VGC.Sutton Publishing,2007.First UK edition-first printing.Large format papaerback(a couple of creases and small nicks on the edges of the cover and spine) in VGC.Illustrated with a b/w photo.Nice and clean pages with small nicks and ink marks on the outer edges,some creases,dents and small nicks on the edges of the pages.The book is in VGC with light shelf wear.281pp including Appendix, notes,bibliography,index. This is another paragraph Product Description: Colin Duriez's book gives an integrated picture of the whole series, showing J.K. Rowling's worldview and spirituality, the themes and literary features of her books, and how she upholds the moral virtues and values championed by most classic children's authors, such as C.S. Lewis, while including values of inclusiveness and dealing with loss that are special to her and which speak clearly to the issues that concern us nowadays. There have been dozens of books on the Potter phenomenon, but 'The Unauthorised Harry Potter Companion' is the first to take the works seriously as modern classics and place them not only in the tradition of children's literature but in the broader tradition of western literature and the place of magic in our world view.