Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone – Hufflepuff Edition: Hufflepuff Edition; Black and Yellow (Harry Potter, 1) Hardcover – 1 Jun. 2017

It's hard to believe that it's been 20 years since the initial release of 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'. As someone who has grown up reading about and adoring the world that J.K. Rowling has so intricately created over a span of nearly two decades, I have to admit that I have escaped to Hogwarts more than once to join Harry, Ron and Hermione on their adventures and in their quest to defeat You-Know-Who.This year, on Harry's birthday, I am planning to re-read the series from start to finish and upon inspecting my copy of Philosopher's Stone, I discovered that over the space of twenty years the binding had become battered and the pages were fragile. Well, it's a much loved book! As a proud Hufflepuff I decided to purchase the special 20th anniversary edition of the book and I cannot be more pleased with my purchase and here's why:Firstly, the book itself is stunning. The artwork on the sleeve is beautiful and the fact that the edges of the pages are decorated in the Hufflepuff colours of black and yellow is a lovely touch. Looking at the book, you can tell that a lot of thought and effort has gone in to making the 20th anniversary collection something worth owning.Upon opening the book, you are greeted by a table of contents. J.K. Rowling has provided exclusive information that was only available on Pottermore for readers about the house, including; an introduction to the house including character quotes and key characters in the history of the house, information about the founder of the house (Helga Hufflepuff, in my case), the house relic (Gryffindor's Sword, Hufflepuff's Cup, Ravenclaw's Diadem and Slytherin's Locket respectively), the house mascot or livery and the house ghost. After you have completed the first section of information about the house you are greeted by a Tolkien-esque sketch of the Hogwarts grounds. This fangirl's heart skipped a beat when she saw that!Before I get on to the story itself, I would like to mention that at the back of the book there is further information about Hogwarts and the house you selected. There is information about the sorting ceremony, a quiz, a thorough description of the common room, information about the head of the house and famous alumni – in the case of Hufflepuff this includes Tonks and Newt Scamander.The story of Philosopher's Stone appears to be exactly as I remember it with only aesthetic changes to things like notes and letters between characters – these now appear to be handwritten by the characters rather than the centralised/italicised style in my older copy of the book. There are also stars now embellishing the tops of title pages for chapters. Not a massive change to the actual book but enough to make me sit up and take notice.So is it worth investing in a new copy of Philosopher's Stone? In my opinion, yes, especially if your original copy is as old and as beaten up as mine is. There is also a lot of information in there about the houses that I imagine many people won't know, especially about the major houses – Gryffindor and Slytherin. Plus it looks beautiful on a bookshelf, so why not pick it up? It's a perfect purchase for any Potterhead!

Despite already having this book in my collection of books, my daughters are finally getting into Harry Potter books after having watched only watched the films. They have both been spending their time on the Pottermore website and taken the test to find out which house they were part of. So what better than to buy them the first book in their house colours?! They both love their new books and I have to admit that the books look strikingly good in their respective colours.Now I have to contend with the inevitable “My book colour is better than yours!” 🙄Hopefully they will continue to publish the other Potter books in the same colours.If you found this review helpful, can you please help me by clicking on the helpful button. Thanks

Any Harry Potter fan is sure to love these house themed copies! The book also comes with extra content such as famous people from your house and a Hogwarts quiz. Certain parts of the book have different fonts too which make this a little more jazzed up than the original copy. A must for any Potter fan wanting to display their house pride!

Bought this for a friend. He loves it. Has infomation about the house, such as history and honorable members of the house. Also there is a quiz in the back to test your knowledge. I think it changes slightly for each version as I bought the Slytherin version for another person. If you or anyone you know likes Harry Potter, they'll love this

Arrived well before delivery date & in condition as described in the description. It's a good start to my collection of these books in the Hufflepuff colours.

Very nicely presented. I'll get my only complaint out of the way first: The information in the "Famous Hufflepuff Alumni" and "Memorable Hufflepuff Students" sections is mainly a re-hash of character info that's easily gleaned from reading the books themselves.That being said, there are plenty of positives:The illustrations of Helga Hufflepuff and Pomona Sprout are beautiful, and pretty close to how I always imagined them (minus the patches on Sprout's hat);The House Ghost illustrations on the back covers of all four versions are a really nice touch;I love that each house version has the primary house colour sprayed on the page edges (visible when the book is closed).My book did come with an annoying "20 years" stickers on the front cover, but I was able to remove it without too much difficulty. Some very delicately applied white spirit took care of the residue (plus a careful sponging to get rid of the white spirit itself). Due to the finish, it was harder to remove the wretched sticker from this paperback version than it was to remove it from the dust jacket of the corresponding hardback. I fervently wish for an end to this fad of putting crappy stickers on beautiful things!Overall, I'm very happy with this purchase, and at the time of writing this review, it's quite the bargain. So, I'm glad I snapped it up.(My four-star review applies to this specific edition btw. The novel itself gets five stars).

Fantastic anniversary special edition. I love that the book has been released in four versions for each of the four houses and that they are also in house colours. The extra information at the front with information about the founders of each house and other information. I love it! Bought all four versions!

I am a huge Harry Potter fan and this book is amazing I love the striped detail and the colour of the book sits pride of place on my Harry Potter bookcase a must for any Harry Potter fan.