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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone; inscribed by J.K. Rowling and signed by Thomas Taylor with an original drawing of Harry Potter
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
London: Bloomsbury, 1997.
First paperback edition, later impression of the rarest book in the Harry Potter series, a cornerstone of young adult literature, and one of the best-selling books of all time. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by J.K. Rowling on the half-title page, "To Ashleigh Innes with best wishes JK Rowling." Additionally signed by cover artist Thomas Taylor with an original drawing of Harry Potter casting a spell with his wand on the half-title page. At just 23 years old, Thomas Taylor had recently graduated from art school and was working at Heffers Children’s Bookshop in Cambridge when he submitted a portfolio of fantasy illustrations—including drawings of wizards and dragons—to Bloomsbury Publishing. Not long after, Barry Cunningham, the editor who had taken a chance on J. K. Rowling’s debut novel after it had been rejected by twelve other publishers, phoned Taylor and commissioned him to design the book’s cover. Taylor received an incomplete manuscript of the novel and, within two days, produced the now-iconic watercolor painting depicting a young Harry Potter, scar visible, standing beside the Hogwarts Express at Platform Nine and Three-Quarters. This artwork appeared on the first printing of the first edition, published June 26, 1997, and h...
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 149836
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J.K. Rowling's Rare First Book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; Signed and with an original drawing of Harry Potter by Illustrator Thomas Taylor
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
London: Bloomsbury, 1997.
First edition, third printing of the rarest book in the Harry Potter series, a cornerstone of young adult literature, and one of the best-selling books of all time. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Signed by the illustrator Thomas Taylor with an original drawing of Harry Potter on the dedication page. At the time of the book’s publication in 1996, illustrator Thomas Taylor had just graduated from art school and was working at Heffers Children’s Bookshop in Cambridge. At Heffers, Taylor educated himself on the children’s book market and its major publishers and decided to submit a portfolio of his illustrations to the offices of Bloomsbury Publishing, including several drawings of dragons and wizards. Taylor heard back from Bloomsbury’s editor, Barry Cunningham (who had recently decided to take a chance on publishing Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone after it had been rejected by twelve other publishers) almost immediately. Cunningham phoned him at Heffers and asked if he could create a design for the cover of a relatively unknown author’s first book about a schoolboy wizard. He sent Taylor an incomplete manuscript of the book and, after two days, Taylor had a final product: a watercolor painting of a young Harry Potter with his lightning-bolt scar standing ...
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 148900
