A large format quarto volume titled Harry Potter: A History of Magic, published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc in October 2017. This work serves as the official companion to the exhibition of the same name held at the British Library. The binding consists of illustrated pictorial boards featuring a vibrant phoenix by Jim Kay on the front cover. The volume incorporates a diverse range of content, including manuscript pages and original illustrations by J.K. Rowling, as well as artwork by Jim Kay and Olivia Lomenech Gill. Scholarly essays are provided by various contributors, with introductory text by the British Library Board. The copyright page identifies this as a later printing through the number line 7 9 10 8 6. The book was printed and bound in China and carries the ISBN 978 1 4088 9076 9.