This is a beautiful edition of the first Harry Potter story illustrated by Jim Kay. My eyes landed on it in a second hand bookshop straight away as it was in such good clean condition and I don't think it has ever been read. This is one of those books that I consider to be a real treasure as the quality of the artwork is fantastic and even if you never read a word of the book you would want to look at the pictures. The illustrations are scattered through the book with some covering two pages for maximum effect. I read on the fly-leaf that Jim Kay has been commissioned to do other books from the series and after a quick look on Amazon I can see that he has already done three. If this volume goes down well I think I know something that will be included in Little Grandgirlie's birthday presents later in the year! She can have this one when they pop over tomorrow - I've just finished reading it myself.