Guilty Pleasure: Special Edition HP
If you’ve just “tuned in” to my blog, well, I’m a big Harry Potter fan (^_^), and I collect different editions of Harry Potter books, even in languages I can’t read. I haven’t counted recently, but I think I’m up to nearly a hundred different Harry Potter books (I know, I know, I owe the readers of this blog a nice long pictorial entry on my collection, but I am still scrounging for time to do that).
While my ultimate dream is the collector’s edition of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, I have resigned myself to the impossibility of that for the moment, so this is the next best thing (or so I try to tell myself).
It’s practically the same as the hardbound US edition except for the dustjacket, clothcover, and the front matter.
Here are the photos (because I know my Flipper friends have been waiting to see this!):
Harry
dust jacket with special Mary Grand Pre art
Spines
Red clothcover with gilt stars
brand-new frontispiece, also by Mary Grand Pre
Copyright page
My favorite part: an early sketch of Snape by J.K. Rowling
and a little intro by JKR
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuEAJFnMIjk]
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My copy: hardcover with dustjacket
My rating: 5/5 stars
Tags: 10 year anniversary, dustjacket, fantasy, hardcover, harry potter, hogwarts, magic, mary grandpre, severus snape, sorcerer's stone 10th anniversary, sorcerer\'s stone, special edition, YA
April 29th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Lol nakakatawa talaga yung video wahahah.
April 29th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Ang funny diba? And with costumes and special effects too!
April 30th, 2009 at 2:58 am
I love Hermoine wahahaha. Uuy ang ganda nang mga drawings sa book ha hehehe sorry sa late comment sa book.
April 30th, 2009 at 7:37 am
Where did you get it? How much? Book 1 was the only HP book I got that’s not hard bound. Thinking of upgrading.
April 30th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Kwesi, I love Ron haha. Hermione was more of an acquired taste, I remember I was super annoyed at her in Book 1
April 30th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Myx, I’ll mooch a hardbound Sorcerer’s Stone for you
April 30th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
nakakatawa naman yun video. hahahaha. ganda naman nun HP book mo. matagal ko na din gusto bumili nun edition na yun. Love ko din si Hermoine. ^_^
Maglalabas ba sila ng buong series ng special edition version?
April 30th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Hermione an acquired taste? You were super annoyed? And here I am thinking you’re both insufferable know-it-alls. Tee-hee. =)
April 30th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
@Ray-Ann: Maybe when the other books celebrate 10 years too?
Sana nga! Haha. Pero yung Half Blood Prince merong Deluxe edition… drool.
April 30th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
@Czar – and here I thought Marie was the insufferable one, hahahaha!
Guess it takes one to know one =)
May 1st, 2009 at 3:54 am
I am freaking out! Harry Potter has been out for 10 years, it feels like so much less time. OMFG
May 3rd, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Hi Jess! Yup, ten years since the first book was released
June 27th, 2009 at 2:15 am
*drools*
*inggit mode*
Seriously, I’m a huge HP fan too. Although maybe not as big of a fan as you are. But my copy of book 1 is in a very pitiful condition now. I’d really love to buy that anniversary edition too. Oh well.. pag may pera na siguro. Hehe.
The only extra HP book I bought is the UK adult edition of DH. ^_^
June 28th, 2009 at 11:56 am
Hi Patrick. Heehee, Bookmooch (www.bookmooch.com) has been great at feeding my HP mania
August 2nd, 2009 at 12:14 pm
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