Wednesday, 8 June 2011

Harry Potter - French 4



Again this is in plastic. I bought this from a bookstall on the seine from an almost clichéd French man, for a bargain four euros.

Harry Potter - French 2



This is still wrapped in plastic, so sorry about the reflection. I think this is from ebay. I haven't tried to read this one yet, but I really might try that in the future, though again I will be cheating as I know the English one so well.

Harry Potter - French 1



This was the first foreign Harry Potter book I bought, I got it from the now gone Borders on Oxford Street. I bought it whilst I was studying my A-level in French. I 'read' this, though I think I was at an advantage knowing the English so well.

Harry Potter - American Mass Market 1



This is the adult cover of the American books, they only published the first two books in the mass market editions. I only have the first one, so will have to keep an eye out for the second one so I can completer the mass market collection. I bought this from a second hand international bookshop in Paris.

Harry Potter - American Children's Cover Hardback 2



I bought this book from the British Bookshop, I am so grateful for people donating books to charity shops. The American hardbacks are a lot squarer than the English books, though I can't work out which I prefer.

Harry Potter - American Children's Cover Large Print 1



I found this large print edition of the sorcerer's stone in the Oxfam bookshop by the British Museum. This is the only large print American book I have, there are both hardback and paperback large print American editions. The English large print books are considerably larger than the normal English books, whereas there is not that much difference in the American ones.

Harry Potter - American Children's Cover 1



This was the first American book I got, I found it in the Lion's Bookshop in Hemel Hempstead, another amazing charity shop, all children's books are 50p. I read this edition even though I have read the English book so many times just because I still enjoy reading Sorcerer's instead of Philosopher's.