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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #1) by J. K. Rowling Hardcover Cloth 309 pages. Condition Very Good NO Dust Jacket. Stated First edition later printing 1998 with corresponding number line. Attractive quilted purple boards with red buckram spine and gold embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Gift inscription on page facing title. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear with bumped corners. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Harry Potter has no idea how famous he is. That's because he's being raised by his miserable aunt and uncle who are terrified Harry will learn that he's really a wizard, just as his parents were. But everything changes when Harry is summoned to attend an infamous school for wizards, and he begins to discover some clues about his illustrious birthright. From the surprising way he is greeted by a lovable giant, to the unique curriculum and colorful faculty at his unusual school, Harry finds himself drawn deep inside a mystical world he never knew existed and closer to his own noble destiny.

Scholastic Press, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, Later printing. Not price clipped. NOT REMAINDER marked. NOT ex library. Not Book Club. Dust jacket in protective cover. Shipped in a box.Fine/Fine

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #1) by J. K. Rowling Hardcover Cloth 309 pages. Condition Very Good NO Dust Jacket. Stated First edition later printing 1998 with corresponding number line. Attractive quilted purple boards with red buckram spine and gold embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Gift inscription on page facing title. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear with bumped corners. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Harry Potter has no idea how famous he is. That's because he's being raised by his miserable aunt and uncle who are terrified Harry will learn that he's really a wizard, just as his parents were. But everything changes when Harry is summoned to attend an infamous school for wizards, and he begins to discover some clues about his illustrious birthright. From the surprising way he is greeted by a lovable giant, to the unique curriculum and colorful faculty at his unusual school, Harry finds himself drawn deep inside a mystical world he never knew existed and closer to his own noble destiny.

New York: Levine/Scholastic, 1998. Reprint of first edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 309 pp. No writing inside; hinges sound. Very clean. Top of dust jacket tender at spine. Fine in near fine dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.

First edition, Later printing. Not price clipped. NOT REMAINDER marked. NOT ex library. Not Book Club. Dust jacket in protective cover. Shipped in a box. Fine/Fine.

New York: Scholastic, 1998. First Printing. Hardcover. As New/as new. Mary Grandpre. Octavo, 309 pages, black. boards, appears unread; in a mylar dj protector. The First Printing, with complete number line, in a revised state of the dust jacket with a variant of no price on the front flap, and with the numeral '1' at top of spine, and a new review from Publishers Weekly of dj. Also, the text on the lower dj flap tells of J. K. Rowling's hard times and prizes. Scholastic used the artwork of a single illustrator across the series: Mary Grandpre. To [Arthur A.] Levine this is part of the image and branding of the series. He noted ' ... I have always said this is a classic book. This is a book that you remember when you're thirty-five and you remember when you were ten. And that was the book that changed your life. There's continuity there - when you see that on your shelf you think, wow this is that book ...' ." - [ Errington A4(c) note - reporting 35,000 copies in the first printing]. NOTE: the first american illustrated deluxe edition, in deluxe hardback, appeared in November, 2015 - see Errington A4(i).

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Arthur a Levine, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The first book in the series introduces boy wizard Harry Potter. We believe this to be a book club edition with the following points of issue: a full number line is followed by "8 9/9 0/0 01 02." "Printed in the U.S.A. 23" and then "First American edition, October 1998" appear below the number line. Boards are black (not embossed with the diamond pattern) with a maroon spine. Dust jacket is priced at $17.95. The bar code section on the jacket is cream with nothing printed above the smaller bar code. The dust jacket also features a Publishers Weekly review on the back cover. The lettering is not embossed and is a dull brown color on both the front cover and the spine. The spine of both the book and the dust jacket lack a "Year 1" badge. The jacket has the author's name as just "Rowling" though the book has "J.K." above "Rowling." This particular copy is in beautiful condition and is exceptionally clean with no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Not an ex-library copy. The spine is tight and crisp, and the corners are square. Boards are clean, flat and true with no evidence of wear. Dust jacket is not price-clipped and shows minimal edge wear but does have some bumping to the upper spine and some creasing along the top and bottom edges on the back cover. A great-looking, affordable alternative to a true first! This highly collectible, fine/near fine, book club copy is protected with an archival mylar dust jacket cover. Satisfaction guaranteed!

New York: Arthur A. Levine Books, 1998. Editorial / Hard Cover. Como Novo / As New/Comme Neuf/Como Nova / As New / Comme Neu. In-8º (235x160). 1 Vol. de pp. 1ª Edição americana com o nº de sequência 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 - 9/9 0/0 01 02, October 1998.

New York: Levine/Scholastic, 1998. Reprint of first edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 309 pp. No writing inside; hinges sound. Very clean. Top of dust jacket tender at spine. Fine in near fine dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.

New York: Scholastic Press, 1998. First US Edition/5th Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. A beautiful early printing (Fifth) with number line ""5 7 9 10 8 6 8 9/9 0/0 01 02"", no series number to top of spine, 51695 on rear panel above barcode, Publishers Weekly review to rear panel, raised type to Harry Potter on the title, and purple boards with red spine cloth with gilt. Sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding, just some small spots of separation in gutter at title page that obviously occured at printer/bindery. Unclipped jacket($16.95) in beautiful shape.