1st Original Harry Potter Book Covers

Rowling the first novel in the harry potter series and rowling s debut novel it follows harry potter a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday when he receives a letter of acceptance to hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry.

1st original harry potter book covers. The main characteristics of a 1997 first edition first issue are a print line that reads 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 and the crediting of joanne rowling not jk. Since the release of harry potter and the philosopher s stone in 1997 the seven potter books have been published around the world with more than 200 different covers. In the decades.

From the abstract to the photorealistic and the beautiful to the downright bizarre check out all the harry potter cover designs below. Illustrated edition features harry with hedwig preparing to board the hogwarts express another owl flying overhead. He is a wizard famous in the magical world for having vanquished the evil lord voldemort when he was only a baby.

The cover the albanian edition of harry potter and the philosopher s stone. Prices on abebooks vary from 40 000 to. Here are 21 magical covers from the first harry potter book that stole our hearts.

Version created by thomas taylor while others did not. Harry potter and the philosopher s stone first hit shelves in the united kingdom on june 26 1997 arriving stateside as harry potter and the sorcerer s stone on sept. Harry potter and the philosopher s stone.

Various publishers chose to stray from the american cover illustrated by mary grandpré or the u k. The main harry potter books in order 1. When it comes to foreign covers of harry potter novels they usually show bizarre representations of actual events from the book the albanian cover of the first book goes for a different approach.

In harry potter and the sorcerer s stone the book that started it all understatement of the century harry potter discovers his true identity in the wee hours of his eleventh birthday. Harry potter and the sorcerer s stone. Universal covers illustrated edition 2015 present.