Illustrations for new eds. of the Potter books

[arcanetrivia]

Sneak a peek into the upcoming illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

I rather like this artist's concepts and style. (Harry is not shown on that page, but I can only assume it's he who is currently gracing the front page of the artist's website.) It gives me some hope for what his Severus may look like. Certainly I like these pictures much better than those new cover illustrations that were going around a while back, the ones that still had Harry looking oddly very juvenile even after OotP.

For a minute I had faint hope that the US version of the new edition of the first book would also bear the title Philosopher's Stone, but from Scholastic's page it would seem not. Ah well, I guess they wouldn't want to damage recognition of it in stores or something, at this point. (Wow. First printing of SS, fifty thousand copies. First printing of DH, 12 million copies.)

Comments

[akatnamedeaster.livejournal.com]

Amazing, eh? No wonder those first edition copies of PS are worth so much. I have a first edition of CoS (without the year number on the spine) and while it was an awesome second hand store find, finding a first edition of PS in similar near mint condition would be awesome.


I probably will shell out of these editions when they're released. So far I have the American and British HCs and a couple of the paperbacks and swore I wouldn't rebuy the series yet again, but this is making me change my mind.

[arcanetrivia]

I have one set of much-later-printed US hardcovers, all of which were bought used IIRC (possibly not DH, but I didn't buy it right at release either). I may indeed shell out for these new editions, although possibly only (gently) used as well.

[akatnamedeaster.livejournal.com]

A couple of my American HCs are used from ABE and I'm hoping to snag a used copy of the Creature Vault. It's a really beautiful book but I just don't have $45 to shell out for it.