Harry Potter and The Prisoner Of Azkaban

“Harry Potter is a wizard. He is in his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It's always a relief after summer with the Dursleys, however, Harry doesn't realize that this year will be just as eventful as the last two! The atmosphere at Hogwarts is tense. There's an escaped mass murderer on the loose, even the Muggles have been warned. The sinister prison guards of Azkaban have been called in to guard the school and Harry, Ron and Hermione rapidly discover why all witches and wizards live in fear of being sent to Azkaban. Lessons, however, must go on and there are lots of new subjects in the third year - Care of Magical Creatures and Divination among others. Plus the delights of Hogsmeade, the only village in the UK entirely populated by the magical community” (from Bloomsbury’s website).

Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers (1999), Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (2000), Whitbread Award for Children's Literature, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adolescent Literature (2008), Smarties Prize (1999) ...more Smarties Prize (1999), Costa Book Award (1999), Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards for Older Readers (2005), Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award (2004), Maine Student Book Award (2000), Golden Archer Award for Intermediate (2001), Indian Paintbrush Book Award (2004), Soaring Eagle Book Award (2002) Nestlé Smarties Book Prize 1998 Gold Medal 9–11 years, Scottish Arts Council Children’s Book Award 1999, FCBG Children’s Book Award 1998 Overall winner in Longer Novel Category, British Book Awards 1998 Children’s Book of the Year, North East Book Award 1999, North East Scotland Book Award 1998, The Bookseller Association / The Bookseller Author of the Year 1998, Whitaker’s Platinum Book Award 2001

First Edition of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was published 8 July 1999 (UK) by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom. The illustrator for the UK edition was Cliff Wright (UK Edition). 10,000 copies of the first edition hardcover were printed. The number line for the first edition: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 and a block of misaligned text on page seven. The first hardcover print run was stopped mid-printing after it was discovered that 'Joanne Rowling' rather than 'J.K. Rowling' had been printed on the copyright page.

The First American Hardcover Edition of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was printed on September 8, 1999 by Scholastic. The illustrator was Mary GrandPre.  First US editions have a copyright page with the full number line (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 9/9 0/0 1 2 3 4)

First British Paperback Edition published 1 April 2000 by Bloomsbury, London. Illustrator: Cliff Wright

First American Paperback Edition published 2 October 2001 by Scholastic Paperbacks, US. Illustrator: Mary GrandPre.

First Illustrated Edition published in 2017 by Bloomsbury, UK, illustrated by Jim Kay.