Harry Potter: Complete Set of Deluxe Editions
Bloomsbury, 1999.
A complete set of first printings of the deluxe editions. 8vo. Each in the original publisher's cloth, with pictorial onlay to the upper cover, and gilt lettering and decoration. All edges gilt. Coloured endpapers. Silk page marker ribbons in each volume. A fine set, crisp set, virtually as new.
Bloomsbury conceived of the idea of issuing the increasingly popular Harry Potter books in a deluxe format in the run up to the publication of The Prisoner Of Azkaban. Publisher Nigel Newton recalled, "if you think of any of the great children's classics, there would tend to be a really nice edition. Harry Potter deserves it more than anything we've ever published."
The first three books were issued in a deluxe edition around the time of the publication of Azkaban. Thereafter, they were issued simultaneously with the releases of each new book.
Stock ID: 46825
£3,500.00
