Deluxe edition?

[kkersey_austin]

The American standard and Deluxe editions of HBP have different cover
art: the Deluxe edition shows Dumbledore and Harry in the woods as
they approach the Guant house; the standard edition shows DD and Harry
peering into the stone basin. 

The Scholastic press release was quoted in this article at the Leaky
Cualdron, but unfortunately the link to the artwork is dead. I'm sure
the image is available somehwere, perhaps in their gallery section.

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/index.php?articleID=7291

"The Deluxe Edition includes a 32-page insert featuring near scale
reproductions of Mary GrandPre's interior art, as well as
never-before-seen full-color frontispiece art on special paper. The
custom designed slipcase is foil-stamped and inside is a full-cloth
case book, blind-stamped on front and back cover, foil stamped on
spine. The book includes full-color endpapers with jacket art from the
trade edition and a wraparound jacket featuring exclusive art from
Mary GrandPre. The deluxe edition will be a total of 704 pages and
have a retail value of $60.00; the print run will be 100,000 copies."

I googled "HBP frontispiece" and found an image - the illustration is
from Chapter 2, showing the fox on the riverbank with Narcissa and
Bellatrix in the background. 

I liked the Deluxe cover art, but not enough to pay for it myself,
especially since I'd already ordered and paid for a copy of the
standard edition. I have seen the Deluxe Edition in a bookstore, but
they were shrinkwrapped so I can't comment on the difference in
quality of the binding etc. Having a slipcase might be worth at least
some of the difference in price, though. 


Elisabet