Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
£1,795
[New York], Scholastic Press, 1998.
First US edition, first printing. 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards. Dust-jacket, first issue without the Year 1 stamp on the spine; lone review blurb on the back panel quoted from the Guardian (later changed to Publisher’s Weekly); “51695” printed above the barcode to the right of the ISBN; $16.95 on front flap.
An excellent example of the rare first printing of the first US edition of the first Harry Potter book, a publishing phenomenon.
Out of stock
An excellent copy, in similarly excellent dust-jacket.
Illustrations by Mary GrandPré.
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