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- Deathly Hallows’ (Mary GrandPré, USA) Mary GrandPré’s Deathly Hallows cover artwork. Illustrator Mary GrandPré designed the cover and chapter artwork for all seven of the original US editions of the Harry Potter books.
- Goblet of Fire’ (Jonny Duddle, UK) First Task: Jonny Duddle found the Hungarian Horntail as hard to draw as Harry himself. British illustrator Jonny Duddle was picked to design the new UK children’s edition covers in 2014.
- Philosopher’s Stone’ (Alvaro Tapia, Sweden) Alvaro Tapia designed the magnificent Swedish language Harry Potter covers. The Swedish editions of the Harry Potter books have some of the most gorgeous cover artwork of any international translation.
- Prisoner of Azkaban’ (Alvaro Tapia, Sweden) Alvaro Tapia gives the Dementors of Azkaban a unique hunched look. Yes, we love the Swedish covers so much that they’re getting a second entry.
- Early Life
- Union Organizer
- Jail Time and Downfall
- Murder
Robert Ciaro was born in Detroit, Michigan to an Italian-American family, and he became a truck driver. Ciaro was poorly treated by the company, and he met Teamsters union organizer Jimmy Hoffaone night in 1935. Ciaro had been sleeping in his cab on a roadside when Hoffa approached him and declared that he was entering the cab; Ciaro was hostile, a...
Bobby Ciaro served as Hoffa's right-hand man, and he worked as an organizer for the Teamsters union. Ciaro helped Hoffa with making a connection to the Detroit Partnership, translating the boss' Italian sentences into English and serving as an intermediary. In 1958, after Hoffa became the President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Cia...
In 1967, Ciaro was sent to prison alongside Hoffa for bribery, extortion, and other crimes after Peter Connelly ratted them out, but Hoffa's friends in the justice system ensured that Ciaro was supplied with a winter blanket, a bookshelf, cigars, a Playboy magazine, several posters, and an increasingly large amount of gifts throughout his prison se...
On 30 July 1975, Ciaro and Hoffa drove to the remote roadhouse diner in Bloomfield Township, and they waited for the mafiosi for four hours. Hoffa refused to leave, and Ciaro repeatedly brought him coffee and made phone calls to the mafiosi, failing to locate their messenger. Ciaro also had conversations with a young teamster named Paddy Dougal, an...
Since the release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in 1997, the seven ‘Potter’ books have been published around the world with more than 200 different covers. From the abstract to the photorealistic, and the beautiful to the downright bizarre, check out all the Harry Potter cover designs below.
Jan 31, 2024 · The original American Harry Potter books had cover art that was similar in style to the UK Harry Potter covers, yet had more depth to their depictions. Each cover represented a pivotal moment of the book, without giving away too much of the plot.
Jan 7, 2020 · Ready to judge Harry Potter books by their covers? Some of them are great, and some of them are definitely not (what were you thinking, Sweden?), but they’re all worth critiquing. These are great. We’…
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From the incredible collection of The Library of Dr. Rodney P. Swantko, Sotheby’s New York is thrilled to unveil the magical original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Join Dr. Kalika Sands as she unravels the enchanting origin story of The Boy Who Lived.