HARRY POTTER - THE CREATURE VAULT.

UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from rear board. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,purple paper-covered boards with multiple impressed dark purple creatures' silhouettes with gilt decoration to design and bright,crisp, blocked non-oxidised gilt-lettered title within a central circle to front board; spine/backstrip with blocked gilt lettered title,author and publisher's name to foot of same, rear board with repeated impressed design as front's but with a bright,crisp,blocked gilt-lettered synopsis,within a central circle. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping to edges and corners - front lower corner tip with minute speck of colour paper loss due to gentle bumping of tip,and immaculate decorated gilt coloured illustrated endpapers -the rear pastedown with a similarly coloured+illustrated UNOPENED,sealed paper envelope with its enclosures.Top +fore-edges clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,would appear unread other than my own collation.UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj, as issued,illustrated,1st edn9-206pp [paginated] includes an Introduction,9 chapters: Forest dwellers, Lake dwellers, Sky dwellers, Trespassers, Shape-shifters, The Working World, Dark Forces, Companions and The Greenhouse,plus profuse colour+b/w illustrations,photographs and rare pieces of concept art,behind the scenes shots and film stills interspersed throughout the text and the book. Plus [unpaginated] vignette illustrated half-title with colour frntis to its reverse,b/w vignette illustrated title page, also with a b/w illustration to its reverse,a Contents list/table and double-page monochrome scenic illustration. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 9+ year-old age. It is only the minor minimal exterior fault described that prevents a slightly higher grading. Despite that, it really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. Demetors and House-elves,merpeople and Chinese Fireball Dragons these are jus a few of the magical creatures and frightening monsters populating J.K. Rowling's wizarding world. 'Harry Potter.The Creature Vault' is a fascinating look at how this menagerie was brought to life for the blockbuster Harry Potter film series.Detailed profiles of each creature include rare concept illustrations, behind-the-scenes photography,and filmmaking secrets from the Warner Bros. archive.A removable poster picturing each of the creatures and an interactive Eeylops Owl Emporium catalogue complete this must-have package.

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