Adult editions (was Re: News Flash! HBP covers released!)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 125813


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Hannah" <hannahmarder at y...> 
wrote:

Hannah:  
> Lack of relevance?  Well, the front cover of 
> UK PS shows  the Hogwarts express - not the most vital plot element 
> in that  book, and that of UK CoS shows the flying car - again, not 
> terribly  relevant to the ultimate plot, though great fun.

GEO: But I don't believe those initial books had adult 
> editions so 
> > those examples aren't really comparable in my opinion.
 
Hannah now:  You're partly right.  I just checked Amazon, and those 
> books did have adult editions but the covers are different to how I 
> thought (though I could have sworn that there was an adult edition 
> of CoS at some point with a stylised car on the front).  Anyway, 
the 
> cover pictures on Amazon are of a red stone for PS, and a door with 
> snakes on (not the film version) for CoS, so your point about the 
> comparability is valid.

Geoff:
At one point last year, I replaced all my HP books with UK hardback 
editions, supposedly for adults, because my paperbacks were getting 
tatty after constant thumbing to keep up with my reputation for 
finding canon quotes.
:-)

They have a plain coloured binding but each has a square coloured 
illustration on the front in the centre, roughly 4" square. This is 
the same picture which appeared on the childrens' paperbacks - ie the 
Hogwarts Express for PS; the Ford Anglia for COS; and Harry and 
Hermione flying on Buckbeak for POA.

Following up Hannah's comments re the early editions, my copies of 
PS, COS and POA are listed as first published in this edition in 1999.