Lily died before James? Scans of Relevant Pages.

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 103423

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kelley" <kelleythompson at g...>
wrote:

> Allison wrote: 
> > Just to clear up:  Although I myself have a later version, 
> > apparently in the first US printing the order was wrong: it 
> > had James coming out first and saying "your mother is coming." 

asain_lovr2:

I can't make a definitive statement here, but that's not how I heard it.

I'm not aware of any 'James then Lily' USA versions (Scholastic Pub).
It appeared that way in the original UK version which was published
about a year(?) before the USA editions, as proven by looking at the
scans that are posted in this groups file section.


> Kelly:
> 
> ... we had some scans of the original and the corrected versions 
> here in the files, and after a little hunting located them.  ...
> 
> I've moved them to the main Files section:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/files/
> ... 
> 
> priori-original.gif  (apparently from the Bloomsbury first edition)
> 
> priori-s.jpg  (corrected version, from the ninth edition, not sure 
> which publication)
> 
> 
> --Kelley


Asian_lovr2:

Thanks Kelly. Just a couple of points.

The sequence as I heard it (heard, not documented) was that the UK
editions, as confirmed by your Bloomsbury/UK scan, said 'James then
Lily', it was later change to match the USA versions as 'Lily then
James' as established by you 9th Printing scan (can we assume that is
also a 9th printing Bloomsbury/UK version), then I heard that the
latest UK version reverted /back/ to the original order (James then Lily).

Can anyone with access to a bookstore in the UK or Canada go in and
look at a recent printing to see what the order is the these most
recent versions? 

Also, note that hardcover and paperbacks may not match. I would assume
it would be best to use the Hardcover version.

I have been lead to believe that, as note far above, the USA editions
have all been consistent through all editions and printings.

Is there anyone out there in the great Potter world, who can produce a
'James then Lily' Scholastic/US version of the book? There must be
fans out there who have early versions. (I was late to the bandwagon)

It would be nice to get the sequence of events relative to the various
publishers and printings nailed down, positively confirmed, so we
could all work from the same core of verified information.

Thanks to any help anyone can give.

Steve/asian_lovr2