ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Illustrations by Mary Grandpre. [NY]: Scholastic [2003]. 8vo, xiv 877pp. Gray quarter-cloth stamped in blue with light blue boards. Color pictorial endpapers; b&w illustrated chapter headings. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket and housed in original color pictorial slipcase (two-inch split where top and right side of slipcase meet).

First deluxe US edition. Featuring gorgeous dust jacket artwork from artist Mary Grandpre that did not appear in any other editions as well as the original cover artwork as the endpapers, this gorgeous, slipcased deluxe edition is a treat for any Harry Potter fan. Scholastic only produced these types of deluxe editions with new, full-color artwork from Grandpre for the last three books in the series, this being the first to have been released. Errington A12(b)