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Rowling, J. K.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone [Illustrated Edition].
Publisher: Bloomsbury, London;
Date of Publication: 2015
Stock Code: 8513
FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION first printing, with complete number line, SIGNED BY ARTIST WITH ORIGINAL ARTWORK. Square quarto, pp. [8], 245, [3]. Colour illustrations by Jim Kay throughout, many full-page. Publishers’ scarlet cloth with metallic blue titles to spine, silk place-marker and pictorial endpapers, in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Very slight bruising to lower corner tips otherwise a Fine copy in like jacket, with bold signature of Jim Kay at the foot of title page dated 10/10/2015 and large original sketch of Hedwig in a starry sky over titles above. The first ever illustrated edition of the first title in the classic Harry Potter series, with artwork by Jim Kay, winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. Heavyweight, so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery. Sold