Squee!!! I finally got my hands on the Hogwarts Library this weekend, and it’s a real beauty!
The Hogwarts Library is the first boxed set of the new editions of Quidditch Through The Ages, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard. Clothbound and elegant, they come in a red slipcase emblazoned with the gold Hogwarts crest. Paper is thick and smooth and a lovely cream color.
So pretty!
I got out my older editions and aside from the more stylish packaging, the most glaring difference is the switch of colors: Quidditch through the Ages is now red and Fantastic Beasts is now green, while Tales of Beedle the Bard adapts the blue (and interior page design) of the UK edition.
Here’s a closer look:
The new editions drop the use of the Lumos font (it’s like, the end of an era. *tears*)…
…but the profits go to J.K. Rowling’s Lumos charity as well as to Comic Relief.
New frontispieces (left):
Fans will be glad to know that graffiti by Harry and Ron on Fantastic Beasts are still intact.
The borrower’s card on Quidditch Through the Ages has a different set of names on it (new edition on the left):
Quidditch through the Ages also sports a new Snitch page number device:
Fantastic Beasts now has a chapter divider for the lexicon and illuminated letters to mark each section.
Other than that, there minor changes in page order and illustration scales. But basically, these are the same books we spent hours poring over, in a spiffier packaging. Perfect for Harry Potter collectors like me.
So, I’m giving away a Hogwarts Library for my birthday, bundled with a Harry Potter canvas book pouch (I had this personalized so you won’t find it anywhere else). Contest starts on January 28, and will run until February 4.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
By the way, I’ve pledged my birthday for books for Sambat Trust. Help me reach my goal (via a donation of any amount) and you get +5 entries!
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The Hogwarts Library is available at National Book Store.
Tip: reserve via Customer Service or tweet @nbsalert.
Happy birthday, Blooey! Thanks for joining Sambat Trust’s Birthday for Books campaign. And salamat din sa reco list. Nakahanap ako ng book na nagamit ko sa class! – MJ
Thanks MJ — it was your FB post that made me decide to do the fundraiser for my birthday!
Glad the book list was of help :)
Happy Birthday! :D
Have both the older editions and would love to get this new spiffier one. :D
Thanks Lynn! I firmly believe one can never have too many Harry Potter books! :p
I hunted down my copy of Beedle the Bard and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them. So glad to see they’re still here. I don’t have Quidditch though. Happy Birthday Beautiful! :)
Thank you, Myra! :) There was one boxed set with both Quidditch and Fantastic Beasts some years ago, but they were exactly the same as the loose ones save for the cardboard slipcase, so I ended up not getting it. This new set’s really worth it!
Hi Ms. Blooey! A very happy birthday to you and many more years and books to come. :)
Thank you Gerome! Hope you share the giveaway with your friends.
happy birthday, sumthinblue!!!
What a wonderful birthday giveaway, giving something back when you should be on the receiving end.
may even more blessings come your way! GOD BLESS!
Happy birthday Blooooooooooey! Hope to see you again at the MIBF this year! <3
Thanks, Gilbert! See you soon. Swensen’s ulit tayo!
Happy Birthday Blooey!
I would love to win the Hogwarts Library Boxed Set. :D
Happy Reading! :)
Hey Verne! :) I owe you a mustachio pencil, haha!
I want it sooooo bad! :D LoL. Happy birthday Blooey!
Hee totally worth it! :)
Happy birthday Blooey!
Contest pa? Pwede bribe na lang? Mishu! =P
Czar
Miss you too! You’ve missed the Christmas party, the Cheese party, and Best and Worst… See you in February, I hope!
Hay! The Sambat Trust pages are blocked by my office’s firewall.
May extension ba?
Czar
Posted the full link on FB, that should work :)
Happy birthday po~ Will forever be one of your stalkers hahaha and still thankful because you held a giveaway and I won mehehehehe. <3 God bless you~ :)
:) I love your enthusiasm for books, Eriele!
Happy Birthday po ate blooey! Hope I’d be able to see you again in next year’s FilReader Con. and i’m sure, yours will be the cutest booth again! :D
Thank you, Elena. I’m not sure the FilReaderCon will have a Book Reco Fair again, but if it does, I’ll certainly find a way to top last year’s booth :)
Weeeeee! <3
Happy birthday Blooey! Looking forward to more Doctor Who (and other fandoms) parties with you!
Andrea! It has been a great year for fangirling, and it’s doubly awesome to meet people like you. Cheers!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY with sprinkles on top!!!! I’m a Harry Potter freak. Have a great one!
Thanks Rachel! Sorry this is a local giveaway, but your greetings are appreciated all the same :)
Happy Birthday!!
So excited!!!
Boxed sets are <3!
I was happy to learn that Fantastic Beasts will become an HP spin-off film! (Although I have only read Tales of Beedle the Bard.) Glad for this little piece of HP to look forward to again.
Happy Name Day Blooey! More to come! :D
While I wasn’t a fan of the HP film franchise, I’d be willing to give the Fantastic Beasts spinoff a shot :) Thanks for the birthday wishes, Tin!
HAAABURBURDEEEEY!!! At salamat sa comparison, btw. :D
Thanks! Haha, the HP geek in me couldn’t resist.
Happy Birthday! Wow, that’s probably one of the greatest gifts a booklover could receive. And the covers… oh my. Such beauty. LOL. :) I have a book blog, too! But I just started this June so it’s still in its premature stage. :)
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Hi Jude :) Cheers to your book blog! :)
Hi Ms. Blooey, or Ms. sumthinblue (not sure on which is which)!
I dont know what to say, Im pretty nervous right now but thank you for that give away, whether I will or not win the books home, thank you for existing and giving love to books. (Im not making anysense. am I?) Hihi Happy Birthday! Keep safe.
Blooey will do. Hope to meet you in person one day, Alexa
Sorry Ms, I don’t have anything yet, to donate for Sambat Trust. But I’ll try to share this cause as much as I can. Happy Birthday! :)
No prob, and I saw your tweet. Much appreciated!
*waves wand* Happios Birthdacious! *twinkle*
Lol. Happy birthday Blooey! I love the old font. I wonder why they dropped it for the latest edition?
Goldie, probably for a more contemporary look, and to cater to several generations of fans who have already grown up. I do love the Lumos font, though it’s mainly used in the US editions. But those were the editions I grew up reading, so they’ll always be special to me :)
I still haven’t read those books!
Oh! Definitely must-reads for a Harry Potter fan. It’s wonderful to get lost in these books!
I would like to greet you a happy birthday!
Keep on updating your page with new blog posts as we look forward to it :) God Bless you.
-from your blog reader who’s too lazy to start her own blog/page
Thanks, yellowhatesme!