Buy this book on-line SCAMANDER**, NEWT: : FANTASTIC BEASTS & WHERE TO FIND THEM.**LONDON.BLOOMSBURY in association with Obscurus Books,2001. ISBN 0747554668.
UK,slim 12mo p/back Original,1st edn. [Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.Complete number line 10 - 1 descending,so 1st edn,1st print.] FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to card covers.Publisher's original,bright,crisp, clean,generally sharp-cornered,coloured background (red) with yellow lettering to front,rear panel with the charity's black lettered 'raison d'etre' explained by Albus Dumbledore; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creases to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Inevitable but minor, superficial scoring/indent impressions to card covers.Top+fore-edges aged/toned; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,other than my own collation.UK,slim 12mo p/back Original,1st edn,vi-xxiipp+1-42pp [paginated] includes About the author,foreword by Albus Dumbledore,an Introduction by Newt Scamander,What is a Beast?,Brief History of Muggle Awareness of Fantastic Beasts, Magical Beasts in Hiding,Why Magizoology Matters,Ministry of Magic Classifications and An A-Z of fantastic Beasts,hand lettering annotations+illus by JK; plus [unpaginated] facsimile illustrated bookplate of Harry Potter and annotation below,title page with black illustrations to its reverse,and contents list/table.
Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable for a book of it's age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral,and children's paperback,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.
Originally a charitable publication issued in March 2001 (for Comic Relief) and as such,paperback Original,1st edns,being amusing replicas of school textbooks borrowed from Hogwarts Library,selling out almost immediately. These preceded their UK counterparts by a month (these being February,2001).They also preceded the later boxed set published by Scholastic,both of these p/back issues are now out of print.
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