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 198 by 127mm (wrappers), 198 by 16mm (spine).
Price: not for sale
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four)
Notes:
The text was slightly re-set for the first English edition (see A2(a)).
A number of asterisks, which appear in the first edition to create breaks between sections of text, are
printed on the left margin. The first English edition has these centred.
An unconfirmed print-run of 300 copies is generally accepted for this proof. Bloomsbury is unable to
provide accurate figures and has merely suggested between 200 and 300 copies.
The text on the lower wrapper is incomplete, reading only It does not reflect the quality, page size.
The conclusion, as seen on AA4(a) and AA4(b), is or thickness of the finished text.
Copies: Sothebys, 17 December 2008, lot 215
AA2(b)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS | [black and white illustration of
Hogwarts castle, in oval, 53 by 91mm] | BY | J. K. ROWLING | ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY
GRANDPR | [publishers device of a lantern, 12 by 9mm] | ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS | AN
IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC PRESS (All width centred on a diamond pattern background)
Collation: 176 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 227 by 151mm; [I-VI] VII-VIII
[IX-X] 1-341 [342]
Page contents: [I] Advance publishing information: HARRY POTTER | AND THE CHAMBER
OF SECRETS | [rule, 84mm] | J. K. ROWLING | [two columns: ISBN: | 0-439-06486-4 |
page references); [IX] half-title: HARRY POTTER | AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (all on
diamond pattern background); [X] blank; 1-341 text; [342] colophon: [publishers device of a lantern,
17 by 13mm] | This book | was art directed by | David Saylor. The art for both | the jacket and the interior
was created | using pastels on toned printmaking paper. | The text was set in 12-point Adobe Garamond, |
a typeface based on the sixteenth-century type designs of | Claude Garamond, redrawn by Robert Slimbach |
in 1989. The book was printed and bound at | Berryville Graphics in Berryville, Virginia. | The production
was supervised by | Angela Biola and Mike | Derevjanik.
Paper: wove paper
Running title: CHAPTER and chapter number on verso, recto title comprises chapter title,
pp. 1-341 except for pages on which a new chapter commences. On these pages, the running title
comprises CHAPTER and chapter number. Each running title (excluding pages on which new
chapters commence) begins and ends with a three star device (in mirror image)
Illustrations: title-page vignette, together with nine vignettes at the beginning of chapters 3, 4, 7, 8,
9, 10, 11, 14 and 17 (after chapter and chapter number but before chapter title). Chapters 1, 2, 5, 6,
12, 13, 15, 16 and 18 do not have illustrations in this proof. See notes.
Binding: pictorial wrappers.
On spine: ROWLING | [rule] (horizontally at head) with
HARRY POTTER | AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (reading
lengthways down spine) and [publishers device of a lantern, 15 by
10mm] | ARTHUR A. | LEVINE BOOKS | [rule] | SCHOLASTIC
| PRESS (horizontally at foot). All in grey and all on colour
illustration of pillar.
On upper wrapper: Harry Potter [hand-drawn lettering] [in grey] |
AND THE [hand-drawn lettering in red of illustration] | CHAMBER
[hand-drawn lettering in red of illustration] | OF SECRETS
[hand-drawn lettering in red of illustration] | J. K. ROWLING [in grey]
| ADVANCE READERS EDITION [in white] (all width centred).
All on colour illustration of Harry Potter holding onto tail of a flying
phoenix.
On lower wrapper: UNCORRECTED PROOF NOT FOR
SALE | [rule, 104mm] | [four-sided device] Sequel to the extraordinary
New York Times best-seller, | Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone | [four-sided device] Britains
phenomenal #1 best-seller | [four-sided device] Winner of the British National Book Award | [new
paragraph] You dont have to be a wizard or a kid to appreciate the spell cast by Harry | Potter.
USA Today | A charming, imaginative, magical confection of a novel. Boston Globe | Harry
is destined for greatness. The New York Times | [new paragraph] The summer after his first year
at Hogwarts is worse than ever for Harry | Potter. The Dursleys of Privet Drive reach new lows of
malevolent prissiness. | And just when Harry thinks the endless vacation is over, a neurotic house-elf
| named Dobby shows up to warn him against going back to school. Of course, | Harry doesnt listen.
But Hogwarts isnt the cure he expects it to be. Almost | immediately a student is found turned
to stone, and then another. And some- | how Harry stands accused. Could Harry Potter be the
long-feared heir of | Slytherin? | [new paragraph] Harry and his friends are stretched to their limits
dealing with the likes of | Moaning Myrtle, a spirit who haunts the girls bathroom; the outrageously
| conceited new professor, Gilderoy Lockheart; and the mysterious Tom Riddle | (a boy from
Hogwarts past), whose diary gives terrifying new meaning to the | phrase a compelling read. | [new
paragraph] | COMING IN SEPTEMBER 1999 | [four-sided device] First Printing 250,000 Copies
[four-sided device] Promotional Giveaways | [four-sided device] $150,000 Marketing Campaign
[four-sided device] Reservation Board | [four-sided device] National Advertising [four-sided device]
Reading Group Guide | [four-sided device] National Publicity Campaign [four-sided device] Featured
Online at Scholastic.com | and Author Tour | [four-sided device] 44-Copy Mixed Floor Display with
the Paperback of | Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone | [four-sided device] ISBN 0-439-06486-4
[four-sided device] 352 pages | [four-sided device] $17.95 US [four-sided device] Black and White
Illustrations. All in black on light green panel within grey rule, 212 by 130mm and all obscuring
colour illustration.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 227 by 151mm (wrappers), 227 by 21mm (spine).
Price: not for sale
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four)
Notes:
Note that the title-page vignette is that from Sorcerers Stone (see A4(a)).
The three typographical features present in the first American edition (see A2(c)) are absent in
the proof. On page 21 there is a large space for the facsimile of Mafalda Hopkirks signature. On
pages 127-28 (the setting of the text takes more space than the setting in A2(c)) a simple italic font
provides the text of the Kwikspell course description and students endorsements. The newspaper
headline on page 221 is provided in italic capitals.
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection
HARRY POTTER | AND THE SORCERERS STONE | [black and white illustration of Hogwarts
castle, in oval, 53 by 90mm] | BY | J.K. ROWLING | ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY GRANDPR
| [publishers device of a lantern, 12 by 9mm] | ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS | AN IMPRINT OF
SCHOLASTIC PRESS (All width centred on a diamond pattern background)
Collation: 160 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
227 by 153mm; [I-VIII] 1-309 [310-312]
Page contents: [I] A Note From the Publisher (To be present at the
debut of a glorious new talent is one of the great joys) (facsimile
of publishers signature) with letter head and footer replicating
publishers headed paper and with section of publishers device of a
lantern behind text on right margin in grey; [II] PRAISE FOR J.K.
ROWLINGS | SMASHING DEBUT | [device of seven stars] |
[five extracts from reviews listed with sources]; [III] title-page; [IV]
FOR JESSICA, WHO LOVES STORIES, | FOR ANNE, WHO
LOVED THEM TOO; | AND FOR DI, WHO HEARD THIS
ONE FIRST. | [device of twelve stars] | Text copyright 1998 by
J.K. Rowling | Illustrations copyright 1998 by Mary Grandpr
| All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Press, a division of
Scholastic Inc., | Publishers since 1920, 555 Broadway, New York,
NY 10012 | by arrangement with Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
| SCHOLASTIC, SCHOLASTIC PRESS, ARTHUR A. LEVINE BOOKS and associated logos
| are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. | [new paragraph] No part of this
publication may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted | in any form or by any
means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, | without written permission of
the publisher. For information regarding permissions, write | to Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., 38 Soho
Square, London W1V 5DF, United Kingdom. | [new paragraph] Library of Congress Cataloging-inPublication Data | [new paragraph] Rowling, J.K. | Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone / by J.K.
Rowling | p. cm. | Summary: Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy
| with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School | of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
| ISBN 0-590-35340-3 (hc.) ISBN 0-590-35342-X (pb.) | [square bracket]1. Fantasy Fiction.
2. Witches Fiction. 3. Wizards Fiction. | 4. Schools Fiction. 5. England Fiction.[square
bracket] I. Title. | PZ7.R79835Har 1998 | [square bracket]Fic[square bracket] dc21 97-39059 | [new
HARRY | POTTER | and the Prisoner of Azkaban | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 67 by 82mm] | J.K.ROWLING |
[publishers device of a dog, 11 by 18mm] | BLOOMSBURY (Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and right
margins, and all width centred)
Collation: 158 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
198 by 129mm; [1-7] 8-17 [18] 19-28 [29] 30-41 [42] 43-55 [56]
57-74 [75] 76-93 [94] 95-106 [107] 108-121 [122] 123-36 [137]
138-55 [156] 157-71 [172] 173-85 [186] 187-97 [198] 199-213 [214]
215-29 [230] 231-42 [243] 244-54 [255] 256-59 [260] 261-74 [275]
276-80 [281] 282-301 [302] 303-315 [316]
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the Prisoner
of Azkaban | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend DRAGO
DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 47 by
57mm]; [2] Also available: | Harry Potter and the Philosophers
Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; [3] title-page; [4]
All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced or
| transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying
or otherwise, | without the prior permission of the publisher | [new
paragraph] First published in Great Britain in 1999 | Bloomsbury
Publishing Plc, 38 Soho Square, London, W1V 5DF | [new paragraph]
Copyright Text Joanne Rowling 1999 | Copyright Illustrations
Cliff Wright 1999 | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue
record of this book is available from the | British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 4215 5 | [new
paragraph] Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 |
[new paragraph] Cover Design by Nathan Burton; [5] ? dedication; [6] blank; [7]-315 text; [316] blank
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-315
Binding: white wrappers overprinted in purple.
On spine: HARRY POTTER AND [in white] | J.K. ROWLING [in white] BLOOMSBURY
[in black] | THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN [in white] (reading lengthways down spine)
An unconfirmed print-run of 50 copies is generally accepted for this proof. This would suggest that the
proof was released to a very select readership, with the publisher expecting to issue the text in a later
state to a greater number of readers. Bloomsbury, however, note a print-run of 150 copies.
Copies: Sothebys, 17 December 2008, lot 216
AA4(b)
HARRY | POTTER | and the Prisoner of Azkaban | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on banner, 67 by 82mm] | J.K.ROWLING |
[publishers device of a dog, 11 by 18mm] | BLOOMSBURY (Lines 1 and 2 justified on left and right
margins, and all width centred)
Collation: 158 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings;
198 by 128mm; [1-7] 8-17 [18] 19-28 [29] 30-41 [42] 43-55 [56]
57-74 [75] 76-93 [94] 95-106 [107] 108-121 [122] 123-36 [137]
138-55 [156] 157-71 [172] 173-85 [186] 187-97 [198] 199-213 [214]
215-29 [230] 231-42 [243] 244-54 [255] 256-61 [262] 263-75 [276]
277-81 [282] 283-302 [303] 304-316
Page contents: [1] half-title: HARRY | POTTER | and the
Prisoner of Azkaban | [illustration of Hogwarts crest with legend
DRAGO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS on
banner, 47 by 57mm]; [2] Also available: | Harry Potter and the
Philosophers Stone | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets;
[3] title-page; [4] All rights reserved; no part of this publication
may be reproduced or | transmitted by any means, electronic,
mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, | without the prior
permission of the publisher | [new paragraph] First published
in Great Britain in 1999 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho
Square, London, W1V 5DF | [new paragraph] Copyright Text
Joanne Rowling 1999 | Copyright Illustrations Cliff Wright
1999 | [new paragraph] The moral right of the author has been asserted | A CIP catalogue record
of this book is available from the | British Library | [new paragraph] ISBN 0 7475 4215 5 | [new
paragraph] Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc | [new paragraph] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
| [new paragraph] Cover Design by Nathan Burton; [5] ? dedication; [6] blank; [7]-316 text
Paper: wove paper
Running title: HARRY POTTER (24mm) on verso, recto title comprises chapter title, pp. 8-316
Binding: white wrappers overprinted in green.
On spine: HARRY POTTER AND [in white] | J.K. ROWLING [in white] BLOOMSBURY [in
black] | THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN [in white] (reading lengthways down spine) together with
publishers logo of a dogs head in black, 3 by 4mm (horizontally at foot
of spine). All on green.
On upper wrapper: [green panel, 52 by 128mm] | J.K. Rowling
| HARRY POTTER AND THE | PRISONER OF AZKABAN |
UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY | BLOOMSBURY [in white on
black oval, 13 by 54mm and on green panel, 83 by 128mm] (all width
centred). Lines 1-4 in black on white panel, 63 by 128mm.
On lower wrapper: [green panel, 52 by 128mm] | Publication
Date July 1999 | UK Price 10.99 | ISBN 0 7475 4215 5 | Trimmed
page size 198x129mm | Extent 256pp | This is an uncorrected proof
copy and is not for sale. | All specifications are provisional. | It
should not be quoted without comparison | to the finally revised text.
| It does not reflect the quality, page size | or thickness of the finished
text. | [green panel, 83 by 128mm]. Lines 1-11 all in black on white
panel, 63 by 128mm.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 198 by 128mm
(wrappers), 198 by 21mm (spine).
Price: not for sale
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways)
Notes:
This is a later proof than that issued in purple wrappers. See notes to AA4(a) for a comparison.
An unconfirmed print-run of 250 copies is generally accepted for this proof. Bloomsbury, however,
provides a figure of 150 copies.
Copies: Sothebys, 17 December 2008, lot 216 inscribed to Louise, | one of the privileged | few (to
have one | of these!) | JKRowling on p. [5]
AA4(c)
HARRY POTTER | AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN | [black and white illustration
of Hogwarts castle, in oval, 53 by 91mm] | BY | J. K. ROWLING | ILLUSTRATIONS BY
MARY GRANDPR | [publishers device of a lantern, 12 by 9mm] | ARTHUR A. LEVINE
BOOKS | AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC PRESS (All width centred on a diamond pattern
background)
p. 14 handwritten letter
p. 14 facsimile of Minerva McGonagalls signature
p. 37 newspaper headline
p. 51 advertisement sign
p. 192 The Marauders Map legend
p. 270 handwritten letter
p. 285 four different handwritten comments
p. 289 handwritten letter
p. 313 handwritten exam schedule
p. 323 handwritten letter
| Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone | [new paragraph] [four-sided device] ISBN 0-439-13635-0
[four-sided device] 448 pages | [four-sided device] $19.95 US [four-sided device] Black-and-White
Illustrations. All in black on purple panel within red rule, 190 by 133mm and obscuring diamond
pattern background in black and blue.
All edges trimmed. Binding measurements: 227 by 150mm (wrappers), 227 by 26mm (spine).
Price: not for sale
Contents:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways. For one thing, he hated)
Notes:
Note that the title-page vignette is that from Sorcerers Stone (see A4(a)).
Each chapter commences with a drop capital.
Copies: private collection
AA5(b)
The | Cuckoos | Calling | Robert Galbraith | [publishers device of a black M with white stitching
effect on a grey circle, diameter 14mm] | MULHOLLAND BOOKS | Little, Brown and Company
| New York Boston London (All width centred)
Collation: 234 unsigned leaves bound in indeterminate gatherings; 235 by 152mm; [i-viii] [1-2] 3-6 [7-10]
11-53 [54-56] 57-157 [158-60] 161-244 [245-46] 247-414 [415-16] 417-38 [439-42] 443-51 [452-60]
Page contents: [i] half-title: The Cuckoos Calling | These are uncorrected advance proofs bound
for | your reviewing convenience. Please check with the | publisher or refer to the finished book
whenever you | are excerpting or quoting in a review. (lines 4-7 within single ruled border, 25
by 95mm); [ii] blank; [iii] title-page; [iv] The characters and events in this book are fictitious.
Any similarity to real persons, | living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. |
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[viii] blank; [1] Prologue together with line in Latin and two-line translation from Lucius Accius,
Telephus; [2] blank; 3-6 text; [7] Three Months Later; [8] blank; [9] Part One together with two lines
in Latin and three-line translation from Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiae; [10] blank; 11-53
text; [54] blank; [55] Part Two together with line in Latin and two-line translation from Virgil, The
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The Cuckoos Calling
(The buzz in the street was like the humming of flies. Photographers stood massed...)
Notes:
The text was to be reset for the first American edition, hence the difference in pagination between
this and A17(b).
The publishers blurb was to see some minor revisions before publication on the dust-jacket of the first
American edition (see A17(b)).
Copies: private collection (TBP)
Highlights and proof) changed to turning teacups into rats (in first
edition) and they were weirdoes (in Autumn Highlights and proof)
changed to they were weirdos (in first edition).
Small errors in the setting of text further suggest that Autumn
Highlights is earlier than the proof: Dark days. Harry (in Autumn
Highlights) compared to Dark days, Harry (in proof and first) and
There was somethin goin on that night he hadnt counted on
I dunno what (in Autumn Highlights) compared to There was
somethin goin on that night he hadnt counted on I dunno
what (in proof) and There was somethin goin on that night he
hadnt counted on I dunno what (in first edition).
Given that this volume probably pre-dates the English proof it
comprises the first appearance of any Harry Potter text in print. A
six-line introduction provides a short synopsis:
Harry Potter is an ordinary boy who lives in the cupboard under
the stairs at his aunt and uncles house until he is rescued by
an owl and taken to Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft. Once there he learns his
true identity, the reason behind his parents mysterious death, who is out to kill him, and finally
uncovers the biggest secret of all, the fabled Philosophers Stone.
This is evidently an early version of the blurb that would appear on the first English edition (see
A1(a) and A1(aa)). Advance acclaim for Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone is then provided,
credited to Wendy Cooling:
a terrific read and a stunning first novel. Harry is a really memorable character This really
is one of those books that cant be put down: the story raced along and had me hooked to the last
page. Joanne Rowling clearly has a remarkable imagination and this splendid novel leaves me full
of anticipation of what she might do next.
Then, after publication date and ISBN, the volume provides, on pages 189-202, the complete text
of chapter four.
Nielsen BookData does not record this ISBN or title. The publication date must be assumed to be in
the first part of 1997.
Copies: David Cornell, bookseller (bookseller inventory #001353)
B2
B3
and 2004. The publishers would also use the shortened version within Childrens Writers and Artists
Yearbook (see B8).
Copies: private collection (PWE)
B4
The interview is structured under the headings: My family and my childhood, My schooldays, My
career and My career as a writer.
Page [36] provides two drawings by Rowling of the Sorting Hat and Fawkes the phoenix.
Copies: BL (YK.2001.a.3785) stamped 5 Mar 2001
B5 [NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ONE PARENT FAMILIES], FAMILIES JUST LIKE US (2000)485
Rowling [in white] | [two photographs with Book Trust logo at left
margin, produced by Young Book Trust and | National Council for
One Parent Families in black at centre and One Parent Families
logo at right margin] (Lettering all width centred with photographs
at edges)
Copyright 2000 National Council for One Parent Families |
ISBN 1 85199 144 1 Published by National Council for One Parent
Families and Book Trust on imprint page
210 by 148mm; 1-48; glossy wove paper; pictorial wrappers; published
1 November 2000 (Nielsen BookData); 4.99
Includes
Foreword by J.K. Rowling
(I still have two early reader books featuring a brother and sister
called Peter and Susan)
(signed, JKRowling)
As noted by the blurb on the lower wrapper, this is a guide to books for and about children in
one-parent families from picturebooks for young children to non-fiction titles for teenagers. It was
intended as an invaluable resource for parents, teachers, libraries and bookshops.
A review of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone is included on page 34 (within the 8-11 Years
category).
Copies: private collection (PWE)
B6
B7
B8
B9
Includes:
Introduction
(When I arrived in Edinburgh in December 1993, the city was
snow-covered)
(signed, J. K. Rowling)
All proceeds from the sale of the book were to benefit the OneCity
Trust. This charity was created as a result of a report commissioned by
Edinburghs Lord Provost in 1998 to discover the extent of social exclusion
in the city. The charity helps communities throughout Edinburgh by
supporting educational and social welfare projects.
The legal deposit copy in the British Library (H.2007/956) is a second
impression (with the strike-line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 on the imprint page) and
is stamped 12 Dec 2006
Copies: private collection (PWE)
B10
(2006)
B10 GORDON BROWN (ED. WILF STEVENSON), GORDON BROWN SPEECHES (2006)491
233 by 150mm; [i-xi] xii [1] 2-4 [5] 6-64 [65] 66-151 [152]
153-83 [184] 185-249 [250] 251-96 [297] 298-335 [336] 337-84
[385] 386-413 [414] 415-36 [437] 438-42 [443] 444 [445] 446-48
[449] 450-62 [463-68]; wove paper; black boards lettered in gilt;
dust-jacket; published 25 September 2006 (Nielsen BookData);
30.00
Includes:
[Introductory Essay to Ending Child Poverty]
(I met Gordon Brown for the first time in 2000, at a reception
for the National)
(signed, J.K. Rowling)
Publication occurred on the first day of the 2006 Labour party
conference. Both this hardback edition and the (differently titled)
paperback edition (see B11(a)) were published on the same date.
Neither, therefore, has bibliographical priority.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
B11
(2006)
B11 GORDON BROWN (ED. WILF STEVENSON), MOVING BRITAIN FORWARD (2006)493
B12
As noted by the dust-jacket, the volume poses the questions What does it mean to grow up female?
and What does it mean to become a woman? In the book, exceptional women give us first-person
accounts of growing up, sharing stories that are loaded with comfort and inspiration for all of us
growing into our unique female identity.
The volume contains 56 contributions (excluding those of the editor). Each entry concludes with a
facsimile of the contributors signature.
Forty percent of the royalties from the book were given to Equality Now, The Family Violence
Prevention Fund, Intersect-Worldwide and V-Day.
Although Nielsen BookData gives a publication date of 2 November 2006, this is incorrect. The
same database notes a dumpbin filled for the title released on 18 April 2006. Moreover, the title
is reviewed in Publishers Weekly on 6 February 2006 citing a publication date of 18 April 2006. The
title was also reviewed in Library Journal on 1 May 2006.
Hyperion Books released a dumpbin display case for this edition at the beginning of April 2006
(Nielsen BookData provides a date of 18 April 2006). The case, presumably filled with nine copies of
the book, retailed at $206.55.
It appears that there was no English edition but that copies of the American edition were imported.
This would explain the lack of copies in the U.K.s legal deposit libraries. Imported copies were
available in the U.K. from 2 November 2006. Writing in April 2014 a senior customer service representative from Hachette Book Group (which acquired Hyperion in 2013) noted we do not have
information regarding U.K. publication or import of this title readily available.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
As with B12(a), it appears that there was no English edition but that copies of the American edition
were imported. Imported copies were available in the UK from 21 June 2007.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
Reprints include:
FIRST EDITION | 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2
B13
B13 OVER 70 TRIED AND TESTED GREAT BOOKS TO READ ALOUD (2006)497
Lynley Dodd and, finally, Julia Donaldson and Axel Schefflers The Snail and the Whale and The
Gruffalo.
Although the publication date of this volume is mysterious (the title is not recorded by Nielsen
BookData and no copies are, apparently, deposited in the UK copyright libraries), a number of online
reviews suggest publication around May 2006.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
B14
The blurb on the lower wrapper describes this volume as a guide to help children and adults to
discover Edinburgh through its childrens books.
Copies: BL (YK.2008.a.15520) stamped 3 Aug 2007; private collection (PWE)
B15
The majority of catalogues were sold to purchasers in the United States via the Sothebys website.
Copies: private collection (PWE)
B16
B17
B17 MICHAEL MORPURGO AND QUENTIN BLAKE, THE BIRTHDAY BOOK (2008)501
There are two illustrations by Quentin Blake that accompany the Rowling text. A full-page illustration of Harry is on page [302] and a half-page illustration of Voldemort is on page 305.
Copyright information at the end of the volume notes that the excerpt was reprinted by permission
of The Christopher Little Literary Agency on behalf of the author and by Bloomsbury Publishing plc.
The illustrations were copyrighted to the author.
The collection was published in aid of The Princes Foundation for Children and the Arts and to
celebrate the sixtieth birthday of the Prince of Wales.
Copies: BL (YK.2009.b.9154) stamped 29 Oct 2008; private collection (PWE)
B18
B19
B20
C. CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEWSPAPERS
AND PERIODICALS BY J.K. ROWLING
C01
What was the Name of that Nymph Again?, Pegasus Journal of the University of Exeter Department
of Classics and Ancient History (University of Exeter, 1998), Issue 41, pp. 25-27
(There is nothing like a pithy quotation to get the ball rolling, so, in the noble)
(headed, by Joanne Rowling)
C02
J.K. Rowlings Diary, Sunday Times, 26 July 1998, Ecosse section [Scottish version of News Review
section], p. 3
(Cafe society: At least once a week I go into Nicholsons, the cafe in Edinburgh)
(headed, J.K. Rowlings Diary)
C03
Let me tell you a story, Sunday Times, 21 May 2000, News Review section, p. 8
(I was a squat, bespectacled child who lived mainly in books and daydreams)
(headed, J.K. Rowling reveals)
C04
From Mr Darcy to Harry Potter by way of Lolita, The Sunday Herald, 21 May 2000, sevendays
supplement, p. 4
(I was a squat, bespectacled child who lived mainly in books and daydreams)
(headed JK Rowling looks back)
C05
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Chapter One: The Riddle House, Newsweek, volume 136, part
3, 17 July 2000, pp. 57-63
(The villagers of Little Hangleton still called it the Riddle House, even though)
(headed, J.K. Rowling)
C06
Did they all think I was a scrounger or layabout?, Sun, SunWoman section, 4 October 2000, pp. 1
and 4-5
(The words penniless single mother crop up a lot in newspaper stories about)
(headed, J.K. Rowling)
C07
A Good Scare, Time, volume 156, number 19, 6 November 2000, p. 80
(I consciously wanted the first book to be fairly gentle Harry is very protected)
(headed, A Conversation with J.K. Rowling)
C08
[Reply to the Oration presenting J.K. Rowling for an Honorary Degree], Pegasus Journal of the
University of Exeter Department of Classics and Ancient History (University of Exeter, 2001), Issue 44,
pp. 19-20
(This is the third honorary degree Ive received, and I was feeling quite pleased)
(headed, Joanne Rowling replied)
C09
I Miss My Mother Almost Daily, Scotland on Sunday, 22 April 2001
(My parents were both 18 when they met on a train going from Kings Cross)
(headed By Joanne Rowling)
C10
I miss my mother so much, The Observer, 29 April 2001, Review section, pp. 1-2
(My parents were both 18 when they met on a train going from Kings Cross)
(headed, J.K. Rowlings mother died of multiple sclerosis at 45)
C11
Once upon a time, when I had no money, Sunday Times, 21 October 2001, News Review section,
p. 6
(In 1994, when I was 29, I set out to obtain a Postgraduate Certificate)
(headed, J.K. Rowling)
C12
Multiple Sclerosis Killed My Mother. The NHS Left her to Muddle on Alone, Sunday Herald, 16
November 2003, sevendays supplement, pp. 1-2
(I never liked New Years Eve in the first place. My friends and I usually)
(headed, By J K Rowling)
C13
My Fight, Sunday Times, 5 February 2006, News Review section, pp. 1-2
(My eldest daughter keeps a pair of rats and Im quite happy to let them sit)
(headed, By JK Rowling)
C14
My fight for cage kids, The Sun, 9 February 2006, pp. 26-27
(My eldest daughter keeps a pair of rats and Im quite happy to let them sit)
(headed, JK Rowling appeals)
C15
I was so moved by the babys unexpected smile, The Sun, 10 February 2006, pp. 32-33
(In Bucharest I met up with Emma Nicholson and the other founding members)
(headed, By J.K. Rowling)
C16
Goal Getters, Personal Excellence, March 2006, volume 11, issue 3, p. 15
(Young ladies 200 years ago werent allowed to read novels because it would)
(signed, J.K. Rowling)
C17
I cant thank you enough but we need more help to free cage kids, The Irish Sun, 26 June 2006, p.22
(When I wrote in The Irish Sun about the plight of the children trapped in)
(headed, JK Rowling writes)
C18
The first It Girl: J.K. Rowling reviews Decca: the Letters of Jessica Mitford ed by Peter Y Sussman,
Sunday Telegraph, 5 November 2006, p. 46
(Jessica Mitford has been my heroine since I was 14 years old, when I overheard)
(headed, J.K. Rowling)
C19
A Stripping Away of the Inessential, Harvard Magazine, July August 2008, pp. 55-56
(On this wonderful day when we are gathered together to celebrate your)
(headed, from an address by J.K. Rowling)
C20
Fringe Benefits of Failure and the importance of imagination, Personal Excellence, August 2008,
volume 13, issue 8, pp. 1-2
(I wish to examine the benefit of failure and extol the crucial importance of)
(headed, by JK Rowling)
C21
Gordon Brown [within 100 Leaders & Revolutionaries], Time, volume 173, issue 19, 11 May
2009, p. 22
(Back in the mid-1990s, when he was new labours brooding, intellectual)
(headed, by J.K. Rowling)
C22
The single mothers manifesto, The Times, 14 April 2010, p. 20
(Ive never voted Tory before, but Those much parodied posters, with their)
(headed, J.K. Rowling)
C23
By the Book, New York Times, 14 October 2012, Sunday Book Review section, p. 8
(I loved The Song of Achilles, by Medeline Miller)
(headed, J.K. Rowling)
C24
I feel duped and angry at David Camerons reaction to Leveson, The Guardian, 30 November 2012
[online version]
(I am alarmed and dismayed that the prime minister appears to be backing away)
(headed, J.K. Rowling)
[This piece appeared only as an online article (at www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/nov/30/
jk-rowling-duped-angry-david-cameron-leveson). Although an article appeared in the printed version
of The Guardian on 1 December 2012 entitled Rowling left duped and angry at PMs response,
this was a piece by the newspapers political editor, Patrick Wintour, and merely quoted Rowlings
statements from C24]
C25
Inspiration, Harpers Bazaar [UK edition], December 2013, pp. 218-221
(This is the story of three charm bracelets. I was a plain and freckly five-year-old)
(headed, JK Rowling)
C26
This is a Story of Three Charm Bracelets, Harpers Bazaar [US edition], December 2013, pp. 250-52
(I was a plain and freckly five-year-old when I received the first, and I had never)
(headed, By J.K. Rowling)
D2
1 November 2004
Miniature Book containing extracts from Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
Sothebys (for 999 Club)
Sold for 11,000 (estimate 4,000/6,000)
Part of an auction of twenty-five miniature books, each approximately one-inch tall, organised by Tatler
magazine. Rowling provided drawings and short extracts from the first Harry Potter book. The catalogue
description noted that the author had drawn and written in exquisite detail exactly what Harry Potter
needs for his wizardry. The book ends with From Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone by me.
The 999 club is a charity based in Deptford, South-East London, which assists the homeless and
helpless.
D3
24 March 2005
The Ballad of Nearly Headless Nick
Two-page authorial copy of thirty-two line poem in four stanzas cut from Harry Potter and the Chamber
of Secrets
Lyon and Turnbull (for Scottish Language Dictionaries)
Sold for 2,000
A fair copy in the authors hand of this poem cut from the second Harry Potter novel was contributed to
an auction to raise funds for Scottish Language Dictionaries, a research organisation for Scottish lexicography formed in 1992. The manuscript was displayed at the Scottish Poetry Library prior to auction.
In 2010, owned by the book collector and publisher of Asia Literary Review, Ilyas Khan, the
manuscript was exhibited at the Wigtown Book Festival (24 September3 October 2010).
D4
21 February 2006
The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black
Hand-drawn genealogical tree, framed and glazed
Bloomsbury Book Auctions (for Book Aid International)
Sold for 30,000 (no estimate given)
This genealogical tree of the Black family was titled The Noble and Most Ancient House of BLACK
(there are many stories between the lines). It was offered for sale, as with D1, to benefit Book Aid
International.
D5
13 December 2007
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
c. 5,500 words comprising five short stories, one of seven autograph copies
Sothebys
Sold for 1.95 million (estimate 30,000/50,000)
With the conclusion of the Harry Potter series in July 2007, J.K. Rowling decided that, having made
reference to a book of wizarding fairy-tales within Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, she would
write The Tales of Beedle the Bard and present individually handwritten copies to six people most
closely connected to the series of books.
A seventh copy was created for sale at auction to raise funds for The Childrens Voice charity
(now Lumos). It consisted of around 160 pages containing a total of approximately 5,500 words and
numerous illustrations. The book itself was an Italian hand-made notebook with deckle-edged leaves
and bound in brown morocco. The binding was then embellished on the upper cover by Edinburgh
jeweller and silversmiths, Hamilton and Inches (see also D8). The embellishments comprised five
individually hand-chased hallmarked sterling silver ornaments. Each copy had additional gems
mounted and this copy featured moonstones. There was also a separate clasp.
News of the item broke on 1 November 2007 and enjoyed some significant pre-sale coverage. I
took the book to the U.S. for exhibition at Sothebys in New York, 26-28 November (and it featured
on Good Morning America on 26 November). Back in London an entire gallery at Sothebys was
devoted to the volume for the exhibition, 9-12 December. Badges were made and distributed (I have
seen | Beedle | the Bard | Sothebys over a skull), there was an appearance on This Morning and
then Blue Peter on 5 December and, finally, a lavish party on 10 December at which the author read
one of the stories.
After a long and protracted bidding war, the successful buyer was Amazon.com. The sale figure of
1.95 million is, currently, a world record for a modern literary manuscript and a world record for a
childrens book.
Of the other six copies, two have been exhibited:
Copy belonging to Barry Cunningham (National Library of Scotland, December 2008)
Copy belonging to Arthur A. Levine (New York Public Library, December 2008)
D6
10 June 2008
Whats Your Story? Harry Potter Prequel Story
c. 800 words comprising an episode from a Potter prequel
Waterstones Piccadilly (for Dyslexia Action and EnglishPEN)
Sold for 25,000 (no estimate provided)
Part of an auction of thirteen postcards held at Waterstones Piccadilly as part of the booksellers
Writers Year campaign to benefit Dyslexia Action and EnglishPEN. The evening raised 47,150
with work by Lisa Appignanesi, Margaret Atwood, Lauren Child, Sebastian Faulks, Richard Ford, Neil
Gaiman, Nick Hornby, Doris Lessing, Michael Rosen, Axel Scheffler, Tom Stoppard and Irvine Welsh.
Rowlings card later published within B18 comprised an 800-word double-sided A5 storycard
and presented a prequel episode to the Harry Potter series.
D7
21 May 2013
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. London: Bloomsbury, 1997
First edition, original pictorial boards, annotated on 43 pages, c. 22 illustrations and 1,100 words
Sothebys (for EnglishPEN)
Sold for 150,000 (no estimate provided)
Lot 39 in EnglishPENs First Editions, Second Thoughts auction, this was one of fifty lots in which
an author was asked to annotate a first edition with second thoughts. Rowling responded with
comments on the process of writing, editorial decisions and sources of inspiration together with
references to the series as a whole and the film adaptations. There were also twenty-two illustrations,
including Snape, brooding on the unfairness of life.
The lot was sold to benefit EnglishPEN and the Lumos Foundation. The buyer was a private
individual from the U.K.
D8
10 December 2013
The Lumos Maxima Sterling Silver Charm Bracelet
Sothebys
Sold for 20,000 (including buyers premium) (estimate 15,000/20,000)
Based on designs by J.K. Rowling, inspired by the Harry Potter books, a unique sterling silver charm
bracelet was crafted by the Edinburgh jeweller and silversmiths, Hamilton and Inches. The bracelet
marked five years since the publication of The Tales of Beedle the Bard. The charms comprise Harrys
bolt of lighning, glasses and broomstick, alongside a Golden Snitch, Dark Mark skull set with
amethyst eyes, Slytherin locket, winged key, The Tales of Beedle the Bard book, sorting hat, Deathly
Hallows symbol and the logo of Lumos. The bracelet fastens with a magic wand charm.
The bracelet was sold to benefit Lumos (see also D5). Rowling contributed an article to Harpers
Bazaar in connection with the bracelet and the charity (see C25 and C26).
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