"There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favourite book."
— Marcel Proust
J.K. Rowling is obviously best known as the author of the Harry Potter stories. Rising meteorically from relative poverty and difficulty in Edinburgh to creative super-stardom in an incredibly short space of time it is not too much of a stretch to say that Ms. Rowling has changed the face of publishing, book-selling and indeed reading for millions of people. Nobody is free from the appeal of Harry Potter; from the children the books were originally aimed at to the multitudes of adults craving a little bit more magic that can be seen totally absorbed on the tube in the morning or queuing outside cinemas for the next film installment.
Rigidly maintaining control over how her characters and stories were represented has created a strange and previously almost unheard of situation where the films and the books travel hand in hand with very little deviation. Most people's idea of Harry the boy wizard is an image not terribly distant from Daniel Radcliffe, their Hermione not too different from Emma Watson. This, amongst other things, the most important of which being sheer readability has resulted in a massive degree of collectability.
Over many years Adrian Harrington Ltd have built an unequalled relationship with all the illustrators of the Harry Potter jackets and are the primary source for autographs and artwork. We are proud to be cited on the author's own website as a respected authority on J.K. Rowling signatures, so buy with absolute confidence and reassurance from the world experts in literary Hogwartiana.
See below our stock of J. K. Rowling First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
J.K. Rowling
Pottermore
Lumos Foundation
London: Bloomsbury, 2000. [Fantasy adventure] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, with full strike-line number sequence. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.636; [4]. Publisher's soft covers illustrated by Giles Greenfield, priced at £6.99. No inscriptions, contents clean, a little rippling to pages from damp at top corner, final third. Covers are fresh and bright..... More
London: Bloomsbury, Printed by Omnia Press, Glasgow, 2000. [Fantasy novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression, Omnia Press (Scottish) edition. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.636 [2]. Publisher's pictorial paper-covered boards, with the matching dust-jacket illustrated by Giles Greenfield, priced at £14.99. A fine, as-new copy, dark-stored since publication. The first edition print..... More
London: Bloomsbury, 2005. [Children's literature] FIRST EDITION WITH ADULT COVER, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.607; [1]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, adult artwork dust-jacket designed by William Webb with printed price of £16.99, portrait of Rowling on back of dust-jacket taken by Michael Wildsmith. A few..... More
London: Bloomsbury, 2003. [Children's Classic] DELUXE EDITION, SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR. Entirely mis-bound (see below). Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.766; [2]. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine, upper cover with colour illustration plate by Jason Cockroft, boldly signed by the artist, burgundy endpapers, all edges gilt. Fine, as..... More
London: Bloomsbury, 2003. [Children's Classic] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.766 [2]. Elegantly hand-bound in navy blue half calf, with traditional raised bands, titled in gilt to blue morocco label, gilt decoration to spine, marbled paper over boards. Contents clean, edges of text block gently toned..... More
London: Bloomsbury, 1999. [Fantasy] FIRST EDITION, eighteenth impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.317 [3]. Publisher's pictorial hardcovers, with the matching dust-jacket illustrated by Cliff Wright. Gently toned, as usual, otherwise internally crisp and clean. Price-clipped jacket a little sunned to spine, with minor wear to edges. Very good. More
London: Bloomsbury, 1999. [Children's Classic] DELUXE EDITION, Second Impression, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (24 x 16cm). Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, with an illustration by Cliff Wright laid to upper. All edges gilt. Autographed in our presence during J.K.Rowling's personal appearance at Harrods..... More
London: Bloomsbury, 2007. [Fantasy] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.607 [1]. Publisher's black hardcovers lettered in gilt to spine, in William Webb designed adult dust-jacket, priced at £17.99; portrait of Rowling on back of dust-jacket taken by Michael Wildsmith. This is the adult cover version. A crisp..... More
London: Bloomsbury, 1999-2007, 2008. [Fantasy] ALL FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST PRINTINGS, IN DELUXE BINDINGS, with the three supplemental works. Together ten volumes, octavo (26 x 17 x 36cm). Original uniform harlequin cloth (7 vols), with gilt decoration, illustrations to upper covers, and all edges gilt (some in shrinkwrap). Additional volumes (3..... More
London: Bloomsbury, 1999-2008. [Fantasy] COMPLETE DELUXE EDITIONS, first impressions thus, with the three supplemental works. Together ten volumes, octavo (26 x 17 x 36cm). Original uniform harlequin cloth (7 vols), with gilt decoration, illustrations to upper covers, and all edges gilt (some in shrinkwrap). Additional volumes (3 vols) in publisher's..... More
London: Bloomsbury, 2004-2007. [Children's literature] ALL FIRST BRITISH EDITIONS WITH ADULT COVERS. Octavos (21 x 14 x 32cm). Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, adult artwork dust-jackets designed by William Webb with printed prices of £11.99 - £16.99, portrait of Rowling on back of dust-jackets taken by Michael Wildsmith..... More
London: Bloomsbury, 2004-2007. [Children's literature] ALL FIRST BRITISH EDITIONS WITH ADULT COVERS. Octavos (21 x 14 x 32cm). Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, adult artwork dust-jackets designed by William Webb with printed prices of £11.99 - £16.99, portrait of Rowling on back of dust-jackets taken by Michael Wildsmith..... More
London: Bloomsbury, 2005. Door panel format pre-publication poster, advertising the UK book-launch of J.K.Rowling's 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince', featuring the book cover art (photographic style). Overall dimensions 50 x 140 inches, rolled condition. Fine / as new (magnets used in display image, not pinned). Item will be despatched..... More
London: Bloomsbury, 2005. Door panel format pre-publication poster, advertising the UK book-launch of J.K.Rowling's 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince', featuring the book cover art (illustrated style). Overall dimensions 50 x 140 inches, rolled condition. Fine / as new (frame used only for display- item will be despatched in a...... More