Description
The Deluxe English edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling.
Thick octavo. Publisher’s blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Illustration of Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore in full color mounted to front cover. Green silk bookmark sewn-in. A fine copy, held in original shrink wrap. Light wear to corners of shrink wrap, split at top corner and partially on rear cover. Original “First Edition, £30” price sticker on rear cover. Not examined outside of wrap. (Errington A13(b))
The Deluxe English edition of Harry Potter, also recognized as the “Children’s Artwork Series in Deluxe Hardback,” was created to cater to the gifting market. Founder and CEO of Bloomsbury Publishing, Nigel Newton, states that the Harry Potter series was well fit for the gift market, with the box set “widening each time” a new book was released. In 2013, Newton commented: “Now that the series is complete it’s very much in demand and one of our biggest Harry Potter offerings.” (Errington p. 15)
