Rowling, J.K.

4to, first deluxe illustrated edition ("1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on publisher's imprint page), PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ("The book that changed my life. | J.K. Rowling") AND ALSO BY THE ILLUSTRATOR ("Mine too! Thank you Jo. | Jim Kay") on title-page, WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING BY JIM KAY OF A BABY DRAGON OPPOSITE THE TITLE-PAGE, illustrations by Jim Kay, publisher's pictorial purple cloth gilt, gilt edges, illustrated endpapers, folding panorama ("Diagon Alley North Side") loosely inserted, publisher's pictorial purple cloth gilt slipcase, publisher's cardboard carton printed in purple, publisher's tote bag

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Hailed by the publishers as "the landmark publishing event of 2015", the first full-colour illustrated edition of Rowling's novel was released, as a trade edition, on 6 October. A sumptuous deluxe edition, in a larger format, was published on 5 November. THIS IS THE FIRST COPY OF THE DELUXE EDITION. It is accompanied by a letter of provenance from Publishing Director of Bloomsbury Children's Books, that notes "this is the first advance copy of the Deluxe Edition. It was hand bound ahead of the binding of the rest of the print run and sent from our printer in Italy... ready for signing by J.K. Rowling and Jim Kay."

The artist Jim Kay won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2012 for his illustrations to A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness.

Lumos (registered charity number 1112575), an international non-profit organization founded by J.K. Rowling, works to support the eight million children in institutions worldwide to regain their right to a family life and to end the institutionalisation of children globally by 2050.

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