Not to worry, she got her nutrition in 5th Rereading for the 3rd time for the group read. Ah, the effortless metabolism of youth. One day, there were shiny new books on her school library's "New Releases" shelf. Harry Potter, books 1 through 3. She had heard of the books before, of course, since they were a constant presence on the NYT bestsellers list, but she had always avoided them, thinking of them as children's novels.
At the grand age of 14, surely she was too old for a little kid's fantasy novel. She had read the Outlander series earlier that year, after all. And it had sex in it. She didn't really quite understand everything in the book, but the point is, she had read them. Surely, at 14, Khanh was ready for more mature novels.
And that did not include Harry Potter. Harry Potter is Khanh is There is a vast difference in their ages. Khanh was a teenager , dammit. But the Harry Potter books were new. Brand new. They were shiny, they had never been touched by another reader. And Khanh was tempted.
She picked up the first book in the series: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. The end. Or rather, the beginning. Anna Wow, this was so long ago I will never ever rate this lower than 5 stars. View all 51 comments. Mar 06, Navessa rated it it was amazing Shelves: trolls-love-me , favorites. There are no words to do this book justice. View all 66 comments. Aug 14, Voldemort rated it did not like it. This is a disgrace to all pure bloods.
My head looked quite dashing on that strange professor's head.. If only I could have extended my stay. Harry Potter.. This is not over yet. View all 42 comments. Emma Bennett Do you have to get the book or can you read it on here?
Eric I'm finally reading it for the first time as well. So far, so good! I'm finally reading it for the first time as well. Aug 03, Sasha Alsberg rated it it was amazing. Why the heck did I not read Harry Potter before now View all 90 comments. Eric I'm 32 and I'm now just reading Harry Potter.
I've missed so much in life! I'm 32 and I'm now just reading Harry Potter. View all 34 comments. Happy now, everyone? But better late than never, no? Annnnd I already ordered the illustrated hardback. And asked for the full hardcover set for Christmas. From my dad. Yes, yes, I know But I just had no interest in these books when they came out. I was too busy reading about men in kilts fucking the milkmaid. Therefore, my only experience with "Hermione" is the SNL skit where Lindsey Lohan shows Harry and that other scarfed dude her ginormous tatas.
Well, what with everyone going ape shit over the newest installment, I figure I should probably find out what all this Hogwart's business is about. And since my friend's 9 year old demanded that I read his copy, I now have the paperback in my possession. Hoping to get starting this week Nov 08, Victoria Schwab rated it it was amazing. Doing a listen of the entire series, Stephen Fry edition. View all 22 comments. Shelves: favorites.
Third Re-read of the series, and this time I read the illustrated edition, which was pure magic. On to the next one! It was just as wonderfully magical as I remembered, a breath of fresh air during what is usually a stressful time of year for me. I have yet to find a story that feels so pure and childlike that appeals to such a broad range of people. I truly love all of the characters and feel the entire cast is well done, but my personal favorites are the Weasley twins, Hagrid, and Professor McGonnall.
Buddy read with Sam of Clues and Reviews! View all 73 comments. Jan 30, Cindy rated it liked it. This book was okay. I didn't hate it or love it either way, though towards the end I realized how lukewarm I felt about the story since I would prefer to read any other book I had on hand. I appreciate the level of novelty in the world-building during the time this was first published.
The friendship between the trio is cute. Hermione and Ron are fun characters and I might have enjoyed the book more if they had been the main protagonists. Downsides: I cringed at the excessive fatphobia, anti-sem This book was okay. Downsides: I cringed at the excessive fatphobia, anti-semitism, and the turban part. I also didn't like that the final action of the book got skipped over quickly by having a fade-to-black moment and then a lengthy explanation told by one of the side characters.
It felt like such an abrupt way to end the story View all 75 comments. In these new books I actually love the art on all the pages instead of the interactive stuff. Rat bastards!! View all 80 comments. It's Always Great, Coming back Home.. There's a reason us, the Fans, feel that we're connected, no matter where we from, different culture, ethics, ages..
Cause Harry Potter is not just a story.. This Review also for those who hate the series! Please bear with me.. Yes, without this Novel, and with the rapid change in technology, the ease of making e-books and reading it in PCs, Smartphones, Tablets..
It'd be limited for religious or educating books, classics, small novels. A Dystopia, right? Well, in the case you think I'm exaggerate.. Let's have, A Brief!! Classic Novels, they read just for Schools and Classes mostly. And New Novels that make Best Seller are the ones made, or will be made, into movies for Julia Roberts, Tom Cruse or any of the 90s Hollywood celebrity, or the ones by Stephen King because ,of course, will be made into movies too.
So it was very normal when in this year, , when Joanne , a 31 years old lady from England , handed the manuscript of her first novel to 12 publishing houses, all of them rejected it A manuscript of over pages of a novel, that she had hard times in her personal and professional life while writing it, and for children???
Seriously is there still any Child left who still read? Rowling And in 26 June , with 1, copies, of which were distributed to libraries, come out in UK, to our World The Greatest..
Before the end of this year the novel was awarded many important literary awards in the UK. An American important publisher, Scholastic, won the rights to publish the novel in US, with a huge check Rowling would never dreams of.
Just with small change, 'Philosopher's Stone' to be 'Sorcerer's Stone', as the American publisher feared 'Philosopher's' may not be that attractive to young readers.. And becoming NO. With the fast growing popularity of Harry Potter among readers, more records had been broken.. And then it was year , where everything is about to change The Playstation 2 is out there, and even higher leap in Computer Games.. But even with this much of temptations, thousands of children, teens and parents gathered in the Midnight of 8 July in UK and US at the same day in front of stores, not in front of Cinemas as usual, not electronic stores as Apple stores as happening theses days , But it was in front of Bookstores , for The First time in the Book Stores History, to buy a copy of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire And They didn't mind to find out that the book is over page, it was even for their pleasure, more than double the size of any of the first 3 novels..
Huge story, bigger plot , mysterious and very well written. And more literate prizes for Rowling And a huge budget for the upcoming first movie of the series, which beautifully visualize the magic of the novel by the faithful producers and the director So, As more readers from this generation start to increase , Publishers and Book Stores start to promote for more books for those readers who are hungry for more..
Older Fantasy books , like Lord of the Rings -which was a super successful movie by then too- Narnia , Golden Compass and many other novels start getting more reprinted editions. And so Book Stores prosperity increased as it get more and more readers. More countries welcomed the Harry Potter phenomenon.. The English edition AND the local translated ones , both been sold everywhere worldwide. Even in Egypt English edition sold at many books stores. And in summer , after the Movie wild success, Nahdet Masr publishing house got the rights and published the Arabic edition.
Although it cut some of the lines for length issues, the edition still hold the magic of it.. No , there's more new books come out for the increasing demand from the readers.. By , Life of Pi , Man Booker winner make very good sales numbers. And in April Dan Brown previously published 3 novels, making good sales released a novel that made Huge Fuss around and making a new sales records, The Da Vinci Code.. The funny thing that there's a reference in this novel that Harry Potter is ' the Second Most Selling Book in History after the Bible ', a speculation that happens to be true in less than 5 years after that.
A month later, May , Khaled Hosseini released his first novel, The Kate Runner which also made a very good records too. He'd be rejected by 12 publishers like you know who : - And all that didn't affect the main reason for this new 'Literal Renaissance'. All that didn't affect the Records Breaker to break records one month later.. Shipping agents like FedEx made the delivery to many countries to get the book at the same time.
A New world Record ,5 millions copy at the first day only.. For the first time in France a non french language book placed in no. Some kids got a headache called 'Harry Potter Headache' as they read the whole pages of the book five, the biggest so far, at the same day without resting. And in Egypt , September the same year, the Arabic edition of book three comes out with unexpected sales records, first edition run out of the stores by the first week only, though it's nearly the beginning of the School year, and the movie of this 3rd book still filming.
More English books and novels sold in Egypt too, along with the Arabic ones, publishing more books for new Egyptian authors and writers along with more of the famous ones, Alaa El Aswany's debut Novel 'Yaqubean's Building' making a very good selling numbers.. And in July the Arabic edition of Book Four makes a price war between book stores and magazines stands. January , an abridged translated edition of Book Five make many readers angry in Egypt , specially that many already read the English edition before, so the publisher release an unabridged one by May.
A huge book, it may not be as the fans' expectations of being full of action , but it get a twist that blow minds about one of the most interesting characters, Professor Snape. That made many fans and even big authors like Stephen King and Salman Rushdie talk about for months.. More Novels hit the top sales.. A Real Prosperity. At the midnight before 21 June , Everywhere around the Globe, the scene of thousands of people lining in front of Book Stores was repeated And that's not bad, it was the Miracle of bringing back readers to Book Stores And it's not just Harry Potter Now, that 'All was well.
Indeed, although there's the e-books, e-readers.. The gaming devices is increasing? New books and series come after that, and still on, making super sales, attracting more readers No matter a Playstation 4 is out, or new Xbox, the Books still there The magic of books is back and , I believe, to stay.. Don't you see with me that the magic of Harry Potter is one of the main factors of this magic?
The one that rejected by 12 Publishing Houses in Well, what about now? God, Talked too much in the "Brief" introduction , didn't I? Well, that's it for this review I guess some still think it's just the Propaganda that made that all Well I'll try to prove them wrong by the upcoming next 6 reviews at the other 6 Books of the series..
Links will be here as soon as it'd done.. But for The First one For the Zillionth time I guess.. View all 48 comments. Nov 06, Mark Lawrence rated it liked it. Publishers have my sympathy. If I try to put myself in the place of an editor picking this manuscript from the pile I can say with some certainty that I would not have recognized it as the ticket to a multi-billion dollar prize. I would have thought to myself that it was a good fun read, revisiting the magic-school trope and doing a fine job for children in the 8 to 12 range.
If I hadn't had anything better land on my desk I might have published it, but then again, like quite a number of publish Publishers have my sympathy. If I hadn't had anything better land on my desk I might have published it, but then again, like quite a number of publishers, I might have passed in favour of a book I liked better.
I read this maybe 15 years back so I could share in what was exciting my three kids at the time. And I've read it twice to my daughter, Celyn. We read the first 5 some years back, and now she's 12 we're going to read the whole lot. She's very disabled and can't read for herself she can't hold the book or see the page for starters Having just finished I've checked the shelves to discover we have two copies of book 1 and two copies of book 3, but none of book 2.
So JKR will be getting some more of my money shortly! To the review I liked the book. I have no idea why it has sold a gazzilion copies more than any other children's book or why so many adults are so taken with it. JKR writes solid enough prose, though her addiction to adverbs in dialogue tags irks me no end, he said testily. She writes a fun and inventive story, though the internal inconsistencies would have distressed me even as a child. Why do the finest wizards in the land leave a great treasure guarded only by a series of puzzles rather than actual defences?
If in the final scenes the puzzle poem hadn't been left to give the solution to the potion test But yes, funny and inventive magic, school dynamics of making friends and enemies, the hijinx, the evil baddie, the chosen one Celyn certainly enjoyed it. She's on team Hermionie. The only other thing that really bothered me was the repeated insinuation, present even in the term itself, that 'muggles' are somehow lesser. That the random gift of magical ability somehow makes you better.
I remember that later on and hinted at in this book the idea of mud-bloods wizards born of muggles is offered up as a proxy for racism and we're invited to condemn Draco Malfoy for his views rightly so. But all the time I read this I'm feeling the hypocrisy embodied in the whole idea of muggles, which, albeit voiced without open malice, is really the same damn thing. I will report back on book 2 when we're done. She made this style of fantasy more popular.
My first encounter with magic schools was in The Worst Witch series which centres on a magic school and which I began in Followed by A Wizard of Earthsea which also centres on a magic school and which I read in The mechanics of reaching a boarding school on a dedicated train laid on for the purpose and of sorting a boarding school into four groups to be housed in four towers was something I encountered at a still younger age in the early 70s in my mother's copy of First Term at Malory Towers Join my 3-emails-a-year newsletter prizes I have absolutley no idea why goodreads deleted my review AND rating but thankfully I still had it saved!
So here it is again, may it stick around this time! Such a spoilt brat and this is actually putting it more than just lightly. If anyone should go to a boot camp sort of school it certainly should be him.
You gotta love the Weasley twins! They might be side characters but they always manage to bring some humour into the book and they succeed to give that typical sibling and family vibe. She was really insufferable at the beginning of the book. I can help you there. And so it begins! Sorry, guys! Still, if his parents would have raised him differently he might have even turned out to be a nice guy. Potter, where would you look if I told you to find me a bezoar? Snape is a horrible teacher and an even worse human being.
There I said it. Still, I gotta give Rowling kudos for all the foreboding! Boy, alone the comment with the bezoar. Well done! Also, I love that they tried to be good kids at the beginning. Well, and then the other books happen. His commentary is just funny and brilliant! He never backs down and always continues to fight. View all 59 comments. Feb 16, Stephen rated it liked it Shelves: , potteresque , ya , fantasy , comfort-food. On my list of reasons why my daughters are the bestest thing to ever happen to me, Number 14, is that they gave me, at 41 years old , the perfect excuse to revisit the Harry Potter series.
I figured it was high time to rectify that oversight. Harry deserves it. It has all been eloquently said before. Therefore, I just want to briefly express what I see as the essential magic at the heart of the series, and why I think it has resonated so strongly with so many people.
Here goes Only rarely does a story come along that can so completely wrap you up in a warm blanket of contentment and good feelings. One that can hold at bay, even if only for precious moments, the nasty brutishness of what often passes for daily life. These stories do that. Who wouldn't want to hang around in a place like that, especially when it is decorated with sorting hats, kindly giants, magic wands and Quidditch. So what! This is a VG copy with a slight spine lean. No fading whatsoever to the spine.
Slightly pushed spine tips. A touch of rubbing and minor wear to the extremities. The rear board has a couple of faint creases and there are faint scratches in places to both the front and back boards. Lifting of the laminate in just one or two places.
The page block has the inevitable toning due to the poor quality of paper used. Page 19 through 21 have just the faintest damp stain to the right hand corner hardly worth mentioning.
Really clean pages. No inscriptions. The boards are really bright and vibrant and overall this is a solid VG copy. The hardback first edition is of legendary scarcity this being one of copies that were sent to schools and libraries. Please note: Although this has a school ownership stamp to the front free end-paper this is NOT an ex-library copy. This book is housed in a stunning, bespoke, red half-leather clamshell box.
Published by Bloomsbury, Used - Hardcover Condition: Very Good. Condition: Very Good. The true hardback first edition with all first issue points present: the Wendy Cooling blurb on the front panel; the rear panel bears the typo with an o missing in Philosopher s and Hogwarts School of Wizardy and Witchcraft instead of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy. Page 53 lists wand twice as called for. No dust jacket as issued. One of only copies printed of which the majority went into public libraries.
This is an ex-library copy and has been professionaly restored. Condition: present in very good to near fine condition as our images showcase. No library or previous owners stamps anywhere inside the book although the half-title shows evidence of library label removal. All pages are present. There are no scribbles inside, no drawings, no graffiti of any sorts.
Prelims show light stains. Occasional staining inside but nothing major. This edition has been printed on cheap paper stock and therefore the paper is prone to natural ageing of which this copy is no exception.
A conservation expert has undertaken restoration to the boards in order to restore rubbing to the spine tips, corners of the boards and spine joints. The buyer may rest assured that this has all been done by the leading UK expert in modern first edition restoration.
Rowling and Harry Potter need no further introduction. The most popular children fantasy series of the last decades which sold hundreds of million copies world wide in its over 60 languages to date. Perhaps Rowling s most important credit is that with the captivating story of a young wizard boy named Harry Potter she made reading cool again for an entire generation of kids which grew up on electronic media entertainment.
A highly coveted book and we are proud to be able to offer a copy in very good condition. Stored in a safety deposit box outside our premises First and Fine.
Condition: presents in good to very good condition as our images showcase. There is a library stamp on the copyright page as well as one on the front pastedown. The top page block also shows a faint library stamp as well as a red dot indicating that this book was at some point withdrawn from library service and has not been stolen. The library card at the front free endpaper has been removed. There are no previous owners writings nor bookplates inside the book. All pages are present and only the top corner of one page is torn not affecting any of the text as shown in our images.
This is due to the acidic paper content which bleaches the paper white upon publication but as time passes leads to increasing yellowing and in some cases non-uniform spots depending on how much exposure to air there was.
A conservation expert has undertaken restoration to the spine and boards in order to present the book in its former glory. Although not the specimen in best condition as a former ex-libris book with its corresponding reading and handling history, the buyer may rest assured that the book is an authentic true hardback first edition of only copies that were issued back in First Edition Signed.
Used - Hardcover Condition: Fine. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Each book is in excellent condition.
The bindings are tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with slight wear. The pages are exceptionally clean. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the books. We buy Harry Potter First Editions. Signed by Author s. Published by Bloomsbury , London, First editions of the deluxe edition of each book in Rowling's Harry Potter series. Octavo, 7 volumes, original decorative cloth as issued. Each volume is signed by J.
Rowling and were collected in person by the previous owner. The Prisoner of Azkaban is inscribed. No dust jackets were issued for these volumes. Scarce and desirable.
Since the release of the first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, on 26 June , the books have found immense popularity, critical acclaim and commercial success worldwide. The books have sold more than million copies worldwide, making them the best-selling book series in history, and have been translated into seventy-three languages.
The last four books consecutively set records as the fastest-selling books in history, with the final installment selling roughly eleven million copies in the United States within twenty-four hours of its release. The Harry Potter series has been recognized by a host of awards since the initial publication of Philosopher's Stone including four Whitaker Platinum Book Awards all of which were awarded in , three Nestle Smarties Book Prizes ,[] two Scottish Arts Council Book Awards and , the inaugural Whitbread children's book of the year award , the WHSmith book of the year , among others.
Also the basis for the eight fantasy films, beginning with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and culminating with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 Used - Softcover Condition: Good. Soft cover. Condition: Good. Harry Potter completed set with all 7 children's paperback editions. All seven books are First UK Bloomsbury Paperback editions-first printings with full run number or it states "First Edition" on the copyright pages. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone has all four important issue points.
Also, Joanne Rowling is displayed on copyright page , picture of young Dumbledore at the back of the cover, on copyright page contains no space between "r" and "1" on Thomas Taylor , philos o pher's misspelled at the back cover. Book 1 is in GC plus with small creases and nicks on the cover and spine, small ink marks and slightly tainted on the outer edges, a couple of small creases and slightly yellow on the edges of the pages, small mark on the edges of some of the pages, previous owner's name written on the edges of the half-title page of the book.
The book is in GC plus for its age but with some shelf wear. Wendy Cooling review is present to the base of the front board. Book 2 to 7 are in VGC plus with a couple of small nicks and creases on the edges of the cover and spines, nice and clean pages with small nicks and light shelf wear on the outer edges, small creases on the edges of the pages.
Book 8 is new. Printed by Clays. A collectable set of first paperback edition-first printing. Please note: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is scarce true First UK paperback edition-first printing with all important issue points, its not the Canadian edition, Australian edition or Ted Smart edition! One of 5, copies, many lost into libraries and it's thought not many of these books still remain in circulation.
This is another paragraphWith the set we will include the following books: Harry Potter Boxed Set Adult Edition : Contains all 7 books in the series , the boxset is new and sealed. Please note: This is oversized and heavy boxset approx.
More photos available on request. Used - Hardcover Condition: Near Fine. Together with a signed Hogwarts Express card with the same Thomas Taylor artwork as on the first edition front panel of the book.
Following the first hardback printing of copies, of which some went to public libraries, the second impression followed quickly with a run of 1, copies [Errington 4]. Just like with the hardback first print, the second print was issued without a dust jacket.
Condition: a beauitiful unrestored copy in near fine condition in the true sense of the wording. There are no previous owner s scribbles inside, no names, no bookplates and no stamps.
The boards are square, tight with NO fading on the spine nor anywhere else. Bear minimal shelf wear. There is a laminate crease which is a slight production error and is not a condition issue. Slight toning to the page block commensurate with age including a few ageing spots as shown. This is a natural ocurrance due to the cheap paper stock used at the time with a high paper acid content and only pronounces the authenticity of the book.
Internally all pages are clean and free of any underlining, annotations etc. The page block was bound in slightly skewed see image of the front pastedown. Again, this is a manufacturing inaccuracy and forms part of the history of the book. In short, a beautiful specimen hard to find in better condition. Children books often suffer from corresponding treatment of their young readers, but this copy has survived the passage of time nicely.
Harry Potter quickly became a global phenomenon and is as popular as ever among children and adults alike. In , the first volume of the seven volume strong story arch was issued for the first time by Bloomsbury in the UK in hardback and simultanously in paperback. The hardback first edition was issued in copies mostly intended for the public library market. The trade has assumed that about of those copies found their way into libraries receiving the usual treatment with stamps and readership handling.
As a consequence any hardback first edition in good condition which is not ex-libris commands a high price. Many collectors therefore resort to one of the 5, first impression paperback copies. However, the collecting world always prefers a hardback book not least because it is more durable. This second impression was, according to Errington [ 4] issued in 1, copies and then followed by three reprints of further copies. The second print had some textual errors corrected including the famous double wand error on page 53, and the missing o in Philosopher as well as the order of Witchcraft and Wizardry on the back panel.
However, the blurb on the back panel is still essentially the same whereas from the third print onwards the blurb was much shortened. The second impression was also issued without a dust jacket. First and Fine. Used - Softcover. Used - Softcover Condition: Very Good. Not bookclub, Not the Australian edition, Not the Ted Smart edition, Not the Canadian edition, Not ex-library, but the scarce true first edition, first printing near fine Bloomsbury edition with the complete number line of 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
The publisher page credits Joanne Rowling and contains no space between? Philosphers Stone?. We have gathered the data for the volume and sales of all the books via Nielsen Bookscan and thanks to the UK Film Council we also have the box office sales for all the films. What can you do with this data?
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