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Harry Potter spent ten long years living with Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, an aunt and uncle whose outrageous favoritism of their perfectly awful son Dudley leads to some of the most inspired dark comedy since Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. But fortunately for Harry, he's about to be granted a scholarship to a unique boarding school called THE HOGWORTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY, where he will become a school hero at the game of Quidditch (a kind of aerial soccer played high above the ground on broomsticks), he will make some wonderful friends, and, unfortunately, a few terrible enemies. For although he seems to be getting your run-of-the-mill boarding school experience (well, ok, even that's pretty darn out of the ordinary), Harry Potter has a destiny that he was born to fulfill. A destiny that others would kill to keep him from.

New York: Arthur A. Levine Books, 1998 First American edition - 8th printing. 8vo Red cloth stamped in gilt on spine and purple boards with diamond design blindstamped. ROWLING at top of spine and jacket. The numeral 1 does not appear on spine of book or the dust jacket. Blurb on back panel of dust jacket quotes Publisher's Weekly. Clean. Tightly bound. Some slight shelf wear to cover along bottom edge otherwise appears as new. Great jacket condition with $16.95 price has some slight wear at corners. This is not the book club issue which has black boards, early trade printings have purple paper boards and red cloth spines. near Fine/ near Fine..

New York: Arthur A. Levine / Scholastic, 1998. 1st. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Fourth printing of the First Edition (with number line on copyright page "5 7 9 10 8 6 4 8 9/9 0/0 01 02" with "Printed in the US 23 below. First American edition, October 1998" )/ First Edition (stated) of Book One of J.K. Rowling's now classic Harry Potter series. This copy has all the points of the TRUE FIRST US EDITION. Book is bound with red cloth spine with gold lettering and has the diamond pattern purple paper over boards. There is no volume number on the spine. The book has green end papers. The second Issue dust jacket has the original $16.95 price and there is no volume number on the jacket's spine (later printings stated the book number) . The blurb on the back cover of the dust jacket is from Pubisher's Weekly (the first issue had The Guardian review). The back cover of the DJ has 2 bar codes at the bottom, with the numbers 51695 above the smaller one. The "Harry Potter" in gold lettering on the front panel of the jacket is raised and there is no date on the title page. Child's marking with green marker on rear endpapers. Finger smudge at top right corner of page 113 which carries to foredge. Small area of discoloration at very bottom of spine cloth. Dust jacket protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, unmarked text. Record # 412288

NY: Scholastic, 1998. Book Club Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1998 Scholastic 1st (and possibly Book Club) Edition, 1st printing with a full number line. It is in F/F condition. Compared to the first printings, this is distinctly different in the following ways: 1. It has purple/black boards, not embossed boards 2. "JK Rowling" (not just Rowling) is at the top of the spine. 3. Similar to true 1st editions of the book, there is no number "1" inside a herald-like border on the spine of either the HB or the DJ. 4. On the copyright page is the full number line. 5. Unlike most book club editions, the DJ is priced at $17.95. The original price of the true first edition is $16.95 6. The DJ is flat-printed, not embossed as in the first pressings. Nonetheless, it appears to be a rare, early, unread edition and, therefore, a great value.

New York: Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, 1998. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Mary GrandPré. 1998 Scholastic 1st Edition, 7th printing (the number line begins at 7 followed by "First American Edition, October 1998"). It is a very early printing, as it does NOT have the number "1" on either the hardback or dustjacket spine, as is found in later editions. Condition: VeryGood/Fine The hardback is in VeryGood condition. There is no color fading, marks, stains, etc. There are bumps on all four corners. The text is clean with the owner's printed name on the upper right corner of the half-title page. The dustjacket is in Fine condition. It is not price clipped ($ 16.95) with no real wear or loss of paper. The last name Rowling is at the top of the spine (instead of JK Rowling (a change that began with the 5th printing) An great copy at a fraction of the price of a first printing! **Brenbooks specializes in first edition books made into films.***

Arthur A. Levine Books, 1998. Book Club Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. About the book: Hardcover with jacket. First Book Club Edition. Both book and jacket are in near fine condition with very mild wear. Year 1 printed on spine, with no price present on jacket. Additional photos available upon request. We're not satisfied unless you are.

Scholastic Press, 1998-10-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. 97x20x145. First American edition, 13th printing.

New York: Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, 1998. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Mary GrandPré. 1998 Scholastic 1st Edition, Sixth printing ( # line to 6 and "First American Edition, October 1998" statement present). A very early printing which does NOT have the number "1" on either the HB or DJ. It is in Fine/Fine condition and looks unread. There is no color fading, marks, stains, etc. The DJ is not price clipped ( $16.95) with no real wear. It has Rowling at the top of the spine (instead of JK Rowling (a change that began with the 5th printing) An excellent copy at a fraction of the price of a first printing! **Brenbooks specializes in first edition books made into films.***

New York: Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Press. 1998. First Edition; Eighth Printing. Hardcover. 0590353403 . Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Spine cocked. Shelfwear and small open tears on spine crown and heel and front panel top corner. ; 6.1 X 1.3 X 9.1 inches; 320 pages .

NY: Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic Press, 1998. 4th pr.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Extremely early (4th) printing of the First American Edition from Oct. 1998 of the very first book in this beloved series. For this printing, the Guardian quote on rear has been replaced with one by Publisher's Weekly, but the original $16.95 price, correct bar code on rear, "J.K." initials on spine, raised title in gilt on front cover, recessed author name in gilt on lower spine, & NO spine symbol. Hardcover book has the patterned purple paper & red quarter cloth-wrapped spine. Clean, collectible copy of this first book in the series. Record # 378745