Cover:Adult Edition (black‑and‑white photographic style, designed for older readers, released later than the children’s Thomas Taylor cover).
🔍 Key Details
Adult cover series: Bloomsbury introduced these in 1998, aimed at adults who wanted to read the books without the cartoonish children’s artwork.
Second print: Means it’s still part of the first edition run, but not the very first impression. Collectors value first impressions most highly, but second prints are still considered early and collectible.
Copyright page check: Should read “First published in Great Britain in 1997” with a number line ending in “2” (instead of “1”).
