Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone: Illustrated Edition

Name: Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone: Illustrated Edition
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
SKU: 9781526602381
Price: 18.69 EUR
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By (author): J. K. Rowling

Illustrated by: Jim Kay

Jim Kays dazzling depiction of J.K. Rowlings wizarding world has won legions of fans since the Illustrated Edition of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone was published in hardback in 2015, becoming a bestseller around the world. This irresistible smaller-format paperback edition of J.K. Rowlings novel brings the magic of Jim Kays illustration to new readers, with full-colour pictures throughout. This edition has been beautifully redesigned with selected illustration highlights the fully illustrated edition is still available in hardback. When a letter arrives for Harry Potter on his eleventh birthday, a decade-old secret is revealed to him that apparently hes the last to know. An incredible adventure is about to begin! See more

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Weight: 940g
Dimensions: 192 x 227mm
Publication Date: 23 Aug 2018
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Age Group: Ages 9-11
ISBN13: 9781526602381

About J. K. Rowling

J.K. Rowling is the author of the record-breaking multi-award-winning Harry Potter novels. Loved by fans around the world the series has sold over 500 million copies been translated into 80 languages and made into eight blockbuster films. She has written three companion volumes in aid of charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (in aid of Comic Relief and Lumos) and The Tales of Beedle the Bard (in aid of Lumos) as well as a screenplay inspired by Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them which marked the start of a five-film series to be written by the author. She has also collaborated on a stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two which opened in Londons West End in the summer of 2016 and on Broadway in early 2018. In 2012 J.K. Rowlings digital company Pottermore was launched where fans can enjoy news features and articles as well as original content from J.K. Rowling. She is also the author of The Casual Vacancy a novel for adult readers and the Strike crime series written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. She has received many awards and honours including an OBE and Companion of Honour Frances Légion dhonneur and the Hans Christian Andersen Award. Jim Kay won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2012 for his illustrations in A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. He studied illustration at the University of Westminster and worked in the Library & Archives of Tate Britain and then as an assistant curator of botanical illustrations at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew before returning to producing art full-time. After a one-man exhibition at Richmond Gallery he was approached by a publisher and his freelance career began. Alongside his illustration work Jim has produced concept work for film and television and contributed to the group exhibition Memory Palace at the V&A museum in London. The Illustrated Edition of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone was published to international acclaim. Bloomsbury has commissioned Jim to illustrate all seven books in J.K. Rowlings classic series. Jim lives and works in Northamptonshire with his partner.