Description
First edition with the following number lines: 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1. This is the Collector’s Edition in simulated leather. Spine with raised bands, silver-coloured metal corners, centre metal skull vignette and metal clasp, all with blue stones. Ribbon marker. Protected in a maroon velvet string-top bag, bearing the embroidered signature of J. K. Rowling in gilt thread, housed in a book-shaped clam-shell case, blocked in blind on the upper and lower boards, and on the spine in gilt, with rubbing and shelf-wear to the extremities. In the envelope are ten 7 by 10 inch Collector’s Edition Prints which slip into a special flap in the left hand side flap.
Published to raise funds for the Children’s High Level Group (CHLG), the English charity co-founded by J. K. Rowling and Emma Nicholson MEP to help children suffering in institutions. This edition will includes the Tales themselves, translated from the original runes by Hermione Granger, and with illustrations by me, but also notes by Professor Albus Dumbledore, which appear by generous permission of the Hogwarts Headmasters’ Archive.
